Who found America?

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Part of The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province

Title
Who found America?
Language
English
Source
The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province 1 (6) November 1924
Year
1924
Subject
United States--History
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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112 heart. Lately the Father happened to call at her house to speak her in a gentle tone on perseverance, the love of Jesus, and of Heaven which will one day be her palace and her reward, and as he was giving his parting blessing she took hold of his hand saying with a trembling voice: "Apo Padi, I have only one desire ... take me once to Baguio, to the grand church, that I may feel that I am for once in our dear Lord's house." Who found America 1 Whilfl Columbus is usually credited with the discovery of America, it is certain that Cabot, sailing out of Bristol, beat him to the mainland, and it has also been claimed that the Norsemen, sailing via Greenland, had reached the American coast some centuries before that. A new theory, to the effect that it was the Irish who discovered America, has now, however, been advanced by Father Divine, a Canadian antiquarian, and Monsignor Evers of New York. According to Father Divine, maps recently discovered in the Vatican show that the whole coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, was known as Ireland the Great in the year 1000. Monsignor Evers, also basing himself on Vatican records, ascribes the discovery of the New World to Saint Brendan, the navigator, an Irish Bishop of the ninth century, who, he says, passed down the New England Coast as far as Delaware in the course of a missionary voyage. Supporters of the new theory also point to the similarity of the famous Round Tower at 1rnwport to the ancient towe'.rs in Ireland. My (iood Right Hand I fell into grief and began to complain; I looked for a friend, but I sought him in vain: Companions were shy and acquaintances were cold, They gave me good counsel, but dreaded their gold. "Let them go"! I exclaimed. "I've a friend at my side To lift me and aid me whatever betide; To trust to the world is to build on the sand;I'll trust but in' Heaven and my good right hand. My courage revived in my fortune's despite, And my hand was as strong as my spirit was light; It raised me from sorrow, it saved me from pain, It fed me and clad me again i..nd again. The friends who had left me came back every one, And darkest advisers looked bright as the sun: I need them no more, as they all understand,! thank thee, I trust thee ; my good right hand.
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