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                              ST. PATRICK




                             ST. PATRICK,
                     THE FATHER OF A SACRED NATION


                               A LECTURE
                                  BY
                       Rev. J. F. LOUGHLIN, D.D.


                     PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
                 THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
                             PHILADELPHIA




            _Copyright, 1889, by Rev. J. F. Loughlin, D.D._




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 ST. PATRICK,
 The Father of a Sacred Nation.


    “And the Lord said to Abram: ‘Go forth