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he hod him l'U rumle. H ntlnu tIlt'
.Impl(' e. 1. ,f hiM duti o pri t.
Fív more v U1')4 1)(\. -, and now In for oft
nntTy-tll v 1'�' h re t which e uld
uly re eh nft r hasardou Il f
Il l'Iv two month. -in th n ". r public f
th \�ntù>d t t, mporath' ,Il' littl
kn rn und thou h� f nt thnt tim amid
th turru il of rench affi i . -and ln one
f its n wly 0011 tituted t t In portion
of it Immen ". stern terrítorv, Indiana1
th u . r of P r h d b III petitioned
to reate new dloc . Rt. R \'. Dr. Brot,
01. o Bret n of fnmily whích had been
drlv n awuy �·car.t before br the bloody
Ill'. of the fi t rev luti n, o \'olunro�y
xlle to Amen ,,,,hil nt Erumit burg de­
voting hi time to the prop ration of y ung
m n to the ¡)ri thood, was named aB the
ft t Bi hop of' íncennes, H had through
ob díence IlCC pted th€' evident burden: but
h telt it to one of un ual heavinc •
and knowing it ould re ulr of him ex­
traordlnnev effi rts, b thou ht hin If of
hi. old 11ot'" pr víneo of Brittany, of hi
old natív city f R unes. H arrived there
f(1r help when I, who peak to ¡OU 'al a
Y�ry �'oung b y, but well do remember
th commotion used all over tbc Catholic
city wh n it know that the venerabl
ml. onary Bi hop had returned looking for
I tance. He went directly to the BI hop
of Renn and besought him to point out
and give him a pri t, hom he could at
once Dl k his Vicar General and Coadjutor
In the full meaning of the term, and Lst
hlm In undertaking 80 t a work, Celes­
tine D Ln Hallanùierc wu d 19nated to
him, and be d not h ¡tate, but at once
accepted the b rden, and 88 nominated
Vicar G Il raI.
One year aften, rd, July I, 1886, he lett
Renn accompan 'Ing Bishop Brute. That
yeaf, ho erev r, lad not been spent idly.
The extraordin� talents and remarkable
enel'lY hieb had attracted attentfon to
HaHandt re in the orld when 80 young,
ere no brought Into full activity. Bear­
In in mind Oie n ture of th ork to be
done, he now thought of everything to be
prepared and looked to b foro proUedtng
on long lourney, and 10 riOUl a k
u th found ng of a dloceae In a wild new
country f r dlatpt from all n",rB of
clvlllzat\on and deSal nt ln ev ry une
n ed for auch purpoee. lridlana and
the tem half f DllnolJ allotUd to the
n dl of Vin nn wu a real wUd
n , thinly Inhabited. Th re ere only a
a fe Imall to farme here and th
In t: country, an In tb north m � of
Indiana two tri of Indlanl. the Pot-toa
ttam nd tamia ItUl remalnlns.
Only a f Catbolt re to be found.
Th to th Into conllftlft,o
rovld Ilot only lth pn





ívll CSf r 1 at fl t d I Il d, If v n
which m d very J roplt1ows Jm th n bad
only favored, Il would in a hort tim have
ad vanced him 11 t th very front rank In
hi", own country a míníater to hls King
and th re-tl. ,for lor. oe(who 'ould
dare y th ti a,,'a of human frailty and
die tero taUon of the trong) ould have
mode b po 'cr kno nana f It rar nd
wid othe Riehcli u, Mazorin and one
n rer hi own h me did befOre-De eo r­
biere, minister of Lou XVIII, a nei h­
hor and friend of biB famUy. "Vmlity oJ
('(mUiu and nU il 1:aniJy" .y the wl man,
except adds the follower of Jesu Christ, to
If) e God and rve him alone. To rve God 1
relp¡ more grandly than any potentate
. God rev led thb to Oelesûn De la
ailandiere In the hour of hi early u
Q:J a man in the orld when he could be
great. He became prí 1; hen honors
followed him la the Church, it med tben
(\ if Alml hty God ould allo � him only
to help laying down the first: ton of he
foundation of a Dloee , and then bid
him to retire, He helpedl partHer of
Bishop Bruta, in founding tb Di of
Vtncennes! Ab! tbl i glory enough,
honor enougb and meritorious indeed, for
ever and ever.
It wu the ill of God-who needs no ono,
but III bave all do what he ch them
to do, and do only 80 far be intends to be
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