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THE TATTLER 5 15 JvxAAfv .ff,v Our Priest Congressman. In the city of Detroit stands the statue of Father Gabriel Richard, the Apostle of Michigan. In con- templating it one wonders how many American citizens know that Father Richard was at one time a member of Congress. It was in 1794 that Father Richard escaped from revolutionary France, and came to this country. He was first sent to Illinois where he labor- ed with indefatigable zeal among the Indians. Later on, he went to Detroit, where he proved himself the champion of liberty, and the defend- er of the wronged and oppressed. Ill 1817, 'he succeeded in completing a church, which he dedicated to St. Ann. Threatened with imprisonment be- cause he refused to pay what he con- sidered an unjust debt, his friends, Protestant as well as Catholic, rallied to his aid. There was a vacancy in Congress just then in the district and Father Richard was nominated and elected to the post by his good friends who knew that as a member of the law-making body he was safe from the ordinary penalties of the law, and knew, moreover, the injustice of the charge brought against him. So Fa- ther Gabriel Richard took his seat in Congress and, respected by all his fellow members, worked faithfully for the good of his state and his adopted country. A warm patriot and servant of that country, he finally literally laid down his life for the people confided to his charge. A ter- rible epidemic of cholera broke out in 1832, in which Father Richard distinguished himself by his unwear- ied devotion to the sufferers. He fell a victim to his charity at last and died with these words on his lips: Now, O Lord, dost Thou dismiss Thy servant, according to Thy word, in peace! Reproduced from Franciscan Herald .fx The Miracle of His Eyes. I ITwilight in Galilee! The red sun of the tropics had sunk behind fleecy clouds. Birds warbled their vesper prayers and a blanket of serenity dropped over nature. Down the little hillpath bordered by luxuri- ant olive trees tripped a small child. His snowy garments fluttered in the evening breeze and His tangled, yel- low curls, on which the last rays of sun made a golden halo, fell on his shoulders. His face was lifted to the skies and a beautiful light shone from it. I stopped still-amazed-and stared at Him. Truly His face was that of a cherub and a wonderful peace settled over me. I knew the Child to be the son of Mary and of Joseph, the poor carpenter, the Wonder Child of Galilee. Soon the Child turned toward me and a smile that was as heavenly light itself broke upon my senses and soothed my troubled heart. Then I saw His eyes! Great pools of tenderness that rent my heart in two. They burned into my very soul. I fell to my knees and when I recovered from my emo- tion, the Child was gone II Thirty years have past-years of toil, of gladness and of sorrow. Years that have treated 1ne unkindly. I was sitting on the steps of the Tem- ple thinking of my past when a great hub-bub arose through the streets. I pulled on my mantle and rushed down whence the noise proceeded. Then I saw the poor rabble follow- ing and jeering at a poor man who was bent beneath the galling weight of a wooden cross. I pushed through the rabble eager to see the man whose actions had roused the people to such ire. ' I beheld a man in the prime of life. His long, curly hair was matted and bloody. A cruel crown of thorns sank into His head and blood gush-
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