I myself have at this moment such thoughts as I imagine must have been running through his mind during that memorable sojourn in Rome, which resulted in freeing him from his old allegiance.

The work of evangelizing America demands new methods.

It is time to draw forth from our treasury the "new things" of the Gospel; we have been long enough offering "old things." Those new methods call for newly-equipped men.

The parochial clergy will readily confess that they cannot of themselves do all that God now demands from His Church in this country.

They are too heavily burdened with the ordinary duties of the ministry: instructing those already within the fold, administering the sacraments, building temples, schools, and asylums--duties which must be attended to and which leave slight leisure for special studies or special labors.