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A TRUE PlilXANTHKOIIETXif White in Loretto one day last week, wc paused for a moment before the monument erected to the memory of the Rev. Dt metriuB A. Uullitzin, by the Cathulic Congregation j of that place, of which he was the founder,'■ -itn! for many years the faithful and zealous ; Pastor; suflcring all the trials aud privations which the pi once 13 of the AlleghanieS eiicuuu-j tered. The Monument tears the following I ti tuple, unc»tLDtatious but apprepriale im*-; scripiion : /SACKED lo Tilt JIE1I0KT OF yfPEMETHICS AUGUSTIN GALLITZIN. i Of the uoblc Russian family of that name. Born at the Higuo, December 20th, 1770, Died here. May 6th. 18-10.I A loving flock, reaping the fruits of his all sscrifiiciiig zeal, er*'ted this monument as a tribute of respect to his virtue, and a ine-moriat of their gratitude.Thar Galutzix was one of that remarkable class of men, who, “declining fame are courted by her,’1 no one familiar with his history will deny. With the noblest blood of Russia coursing through his \eins, and the i assurance that the future had immense wealth,* honors and dignities in store for him. in short everything calculated to gratify the pride and | ambition of mortal man, he ^isolated himself j from the gay and fashionable world, and be-I eame an humble missionary among the oaks \ and pine trees of the AlUgbames. lie soon I drew around him a colony of honest, industrious, but humble pioneers, who, encouraged by bis example, guided by his counsels, and often supported by his wealth, which he regarded as theirs not hit, succeeded in cen-i verting a desolate and uninviting wilderness j into a bright, smiling and fruitful region of ! country, now the abode of happy thousands, lie never sought for or desired any intercourse with or praise from the “great oiies ' ! of this world, but devoted his whole attention to the inculcation of the principles of Christina fervor, truth aud charity, and in caring for the spiritual aud temporal wants of the infant colony with which Le had surrounded himself. He was always active and Btlf-saciificing in the discharge of bis leis-viouary duties lie was constantly eudeav-j uring to induce lti3 sinful, the timid, the , j worldly around him to tx their hopes on a “Kingdom not of the world,” en a “diadem . I of glory that should never fade away;*' iaeul-, ‘ eating the doctrines and truths he p-.Ooiulgi.-ted both by precept and example ;■•And as a Lsrd each food endearment tries,1 To tempt her new hedged ...fTspring to the skies,■ j He tiiei each sat, reprove ! each dull delay. Allured to brighter worlds aud led the way.” Yci, uotwithstanding LG humility aud the . (obscurity in .which he lived and died, the- name of the Rev. DEMKTRil'S ACCUS-. | TIN GALLITZIN will be immortal, aud theworks which Le penned and published to the world, will be* as enduring, perhaps more en-( ring. *hau the language in which they were , ’ first given to the world ll:s fame is now J world-wide, aud even during his lifetime h:, attracted not * little attention, uutwithstau-I ding his efforts to prevent it.I ° *Aud how did he thus acquire fame and immortality without seeking tor or desiringthem The answer is obvious. He was a true benefactor of mankind. He sacrificed every worldly or selfish feeding implanted in the breast of man on the alt r of lleligi n and lluiuauity. lie labored to promote the happiness of his fellow men, with a self sacrifi-j eing zi-r], and they still gratefully cherish bi»I memory, and experience the influence of bio . teachings and example. It is impossible to , gaze aiouud in a thoughtful mood,on the vil-* iagc and surrounding country which Wire ? the principal theatre of his missioaary labors.- without feeling that the past in annihilated— ] , that the great mind stld presides—-“that the e 1 great presence is s 7 with use “Go strew his ashes to the wind,Whose word and voice have served n.sLkxd, A.,o U lie dead, «rhsc gk nous mind c Lifts thine on high 1 { j To live m hearts we leave behind.Is not to die.”
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Ebensburg Democrat And Sentinel
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 07, 1858
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