Excerpt from The Diocese of Fort Wayne, 1857-September 1907: A Book of Historical Reference, 1669-1907 Sublime doctrines replenish the priest's mind; heaven born aspirations exhilarate his heart, the salvation of others fires his soul with charity; but the example of holy priests, zealous, apostolic laborers in the Lord's vineyard stimulates him to renewed and enduring activity. To study these men, how they lived, labored, sufiered and died, will foster within him the heroic spirit of these grand characters. The Iaity is similarly affected, when they read how the Iaity, not more than two generations ago, brought exacting sacrifices, underwent severe hardships of travel in heat and cold, for miles and miles, over almost impassable roads, without breaking their fast, to confess, and to receive, and to assist at the holysacrifice, and once more to hear the word of God preached to them. The Catholic of the twentieth century can appreciate the changed conditions only, by learning how the parishes, now prosperous and flourishing, were organized; how the church buildings developed from the rude frame or log structure to the magnificent edifices of today; what hardships and sufferings, even the little ones had to undergo, to receive a Christian education. And the lives of hundreds of priests and thousands of noble lay-men will more than compensate for the scandalous conduct of a few. 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.