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INTRODUCTION.
To my Roman Catholic Fellmc Pilgrim. ^
Dkar Sir, — In tl»e following Letters I have juldreased your
Kcclesiastical Chief — permit me now to address you. Every
wiwe man who intends to travel into far and foreign countries,
will study and read with great care every ma]* and book j)ub-
lished on the country in which he intends to travel, and especi-
ally those maps and books on the subject by a reliable resident
of that country. All we read or hear from those who have
neither lived nor travelled there, is, so far as we are concerned ,
mere hearsay — It may ov may not be reliable. Now, friend,
we are travelUng to Eternity, and since of all who have written
)>ooks on the best way to, the climate of, and fitness for that
Country, God alone is He who " inhabiteth Etorr.ity," it follo^
that fi-ora Him alone can -wq get reliable information on the sub-
ject. Every thing we read or hear from all those who have
never been there, is, so far as we are concerned, mere theological
hearsay — it may or may not be correct. I know your priest
will ask you to believe that he is divinely authorized to guide
you to Eternity. But how do you know that he is so ? That
is just the very Ecclesiastical Jiearsay against which I warn
you. In so far as you depend on any thing short of God's own
Statement, your religion is founded on hearsay — " receixcd by
tradition from your fathers," the very thing which both Christ
and Peter have condemned. Matt. 15, 8, 6, ; 1 Peter 1, 1ft
Your religion is full of confusions and self-contradictions. But-
ler's Catechism is now before me — I know it well, — and a
greater "Mass " of miserable confusion, perversion and absurdity,
^A*^W5«i^ V w*aM.v .«ttsi5«S*^:iaiyAate'iaivi-
can
not be printo<1 ; aiir] yot it
is your Stimdjird Catechism /
Or
e , ouK ,„st,„ct,on ! You are tau.,ht to believe iu the " ir.fal-
bbhty of your Counc.ls an.l Popen. O, Sha.ne ! Sham.!!
Nome of yo,.r Councils were perfect pandemoniums, and, a.-
lihln" P '" '''"'■■''' 1 ^'"" "^■" ^^""^-^-^ '"•'•ny oi your " infal-
ible 1 opes were the v.lest libertines the world ever saw. (See
the end of Appendix E.) It is n>.tter of historical notoriety
that your Church has ahvays been a bedlam of Sects, division
and stnfe- Popes deposing rival Popes, Councils anathemati/-
mg Councils, 1 opes ,,itted against Councils, and Councils against
Popes, and stdl all these were infallible! I know your priest
will say to yoic that this was not the case ; but will he say so i..
my presence on the public platform V Your great Newman in
his 'Grammar of Assent," American edition, pp. 215-7, says-
^•A man IS infallible whose words are always true; but iflclahn
to be mfalhb e, one failure would shiver my claim to piece.."
.^d th tTr' T"" '*''"' "^"'^'•■^'^^ *''"^' ^'"" ^'"-^'^ ^•••'« ^^'-tionn^y,
und th. t the Sun was n.ov.ng round the Earth ! Poj.e Innoce.rf,
I. and I ope Gelasius I. declared that unbaptized infants go t.S
hell; but a thousand years later the Council of Trent decidi^d
against the Popes. Now, which was "infallible," the Pope' <yf
theCounc. ? Pope Cclestine III. decreed thai should dthl^
the husband or the wife leave the - Church," the marnn<.e tiei.
no longer binding ; but Pope Innocent III. annulled this'decn..'
and afterwards Poi,e Hadrian VI. declared that his " infallible "
predecessor, Pope Celestine III., was a heretic ! We find Pope
JoimAXII. at one time decreeing that poverty is a Christiirt
tTr''rf,';"'?'''''''*''''''^^''^^*^^^-"'"^l hostile xo the Ca-
tholK, faith ! And because the obstinate Franciscans refused
to change their opinion when he changed his, the channcahl.
The infallible Pope Sixtus V. published a copv of the Lath.
Bible, and declared it to be without an error. But, on subse-
quent investigation, it was found to contain 2,000 errors intro-
duced by the infalllhleh own hand ! Cardinal Bellarmine ad-
vised him to blame the ;>nn«er._ as the only means of sav-
ing his « infallibility." Bellarmine himself was at once em,>Ioyed
to circulate the ;*e, and the "infallible" Pope endorsed it' by
I
agei.,
1 Catocln'sin Utr
VG in the "itifhl-
laiiK! ! Shame ! !
>niunis, anrl, ;n-
/ oi your « infal-
I ever saw. (Si'«^
orieal notoriety
Sects, cliviHioii
ils anathematiz-
^ouneil.s againKi,
:)w your prient
vill he say so in
!at Newman in
I. 215-7, Hays, —
", but if I claim
lini to pieccisf."
was stationary,
Poi)e Innocetit
infants go t«S
Pient (lecidt^d
' the Pope iH-
should eithef
marriage tie in
0(1 this deerei*',
is"inf:illibh>''
We find Pop,.
s a Cliristian
'c to the Ca-
scans refused
changeable.
1 to death?!!
of the Lathi
It, on subsc-
errors intro-
llarniine ad-
eans of sav-
ice ein|)Ioy(>fI
h)rsed it br
writing the profaee ! The " infallibh.>" l^opc; ITonorius I. was
a monotlielite — that is, he maintained, being " iidallibk'," thai
Chrisi; had only o«6 will ; and tor this the " infuliiblc " J'ope
was deposed as a "heretic " by the e(iually "infallible " Coun-
cil of Constantinople in A. 1). 080. (See note in Moshehn, p.
25G.) — Now here, you see, like an irrestible force coming against
an immovabl* post, we have one "infallible" contradicting
another " infallible " ! This is only a very small specimen of
the self-contradicti<»ns which flisfigure Romanism. Your priests
in the Casket of August 7th, 1873, apologize for many of these
things on the ground that they took place " in the Dark Ages'''
Now, this is just the "Confession " we want. There icere dark
ages, then! When were they? Just between the 6th and
the 16th centuries when Popery, alone in its glory, dejtosed
kings, produced its own legitimate fruits, and, in short, had
everything in its own way, then -were, the dark ages I "I thank
thee, Casktt^ioY that word." The priests in the Casket of August
21st, 187:3, say ; — " The Church of Home never changes in her
office of infallible teacher. She teaches to-day the same doc-
trines which she taught in the days of St. Thomas (.Atpiinas)
about heresy and its i)unishment." I thank thee again, Casket,
for the " Confession," for many of our people would not believe
that on my authority — they will surely believe it nmc. For what
the Church of Home taught in the days of St. Thomas, read on to
the end of this pamphlet. "The Church of Rome never chan-
ges " ! Why, it would require a Inrger j)amphlet than this
even to mention one half of her "changes;" she has been ad-
ding new dogmas of faith and , . .idoning old ones now for a
thousand years ! Protestants are agreed on the fundamentals, and
differ only as to non-essentials ; but you Roman Catholics agree
only on trillos, and fight about fundamentals.— Your Bible te\h
you that Ch-ist ottered one sacrifice/or sins forever, Heb. 10
12; but Butler's Ca^ecAisw tells you that Fie is daily offered
in the Mass. Now, which of them do you believe ? Christ
says that no man cometh (approacheth) unto the Father, but
by Ilim, John 14, 6 ; but your priest says that you can go unto
the Father by others. Whom do you believe? Your Bible
tells you that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us fiom. all
- « !.Wk1f> "Wifif iH!iHfii
« n, 1 John, 1, 7, 9; but Butler's Catechism tolls you that the
lood of Jesus Christ de^^-seth only fron» some si„s, an. tha
penance" and "purgatory "cleanse you from the rJst. Which
aoyoubeheve'^ Your Bible tells you to confess yourZt
(not sn.s; to each other (not to the priest any morfthan the
pnesttoyou) anayour.m.onlyto God (not to the priest),
you must confess your sins to the priest at lea«t once a year
Accordmg to wluch of these contrary rules do you live '^-wZi
would you think of a book on English poets or Queens, in which
there should be no reference to Jfacon or Queen Victoria ^^
of a book on astronomy in wliich the Sun should never be even
mentioned ? And so what do you think of the fact that though
the Chnstum Church, are minutely described, the -Pone" is
never once mentioned in the Bible? The Pone the i..fhlliKi
vicegerent of God, the Supreme Of«cial of a7r;fRtL t ho
presence IS essential to the very existence of God's Church as
you believe, and yet he is neither named albidprl t« a .
bed in the Biblel' Astonishing " iltop Is^h"." "'".
Hrt TJtiiu 1 7 t> i. 1 oisnop must be so and
80, litusl, 7 But what raustapope be? He may be a fool
oranythingthe Bible says to the contrary.- And how fk
that "Purgatory", is not mentioned in the Bible?
Isitu„ti.assiugstz-ange that the funda.u >nt„,l priuoiplos of vour
Church are not to be found in the Bible! No won.lel t U l
priests advise you not to get into argument witi: pI'L l^T
■s hool teacher who advises his pupils not to get i.,to argument switt
other scholars about Grammar, &c., by the verv fact nrn 1 !
taught If I could not teach my Congregation so as to z-ender
such a humihating advice an absurdity, I would at once dislnpe:
rom the pulp.t and earn my bread in some honcab Tay
Come ,u,w, and let .s reason together, saith the LORD," JS
1. 8 The Apostle Paul, acting on this divine principle arJd
dazly m the School of Tyrannus, Acts 19, 9. It is on Iv 1 Jo is
weakness and vackedness that shrink from arguments conduZ
m a manly and Christian spirit. Just use the common sense and
the Bible whzeh God h.s given you, and you will soon dTco"
I
■MMI IlliifVI
Is you that the
> Hins, and that
ihu rest. WJuch
'ess your faults
more than the
to the priest),
Catechism says
it once a year,
tu live ?— What
ueens, in which
Victoria f or
never be even
let tliat though
est officials in
lie " Pope " is
the infallible
'fficials, whose
I's Church, as
to, nor descri-
i8tbe"so and
lay be a fool
nd how is it
eiples of your
ler that youi-
otestants. A
•guments with
proclaims to
ley should be
as to rendei-
ice disappear
lomble way.
)RD," Isaiah
ciple, argued
ily conscious
ts conducted
»n sense and
3on discover
that the Church of the Po[»e is not the (Jhurch of (}(k1. Your
fundamental blunder consistH in bflicving as you niv taught, that
the Church of (iod, like any huuiau institution, cousistH of ccii^iin
officials, by-laws, and a visible office where sins and souls are atten-
ded to like commercial tninsactions at a Royal Exchange. So long
as you hold to such an abmird idea as to what the ("hureh of (Jod
is, so long will all your ideas of religion be confused. l he CJhiuch
of God in its essential nature, is not an external organization at
all. Job was the most pious man on tJie earth in his day, and yet
he Iwlonged to no visible organization of an ecclesiastical character;
and HO the thief on tlni cross was saved, and therefore was a mem-
ber of OotVa Church, though he did not belong to any external
church on this earth. The pei-sons mentiontxl in the following
passages were accepted l)y God, and still they were not members
of any visibh! Church whatever. Matt. H, .o-ll ; Matt. 1-5, 21-28;
Luke 7, afl-nO; Acts 10, 1-48; Luke 23, 30-43; Job 1, 1-8.— For
salvation the main thing with you is thorough submission to your
"Church" as represented in the pei-son of the pries( ; whereas the
main thing, indeed tlits only thing, insisted on by the Word of God
is, that faith in Clirist, wliicli is followed by practical obedience to
God. What an infinite ditt'erence between the teaching of Rome
and that of ITeaven ! Why has your Bishop not answered my
Letter's'? Your priests say that I am not worthy of an answer !
We all know what is the meaning of such a reply. Ask your
priest whether he will meet me on the platform before an audience,
and explain the following abominable words found in your Latin
theology of the Confessional, — vir succubus — latere — stando —
sedendo — retro — quis — quid — uhi — quibus aiixiliis — cur —
quomodo — quando — ka. I have reml in the Latin of your own
standard authors, the questions which your young priests are taught
in order to prepare them to "Confess" women; and if an educated
desjwrado should attempt to translate them to a decent audience,
the cry of " Fire !" would not make even tlie men leave any quicker !
Dens, Cardinal De Bonald, and others, admit that the Confessional
pollutes even the piiests themselves. Fathers McGillivray and
McGregor to the contrary not-svithstanding. Friend, read your
Bible, believe in Jesus Christ aa your only Priest, confess to God
against whom you have ainued and who aloue can forgive you.
ttma
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-o,„*„, ,e. ™ .„t ,„,, „„,; / r ,;„",„ zr:::t '^
..re ;no«lly respoulfefa « fo SeTulZ '"aTm"' f °'«°'™''
fami y of bovs iiivlm. l.i. t.. ■ ■ oMMgO- A fiithor has a fine
o«r„f,[lly,r:rh */™„flTS, Ho ha, moulded them very
happen. tl,«,t w.ule he i le„ i ?V ^f '■'' "''T"" "■"»■ I'
*.n,er ,„me, alo ..r^i ve" , ., to h-S" """^ °' "'", *'"""• "
:;o%7'f,:;:r:xxf-"^^^^^
S;tShLi!rd™;i,t,;x:^^^^
assailing tlie stoer %{ *^ ^ '"^""l^^ ""^'^^' *'"»k of brutally
priest is wholly subject toXR?;r° f ^T^ constitution the
to the Pone We kwe no l5 f ''^'' ^f!,^' *^^" ^^«^°P ^^ «"bject ,
He fihar»ps tho -J->fim -f 'i • i ■' ^ rather Uhimnnv 1
foUv" TtI / V 1 "^ t"""" ii""-J«rous outnige with "insanp "
Ljoocl se
)f the j)al
\>y brill
us.'
j Has
I s vene
I iitiard t'
tion of
Protest;
l>y his ]
. and for
! iwrt of
Fath(
HMS iniaj
suiting t
them.'
inatter.
ghastly
•<!atholi
of Prot<
able' me
'Anglo-S
Uillivra;
writh brii
him. T
Bisho
iiuld mo
< ^liiuiqu;!
publicly,
tloep reg
'we rega
that 'the
damn hi
Poor peo
church s(
All Prot
the reaso
eilged stc
inent. I
may be t
tiuy deep
who ditfe
We'll cai:
g(»ing frai
"■inptihle
auce. W
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9
thinking for you
ting for you in the
'e lield responsible
1 and your Bible.
ly, tlie Bible. Do
bion to the Letter
fimphlet. Read it
very passage. In
) often try to put
B force? Do you
3h barbarous con-
4nts murileriug or
)m a newspaper is
ing of our mean-
lly or personally
rm most empliat-
!s at Antigouish
Jither lias a fine
ilded them very
TOrence him. It
of the Fanu, a
Bnt and to make
friends on the
>nls immediately
m the deadliest
and bruises en-
row, how is the
irage ? Had he
ink of brutally
^ would regard
'oys. We need
le Rev. R. Mc-
jillivray speaks
onstitution the
tLshop is subject
op Mackinnon
jillivray. The
ither Chiniqny.
with "insane
clergymen) is
) learning and
7. 7«f «^'n''l.«"ft<7 '"'"«*'lf for a n.omont to be influenced by
he palr.able delusion that h,^ coul.i have served a,iy u.seful purpo.se
by brmgmg this graceless scamp and notorious firel.rand amoli"st
US. o
Has the Bishop n,buked Father McGillivray for this as,sault on
n venerated an.l honored Protesta.it minister? We have not
heard tliat he has. Father McGillivray rdoices over Hh IpS^
^on of the hps or the gnashing of teeth which the boys cause 1 'a
Protestant dergyu.an. Has Father McGillivrav been spoken to
by his Bishop on the subject ? If so, it must have been in privat< ;
n ;U7 ^"«''^7,k,?^'^^- *''^rJ-« '-'» ■- silont acquiescence on the
pHi-t ot the Right Jieverend Pn-late.
