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of the object— GO AND TEACH ALL NA-
TIONS*—and he who issued the grand com-
mission, has hitherto given effect to its exercise.
The tongues of fire that first published the Gos-
pel, still continue to proclaim its truths; and
will continue to the end of time to inflame the
hearts of the auditors.
Acting therefore upon the authority and the
commission of Christ, the Roman Pontiffs con-
tinue, by their missionaries, to teach all nations,
and to carry the word of truth to the most distant
regions. To prepare persons for this undertak-
ing, and to establish seminaries for their educa-
tion, has therefore always been an object of
primary importance, and the sums of money
annually employed for the purpose, have formed
a very considerable part of papal expenditure.
To this article we must add the support of several
hospitals, asylums, schools, and colleges founded
by various Popes for objects in their times pres-
sing, and still maintained by the Apostolical
treasury.
Moreover, the same treasury has to keep all
the public edifices in repair, especially those

* Matt. 28.
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