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A TRUE PliiXAMTHROr iET 1.tiT W hile in Loretto one day last week, j wc paused for a moment before the monument 'j erected to the memory of the Ilev. DctnetriuB tA. Gallitzin, by the Catholic Congregation * j of that place, of which he was the founder, . ind for many years the faithful and zealous a ; Pastor; suffering all the triabtaud privations which the pioneers of the Alleghuiiies enaoun-J tered. The Monument tears the following * j simple, unoati-ntatious, but appropriate uy ^ ; scripiion: / aSACKED 10 THE ilESIOKT OF / Sr EM ET R irlt; A EG I’STI X G A L LITZIN.'■ Of the uoLl* Russian family of that nan o. Born at the Hague, December 20th, 1770, j Died here. May Oth. 1840,1 A limn flock, reaping the fruits of his ail sacrificing zeal, erected this monument as n tribute of respect to his virtue, and a me-; mortal of their gratitude.Thar Gallitzin was one of that remarks- | tic class of men. who, *‘declining fame are .i 1 courted by her,” no one familiar with his ihistory will deny. With the noblest blood of 1 1 | Russia coursing through his veins, and the *■ ) assurance that the future had immense wealth, . ; honors and dignities in store for him. in short lt;1 everything calculated to gratify the pride and 'j ambition of mortal man, he •isolated himself - j from the gay and fashionable world, and be- ( j i came an humble missionary among the oaks .• i and pine trees of the Allcgkauiea. He soon lt;I ! drew around him a colony of honest, Indus- • 51 trious, but humble pioneers, who, encouragedS by his example, guided by his counsels, and (■ often supported by his wealth, which he re* ] gardcd os llnVf not his, succeeded in con- i• verting a desolate and uninviting wilderness j into a bright, smiling and fruitful region of_ t country, now the abode of happy thousands. ] \ lie ucver sought for or desired any inter- \ t j course with or praise from the ‘‘great ones ’ j . j of this world, but devoted his whole atteu- 1 j j tiou to the inculcation of the principles of e | Christian fervor, truth and charity, and in I caring for the spiritual and temporal wants n | of the infant colony with which Le had sur-i rounded himself, lie was always active and r, | self-sacrificing iu the discharge of his missionary duties He was constantly cudcav-| oiir.g to induce the sinful, the timid, the j ' worldly around him to Lx their hopes on a “Kingdom not of the wot id,” eu a “diadem „ 1 of glory that should never fade away;** iucul-e 1 eating the doctrines and truths he piO-Uulgc-e ted both by precept and example ;'•And as a lirri er.iii fund endearment tries,1 To tempt her neu fledged -fi^prtng to the skies, t He tiiei each an, reprove I each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds aud led the way.” v I Vet, not withstand at g Lis humility and the .. ‘ obscurity m .which he lived and died, the , name of the Rev. DEMKTRICS ACGUS-c TIN GALLITZIN will he immortal, and the . | works which Le penned and published to the world, will be as enduring, perhaps more cn-a ring. *hau the Ian gunge in which they were c first given to the world ll:s fame is now I world-wide, ami even during his lifetime b: a attract id no* a little attention, uutwithstau-. j ding his efforts to prevent it.; And how did he ihu.-- acquire fame and immortality without seeking lor or desiring r 1 them ? The answer is obvious. lie was a t true benefactor of mankind. lie sacrificed every worldly or selfish feeding implanted iu |. the breast of man on tie all r of lleligi m and y Humanity. JJe labored to promote the Uap-j piness of bis fellow men, w ith a self sacn.fi-j cing zt-], aiid they still gratefully cherish bi» c | memory, and experience the influence of hio v j teachings and example. It is iupoWrible to iv gaze arouud iu a thoughtful mood,on the vil-e lagc at.d surrounding country which wire e the principal theatre of his missionary labors, t.s 1 without feeling that the past in annihilated—J , that the great mind slid presides—“that the ic 1 great presence is s 7 wit h us ie “Go strew his ashes to the wind,s Whose ivurd and voice have *«-rvtd mankind,A.,ii is he dead, whose uoua mind Lifts thine on high 1 r} | To live iu licarta we leave behind,I I* not to die.”
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Ebensburg Democrat And Sentinel
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 07, 1858
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