Father McGillivray asks, Mn a word, does anyljody in his sen<
Hes imagine that the Catholics of Antigouish would think of h"
jumpuiyrespectadeProte.^^^^^
nXr Tl 7 ^' *'^"'' 'i ^'**^" T^" '"^* ^•"- """^'i^'^tion in the
.latter. The facts are un<ier our ha- they stare us in the face
M'aSir rA'';'"'^-*'7 '^^'*' *'^*''-- McGillivray ard all the
..'^holies of Antigonish ' a curious character. In the estimation
<. Prote.stants Father Chiniquy and Mr. Goodfellow are 're k^ t
ft^^,!^?'^r^r1r'^^ '''''' •' "'^^y «'- comn.anirof
Yet when they venture to differ from Priest Mc-
'^ Anglo-Saxon.'
j±:u- 11. , J "■'""•"' I-" <«iiiei irom rriest i>ic-
S iSl^;^: .*^"li-^« -I>'-^^ ^y ? --''-'- onslaught
with brickbats an.l stone.s. Giv'e a man a bad name, and then stone
Bisho ; M .'1 "'" *'' ,T' '"■"" *'"' ''-'y' '' «*^^I*^-" downwards
bishop Mackinnon and his ^.i-iests can hanlly comi)lain of being
held morally responsible for the treatment Lorded to Fat2
publicly. YetT.ather McGilinray says he does not 'feel any
deep regret lor .he treatment ac-corded to Pere Chiniquy,' because
e regard hiin as a thorough-going fraud.' We are further told
Uiat the simple sentence of the proper authority was sufficient to
'^^.mn him m the estimation of Catholics.' This is no doulT w
Poor people kept in darkness by the priests believe that the r^^
t U Prow T r "'r^^'^ 'I ''''"""' ^^" «" ^-h^- i* i« pronourd
Ail Protestants have been thus 'damned' time out of mind, and
the reason that their skulls are not made acquainted ^Wth shain
;;S X? V" P^*'^ """"'n'^'r^' expedienJto makeThe ex S
ent But where Roman Catholics are seven to one the thine
may be tned-- occasionally -and Priest McGUlivray will not 'feel
We'll c!l.T >%""' "^ '""^^^ ^^ 'charity,' ''love and mercy.'
„mnghaud, a 'graceless scamp,' a 'notorious firebrand.' a con-
s'' wir'"r'i-''' '"1 *!"'" "^ "^" ^^'^ «f 1"^« -'^1 toler-
ance. Well 'spit on him and drive him away;' we'll crack his
HhMa
illl '
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crown ,vith stones; we'll burn him m cffi^.y, and then we'll ron.
Vh,n most bitterly and threaten libel suitJ if our ctnd^et (s ex
pose.1 by the press ! We can eat the Protc-stanls ofA tiin.
^bke a raw oyster:' are we not very gracious U> ^strain ou^apT.
t^ f ^' 'T^ ^''?'T ¥'^kinnon, now that he is back amon.r his flock
to take ns Priests m hand and con-ect the atrocious «4 ment^
uttered by them. Here is the Rev. K. McGillivray, ub 1 n^^
m Ins own si^mature one of the mo.st truculent att^kJ J W
«v r een on a Protest^mt minister. Here he is ajM^logisir fori
brutal an.l cowar, ly and murderous attack upon two umlndW
P .sby cnan numst(,rs. His defence is. all the ,nore offensive and
uus o.thy masH.uch as it is interlard,.! with professions of chari"
r of ';■*•'•• 7' Tl'-''"''"!' Mackinnon'i attention f^ t^T i J
du t of Ins p,,csts an,l his i,eople <l„ring his absence; and we Isk
will he become accessory after the event? '
V\e want Roman Catholics in Antigonish an.l everywhere p1«p
to become thoroughly ashamed of tl»r policv of brutJf^^n! l
neiNfciiti'nn Ti... „. I • XI l'""^J oi Di utB lorcc and
pus. xution. The subject becomes nauseous; but a full discussion
an.l .exposure on this occasion vnll save us a renetit m. T
^l^h«:^^^ and we want to cultivate and encou^e'S
naiWdf"'" ^""'^ Observer, ay^: "Rev. Father Chiniquy we are
pained to see, has again been attacked by a Catholic imbthi«
me m the town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he ■ d bee
preaching in the Presbyterian Church. Thi.s devotef an lon^
T'\ 'i"* '''';' V*'i' "* ^'^^ ^^**' «*-«»«« '^"'l «!»'>« in tie hands
Jn^'tr tS;t^ ^Lr^:^\.:;ti:^i^l^-1 '^^
held r,.H|,o„.,il,l„.» ' ""' ^-"lioli" (-'liurcli must U.
On tho 24th of Aug„8t, 1872, the Rev. Dr. Ommp, the leaclmc
Ba,,t«t,n,m.,lerta the Lower P„vi„„e,, pro„«e, 'and c^S
unanu„„,«lj. at the Ba,,ttat (>,„venti„„, tl,„ follclg Ke.„l,„i„„ "
of tfTf!'^' TIf 'his convention „^„,„Ied on thoAnnivei^ary
ttird:r-:ir^^rr;L,"hoi;o?-:,! Sf -^
e..dieTL»L'JX':tl- f S't,:: ---^^^^^^^^^^^
k1 then wo'll coni-
oiir conduct is ex-
ults of Antigoiiisli
restrain our
apfH
lok among las flock,
rocioua sentiments
Uivray, jmblisliin^j
it tattacks we have
s ajKjIogising for »
1 two unoffending
more oflTpnsive and
Sessions of charity
tention to the coii-
ence; and we ask,
I everywhere else
hrute force and
t a full discussion
epetition of such
I sijLfn for good the
ns to the chargew
1 encourage that
Chiniquy, we are
ttholic mf)b, this
lere he had bee)i
voted antagonist
hen he discourses
uhs in the hands
d and dastardly
L'hureh must be
amp, the leading
sed and carried
ig Resolution: —
the Annivensary
hundred yeai-s
similar events
in the name, of
I of thought and
to express it*
ism which wa.s
•n of principles
11
closely resembling those of the Church of Home and theiefore in-
imical to enlightened godliness by a large number of ptnsons in
<Treat Britain and many in North America: — gratitude for the
(KJCuiTence of recent movements on the continent of Euro[ie indi-
cative of a revival of evangelical religion, and confidence in the
grace and faithfulness of the Head of the Church who will at last
consume the wicketl one 'with the Spirit of his mouth' and 'des-
troy him with the brightness of his coming.' "
Fx'om the N'. Y. Observer wc copy the following account of the
Inquisition at Rome : —
We puljlished lately an account of the citation of a r. verted
priest at Rome to apjiear before the Court of the Inquisiticii and
answer to the charge of having left the Church of Rome. The
ctt.se was that of Father Grassi, who, for thirty-six years, })erfonn-
ed succes.sfully the duties of priest, confessor, curate, mitrcMl abbot,
lent-preacher, and lastly incumbent of the great Jiasilica iSatita
Maria Maggiore, He has cast down robes, honor, emoluments,
abandoned prospective promotion, and united with the Baptist
( Jhurcli under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Wall of England. A
few weeks ago, with Mr. Wall, he called to bid his associates fare-
Well. They knew well that he whom they had ^o long knoMii,
loved and honored, was sincere. He told them of the terrible
conflict through which he had passed ; why he had given up all
and chosen his home with a little company of Christians meeting
in a tent, and begged them to consider well his reasons. All wcu-e
deeply moved ; and when he arose, they gathered around, emln-ac-
«n1 and kissed him. Six of his associates followed him to encjuire
what is truOi, In one day twelve priests called on Mr. Wail to
a*ik for ligliL Among them was a D. D., an LL. D., and a D.
P. Another the superior of a convent, who on Sunday sent a
priest to Mr. Wall for tracts and Scriptures to distribute among
the inmates.
In former times, and even up to within a very few years, such
» man would probably never again see the light of day when once
he had passed the gates of the Inquisition. Its dungeons and
council halls would alone contain his history. But now through
the grace of God, since a measure of religious liberty has been
established at Rome by the government of Victor Emanuel, a
man may come out alive and remain true to his faith and his
profession. Let us all rejoice j give thanks to God for the change,
and let unceasing prayer be oti'ered not only for those who have
come out on the side of the truth, but for those who still remain
imder the power of papal superatition.
We have received a letter from Rev, W. C. Van Meter at
Home, giving further particulars of the appearance of Don Grassi
ii
I I'
12 •
often ,lo wo witiiPs.:, .1 "'"' t'«t yot hni. and fearless. N.rt
tl.e In-iuisiU^:^!;"^:^ ';,;;?- .---- Alone he .stood beW
«^»^ir iniquities de^n he .J^i' '1'"'^ '"« Protcso, denounce.!
To «ive jou a more "o "e^ i ," "f Z\ '''?"' ^^^^'^ '^"athenuus.
-..St oh.stian ^^:^v^:^i;^7!:z.-,^z
'^^^ilTo^f^i ^*'«^' ,^-'r^« -J Mates; G.I
that .-as lo i> re! so L t fu'l "^^o T"^'^' *'" *"" '^^"''^^^ ^ «J-
violated, (lesnoiled wm, 1 I ' T Sl°'''^"«' you Jiave betmyed
Htitions and n^r 'i ^^^^flf f '{ f" ^ ^'"*'-^"-' «"S-
' po,nna of I.ifallil.ili ^> He:,'t ,1^^^^^^^^^ ^'^ J-'r Wasphemou,.
children. 2'he ^od of veac^lhJ/i o'^'' *" ^""^ HufferinK
^<^^i,. Do vou norfe!:^tf:'- tr^^^^^^
instigated and inflicted tlie tn,^.„. IxJ. , ^"o but Satan
wall.s, within wlwch ^o „ t^ *"j^^'r, "^ *^''' ^''r '' ^ ««"'d these
roof but eel.o back the l7of'Znv ft ™''' «I'«'^k-^""l'l thi.s
and .he vaidts benea, h "s reveS tb your ^nocent victims,
been buried alive no of Lr corpses of tho.se wlio have
required. ' ^ ''*^'' '""*^'^«'^ «f condemnation Mould b.
before you to-da, aircfiartir^^JZ^dlfc^^^^^^^^^^^^ '^*^"'^
touch a hair on my head ' Ye^ P,wl J i ' , ^"" •''"'« ^''t
this Tribunal, the.s^ wXand W? '"^« ''^g"" the work and soon
our feet and ^^cati^-c^ZJ^^^ZZT "'" , ""' ^""^^^^ ""<'^-
the worhl that the ' Mo t Hdy uil^.e»^!, r""'^' P|««l-i»»ng t«
^^Jeaa because God hS^^Xdt^.^r tliXf IS^^^^I:
wi:; i^/:.s m^:::r:i:;f • «t -r^--- ^-thers,
not over me as dead. I am nTt de I. ''' "^''^ ^^^^ ^^^I'
stand before you to anno fr.! tf ^'"* ''^T^S *»»« «ving and
™i • 1 , ^ announce the resurreetinn ^c +i j. /?i
which you have tried to drown in blood Yes "he S r. ?'"''''
as the morn ng licrht -md icrrmvo„., Jtes ,sJie is rising glorious
anny flee befofe her ! ^Suorance, superstition, heresy all tyr-
if my word h^^yj^;"^^^^ ---t^ of <,estructionf 6
your eyes to the^!,VhtZto"£i ^ y Sw TV*" "^"'
which vou are irrmunr, „^j X A system ot darkness in
you.'"' ^™^''"^' ^'^^ ^««P* t^« truelight which Jesus offers
» Twi(
W"e shal
i las kind
ng and
lights w
i 3il)le scl
1 present.
nany jui
"iible in
father (_
most ii
the tr
^atican
md tfike
sore trial
8{km1s an
How i
propagat
to do so 1
Quebec, 1
everythii
frightful
And how
Iter what
7, and all
' Antigoi
print) an
tion that
both evid
mediately
versal inc
Antigonii
Is ther
is so oftei
tion and <
Swere Ron
peoi)le wl
a re.sidonee
gars calku
their fruil
< : " Patlier Omssf
Hid fearless. Not
e he Htood before
|>r(>tcst, denounce I
their aiiatlieuias.
ive a few olosin>5
inj.rotected and in
•siasm of Steplieii,
lis liiqiiisitors lie
id Prelates; God
rue church ? She
1 have betrayed,
r doctrines, super-
your bla.sj)hemouN
to his sufTeriii^r
i binder your feet
Who but Satan
'i O could thes*'
peak — could this
iinocent victims,
those Avlio have
nation would bp
ished the fires of
herefore I stand
ile you dare n(»t
:; work and soon
> bruised undei-
proclainiing to
TiKluisition ' is
he feet of His
ir own brothers,
th you. Weej.
the living and
f that Ohurcli
s rising glorious
leresy and tyi-
ipanions ofuiv
stniction / O
li you to open
f darkness in
ich Jesus offers
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"Twice Father ( J msHiluH pri.icIuKl in my Vatican Mission.
