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Excerpt from Missions in Western New York, and Church History: Of the Diocese of Buffalo The records of the discovery of America by the Ice landers are too consistent, too truthful to be rejected. The whole Scandinavian people must have conspired to invent a gigantic fiction, were it false, even in one of its leading features; and they must have engaged unborn generations in the conspiracy. Such a fiction, too, must have guessed the configuration of some two or three thousand miles of coast, the distances and bearings of places, hundreds of miles apart, the zoology and botany of countries differing widely in soil, climate, and physical conformation. It was no fiction, surely, when Thornfinn exhibited the ears of maize in the streets of Trondhjem; nor when he sold the slab of bird's-eye maple to the Bishop of Bremen, for a mark of gold. More than eight centuries and a half have rolled away since Leif wintered in Vinland; yet his descriptions are pictures of Newfoundland and the. Country around Martha's Vineyard, to this hour. - Dublin Review, May, 1861. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from History of the Catholic Church in Western New York, Diocese of Buffalo The standard of the cross was raised and the faith of Christ was proclaimed in Western New York nearly two and one-half centuries ago, and many events of historical interest, to Catholics especially, have transpired since the Black Gowns first traversed this region. More than three-quarters of a century have elapsed since the first Catholic congregation was formed in the western part of the State. This span of time transcends the memory of the ordinary mortal. The circumstances of the forma tion of the first parishes may be a faint reflection of childhood for a very few now; but they are early traditions, handed down from their ancestors for the great number of old inhabitants. The memory of some still living goes back to the thirties, and they learned fromthe preceding generation the story of early struggles and rude commencements of Catholic congregations. It was full time, therefore, that these early events should be recorded in permanent form, whilst there were still living witnesses to confirm or correct the early oral history of the Church in Western New York, before it became involved in the mist of unreliable memory, or perhaps passed into oblivion. The saintly Bishop Timon realized the importance of this work; and in the preface to his little work he says: Amidst occupations already almost excessive, it seemed wrong to attempt a work like this - when only interrupted moments, snatched from important and necessary duties, could be devoted to examining documents, written at various epochs, during hundreds of years. But the advice of respected friends, and the suggestion that, if not soon begun, future steps in this direction might be almost impossible, made us hesitate. Then, far advanced in the midnight vigil, or long before dawn of day, we strove to make a beginning; hoping that our labors might induce others who have time and talent to follow the glimpses that may open through these pages, and unfold the shadows which still rest 'round the dark and stormy past; and make it bright with evidence that in America, God protected the Church, and matured its fruits of love. Bishop Timon made a beginning, but he did not have the time to complete a work of such magnitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.