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succor, they were beggared in the moment of their 

 confidence, and thrown pennyless in a strangers* 

 land upon the cold charity of the world. 



Such was the fate from which Bishop Quarter 

 wished to save this people. He wished to see 

 them no longer the tools of the designing; — he 

 wished to see them stand forth among their fellow 

 freemen in the majesty of their nature, asserting the 

 old dignity of which ages of oppression had not 

 altogether deprived them : and therefore he originated 

 the Chicago Hibernian Benevolent Emigrant Society. 

 This association was gotten up to bid the stranger 

 welcome to his new home — to guard him from 

 imposition — to advise and to direct him — to furnish 

 him with timely charity, if need be. The advantages 

 which the immigrant derives from such associations 

 are known only to those who may have been benefited 

 by them, and many an one will now be found to 

 bless the memory of Bishop Quarter for benefits 

 derived from this Chicago Society. 



During Lent he was engaged in delivering a 

 series of Lectures upon the marks of the True 

 Church. — On Passion Sunday he lectured at last 

 mass in the Cathedral on her Apostolicity, and while 

 he, the apostle of this young church, stood in that 

 pulpit, making, as it were, his own profession of 

 faith; as the burning words fell from his lips, who 

 could have imagined the catastrophe that was 

 impending? 



On leaving the pulpit, he felt very much fatigued ; 

 and at vespers, his voice, as he gave his last blessing 



