_Bishop_:
Permit me to thank you and to say how much I appreciate the courtesy
you showed in putting yourself to such inconvenience to come here to
greet me. I had hoped to meet you at Santa Fe in the cathedral, where
I participated in the baptism of the son of one of the men of my
regiment.
I greet the school children and the sisters. There can be no greater
privilege than to meet a missionary who has done good work. Of all the
work that is done or that can be done for our country, the greatest
is that of educating the body, the mind, and above all the character,
giving spiritual and moral training to those who in a few years are
themselves to decide the destinies of the nation.