^esha Jiavepreiieliiug there (.very Sunday night. Mr. Wall
tias kind yaHsu.ne.l for th.. pn.sent the responsibility of the preach-
Ing and Bible Hchools here tliiV(. nights each week. The other
"aights will be oceupi...! by my ,.ve..ing schwl. Last night the
Bible sch(,ol was op. >,.d, Not Irss than W men and women wei-e
|)i-esent. Kaeh was ti.rniHlu.d ^^ itl, „ New Testament. To see so
amnyjustherebytlie Vatican and Incpiisition with the oi.en
Bib e ui their han.l .-..ading, asking <piestions and listening U.
rather Urassi, who five days ago stood before the In.iuisitors, was
'. niost inipressivc ill.iHtratioi, of the ,,rogress of truth and a sight
the true ( hnstian m..re interc'sting than a stroll through the
Aitican or even ail the palac.H in Rome. While we thank God
and t»ike courage w,. are admonished to watch and be sober, for
sore trials are at hand. The ol.l usur|H.r will not relin.,ui,sh his
s|M)ils and slaves, without a d(.Hp(.rat,(. struggh'."
How is it that yon are disposi'd to employ brutts force for the
Jprop,igation of your religion ? Do you believe it to be Christ-lik.;
|todo.so? And how is it tliat in those places (the Province of
|Quebec, for instance) where y,Mir j.riests and your religion have
Jeverything their own way, ignorance and superstition pi-evail to a
|fnghtftil ext«.nt- not more tlian one in twenty being able to read?
•And how is it that in <|ueHti(.nH affecting your "Church," no mat-
jttn- what the evidt.noe is, W(. can not get a fair verdict ? See Letter
7, and also the verdict of the Graial Jury in the matter of the
I" Antigonish Riot." J i.st h,ok at the evidence (which we have in
Iprint) and then at the venliot, and you can not resist the convic-
Ition that every juryniMi. wlm approved of the verdict, disregarded
Iboth evidence and oath. Who was the lying sycophant who im-
mediately after the Riot, t<<legra,phed to the newspapers that uni-
versal indignation w.w Mi at Mr. Chiniquy for having gone to
Antigonish to leotu|.e 1
Is there not something HUggestive in the fact that your religion
lis so ofttm associated with partiality, ignorance, poverty, supersti-
tion and cruelty? Oi Jiffy b,.ggars who applied to me, forty-Jlve
were Roman CatholiuH I How do you account for this ? Of forty
j people who could not reiKJ, thirty-nine were Pai)ists ! During a
I residence of thir.u yoars in U,auau llatliolic Montreal, more beg-
gars called on me than for nine years in Protestjint Toronto ! "By
their fruits yo shall know tliem," Matt. 7, 15-29. And yet by
lit <■]
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.lesigning and self-interested parties you a,^ taught'to believe, thatJ
your religion is the "pure and uiidefiled religiui. " of Jesus Christ
and «.e on/y one that can possibly either bene/it or bless man,
Sherbrooke, N. ,S., October 2na, J 874.
i !•:
-u^:
tes will explttin tht^m-l
[r. Editor,—
By the last number of the " MoRNiNo Chronicle" which t have
leceived here, you announce by telegrams from Antigonish and New
Glasgow, the reception aocordeil Mr. Cliiniquv in Antigonish. I shall
pot pause to discuss whether the version ot^ho affair given in the
lelegrams is colored or not. I am, however, happy to inform you that
Ihe Rev. Mr. Goodfellow was not seriously hurt. Everybody rejoices
Ihat he was equal to the discharge of his pastoral duties on last S-ib-
l)ath.* It is even hoped that Pere Chiniquy has by this time recovered
lis equilibrium from the etfects of the palpitation of the lips or the
rrincemens de dents which the boys caused him the other night. In
Phis county where the matter is viewed in the proper light, there is not
the slightest foundation for the notion that the circumstance will for a
moment disturb the excellent social relations which have hitherto sub-
sisted between the Catholics and the Protestants. It is, however,
feared that the chief oft'ender, Pere Chiniquy, eaten up as ever with
Ihe love of notoriety, will impose on well disposed Protestants abroad,
and turn his own insane folly to good purpose in appeals for more
(noney to the "dear brothers and sisters of Nova Scotia." Doubtless
le lias already inflamed the wrath of his sweet, dear Orangemen
igainst the bigoted and benighted papists of Antigonish. But I beg
leave to solicit all Protestants to suspend their Judgment until they
Bhall have heard what we have to say for ourselves.
Ill the first place the expression of regret that the Rev. Mr. Good-
fellow has been unintentionally hurt is shared in bv all Catholics
tequally with Protestants. The Rev. gentleman can judge of the sin-
cerity of this feeling by the past. I am sure that he will acknowledge
that no Catholic has ever, since his advent amongst us, offered him the
Blightest aflfront, or looked at him with a sour face, or attempted to
[Interfere with him in the discharge of his pastoral duties. One fact is
Torth a thousand assertions. He was but a few months in this county
jhen his flock set about building him a new Manse. To raise funds
for that end they got up a pic-nic. The ('atholic clergy on that occasion
bet a very good example to their flocks. What is the fact? When
f;he clergy sat at the dinner table, Roman Catliolic priests were in the
majority. Was not this a manifestation of feeling towards him that
juglit to be highly gratifying to him ? If the supposition that he invited
Chiniquy to assail " the errors of the Church of Rome," has caused a
-loinentarv alienation of feeling, nobody can impute blame to us.
ve are indeed amazed that a gentle nan of his learning and good sense
should suffer himself for a moment to be influenced by the palpable
|olusi()n, that he could have served any useful purpose by bringini
lis graceless scamp and notorious firebrand amongst us. 'it is well
nown here that the Rev. Messrs. Downio and Murray refused to in-
•ThlslauttGrly false— Mr. Goodfi'llow was unable to olliciate— it was Communlo*
Sabbath, and 1 hav" to do all the work. A, (..'. Q.
mmmn
]: •
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i"!S"hi;[^luM^^Se';!!.-\ ';■ " ^r^^ -'"^^ anybody m Us sonso.
p.^!;;sSSi,r:::i/^^^![;^^;> P!;-""« "otwcen t.,o (.at..onos a,,., i
'.oast, Ii:Hn,vb.,.lv,loul,L tasMor r s,.l,.io,.t of pri.i,. ,„ ,
.nideneo of tho excellent soiV «• ,iJi *"*• i""' '«'«'"ill have aniDl,
-H.uiUy,.v,M-allow,.,U.omsH^^^^^^^^ I'hv- the Catlioli.-s of t s
<■'.»<•(• that Ju" (•.)„si,Ioro(l li . roli/no> : I •'"'•"'' ''''*'•• «i^-«"' '"'V evuj-
'lis political support ? I s,m,,^r ' 'rV.7, ''""'''^ " *'»"<li«Iato a bar to
ho space of twenty- fo„ r v"a7s' a, J t| V n, '^l' V? I' '''"•' '"nient for
presont ivprosentativc in'tl le f • 1 '''•'•'>• -^f'-Donald who is our
tors and niorchants of A ntigonish wiuT^'o I r' ,•''''? ^'"^^-t^nt do •-
dares to ass(M-t that their roli^ on luu if * "r ''f" *'^ "'lybody who
of the patronage of CathoS "" ''"' '''''^'"''^^^ *™>» them theij share
of F«l^ ""'i^t'l'^K't^llaVK -cry species
•.'ret lor the treatment ac(-orded P5re rfj, In .f"* *?^^ ""^^ ^'^'O' deep re-
a martyr, and to revive l.r« «..!.:„*:5^vii'.'"';i''.y- To net himself off as
a martyr, and to revive his win Tmr « V/'""^^"-!- ^o set himself "off as i
topersuu,k.Pr,,tC8tantrt Imtt e'K'^^^^^^^^^ he will doubtless essay )
all. Nothing could bo iS f Use^ w, T'nl'', '''''R ?* "lo bottom of {( ;
vvhy do Catholics interfere witl bin. ? nl^ "othing about it. Bu ^
l^°!;;^i!^!:^;!"K^raud. i^^yp;Sy!iS?S.s?,;r T^
worthy members. The nV,>t.!? J?.;T "^^ ? ^''w
.. ^,,„,^ n»u(i. jiiverv nronerlv c
or he expulsion of unworthy members Tho';';" '^""'"^T "«•" « '"w
<..atholio church fnn.wi u •'. "":'""^'^'*- ,^''<^P»^oper authoritvin the
> oxj)el Pere tJhininuv. You mav
etvand bnmiiit.r }•, ■ :,..f "" '"'^y
cifi I- 1 Y ' "'"ortnv menu
.•„Jf ' ,"^V'' *"""<1 't necessary tooxnel »,.,.,' ;7i''."'. "■"""''"^yi" ")'
rest assured that it waH not for is n ietv ami Im^ V'l'n'W- You mav
ontiousand unostentatious (iov thmTo^l v w." ' '^''' '•"■ ""»* ''^''^'-i-
securos the love of Oatholi.^s an ' csneiV Y • ' «' 'I' "'° ^-'""^1 Pnosl
was cast out of the garden of the r'i.„.r'*T "* Protestants, that he
priests as demons. It s "ak, that . « h * r "'" *'''^* '^^''t '»' pai s a
and requires no genius XeUn u? e ' '' tl* !:"?/ ''^'^ """ 'i'*-' i« « ^v
mfer iron, the particular to the generV' Here's^ '"«'"' ^" «
ol logic. Pere Chiniquy has no lanmm,i «!;. "* " '*'"*''• specimen '
wickedness of priests. Ami PerC^'cfniro^^^^^ "'""^'^ *" l'«int the -
twenty years. I fear that im^rorwH he ,>'. 'T '' Pnost for oyer ■
•OTorsof thoChurchof Rnn.ot' I V "far hard on the »r>v Tin.
Hantintellectof this ISn^^^^^^^^^^^ *" •'"^^" «" t lo br 1-
UH expulsion, whateS.^iP^^f i,,,^;'^^);. «^^^^ '"o r«vsons of
he proper authority was suftl lent o ,P,n , V.ifi."- "'"'IV^''" sentence of
Ca holies, /riiey saw nothing ir;is.,ieer J ee I" *''^ «««mation of
•>' that sentence. ^^:i:^^I-et^^
and Pn
by the
made b
souls, \
upon h
Charity
likene's
who we
letters f
Halifax
which e
corrupt!
V Ihegree
' more m
I body tel
1 I liavf
» pal»le fri
'■ and a co
other da
Catholic
men t of
<'ath()li('
in(re, as
cut and i
that the
church s
Catholic.'
man told
would b
Every in
with him
plied wit
testants I
in hate m
Mt. Jos(
Mnrrnj^TayTTTTJiTX;;;;^/-'. Itecordfyr
" ^'''at a 'fa-aj,,, affair wa- that of the
'^Z^X^':^^:SI^P^!\^^ known .,,0 Roman r„t.,oHc
Mr. Edit
Some yi
States ace
ure, was
>een sayii
^hus it fn
lectures, I
tlemoustn
'rating th(
;he 10th ii
[!hurch, A
Jatholics «
•y unseen
~ brestk u
•See Matt.
iLj^
ati.vbody in h'm hoiisos.^
tniiikontisnltinjf anv
>iiio ainoiifrst thoin?
.'■rant train tlio citv,
in his own vigorous
it'inthatKcntlonianlv
atliolics would inter-
koonthoCatholio.sand
Niilijoct of prido and
''onic to our t)azaars
d losliall have anipU
I l><>tJi Catholics and
ic Catholics of this
tliodi'nionof|)ijr,,trv m
ycr ffivtui any evid"- ^
I a candidate a bar to
", ihvfi leave to an-
ts HI Parliament for
^it'Donald who i.s our
The Protestant doe-
10 to anybody who
111 them their share
demn every spoeies
^1 any verj' deep re-
ro set himself off as
*ill doubtless essay
3 at the bottom of it
hing about it, Buf
re^'ard him as a
d soeiety has a law
)per authority in the
hiniquy. Youmav
it,v, tor that consci- ,
1 in the Kood priest I
•rote^stants, that he *
HI that ho paints all
IPS own lite is easy
iig error in loj^ic ti)
a hitter sjiecinien
iiouffh to paint the
* a priest for over
oil the po-c. The
'lawn on the bril-
rom the reasons of
simple sentenee of
1 the estimation of
• reverse the elfect
St to set Catholics
IntirpoHo does he promote
Was there ev^r <■ ........^->
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and Protestants by the ears. What useful
oy tne excitation of hate and dhwwwih* Ur,- ,u '"
n» Bm,dy ,.,.n,,,t ,.„„,.r„;ii;, ,v,Th ihJ ;™vH„,7,'^'iS
, ".Imir l,rotllcr»uii,l »lHt,r» of Nova SvoMa"' K uU'
i-nt and epileptic stvirassaUe^hr^.ajLi- ^"a '"''.'" 'i'** "^" vehem-
that the y'ounl. me f vi.ose S.?L K^^ 'V' ""^ "^^'-vel
«t. Joseph, Aiitigonish, isth July, 1873.
R. McGlLLIVRAY, p. p.
Mr. Editor,—
THE OTHER SIDE.
_,«?trLSSdt"TdSalnho r^ ^--y «f the
Thus it frenu^ntlv 1 annens T^iV'"? ^"^^*-^ «*" *he alcoholic traffic^
■II tho Roiimn CntJiolic.-.
'"Mocl.iis wWlasiiidijin.
•ape on tlif saorcd right ^i,„ ,n?i-"". ""«:>"ig niiiut;!
