"We had to penetrate into a country never yet visited by a Catholic priest. The rivers, lakes, mountains, prairies, forests and hills of Oregon would soon resound with the praises of the Holy Name of Jesus ; the cross would be planted from place to place, from shore to shore, on a space of one thousand leagues which we had yet to travel, and the word of Him who said that that sign would attract all to Him in the person of these poor wandering sheep to which we were sent. What a joy! What a sweet consolation for missionaries!"
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