He has been intending to write to McMaster for some time. From Sept. to Nov. he was under a physician's care, but is fully recovered. They had 48 Masses Christmas day; Freitag offered the Midnight Mass for McMaster and his family. McMaster's articles in the Freeman are filling the hearts of the young men with love for the Church. McMaster will reap a rich harvest from the seed he has sown. They will offer a Solemn High Mass next Sunday for the Pope. Freitag has been appointed rector of the institution, and Father Nicholas Yaeckel has been sent to St. Alphonsus', Baltimore, and Father Joseph Wissel to Boston. He asks prayers that he may perform his duty well. He enclosed a portrait of Joseph Updegraff, a student at the seminary and a grandson of Gen. Finny who died at Ilcheten in December. He wishes McMaster and his family a Happy New Year and asks the prayers of the children. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.