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taining the experience of the small missiona
ry efforts already established there
by Protestant denominations. I received
the most indubitable evidence that a
mission of our church would be the great
desideratum for Hai{2 dots over the "i"}tian evangelization.

Indeed, the long state of schism that has
separated Hai{2 dots over the "i"}ti from the communion of
the Roman See, which two papal
Legates (Bp England of S.C. who went to
that island in 1837 or 8; and Monsgr. {illegible: Scappapie
tra?}, an Archbishop in{underlined} partibus{underlined} infidelium{underlined}
who went there in 1849) have failed to
{illegible} up, affords a splendid opportunity
to give to these people a church which
is Catholic without being Romish; and
Protestant without being heretical.

These facts I laid before the {illegible: Fer.?} Com. of
our church in the Autumn of 1853; and
spread them not as far a possible before
the church at large in a lecture on
the Religious works of Hai{2 dots over the "i"}ti, delivered