TUB OEPHAMAO* Hm UtTlL *
FaTHcB Hkbm aw
Father Herman’■ word*, were u' v.
only powerful and oo#rlMl#| to the
unenlightened children of nature aa
the Haute were, bat also had etrong
influenoe upon the edeteted and
cultured hearers. The ntanagjr of
the Colonies. Lieut. Yanofsky (tales
that only through Father Hannan’s
word* he tamed from hie ceil ways
and became a true ehrieUaa, for be
fore this he was a f .ee thinker and a
man of almoet no belief in God. Ao
oordlng to Yanofeky, Father Herman
“talked with each force end so sensi
bly. argued so sensibly, argued so
oonrinoiugly that it ssedsOd to mo
that no earthly learning at wisdom
ooaid withstand hi* word*.**
Yenofeky describee Father Her
inau ’• outward appear**** In detail.
*‘i remember” aaye he, “all the Hue*
of hiafhoe, lit up by spirit**! graer,
Uia pleasing smile, hie lweak aUraet
ire look, Me humble «*iet ehefaeter,
and hie eourteou* word*." ‘ He Wee
of low atature, hU fae* wee pale eor
•red with wrinkle*. Hie eye* were
gray blue, dear and bright, he had
eery few gray hair* oahie heath Hie
•peeoh wae not loud bed rery pleee
iug.”
Like every eaintly man Father
Herman wae uot frw from earthly
triale aud aorrowa. Though themaoh
iuationi of aril minded persons- he
waa auapeoted by the authorities of
agitating theiAleute, and an invests
Ration n> ordered. The tnepeotur
together with the manager N. of tha
Colonlee and w number of the em
ployee# of the Company Mrrttrod oh
the Bloroi Ostror to amfeh the old
uian'e hat. When nothing of value
wee found, Ponotnerkof one of the
employee#, began to tea# up the Hoot
of tha hut with an iM| “Myfitaid,"
Mil Pathar Uwbu, “I sin lorry Jo*
took op tha dm, thia inatrumank will
and your Ufa." Soma tima after,
man wara n and ad at Nioholaafak IU~
doubt for work, i numbar of. aaa
ployaaa wara aant tbara from Kodiak
and in tha numbar thia Pouomarkof.
Ona night tha aavaga natiraa of Kauai
ohopyad off Pouomarkof’• haad dar
Uif hi* alaau.
Haring dad urn tad hia entire life to
the wtHm of the Lord, being imO
ow ooly for the glorification of Hie
moat holy Mate, my from hie be
loved fatherland, in the utdet of ail
aorta of trtala end tribulation*, (pend
ing aeorea of yeere In lofty explot to
of aelf denial, Father Herman receiv
ed from Qod aume anparuatnrel gif la
Under the hut of Tat her Herman
eomq weaaala wade their naata. Thaae
little nuimale are unapproachable
wheat raieing their young, but Ta
thar Hannan fad them out uf hia
hand. "Waa ttnot »mir*olathatwe
aaw,” aaye Ignatiua, “we alao aew
Father feeding the benn.” It ie a
notable leet that alW* hit.death that
nU the Made end animate departed
from
Onoa t adil «rt tfpnMM tM
Eloroi Oatrtr. ' Tka iakabitanta ran
to tha old wau in fata and inuUiB|.
Ha took au imago uttkn SlamlTit
gin (toiadke tionaa of oaaof hia waids,
brought it to tLa baaeh and plaoad it
a bora tka high water nark and knatt
down to pray. Aftor tka abort prayar
ka tuinad to tka aaaemblad paopia
and (aid: “Donot boaffatt, tka water
will not rlaa beyond tfaa (pot whara
hia holy imago atanda.” Tka woida
of the did wan oama trua.
To b* Continued