'""VPS on tiK' lOth of *6 ^Oth mstant, Rev. Mr
ted as llio KrromaiiM '~^'— '
iio-Hrnicd piirsiiants o«
Ihcinscivcs t;iiri«tiaiie
?« of Nova ScoHa"—
iemoustrate the con'ec^ness o^a^^^^ ^n ^°1""^«'- *« «««i«t him ^nS
Jatholics fint^red in siK.h f-^^^ ""^ .^h^"^ oi me lecture the Roman
♦See Matt. 26, 67. ~ "~~ —
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! !■'
cliurcli, and tho I't'st, with two or tliroo oxcoptiDiis, s(>t up iicry oriirc.
and tlu'M nil) pell-iiu'll I'oi- llic (ioor. Kailiii/i hy tliis dodp' to ln'ciik
up tin' nici'tinjj, tlu;y ri'tiiruiMl and took entire possession of the <'hnreh,
rany; the heU apiiu, and also tiie hell of the Protestant school honse.
When tin; nieetinn' was disndssed the Itonian Cathoiies lilled np the
poreli, erowch'd in front of the door, ret'nsinu; to dispei'se when
asked to do so, and waitinn i'oi' Mr. ('hinirpiy, wlio, on eoininu; out of
tlio ehureli, aceonipanied l)y the pastor, Ilev. Mr, (ioodlellow, and a
few otiiers, was pelted witii e^i^s, hriekhats and stones, the ar^jiinienl
with whieli Koniaiusts usnaily vindicate the divine character of tlieir
creed. This was continued with increasiiej; violence until tlie pursued
party took refujie in liie house of ,A[r. Alexander ( 'anieren, where tlu\\'
wore hesiciicd, and wliere Mr. ('hini(|ny was compelled to remain ail
iuu;ht, the mob keeping; close ji;uard until near daylifjht, assaultiuLf the
door, breaking windows, throwini;' stones even at ladies" as tlujy were
ontorinji the house, yt^llinii like (U'lnU, and throati^nin;; that "if Mr.
(Muni(iuy did not come out, they would break in and drai; him
out. Fortunately, however, they were restraiiu'd by their own cow-
ardice from doiiiji any. further injury than had be'cji already done.
On the stre(!t betwec^n tho church and Mr. t'anu'ron's house' where,
ill addition to the above-mentioned weapons, axe liandles were used,
an elderly lady hail her ankle sevei'cly injured with a lar;;e stone,
an inotfiMisive old man was knocked down, and Ue\'. .Mr. (Jood-
foUow was struck four or live times, one sIcjik^ cutlin;^ him severel.v
oil the liead. Mr. ('hini(|uy, though tlu^ chief ol)ieet of llu'ir malice
and frequently aimed at, received only (die blow which did him much
injury. Where, it may l)e askiMl, wcm'o the constables of the town,
magistrates, iV:c.? As for constables, there ar(! only two in the phu-e;
one is said to have tried to do his iluty but was (luickly walked aside
and told to keep (juiet ; the other was amongst the for(!most in inciting
tho uiob to violonce. .Vs Ibr magistrates, one at least was among the
rioters and made liiiiiscdf conspicuous as an abcsttor, waiting luul
watching for Mr. Ohiniiiuy until near daylight. Lawyers and law-
yers' (^lorks formed a ])artof the mob. And hear it, ye gods at Ottawa !
a niomberof the Dominion CabimH, .Minister of Militia, and .Judge in
prospect, standing by on tho outskirts of the crowd, and calmly sur-
veying this outrageous violation of that law ATliieh he has alre^ady
sworn to uphold iind whicli, as .Judge in this I'rovinco, he ox|>ects
soon to 1)0 called upon to administer! And what al)oiit tin; priest?
His house is close to tho scoii(> of the riot, lie was known to be at
homo, and though ono word from him would iiavo dispersed his obed-
ient dupos, yot tliat word was not spoken, but ho (piiotly looked on
and manifested no dosiro to suppress tho lawless conduct of his
spiritual childron. Dvon fair ladies, usually gentle, oxhibitod their
feminine tendornoss and tho benign iulliKMicbof their holy religion on
their christian hearts by clamouring for Mr. t'hiniquy's blood! One
woman, whilo in the church, blew a whistle, and then shouted, " At
him, boys.'' Another o.Kpro.ssed a wish to have Mr. Chiniquy's head
that sho might crush it under hor foot. Ono woman shouted,' " Hang
him, boys!" And anotlier said if she had jjoison, sho would poison
all the Protestants like so many rats ; wliilo others declared that if the
country Catholics were in town every Protestant in Antigonish would
be dead before morning. What do you think of that, ye so-called Pro-
testants, who fancy Roman Catholics are not now so blood-thirsty as
they wore on tho evening of the ji4th of August, 1572, when seventy
thoiLsand Protestants were surprised and murdered in France? Be
it understood tliat those expressions were made use of by women who
are considered to be the most respectable among their own people.
A religion which affects women in that manner proves its '• pedigree.''
Wild beasts are bolder in the dv rk than in tho day. The mob re-aa-
semhlcil
bells, ca
and < ioo
cession,
part of t
clerks, 1
torches 1
observat
cniitemi
that suci
religion,
<|U,\'s pi
discours
was will
to discu>
soever tl
error's i\
l^opisli
the bnrii
left jier f
her gras|
f'hini((u;
not done
iliis last
I'resbvti
Mr, C'liii
than otlu
which liii
Church <
their sim
cent CN-ei
lia\e siiK
stratioiis
about to 1
This af
igion for
the Bible
'oligion i
anity aiip
those will
li.j to ;{2,
" Hy thei
of Home
to haiigai
speak for
and tries
it be the
know tho
inurderoi
and, by st
Secoiid.-
elHgies, o
Js that no
liavo actec
thoir view
very foots
apostles ai
its fruit w
phemy of
gogue of f:
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set ii|> II cry of lire.
is (Inline to lirciik
iHioii of llic cluircli,
Liiiit scliool liousc.
olics lillcd ii|i Hit'
;o (lispcrsi' wlicii
oil COIllill'Jf oiil of
liooilfcllow, and :i
IK'S, tlio iir>j;iiiu(Mil
cliarai'tiir of flicir
I' until the piirxni'il
nicrcii, wiicrc tlic.\
'llc'l to rciiMiii ail
ffjil, assimllliitj: the
idic.H" as tliiiy wiTc
.'niii;^ tlial "if Mi\
in and drau; liini
l)y tli((ir own cow-
t'lxi alr(;ady done.
'Oil's lionM(( wlii'rc.
andk's wci'o used,
itli a larjjc stone,
I lU'V. Mr. (iood-
injj; iiiia sfvei-clv
'cl of ilu'ir iiialirc
ii<'i> did iiiin uuicli
lAvs of tlic town.
t\v(j in tin' iilavr;
•lily walked aside
)r(!niost in inciting;
st WHS anionji llic
tt'ir, wailing' and
jawyers and law-
ye ^ods at Ottawa I
litia, and Jadu;e in
, and calmly siir-
h lu! has alroady
vincc, iie ox[>o('tH
about till) [jriost?
I known to ho at
lisi)nrsc'd his obod-
iniotly looked on
ss conduct of his
.0. exhibited their
lir holy reli<j;ion on
|uy's blood ! One
lien shouted, " At
, Chiniquys head
shouted," " Han^
she would poison
Lloc'lared that if the
Antigoiiish would
t, ye Mu-called Pro-
blood-thirsty as
J72, when seventy
i in France? Be
of by women who
their own people,
resits '• pedigree.''
. The mob re-aa-
I seiiilil. d the followinir niL'ht, and inarcheil thron-li the streets, rlnuhitf
,; bel s earn-inir ll-l.ted tcMvhes. and tLe cilleries of Revs. Mr. Chiniquv
I :n.d <.oodle|low. which they burned at the Chnrcli d.,or. This ,.,■,•.-
I cession consisting of soni,. two or three hun.lied. was .■oninose.i In
! pail ol the most respectable papists in town, such as lawyers, law vers'
el<'rks, ineivhaiits aii.l inatristrah's. the latter, however. 'followiiiiV the
lorches at such a . istance as they Ihon-ht would conceal them from
ohservalion.-while the priest, it is said, sat In his d(,or-wav, (iiiletlv
conteiu|.latm- Uw edilyln<,' spe,.tacle, and no doubt perfedlv satislie'd
' .'i'i'i ''';'' '''V'''''''':'''-V'''''''''''''-\ to vin'dicate his
I M'liKioii, and counteract any teii(U'n<-y to ap.islati/e which Mr. Chiiii-
■ '!!j\mr""T'"! •■'.''T.. '""•■; '"'"' l"''"""''<''l- M''. Chini.inv, in his
discouis,., had invited the Hoiiiaiilsts to discussion, stating that he
was williii^r to niect th..n, ami wonhl return at a.iv tinie t(. .\ntiK..nlsh
to discuss the subject publi.-ly with their bishoj. and priests, or whom-
. socvr they iiiiKlit brinj.'. Hut lo ! the answer to this invitation was
error s usual itetcnce.
I'oi'ish ai-uincMts are axe handles, iron bars, brickbats, stones and
he burnin-ot enif.nes. |'.,„r Home ! these are il niv arKunienls
elt her since the ra.-k and the iiMiiiisitioii have been wrenched from
nren,s|,. jome tears and shuns an honorable ilisciission with Mr
Imiaiuy I5iit MrChiniqiiy's exposures dania^;iii^r as th.^v are, have
".I "'iH' her 111 Antiu-onish more harm than she lias done hi'i-sell'-for
Ins last exhibition will not redouial ..ither to hercrcdit or prolil The
I resbyteriaii.-<.nfj;ref.ali<.nof thispla.v, lliounl, thev did not invite
Ml. ( h ni(|uy. yet do not re^jret his cMinin.u: ; thev are rather "lad of it
K." otherwise, t has been the means of calliiitjVorth a dem.mstrat io
« Inch has opened tli(.|r eyes as to the real character of the so-called
hiirch ot Home, and the kind of people aiiioni,'st whom thev live In
their simplicity they hitherto siii.posed tli.Mii to be Christians but re-
cent events have i)r()ved them to b(^ murderous sava-es. Dir • threats
have sine., been made at.rainst the Hastorand othersT hostile .l.-iio -
s rations still contimie; and the Presbvlerians, it is reported re
about to memorialize the (Jovermiient u])on the subject. ' '
IhisalhursuKfjreststhe following rellections :-/.'Vr.sC. What is ro-
«'"".;',"■', J^''"'t';^'i- '•> '""ke us uoo.l or bad .•iti/<.ns? ].s an pe.d K,
the I ible the .mly way by which we can as.rrtain ^vhether a iv • ven
religion ,s trom leaven or of men ? Did not the founder f Virristi-
anity appeal to the practhvU eire.'ts .,i, the lives, the daily eondiaV of
"' I V 'iTh.,',. nif '"•'•^t'"' iinlhonzed us to Judge the tree bv its fruits?
I> then Iruits ye shall know them "? ^Fatt. vii. 15 ton?. The Church
!*,, L ¥ I • '"t"> t^'vi''-.v liumaii being who presume.'^ to road, think and
■I triestoirr?' <•»'•''>•«*""« 7"'.i^^"l-- ^'-'^'/"'•v «l.me it i.'i the ;?«
it e t o . r',-- ^ '"'.,^»'''' 'I «>ligion l)(> " from Jleaven "? Can
It be the gospe ol peac(> "? of "good will toward men "? We who
know the principles of liomanism sav that thev are 1 tied to produce
nuir. erous practices, an.l then Hoiiiauists themselves step ^forward
and by stones and brh-Jc-bats, prove that we are right T ^
^ccond.~lH It Christ-like to maintain one's religmn by stones and
efhgies, or by r otmg and brawling in the stroet?^Is iah^xlTl and2
Sv ews » , '^''^^^ %a<<.pting sucli a method of vindicating
JZW (\ f f • l^<"n'V»«t«. though too Ijlind to see it, are walking in thi
S les u Sn'' ..?;f ; r''" """•1F«1 the prophets, Jesus Chfist ills
its ft-utt ;X t \ , i iV "^'^'' """>' "* martyrs. If the tree is known by
IIS 11 uit wnat a deadly upas poporv nmst be' V'l^ '" • •
I uoi'm/of S.Jnn'''''''n"'^'' ^'"^-^^ '"-e-rows an.l are .u,t, but are tho~Syna
I gogue ot Satan." Do iw go into ^Aeu- churches, rhig -
"know the blas-
it are the Syna-
their chureh bells,
W''
20
l)i-ouk up tlu'ir iiieotiiiKM mill siiiiio tlii'ir priests, iIidukIi tlmv ourMc
UN froid their ulUrs anil ei>ii,si);ii iih to perdition witlioiii Hie bi'nellt t>l'
piirKiilor.v ? (Jnr! forliid. lOven anions PuKimH it wiim ii eoninion
iimxiia " Lot Ju^ • hv done tli(ju«li tlie lleuvcnH .sliould lull !"
i'KTKIl tiOUDI'KLLOW,*
rreHbyterinn Minmhri:
AntigoniHli, July 17, 1M7H.
