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the praises of the God of the Savage and the 

 Christian, — is reared the altar upon which the pure 

 holocaust is daily offered up, and far above the tall 

 prairie grass, and resting upon the horizon, is the 

 emblem of man's redemption, the sign to the way- 

 worn traveller that civilization is at hand ; — the sign 

 to the pilgrim, wearied on his journey towards the 

 grave, that the haven where he may rest is hard by. 



And here through these wilds passed this mes- 

 senger of truth on his episcopal visitations which 

 were yearly made, bearing the glad tidings of salva- 

 tion to his people; — proclaiming the precepts of the 

 Gospel and Christ, and breaking the bread of life to 

 those hungering by the way side ; — building churches, 

 establishing missions, and placing over them zealous 

 pastors who might labour for that people's good. 



It is true that he experienced much difficulty in so 

 establishing many of these missions, as that his 

 priests might be enabled to obtain from them a bare 

 subsistence. — In many places the settlements were 

 thinly populated; the settlers but recently arrived, 

 and with means so scanty as barely to enable them 

 to provide for the immediate wants of their little 

 families, and therefore unable, no matter what their 

 desire, to contribute any thing considerable for 

 religious purposes. Still he struggled on, and God 

 blessed his perseverance. 



He himself set the example which that faithful 

 priesthood followed; and though their support was 

 bare indeed, they complained not, but cheerfully 

 laboured in poverty and in privations, while they 



