On the Mission in Missouri

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Excerpt from On the Mission in Missouri: 1857-1868Checking the speed of his steed, he saluted me, inquired my name, where I was from, and on what purpose journeying. I gave him my name and told him I was a Catholic priest seeking a location for a church in these parts. He said, there are no Cath olics here, what then is the use for a church? See ing he was prejudiced and displeased with my purpose, I replied, True, sir, there are no Catholics here now, but they will be here before long, and you and I may live to see the day when there will be a Cathe lic church on every hill around here. Yes, said he, when the Chariton goes up stream, good-bye, spurring his horse, he rode quickly ahead. Having crossed the Chariton swamp and gained the high lands on the west side I allowed my horse to graze along the road whilst I recited the divine office. Afterwards I rode on some miles and towards eve ning stopped for the night at a farm house on the stage road leading towards Linneus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.