Tho tollowinfr stutoMiont of faet has been nrppured hv the Coinmillcc
of tho ProMljvterv of I'ietoii, appointed on the 'ith of August I. ,• thai
purpose, iind tor takinj; hucIi nieaHures as thev inav e.insidor bent Hf-
ted to seiure for all our ininisterH and pooplo'tho fidl exerei.se of thoir
ri^rhts and privileges:
The Kev. Charles <'hiniquy in aecordanee with the rosolutioti of
.Synod authorizinjr him to visit as many of the eouKroKHtions of the
I'reshytorian Church of the Fiower Provinces as he could overtake
visited the conKreu;ation of AntiKOMish on the Kith of Julv, and lee-
tiirod in the church in thi* eveiiinj,'. Ifis iiudienc< consisti'd of Honian
Catholics, and momhers of the conjirojfation. Kor a litth* while the
inootiiii^ was orderly, hut after Mr. ( 'hinicpiy had sjioken for some time
n number of Roman I'atholics went out of tho Church, but soon re-
turned uccompanied by others, and continued ^oinx <>'it and eominir
in, always in larger numbers, until tho close of the services. Duriiiir
tho evening an oxclt<Ml crowd lilled the space in front of the (!hurch
tho lobby unddoerway, and ultimatelv took lorciblo possession of the
building. They interrupted the speak't'r by continual noise, froouentlv
shouting "you lie, you lie," and by raising the alarm of tiro uiul
ringing the Church and school-house bells, in which thev attemi)ted
wholly to break up the meeting. The violence of tlie crowd was such
that the door of the Church was wrenched from its hinges, and the
iron bar from tho gate. The meeting however continuod until alter 10
o'clock, P, M. The audience was theudi.smissed, but Messrs. Chlniquv
and (ioodfoUow, with a fort others, remained in tho Church nearl'v
half an hcmrhmger, waiting for the crowd to disperse. Hut instead of
doing so they still continued to press into the porch and about thoont-
rance. Mr. ({oodfellow being informed that thov intonded violence
went out and urged them to separate, Thoy refused to do so. On
Messrs. Clhiniquy, (Joodfellow, and those with them leaving the churcli
soon after, they wore met by a crowd of some two or three hundred
persons, consisting chiefly, not of " boys," I'litof men, young and old
among whom were seen even some magi> :r«tes ;mf' lawyers. Thev
had not proceeded iii«ny steps when the mob ■t.-.siui.Hl them, ii' livst
with eggs and gravui, and afterwards v/\ih tn.uK.t. f: '.eing moo lit
and Messrs. Chiniquy and (Joodfellow e i^■ H ,ui 'iiishod, thesto"nes
wore aimed at them. Both of them were struck five or six times.
Mr. (ioodfellow received a severe blow on the head which nearlv
knocked him down, injuring him seriously, and inciupaeitatod him for
his pastoral duties for about a week. Mr. Chiniquy was also struck
between tho shoulders with a heavy stone which stunned him for a
little. Mr. Burnside, older, while'trying to protect them was knocked
down on tho street. Mrs. Smith, the wife of a Colporteur, had her
ft'i'-le severely hurt by a lilovv from a stone. TIkn' wore thus pursued
■|
» AHer nis' :ug the most tliorongh inquiry ot eye and ear witnesses, I wrolu tlie
•Dove " evi jeut ' to which was appended the name of Mr. Uoodfellow as the
psatoroftitj Congregation. A C G
Rrv. Siu
jcimrles Ch
I gonish, on
I invited, err
I of all rowd
I church, pai
I the most fe
I assailed ou
land stones;
[turbed tho
I the ashes at
1 satistied thi^
Itural, apost
]they had bi
j ble, as iias
three hundi
poctable an
dukIi tliny (MirHc
Olll tllK ll(-|U'lil ol'
. WIIN H CIIIIIIIIOII
iiiiilit liill!"
)I)I'KLU)\V,*
'terinn MinutU-r.
l)Vtho romniiiicc
August ». I- tli;il
(^nlHi(|o^ hoiHt flt-
1 exorcise! of thoir
tllO rOMrilutioIl of
jfreKiitioiis of the
' (!<)ul(l ovcrtako,
f July, and loc-
iiHistcd of Uoman
littlo wliilo tlic
Lcii forMoinotiiiu'.
oh, I lilt Moon n^-
oiit and ooiniii^
lorvicoH. Duriiiff
t of tho Church,
possoHsion of tlic
iioiso, frofiiiontlv
arm of tiro, anii
1 thoy attoini)tod
[> crowd was Huoh
hiiiKOM, and tlio
luod until atlor 1(»
Messrs. Chiniquy
L> Church noarly
*. Hut instoad of
md about tho ont-
tended violonco.
d to do so. On
javinjj; the church
r three hundred
u, young and old,
\ lawyers. The\-
'd them, a' tjvst
■cinginoG. .^ht,
liHhed, the stones
'e or six times,
id which nearh-
pacitated him for
was also struck
nned him for a
leni was knocked
)ortour, had her
ere thus pursued
tiicsses, 1 wroU) Ww
r. Goodfellow fu the
A. C. G.
until they were forced to take rofUKf in Mr. Alexander Canioronn
JlioUHo, havlnn found It iinpossililo in conse(|Ucir't' of the -threatened
I danger to their live.H to nrococil anv further low.inls the mauMo. 8o
f Hii-at was tho fury of the m,,l,, tluu they threw Mtonos at .McHsrs.
!Chinl(|uy and (Joodfollow, as thoy were eiiterinn the house and also
jat tho windows l»y which some panes of glass were liroken. The ni'>l.
Icontinued to surround and l)e,>.iege the house until alter one o'clock m
the nioiidng, and during the whole of that time, thov oontinued to
|inak"iiM«of the most threatening and violent language.
, It is ttii!,>.,inion of those who are liest informed that had they not
mk.n refuge as thoy did Mr. Cliini(|'iv wonhl never have reaclu-d tho
T inaiMO alive, as other crowds having all the appearanc!*) of murderous
^mt.'iitlonswore wailing for his appearance at dilferent points on tue
I «'*y.
It is onlv notH'ssary to add that the session of the congregation of
.Antigonish at their meeting on the llth of August declared that the
-tatomont of facts as given in the J/oniu»7 C/jw/aWf by the K(;v. 1'.
I tioodfellow is ctirroct.
By order of Committee,
New Glasgow. August l;uii, 1K7;1,
r
K. A. Mrl'iiBDY, OfHvenor.
LETTERS TO BISHOP MACKINNON.
Ni;.MHKU I.
\To the Rt. Rnv. (Jolin Francis Maekinnon, 1). D., It. C. Lord liixho/i
! Aricfiat,
KBV.SiK.—Yoinue fully aware of the fact that, while the Itov.
jt liarles Chiniquy was lecturing in the Presbyterian Church, Anti-
|gonish, on Thursday evening, the lOth of .Inlv last, your people, un-
invited, crowded into the church, and in the 'old stereotyped manner
ot all rowdies, disturbed the meeting, took forcible possession of the
church, partially destroyed its door and gate, rang its bell, and then in
the most lerocious manner and with the most tlircatoning language
assailed our ministers and others, with eggs, brick-bats, axe haiidU*.
land stones ; and that on the iollowing evening they re-assembled, dis
turbed tho whole town, burned in etligv two of our niinist(;rs, buried
Jtlieashesatour churchdo, I, and then retired, doubtless more than
asatistiod that they had fully and unanswerably demonstrated the Scrip-
Mtural, apostolic and <livine origin of their creed, and tha,t all the while
I Uioy had been " doing God service "! Johu 1«, '2. This infamous rah-
ible, as has been proved beyond question, consisted of some two or
three hundred people, amongst whom were some of the moat res-
pectable and prominent individuals in vour church, such as mor-
HtMH
I mil!!:!
nil!:: ■
.22
chantH, niaKistratPH, lawyers, htdtcs (?) and a member of Parliamom f
A lull aiut- accurate account of this villanous attair was puhlislied in
the newspapers ; and in reply, sir, as you very well know, your ed-
itm-s, lawyers and j)riests adopted successively the following tin-ee
ditterent modes of defence :~1, They characterized the account as
untrue, liOcllou.s, dcfaiiiutory. ulandcrova, lOc, and aecordiufjlv thi'ent-
ened us witli lawsuits, until they saw we were not to be frifjrlitenefi In
that way. U. In tlie next i)lace thiiy admitted the riot, but maintained
It was only the work of (!xcited />o//.s'," until tliey saw that, for such
a plea tliey were only lauKhed at by tlie public. ':{. V)n findint' that
neitJier of these subterfuges would answer- tludr purpose, they brayc^y
turned round and trit>d to justify the outrage on th«^ jrrounds^ 1. Thai
KomiuiCatholics were in a majority of seven to one, and that the\
could swallow us "like a raw oyster;" 2. Tliat R. V. priests liac).
some time before attended a Presbyterian l)a«iar, and that, there-
lore, as a matter ol jfratitude, we shf>uld not bring into Antigonisli anv
person whom they disliked ; 3. Tliat Key. Mr. t'liiniquy, luiying been
lorinerly a M. ('. jiriest, but now a Protestant minister; was exceed-
iiiKly obnoxious loliiem; and 4. tliiit llici/ cou'^idered him a " palpa-
l)l(! h'aud ! All the preceding i)leas an- un))iushingly put forth in
your editorials, written i)y your priests and hiwyers,"^ and also in a
communication wliicli ajipeared in tlie Morniu'/ (^/ironicle of .}u\v2-Jliu]
oyer the signature of itev. K. Mc(iillivray, one of your parish priests.
It is true that iliose writers, occasionally, wlien hard pressed, express
disapproyal of what happened ; but they immediately neutralize thai
expression, ;md render theniseives ridiculous liy excusing or palliat-
nig the wliole atlair on certain grounds, jufif as 't/tonr/h tlicrc could bi
a jiistilication of such lawless and I)arbarous pnxieedings ! ^'ay, they
go hirtUer, and are not at all slow to exjjress their approyal of the ricM
/)* dnelj, — tliey regret only c(;rtain accidvnf.s .' Of tliose " boys " wlio
tlirew their stones with such an unerring aim as to hit a particular
individual in tlie crowd, the writers in general ajiprove ; but tliey arc
very much annoyed at the blundering fellows wlio, by a earless use ot
their ammunition, some times " accidentally on purpose," liit the
wrong man ! Father Mc.(iilliyray, after writing down his regret that
Mr (Joo<lfellow liad been hurt says,—" But I dare to say that I do not
tecl any deej) regret lor tlie treatment aecordc^d to Mr. (''hinifiuy." If
tlus^ IS not an express api)royal of violence and villauv, tlien I (lo noi
un(k|rstand lOnglisli. Hey. Mr. ('iiini()uv is an olil and resi)ecte(l
Presbyterian minister, and yet Father McGiiliyrav expects to bo kindl v
treated and even resp(>cted 1 >y tlie Presbyterians of < i uysboro ! Father
MeGilliyray and your editorial writers" eniplo- language towards tln'
Rey. Mr. ("hinifjuy which is lit only for the pothouse. " Arrant prof-
ligate"— "poor sneaky" — "a jialpable fraud"— "a contemi)tible
ni(mey-grabl>er"—"a mischief maker"— "a sower of Jiate and un-
eharitablene.Ms"— "insane folly "—" not(>ri(ms WvvhYAwd" —'' damned
ui the estimation of Oatliolics "— and "graceless scamp "--are only a
small sample of the tilthy epithets which youi' "successors of the Apos-
tles " ai)ply to tills liighly esteemed and iiged Presbyterian minister ;
and, alter all. Priest Mc(iillivray expects to be respected by the Pres-
jjytorians of Nova Scotia ! I thank him Jor the compliment, for surely
ho must suppose them to be angels in human form! Where are the
Roman Catholics who woukl kindly treat and respect the Protestant
nunister who should ai>ply sueli opprobrious e])ithets to an aged and
much esteemed Uoman Catholic priest? Still it is (piestionable
whether we should respect any man who is so coarse and vulgar as to
apply such billingsgate to iUiUnoral man of grey hairs, even tliough
he had no otlier titletoour esteem. Mr. MeGilliyray asks,— " Does
nybody in his senses imagine Uiat tlie t'atliolics of A'ntigonish would
think of insulting any respectable Protestant minister that would
eoiue among tliom ?" I answer, they have done it again and again.
hoy hav(
they liav(
not " res^
'i Chini(piy
iiioral elii
has be(!U
your Clui
think otii
you for tl
)f tlie rio
cross-cut
inin,(>rity
to b<! don
lie wlio h
lied in st(
wliere is t
(lerty? 1
On Mr. :
riglit " w
■ ■ we can
of your (.'
tccordinfj
Tills is toi
livray's i
lioth i/oit i
Lot mo
In my aei
inents in
.Vntigonis
the Cas/ccA
:is contain
we have i]
I ho proof;
iiisinuato>
onus pro!)
own lie ca
the Cathol
or reward
Chiniquy"
iloctrino a
I have tl
I'lio write
/lard nam.
tliein. As
jiriests an
shall pay i
of writing
*Now of \
m mmmmmm ^
iber of PjirliaiiiC'iu f
ir Wiw pnhlislu'd in
oil know, your o<l-
tlio following throt
i/etl tlio a<'C'ount as
ae(!oi'(linfrly throat-
t to be frightoiu'd in
riot, but Jiiaintainwl
V saw that, for sucb
:?. On finding that
iirposo, tliey brav(^ly
ho grounds^ 1. That
(me, and that thtn
R. V. priests Jia<).
ar, and that, tlicrc-
into Antigoiiish aii>
linifjny, liaviiig biH^Ti
iiistcr, was exceed -
"rod liiiii a " palj)!!-
lingly put forth in
vers, and also in n
rwiiclc of .July22n(l.
your parisli priests,
ird pressed, express
itoly neutralize that
ax(.'iising or palliat-
oHf/h there could hi
>odiiigs ! Nay, tlioy
approval of the ridt
tliose " l)oys " whc
to hit a partie.ular
)rove ; bnt they are
), by a earless use ol
purpose," iiit tin
own his regret that
to say tliat 1 do nm
Mr. Oliini([uy." It
lany, then I (lo nni
old and resi)ecte(l
expeetwtobokiiidly
<Jiiysboro! FatheV
iiguagc^ towards thr
ISO. " Arrant i)rol-
— "a (•oi\teiu|)til)le
3r of hate and un-
_' I ) ran d ' ' — " davi 7ie< I
eamp" — arc only a
eessors of the Apos-
ibyteria!! minister ;
pectod by the Pres-
ipliniont, for surely
u ! Whore are tlie
)oet the Protestant
ots to an aged and
it is (luostionable
se find vulgar as to
luurs, ovc^n though
vray asks,—" Does
r Antigonisli would
liuister that would
t again and again.
