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Show BISHOP SCANNELVSTDEAsY BOUT. BUILDING A CATHEDRAL J avail myself o.T lliis occafiian to nay a word "to you regarding the Cathedral Xo work whs done on the building during .the -past year., for the rea-fou rea-fou that the funds on "haral were not sufficient to justify the letting -of any large contract., and it wn not consiGCJ-en actxisanle.. or indeed teasible., to undertake the ej-ect'Lon ..of A.small jiart of the strue-true strue-true Whether the "work can "be Tesrtrrm?d eoniy this year will depend allognthEr (in the generosity and promptitude of all who are interested in this Tinder-taking. Tinder-taking. A good deal of money has been promised, hut so far only a small portion of its has been paid. Some persons, too, have not yet given any intimation intima-tion of what they intend to do. Doubtless all of you intend to do your part sooner or later; but it must be remembered that good intentions will never nev-er build the 'Cathedral. The Cathedral will be built, indeed, but whether it shall be built within a reasonable time will depend on the active co-operation of the people of this diocese. I ask, then, all those who have subscribed to the Cathedral fund to pay their subscriptions within the next few weeks, and I urge on all to do their part each one in his own way and to the lest of his ability in brincring to a speedy completion this great work of religion. RICHARD SCAXXELL. Bishop of Omaha. February 2. 1007. |