The Columbian Jubilee Or Four Centuries Of Catholicity In America Being A Historical And Biographical Retrospect From The Landing Of Christ

Author : Maurice Francis Egan
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ISBN 13 : 9781331100874
Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book The Columbian Jubilee, Or Four Centuries of Catholicity in America, Vol. 1 written by Maurice Francis Egan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Columbian Jubilee, or Four Centuries of Catholicity in America, Vol. 1: Being a Historical and Biographical Retrospect From the Landing of Christopher Columbus to the Chicago Catholic Congress of 1893 The honest American citizen possesses two things which he may leave to his children, and these two things are more precious than gold - they are love of God and love of country. The child that learns from his father or mother that he, being a Catholic, can be no alien on American soil, is rich - for he has the best of all knowledge in his possession, and knowledge makes him the equal of any other man. Knowledge is power. Knowledge is strength. Knowledge is the key opening all doors; and in this book lies that knowledge which causes our children to know and love their freedom, and which will give them the weapons necessary to defend their right to enjoy all the blessings of a land which their ancestors in the faith of the Catholic Church discovered, and in which other ancestors of theirs in the Catholic faith proclaimed freedom of conscience for the first time. "Your father was a foreigner," the descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims may say, "therefore I am more of an American than you." "You are a foreigner," that living libel on American institutions, the modern Know-nothing may sneer, "You are a Catholic; this is a Protestant country." Without a knowledge of the truth, your child may blush and hang his head and be ashamed of his father. Without a knowledge of the truth, you may be unable to meet the sneers of your neighbor, though your heart may be bitter within you, and you may desire with all your might to assert your right to the country in which you live. But how powerless will you and your child be without the knowledge that this book contains. In truth, it holds your title-deeds to your land. Moreover, it is an education in itself; and, though you may not be able to send your son to college, here he will gain the substance of the lectures of many professors. And, if your children are too small to read, you or their mother may be their instructor in their rights and liberties. No man with a sensitive heart and high aspirations can fail to find himself thrilled and elevated by the recital of the deeds of his spiritual ancestors. And Columbus, the Christ-bearer, and Las Casas, the saintly priest, and Father Marquette, and Father Jogues, and Charles Carroll, and Roger Taney, and a hundred other illustrious men who helped to create and to preserve American liberties, were nurtured in that faith which is our most precious treasure. The Catholic Church produced them; the Catholic Church nourished them - for that Church in all ages has taught that the sweetest of all things is freedom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.