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hoy have insulted mo andtlie Rev. Mr. Loos, of TiUoan, Ont.,*and
thoy have st4)iuHl Rev. ^[ossrs. Ooodfellow iiud (.!hini(|uy! Are we
not *' reapectuhle ministers "? Lot nu' tell you, sir, that Rev. Charles
;hini(iuy is as respeetablo a clergyman and' possesses to-dav as good a
//wra/cliar.ietor. as either ,(/o(* or Futhrr MeGillivrat/. Mr." ('hini<iuy
liiis l)eon mnde the victim of vile and systematic sliuider thronghoiil
your Church and by your chM-gy, ever fiincr, he (eft i/oii. Now, if you
think otherwise, name his immonditv. and then we shall call u'pon
you for tho proof. To state Father Mc(rillivray's pleas in extoniuUiou
)f tlui riot, is all the refuttition they reijuiro. Fach oiu' of th(>m, like a
cross-cut saw, cuts backwards as well as forwards. If a Protestant
uiiuorily in Antigonish is not to enjoy liberly of sjioech, then what is
Ito bo done with Roman Catholics ill liiany parts of the l)oiuiui<m ? If
<f lie who finds it in his lioart to despisi^ his'neighbor, is bv that fact iusti-
|iied in stoning him, then what is the use of our expensive laws?
;jwliere is the peace of society? and what is to become of life and pro-
liK^rty? Universal rioting and lynching will then be the onlv resort.
|<>n Mr. Mc<Tillivray"s principle tho brute law of "might makes
light " would be resorted to in the Christian Church ! Keep ((uiot for
■• wo can eat. you like a raw oi/.tter ".' You, sir, I know from the creed
)f your Church, b(>lieve me to be "a pal])able fraud," and th(>refore,
according to Mr. Mc(iillivray's logic, you are Justified in stoning mo.
I'l'his is too bad for vie, but then, thanks to incluisistencios, R. MctHl-
livray's argiimout works liaekwards. For instance, I believe tliat
liDth !/oti and he are " [>alpabl(' frauils,'" and thorofi)re I am |iistified in
. Hut stop ! that's enough of Father Mcfiillivrav's drivellinr;.
Let me now. Rev. Sir, toll you why 1 address these letters to yoli.
Ill my account of tho condm^t of " the faithi'ul," I made several state-
ments in regard to some of your dogmas, which tho editors of the
Antigonish (lanhct have challenged me to prove, llori^ are the wordsof
Uie Casket : "Wo know souKithiug of the tcniching of the ("atholic church
i; w contained in her own text !)ooky and standard worka aiul wo confess
iA(> have not seen this burning canon before.— Wo deny it ; wo (-all for
t:li(> proof; let us havi the book and tho page. In the' second i)laco he
3 insinuates rather than asserts that Romanism is given to lying. The
J >iiiis probaiidi rests on him, and wo now call him to prove it, or to
iiwn he can't. Let hiin take any doctrine or sacrainont or pra(!tice of
|ihe Catholic Church and prove that it teaches or oiutourages or favors
f ir rewards lying, and wo shall make him a present of money to assist
!;*'Uiniquy's college. Rut he must give tho true statemoiit of our
ioctrino and practices from our own .standard worts."
I have tried to get into the Casket, but was ahvavs " crowded out."
The writers in that paper withhold their signatures, and then deal ill
Viard names and soft arf/unients. Conseiiuently, I cannot trade with
It hem. As you are ecclesiasti(«ally resiioiislblo for tlio conduct of your
iriests and people, I will address a few letters to i/ou, and siiice I
diall pay no iittention to others, they may save themselves the trouble
)f writing.
Yours respectfully,
ARCHIBAIiD C. GlIiMES,
I Minister of tho C P. Church.
*Now of Westville, N. S.
Mi«^m&i,iSm
m
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NtlMBKft II.
To the Rt. Rev. Colin FrancUi Mackinnon, D. D., R. O. Bishop oj
Rkv. SiK.— In my last letter I save you a correct account of tlw
conduct ot " the taithful" in AntiKonish, which has given rise to the
present controversy, and for whicli tlie public hold you responsible
until you publicly denounce the outrage. Have you (lone so ? Ilavc"
you chastiscl Rev. R. Mc(iillivray, your parish priest, for that verv
ex niord,.-ry letter which he pul)lished in the Mm-ning Chronicle?
VVhetheryouareawaroof itor not, Hir, your delay in the matter is
doing you very serious injury. Owing to your position in the Church,
your silence is looked upon as a tacit approval of the conduct of your
subordinates.— In the Antigonish CanketlAm challenged to show' thai
tlie UoniMii ("atliolic- Churcli lowers tlic standard of veracity. I am
tully prcim-od to i)rove that she docs, Imt I shall not attempt to do it
in the tnsket lor the reasons assigned in mv last letter. I proceed to
doitnowandhere.— In his Moral Theology, Saint Liguori -ivs,-
Althougli It IS not lawful to lie, or to feign what is not, yet U iV ' wfut
«o rfis«cm6/c what (d, or to cover with wonls, or other amitiguous and
mubtful .signs," Ac. " It is a certain and common opinion 'unong all
that tor a Justt-ause it ia law/tl to use cffuivocatio'H in modes pro-
pounded, and to conjirm it (the equivocation) with an oath .'"' Liguoris
own Latin is ;is follows :— " His positis, (lertum est et commune apud
omiies, quod ex Justa causa licitum sit uti aequi vocation e modis ex-
positis, et cum juramento tirmare." St. Liguori, (juoting from St.
liomas, goes on to say,— "Hence it is inferred, that a confessor can
declare, even upon oath, that he does not know a sin heard in confession-
by understanding as a man, not aa the Minister of Christ." Again tlu!
Saint' declares,— " If one should ask a confessor whether he may
have heard such a sin in confession, ho can rightlf answer, I have not
heard it, tiiat is to say, as a man. Bene potest respondere : Non au-
iliviJ " Nevertheless," says this old bachelor-saint, "make an ex-
ception, if you have sworn to Titias to marry her ; for in that case you
«!an forsake her and enter a religious order. Such oaths do not really
require relaxation. However let them be ever so valid, they can i>i
relaxed by the Church:^ Saint Liguori in his Moral (?) Tlieology teaches
that It one steals '' only a moderate sum,'' and not " injuring 'his nei-
ghbor <o a, (;rea<er<«t<," he does not commit mortal sin. He says,—
II small thefts, which together amount to a large sum,'ijenjade from
various known nuisters, whether a thief be bound under great blame
to make restitution to them, or whether he may satisfy ( justice) bv
distributing them (the things stolen) to paupers ?" The "Saint " an-
swers this question thus :— " It appears that restitution should be made
to the original possessors, unless the danger of losing fame, or very
grievous loss, or inconvenience excuse r' "Whence it appears," say's
Liguori, " that a thief may have rendered sufflcieut satisfaction to his
own weighty obligation from the presumed (ionsent of the republic, if
be make restitution to paupers, or ptoMsptoccs, which are the more
n(!edy parts of the republic." Saint Thonnus in discussing De jura-
mento, )4ays:— "A vow is more obligatory than an oath."' In dis-
cussing the question whether one (!an got rid of an oath, the " Saint "
Hays :— But sometimes something is promised, under oath, which is
clearly useful, and in such oath there seems to bo no place for either
dispensation or commutation, unless something better may occur to make
for the common utility." To di.ipense in an ordinary oath a bishnn like
yourself, sir, Is quite sulUcient, but for an extraordinary one Vt re-
quiies the Pope. Saint Thomas raises the question whether one in
bound to tell " the secret faults " in what he is trying to sell. Our
Salibath-s
I the 'ilfli
* Seraphi(
lie seller :
fault of hi
)\ving rei
Has, to »S'ai
Deiis, who
iiid elsewl
have qu(
:lio writinji
I'oferred tc
<ir, by der
jhonsus I.
ects of ve
Moral The
' ConfessiC)
ivhether oi
.eracity, a
ual childrc
Vo the Rt.
Aricha
Rkv. Sif
our Churc
lay, even t
lood ; and
hieves and
>n your pe
itauee, you
'hiniquy v\
ase,— that
lor magisti
nent had a
ung, and t
lieir "youi
Ir. Hugh ]
witnesses tl
if these wil
)onald's he
the Easti
ime of the
f the most
ely, that tl
nd some o\
im what tl
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»., a. a. Bishop 0/
ect account of tlu'
s given rise to the
(1 you responsiblt",
u done so? Have
•iest, for timt ver>
lorning Chronicle ?
V in the matter is
ition in tlio Church,
he conduct of your
enged to show tiiai
)f voracity. I am
t>t attempt to do it
tter. I procfed to
rit TJguori '■ivh,—
not, yet it i-o.'jwful
lev avibiguous and
opinion among all
o» in modes pco-
'.oath.'"' Liguori's
et (iommune apud
cationo modis ex-
quoting from St.
it a confessor can
loard '\n confession^
llirist." Again th<i
wliethor he inay
mswer, I liave not
ondere : Non au-
it, "make an ex-
for in tliat (iase you
athsdo not really
valid, they can ft'*
f) ITieoloffy teaches
injuring his nei-
l sin. He says,—
ium,1ae made from
inder great blame
iisfy ( justice) bv
The "Saint" an-
on should be made
uff fame, or very
it appears," says
satisfaction to his
of the republic, if
ich are the mon'
ic\issing De jura-
1 oath."' In dis-
jath, the "Saint"
jr oath, which is
) place for either
may occur to make
oath a bishop, like
linary one it re-
1 whether one is
'ing to sell. Our
labbath-school children, Kcv. sir, would readily answer that question
II the 'imrmativo. But imagine their surj)ris6 on hearing tli.it the
heraphic Doctor," and "Saint" of your Church savs,—" Sometimes
lie seller may, consulting /ua o(r« interest, be silent as to t.,o hidden
^aiilt ot his property "! ! On this subject permit mo to make tlio fol-
lowing romurks: 1. Your Moral Theolo<jy from >Saint Thomati Aqui-
jias, to i>aint Alphonsm Lir/uori, and from the latter to the groat Peter
/>ew.s wh()se Moral (/) Thcolorjy is the text iiook in Maynooth College
tiid elsewhere, abounds with such moraliti/ {.') as the prei'eding. Hut
I have quoted enough for a Hpceimen. 2. You are quite familiar with
;tie writings of those men, and you know that thev contain the doctrine
•eterred to above. Now do not show their bad effects uiwn yourHolf.
ur, by denying them. 3. You know that Thoimis Aquinas, and Al-
)honsus Liguori have b(!en both canonized ))v vour (!hurch, are ob-
octs ot veneration, nay, even prayed to by y'oiir people, and that their
Y%^al Theologies occupy a far higher position in your Church than the
tonfessxon of Faith" occupies in mine. Leaving to the reader to say
kvliether or not I have shown that your Church lowers the standard of
reracity, and theologically encourages, nav, even ^mc/tca your " spirit-
ual children" to ijk.
I remain Rev. Sir,
Yours Truly,
Archibald C. Gillies.
NUMBKR III.
Vo the m. Rev. Colin Francis Mackinnon, D. D., 11. C. Bishoi) of
Arichat. ^ ■'
Kkv. Sir.— In my last letter I called your attention to the fact that
/our Church, through her canonized Doctors of Divinitv, encoin.i«es
lay, even teaches duplicity, deception, dissimulation, fraud and iiilse-
lood ; and this doctrine, so palatable to Yankee jockevH, burglars.
lueves and "liars m general," has been producing its natural effecta
m your people since the days of Saint Thomas Aquinas. For in-
itance, your priestly editors say it had been intimatotl that Kov, Mr
iiiniquy would lecture on temperance, which they know was not the
■ase,— that the not " was the work of boys," that neither merchants.
lor magistrates, nor lawyers, nor ladies, (!) nor members of Parlia-
nent had anything to do with it, that the bell of our Church was not
ung, and that Rev. Mr. Chini(iuy wius logically silenced by one of
heir young men ;" every statement of which they know to be false.
Hr. Hugh McDonald, Minister of Militia, said he (!Ould prove by two
v'ltnesaes that ho was in his own house until halj-imst ten* But one
It these witnesses declares that he was out of ami away from Mr. Mc-
)onald s house long before that time ! This failing him, Mr. McDonald
n tne Kastern Chronicle, alHrms that ho was asleep iu his bed at the
ime ot the not. But wo can bring into court more than )ialf-a-dozen
t tne most respectable people in Antigonish, who will testity positi-
ely, that they saw Mr. McDonald on the public street near the riot
■nd soino ot them will swear that they were talking to him and asked
mu what the not was about 1 When the editor of the Presbyterian
n J,??..-.?.? charge.-) Mr. McDonald with quibbling, tells him that ho has
Ku^pondonts who testify to the above, and whose names he will
I *Thl8 has given poor Ms,c a uew name.
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place at his disposal, this gallant (!) and honorable (?) Minister of
Militia, like his impeccable namesake when charged with the " Pacitii-
Scandal, treats the whole attair with significant silence, heinq strona
m conscious miiocencc ! Mr. McDonald has such a superstitious regard
tor truth, that he treats it as you would an armed mad-man,— bukeep-
xngasfarawayfrom.it as he possibly can.' Everything which cuts
him to the core, and which he cannot answer, Is pronounced a " scurrility'"
by this M. P. who applies " shilly-shally," "unscrupulous knave" ac. to
people whose horses he is not fit to groom. Your reverend editors, in one
Issue of your Casket, maintained stoutly that your Churcli never either
taught or practised persecution, and challenged us to prove that she did
As soon as we publicly accepted their challenge, they wrote to us privately
imploring us to withdraw our acceptance and let the matter drop ! But
when they found we were determined to go on with the exposure, they
ran ahead of us into the Casket, and misquoted the Word of God to show
that your Church is divinely commissioned to put " heretics " to death '
In one issue your priests have said that their Church has never putanybod?
to death, and in another they say she did put people to death, and that slie
was right in doing so! Such logic convinces* me of that inconsistent
"beast" which was, and is 7iot, and yet is. Rev. xvii., 8. Your Church
■ does not put any person to death, never did, and yet she has done it, and i«
divinely commissioned to do so! What do you think of that, sir? l!«
such prevarication not the natural effect of the Moral If) Theoloqies of
your canonized Doctors? " It is questionable," says Saint Liguori,'' whe-
ther a criminal 'may deny his crime with an oath, if grave conseciuenccK
are threatened" ! This great " Saint " says in another place, that " a crim
— . — . — ^ j,.v..,. K^.w.11. otvjo HI nuuiuci uiace, uiai a crim-
inal or a witness who is not lawfully questioned by a judge, may swear
that he knows nothing of the crime, though indeed he knows it" !— Hav-
ing called your attention to the fact that your C^hurch encourages lyinq
and perpmj, let me now, Rev. sir, briefly notice the persecutinq dogmas of
your acknowledged and canonized teachers. This is the foulest feature of
your Church, for according to the most reliable infoi-mation on this revolt-
ing subject, she stands to-day historically convicted of the cold, systematic
and deliberate murder of fifty-two millions of our fellow beings! You
know, Rev. sir, there is a book called liullarium Magnum Bomanwn, or
The great Bull-Book of Rome," consisting of 19 folio volumes, and con-
tains, with few exceptions, all the authentic bulls of all the Popes, from the
rise of Popery down to the middle of the 18th century. In this book there
IS a list of 35 Popes and 62 Constitutions, one and all of whom and of which,
like Saul on his way to Damascus, is " breathing out threatenings and
slaughter against " all those who presume to read and think for themselves.
Bull Ad Abolendam was drawn up in the Council of Verona, and publish-
ed m 1184 or 6. In this bull your " Successors of the Apostles," after de-
creeing the death of " heretics," and absolving subjects from all allegiance
to heretical (or Protestant) governments, go on to say,—" We decree thai
even all /at)orer.<: of heretics, (those who favor them in any way) as if con-
demned to perpetual infamy, ought to be driven from pleading at the bar.
and from giving testimony, and from all public offlces ".'f Again —"Those
who shall be found to have fallen a second time into heresy which had
been abjured, we appoint to be left to the secular judgment, without any
hearing whatever" I This same " secular judgment " is. on pain of eternal
damnation, ordered to aid the ecclesiastical In discovering and extirpating
heretics." Your great historian Baronius says in his Annals,— "There
•See tne end of next Letter,
tWliilethe Antleonish CasfeMvan advocating tlio starvine of the Protiistaiit mer-,
eiiahts otit 01 iiur plat-c, soirr person spnt a uoh- lo I liu Rev. 17. V. who edits that naner i
Mlong h m to explain Kev 13, 17. That silenced the Casket Ulvine, tbr t e <''^Com.' '
men tary" has not appeared yet!
can be nc
I so I learn
and Geor
Canada,
the Canoi
Inecessity
You have
lory IX., t
What ddi
ine to qu
Church s!
On Mark
contain t
Acts X. 9,
teaches tl
ail hereti
ifcc." On
guides of
DEATH SU
not done /
ft-20, you i
memberin
ets." On
English P
If you are
people to I
iTt :.heRt.
Arichat.
Rev. Si
I noted R(
Irchbishc
Itoric accoi
|)ut to doa
years ago,
jbhis Arch I
'fow, this
vays in w
|to be puni
ire rorpor
vliich ver;
hS their pr
|is the depi
Brnment, ^
itiitioh. Fi
jthings."—
flukes, Ea
rleverend
i \
ible (?) Minister of
;e(l with the " Puciflj-
silence, being strong
HuperstitiouH regard
mad-man,— bykeep-
rything whicli cutu
lounced a " scurrility'"
ulous knave" *<;., t<>
vereiid editors, in one
Cliurch never either
prove that she did.
wrote to us privately
le matter drop! But
h the exposure, they
iVord of God to show
' heretics " to death !
las never put anybody
to death, and that she
of that inconsistent
i., a Your Church
he has done it, and w
nk of that, sir? I*
al (?) Theologies of
Saint Liguori, " whe-
' grave consequences
r place, that " a crim-
a judge, may swear
le knows it"! — Hav-
ch encourages lying ,
'.rsecuting dogmas of j
the foulest feature of |
nation on this revolt-
;■ the cold, 8ystemati<;
fellow beings! You
ynum Ronianum, or
volumes, and con-
1 the Popes, from the
'. In this book there
f whom and of which,
It threatenings and j
think for themselves. I
V^erona, and publish-
Apostles," after de-
s from all allegiance {
, — "We decree thai
1 any way) as if con-
pleading at the bar.j
'.'t Again— "Those
heresy which hail
gment, without any,
is. on pain of eternal |
ring and extirpating'
is Annals, — "There
)t' the Protdstaiit mer- .
J. who edits that paper, j
divine, for the " Com-
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lean be no doubt that the imjiilea! power is subject to the priestly." And
.0 I learned, sir by llvlim thirty years muler the rule of John A. McD.mald
and George E. f Uft t'l- who wme the political tools of the priests of Lower
h«"^nn , ^t''" '"'"i'u " ' "'!" """"■"•■" ^'"^•' »"*« "le following decree in
the Canon Law:-'' We dechir... assert, deHne, and pronounce it to be of
necessity to salvation, lor every iiuinan creature to be subject to the Pope."
.?"tv ^f/^'f ' ,f Tl, I!'"'"""« "»■ H'e I)c,-ree>< of Gratian, those of Greg-
What (loetrines and dem Is of blHMi.bemy and blood! Will you provoke
Lr^hT^ '^""m '""1 .'" '•"^' "*' y"""- Bible Commentaries, your
Church says on Matt, xl I, 2», that "heretics" ought to beEXECUXKo"!
On Mark hi. 12, you say that •' th(! sermons of heretics.even though they
oontam the truth, nti' no Imttcr than the howling of wolves." On
Acts X. 9, you say that "the ii(.w pretended Church Service of England
L;ei;„«"H;of •" '>AMNAlil.K "! On Acts xix. 19, your infallible church
i-i WH " f''-'"*"'"' njan Is especially bound to burn and deface
ad heretical hooks; and llMMVthie. Protestant Bibles, Prayer-books.
l»™ , I '•' reHtii,,,,.,,,,, Huthority, without appeal, to punish with
IDEATH such as proudly refiif),,.! to obey their decisions; and surely He has
hiot done less for tlie cdureh-guldes of the New Testament." On Rev. ii.
-^20, you say,- God wiu'nelh bishops to be zealous against heretics, re-
.embering the example ,.f holy Ellas, who in zeal kilted 450 fal,e proplt
lT?n'aH«i;p,/"J'.,y."." '•''*'■' •^'"."' »"'"I''« tli^t "*e translators of the
ffinghsh Protestant Hible oiii,hl, to be abhorred to the veptuh of hell "'
llZ ?n\""* f ""']'"' "*■ "'«"'« doctrines, then it is high time for all decent
jmople to be ashamed of jyow.
Yours Truly,
Archibald C. Gillies.
MltMltER IV,
''iiichat ^^^' '^''''" ^'''•"''''* Mackinnon, D. />.. R. a Bishop of
Rev. Sih.— About one liundred years ago there flourished in Snain
noted Roman CathoUe divine. Alphon^o de Castro, who was ?nX
rchbishop and in I77a l.uhllHl.e.l \ large work wher'e^e gives a iS
"X^^^X^l ^S'^:^. ^".^^."' ^}^ ''liereticH'-^mve been
toric
put to death by your (!iiur(ih. li'lHhop Dr^Te of "England, onlv a"few
years ago while proa.'hlng In Nt. (leorge's Cathedral, ScmthwaXcalled
^us Archbishop, Do (JaHtfo. " that uooi, and great and fearless man "
^ow, this '<<7rea«mul//oo,r' An^hl.ishop says,- ''There are vS«
ays in which e.^oluHhiHtleHl Hanetlons and imperiallaws order lierS
to 6e punished. Moimo are spiritual and afieet the .soul alone- oS
xre corporal, and alltlet tl... hoi.y. Among corporal punisEnteonI
which very much anno vm hen-thm Is the contiscation an nroseriptton
Irnr^Pnf wM .^m""""''^ '*"■'"* " pro-eminence, jurisdiction, and gov-
jBrnment which thoy provlouMly exereised over persons of every oon-
Ki^,J^'^ nr7!'lVV\'r'^'^'rJ'*' t>«o ,«,e, Jeprlved of\l?su?h
^S«" p^r^i £• ^*'- *'• '"*'. After telling us that heretical Kings,
Jukes, Earls, &e., wore ilepi'lved of their respective positions this
teverend and EoekmlaNtlcal hlHtorlnn of your own church ko^s on to
ky,-" If the people bo Infoolod with the^same heresy ^S The King"
ill!'
; 1 1 ■
^li!''
l!M
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they will be doprivod q^so jure, of tlio power of ehoosiiifr for thoniselve-
a knij?, and tlieii the business will devolve on the 8overeif?n Pontift "
— f'iiiip, vii. p. lOS. " The iiist punishment of the body for heretics is
DKATJi, with which we siiall i)r<)ve bv (Jod's assistance thcv onght t"
bo punished."- Cliap. xii. p. ]•«. "It is just to inflict the punish-
nient ot dkath on an incorritril)le heretic,"— Chap. xii. p. l'2(i. "II
Martiti J^uther. Avlion he tirst ))e{,'an to pour out his poison, had been
cai)(^/7/vy ininishcd (beheaded), as he deserved, there would not hav.
burst fortli so nuuiy heresies, as fierniany now endures. But because
Lutlier escaped with impunity, (Ecolanipadius, ZwiuKlo, Carlstadtand
tln^ liaptisfs, THJO WOHST OK ALL HKHKTics, (iarcd to go abroad in
pu blic and vent their heresies.' '— C'liap. xii. p. 12«. " We hiivo shown
already, plainly enough," says Arclibishop I)e Castro, "that a heretic
may be2mt to death, but in what manner is oH very little conxequence:
— CJiap. xii. p. 12H. " In Flanders and other i)arts of Lower (iermanv,
wlion I WHS there ton years ago," says j'our own historian, "I sa\\
heretics i)unished,by decapitation— y\a\ hiioretico.s capitis obtruncation(
puniri. I heard also atBurges in Planch'rs, Ironi many eye-witnesses
wortliy ot t-rcdit, tliat it was tlio custom in that city to cast heretics alive
into noiLiNo OIL ! In otlior kingdoms and provinces of the ChriHtiav
(?) world tliere is a known, inviolable and pkri'iotual (;ustom ol
BUHNiN(* heretics. I bave seen it done in France, especially at Paris
bo also in Spain, and I believe it to have been alivays thus done in
Italy. \< or Siunt (iregory in his lirst book of Dialogues, Chap<^er iv
states that a certain magician was burned at Rome, and praises thi
travsacfion. Hence it is abundantly plain that it is not a modern in-
vention, but that it is the ancient opinion of wise (ihristians, that here-
tics should be iu'Rnkt> WITH FiHK."— Chap, xii p. 128. Remember,
sir, tliat this is a history of your jonMC(>>Ze5 and practices bv an Areh-
bisliop ot liigii standing In your own Church — one who is called
OKKAT and (K)OD " by Bishop Doyle of England. Your imprudent
and incompetent ecclesiastics challenged me to prove that your Churdi
teaches ci tlier li/iuff or persecution. I bave now proved that she teaches
and practises doth.- Lot me now. Rev. sir, call your attention to th(
tact that your ( hurch teaches idolatry in its most grossly pagan form.
You know, sir, that your intiillible popes have appro vecl of the wril-
ings ot Alphonsus Liguori,— tliat the ,S\ia-ed Congregation of Mites in
Rome bave declared that there is nothing in thorn deserving ol
censure, that in 18:59 Liguori was canonized by the infallible Pop(
Grregory XVI.,— that Cardinal Wiseman has 'written his life, am
jommonded his writings to the studv of "the faithful ;" and that in
every Romish Church and Chapel Saint Liguori's intercession is im-
plored on the 2nd of August. Well, this "Saint," vou know, has written
abook called "TAe Glories of Mary;" and to"^ say nothing of your
' Peter and Paul, and all the Saints," let us note the tiicc tliat in this
book Mary is called the " (iuuen of the Universe," is said to jiave " the
Keys of Divine Mercy," and to be "the PROPITIATORY of the Chris-
tian people." On page 177 Mary is represented as being far mon
raercitul than Christ !«■ In one of your devotional books called ''Sal-
vation Made Easy to Sinners by Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart oi
Mary," and on page 32 we read the following,—" God has decreed ti)
grant us everything by Marv, bv whom he has given to us .lesus '
In another of your books entitled "A Portrait of the AdmirabU
Joseph," and on page 35 &c., *c., we rind Jesu^, Mary and Josevli
trequently styled " the Most Holy Trinity." The booksellers in Bel-
gium sell cards on which you read " Our Mother who art in Heaven •
&(!., Ac, In " The Psalter of the Blessed Bonaventurc " we rind the fol-
lowmg,— " O, Lord, who didst give the Blessed Bonaventure to th\
*0n papo 701 of this most idolatrous book, it is said that Mary assumed thr appearance I
ot a ceitaiii woman and remainGd all night with lier husband, that lie misUt not \A
•ware ot the absence of his wife!
lowiiifj; for themselves
! Sovereign Pontitt."
? f)0(ly for heretics is
stance they ought t^'
ill diet tlie punish-
!ip. xii. p. Via. "It
lis poison, iiad been
ere would not havi
ulures. But Ijecausi
winglo, Carlstiidtand
ed to go abroad in
). " We liave sliown
istro, "that a heretii
y little con.tecjuence."
ri of Lower (ierinany.
I historian, "I saw
L'apitis obtruncationi
many eye-witnesses
■ to east lioretics alive
iiees of the Christian
;ri'ktuaij e'USTOM oi
!, espeeially at Paris.
ilivays thus done in
logues, Chapter iv..
ine, and jyraises tfi<
is not a modern in-
!hristians, that here-
p, 128. Kemember.
acticea by itTi Arch-
-one who is called
. Your imprudeni
vethat your Chureli
:)ved that she teache-
'our attention to th(
grossly pagan form
proved of the writ-
rcgation of Bites in
them deserving ot
the infallible Pop(
ritten his life, and
hful ;" and that in
s intercession is in
in know, has written
ay nothing of your
lie fact that in thi>
is said to have " tht
roRY of the Chris-
as being far mor(
books called ''Sal-
ost Sacred Heart oj]
God has decreed tii
iven to us Jeans.'
t of the Admirablf
, Mary and Joseph
booksellers in Bel-
vhoart in Heaven."
;re" we find thefol-
ionaventure to thy
assumed thp appearaiior
that he might not hij
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people for a minister of eternal salvation, grant that He who was the
instructor of our life here on I'artli, -may become our intercessor in
Heaven." Throughout this P.sa/<cc the name of Mary is substituted
for (ion's ! For instance,—" Come unto Mary, Av., and she will give
you rest." In the Utth Psalm we read thus, " The heavens declare the
glorv of the Virgin, and the tirmanient showeth forth her handy work."
[n the (loth Psalm we find this,—" O ! come let us sing unto our Lady ;
let us heartily rejoice in the Virgin, wlio brings us salvation," &c., *c.
^\an the 110th Psalm is rendered thus,—" The Lord said unto Mary,"
vSc, &c. In " The Litnny of the Blessed Virgin'' we read,—" Be merciful
■ unto us, O Lady ! from all evil, aiid mischief, and from the temptation
■ of Satan and tlie wrath of (iod deliver us." In your devotional prayer-
2 hook called " The Key of Heuven," and on page So, we read, " riail !
Holy Queen, Mother of Mercv, our Lifj;, our Sweetness, and our
Hoi'K ; to THKK do wo cry," etc., iV:c. t)n pages 49 and 50 we find this,
— "<), gjprious Virgin Mary, I commit mv soul and liodv to thv trust,
this night and forever, but more esjieeially at the hour of my cleath,"
On page 58 I read thus,—" I come to otler thkk my most humble
homage. Thou knowest, O lilessed Virgin, that I look up to thkk as
my Advocatk." On page 50 I find Mary addressed thus,—" I recom-
mend to thy merciful cluuitv ali, my hopes, my consolation, my
distress and misery." In ydnr '' JJnily Exercises^" and on page 40,
while addressing the Virgin, you say, — " Beseeching thee to
adopt me for thy son, and take upon tlife'the care of my eternal salv-
ation." Then (iomea a doggerel hymn, "Ave maris Stella"— that is,
Hail Star of the Sea — in which you sing :
Hail happy gate of bliss,
( rreeted by Gabriel's tongue,
Negotiate our peace,
And cancel Eva's wrong.
Loosen the sinner's bands,
All evils drive away ;
Bring liglit unto the blind,
And for all graces pray.
Rev. fi\r, do you call this Christianity ? For my own part I am too
well acquainted with God's truth as revealed iii your oivn Bible, to see
the least resemblance between the two. For instance, in the Psalter
above referred to, the 08th Psalm is mutilated thus,—" Let Mary arise,
and let all her enemies Ije scattered"! "Salvation Made Easy"
reminds me (not of Christianity, but) of " Grammar Made Easy " tbr
lazy boys !» The prophets, the Master Himself knew nothing of a
" Salvation made easy by devotion to Mary." See St. John xvi. 33;
Acts xiv. 22; 2nd Timothy iii. 12; Kev'elation vii. 14. Read these
passages and then blush. In an Encyclical Letter published by the
last Pope in 1832, he says,—" Let us raise our eyes to the most blessed
Virgin Mary, who alone destroj's heresies, who is our greatest hope,
yea the kntire ground of our hope." The present Pope in an Allocu-
tion delivered by him on the 23rd of last July, while calling upon all
hisjieople to seek the Throne of Grace, says,—" Especially let us seek
.J. J., ■ ,. ^, ... , ^j^^ most chaste
seek it, above all
, rcessions with her Son
have the relation in a certain way of commands." This doctrine was
condemned in Rome 1800 years ago by the Holy Ghost. Romans 1. 25.
In concluding this letter let me remind you, Rev. Sir, that printers,
like pope,',-, irake sometimes great mistakes. For iusuincu, in my L-irst
*Sec Eddy's •' Europa," &c., for a most amusing account of "the faithful," wor-
snipping a "Holy Coat" which, they were told, was the seamless one Christ wore !
Page iVi.
80
letter the sentonce-" 8uoh IorIc convinces me," &c., should have been.
Such loKic reminds lao of that incoiiisistent " beast " which was, and
IS not, and yet is. Would to Heaven that the siuH of popes were an
■ \*^""?. , "^i'"'':*? o* printers.' ThoKroatust political iw well (weccleH-
lastical blunder the present pope ever conunitted, was to declare that
he can commit nonk,
Yours truly,
AllCHlBALU C. OILLIE9.
NUMBKR V,
To the Mt. Bev. Colin Francis Mackinnon, D. D., li, O. Bishop 0/
Rkv. SiR.-In 1846, the Ri^ht Rov. Dr. Cardinal Wiseman wrote
and published the " Life of .Saint Alphonsus Litfuori," who had been
canojiized by the "infallible"^Pope Gregory XVI. in 18311. Now, in
tnis book Cardinal Wiseman says,-" The ayigelic Saint Thomas (Aqui-
nas ) the fieraphic Saint Bonaventure, are the best models wherein to
study and explain that system of virtue and perfection which thev
traced in their works; while Saint Alphonsus Liguori is celebrated
throughout the world for his theological writings, his great virtues his
extraordinary sanctity, which proved how close was the connection
between the wisdom of his understanding, and the purity of his heart ''
Priest MacGregor, in the Eastern Chronicle, and also as editor-in-chief
of the Casket, throws overboard these angelic and Seraphic "Saints"
as being of no account. According to (Cardinal Wiseman thev are
your " best models," but according to Pather MacUregor, they are no
authorities at all ! Isthisa.specimenof" Catholic unity "? Now Rev
Sir, you are the umpire— which of these two men am I to believe ?
The most humiliating and painful example of Romish Iving and "pious
traud" I ever witnessed in connection with your "Church." is the
present evasive and Jesuitical attempts of Fatlier MacGregor to denv
the btoody bulls of Rome. The murderous practices of your " faithful *'
and the unprincipled sophistry of your "fathers," can never be ac-
counted tor except by the fact that persecution and lying are favoured
in the doctrines of your Cliurch. You know, sir, it is the teaching of
your " 6es(! models," that, whether on the Bench an judge, or in the
^ox as witness, you are bound to ignore your oath and decide or tes-
tily 111 the interests of " the Church," and on that very account I would
not give a row of pins for the oath of a Roman Catholic — that is, if he
18 what you call "a good Catholic." In the Intallible's own Canon
L,aw, the highest authority in your Church, you are taught that " an
oath contrary to ecjclesiastical interest is not to be observed. These
are to be called perjuries rather than oaths which are attempted against
ecclesiastical utility," Again,—" You are not bound by an oath of
this kind, but, on the contrary, you are freely bid God speed in stand-
ing up against kings for the rights and honors of that very Church
and even m legislatively de/oiiding your own peculiar privileges."
And again,—" The tidelity which subjects have sworn to a Christian
king who opposes God and His Saints, (iu otiier words the Popish
yjtmvtih,) they are not bound by any authority to perform." Now sir
all this is from your own Canon Law, sanctioned by the " infallible "
Gregory IX., and lepublishod at Leip.sic under the authority of the
equally " intallible" Gregory XVI. Will you instruct Pattor Mac-
iiumeroui
pie, like s
more. Sir,
Lordship
where the
rand inde
Isaid it is i
there." C
Istance, we
Christ? '
right now,
may they
Butyou w
that an oh
tributes 01
Itransactioi
[people, bj
your i3eop
heads of I
you think
wiis comp]
mission ir
July. Ou
ous busint
will And y
very stron
You say tli
mous consi
unanimouf
the}- unani
OurFatli
gustine sa^
Gregory l5
just heave
another th
Tertullian
neas;" bul
name be
smcans the
., should have been,
St" wliioh was, and
8 of popcH wore an
•ill as well HHeccles-
Wiis to declare that
Lu C. Gillies.
•, B. O. BLihop 0/
il Wi.seman wrote
)ri," who had been
in 183!». Now, in
lint Thomas (Aqui-
models wherein to
(Kjtion which thev
^uori is celebrated
is great virtues, his
^as the connection
urity of his heart.''
o as editor-in-chief
Seraphic ".Saints'"
rViseman they are
rregor, they are no
fiity"? Now, Rev,
am I to believe?
hiving and "pious
" Church," 18 the
rfacGrogor to deny
of your " faithful,*'
can never be ac-
lying are favoured
t is the teaching of
IS judge, or in the
and decide or tes-
ry account I would
)lic— that is, if he
ible's own Canon
e taught that " an
observed. These
attempted against
id by an oath of
od speed in stand-
hat very Church,
uliar privileges."
rn to a Christian
A^ords the Popish
f>r»i." Now, sir,
the "infallible"
authority of the
ruct Fatliier Mac-
81
Oregor to throw this too overboard? It is perfectly heart-rending to
see how your "defenders of the faith" of the Antigonish typo, take
hold of squealing Professors of Theology, Doctors of Divinity, Cardi-
nals, angelic and Seraphic " .Saints," and even " infallible " Popes, and
pitch them from their carts into the slaughter house, as thotigh they
were only so many Christmas-roasters, and that too in a way which in
any other market would subject the operators to a heavy tine for cru-
elty to animals! At one moment those angelic "Saints" are adored
astlic "6e«< nodels," and in the very nexc they are thrown into
the surging sea, and the boiling billows like so many obnoxious and
contemptible Jonases ! But, Rev. Sir, I need not iie"^8urprised, for all
this is quite characteristic of lioathons, and popery, you know, is
paganism baptized, See Acts xiv., 11, and then li» ; xxviii., 4 and (5.—
But vour "defenders of the faith" say that, as a matter of gratitude,
wo should not have brought the Rev. Mr. Chiniquy to Antigonish,
because they had attended a Presbyterian bazaar there once ! Now
all this is funny. If Roman Catholics and others are morally weak
and wicked enough to countenance and aid what they believe to be
u'rojt(7, is that a reason why we should "go and do likewise"? But
have our people not boon in the habit of attending your bazaars more
iiumerously than your people attended ours ? Did not some of our peo-
ple, like so many beaten spaniels, attend even your hist bazaar ? Nay,
more, .Sir, you were in Rome a few years ago'; and what was your
Lordship doing there ? " Why," you reply " I was trying to find out
where the infallibility of my Church is." Yes, a very important er-
rand indeed. And did you make the discovery ? "Well, a majority
said it is in a certain place, but a very strong minority said it is not
there." Oh. unfortmijito 1 But are majorities always right? For in-
"" Moses, Elijah, and
you know Hioy are
.- . right then, and why
may they not be right now f» Your Lordship can answer this at leisure.
Butyou were in Rome, and when in that city you declared by your vote
that an old man in his dotsige there, possesses at least some of the at-
tributes of Jehovah ! Having aided and abetted in this blasphemous
transaction, your Lordship came home, and on your arrival, your
people, hy 2>enmssion, rang the bell of our Church. But since that,
your people, without permission, rang the same bell oyer the bleeding
heads of Presbyterian ministers ! As a matter of gratitude, what do
you think of that, sir ? As a matter of judgment from God, J think it
was complete, provided the soft heads of those who had given the per-
mission in question, were the ones made to bleed on the 10th of last
July. Our congregation lent their bell to celebrate a most blasphem-
ous business, and God has punished them for it. "Be sure your sin
will find you out."— A small majority say the Pope is infallible, but a
very strong minority deny it ! Is that a sample of " Catholic unity "?
You say that we must interpret the Scriptures according to the "'■unani-
mous consent of the Fathers." Now, supposing the "Fathers" were
unanimous, what guarantee have we that they were right ? But were
hey unanimous? No! Take them for instance, on the Lord's Prayer,
" Our Father who .art in heaven." Here Cyril, Ambrose, and Au-
gustine say, the word " heaven " means the souls of believers; but
Gregory Nyssen, Chrysostum, and the monk St. Bernard say, it means
|ust heaven. Now. here three "Fathers" declare one thing, and
name be glorified."— " Thy Kingdom come." Ambrose says this
means th e Kingdom of Grace, and nothing more ; but Tertullian, Cy-
\*^iA f*" * number of faUlble " Bishops ' ' infallibly determiDo In whom infellibility
32
prian, HiKl AuKustmo .say i( moans tli(( KliiKdom of a/orij,niu\ not tin
Kingdom ol (,im'o at all ! And so on in tliiH wuv IhronKhout tho Mible.
VVhoro, llov. .Sir, is thi! '' unanimom coiMcitt of tlio Fat'uTs "? How
(lo;i/o/t inanaKo tointorprot thoHcrii.tnmsaccordinK to tho " imaniinoun
corMentoi the latlitTH," Ninco as you know piulectly well, tho oni
M ? ^'"thers" aro "uiumitnous" only in «!oiitradicting the
Yours trul3',
ABOUIUALD C. OiLLIJiiftl.
NUMBKn VI.
To the lit. Rev. Colin Francis Muckinnon, D. D., Ji. <•. lordBinhoti
Arichat. ■* '
. 'l?^^^,',"'":.^!"' ^^'^^^^ absurdities of your nili^'ion aro ociuallcd onlv
hy tho tolly ol thoso who l)olif!vc thoui. Yon know that in honor of
the ass on whu-h it was supposed Jost^ph and Marv nnido their escap<'
into Egypt, thero has beon obsorvod in your ""infallible Church"
what IS called The Festival of the Ass." A young woman represent-
ing Mary was placed upon tlio ass, and all marched in solemn proces-
sion into t \o parish Church. Then the oflidating priest turned to the
peopleandbrayed three times like an ass, whose fair representative
he certainly was ; while the people br.ved three times in return I The
braying match over, tho " faithful " i;!i .jited the followhig- doggerel :
"The ass he came from eastern climes;
Heiifh-lio, my assy !
Ho'h fair and tit for tlie pack at all HmeH.
Sinjf, Father Ass, and you shall get grass,
And ^traw and hay too iu plenty.
The ass Is slow and lazy too ;
Ileigh-lio, my assy!
But the whip and the spur will make him fjo.
Sing, Father Ass, and you shall have grass,
And straw and hay too in plenty.
Tlie ass was born and bred with long ears ;
Helgh-ho, my assy !
And yet he the Lord of asses appears
Grin, Father Ass, and you shall have grass,
And straw and hay too in plenty.
The ass excels the hind at a leap ;
Heigh-ho, my a«sy !
And faster than hound and hare can trot.
Bray, Father Ass, and you sliall have grass,
And straw and hay too in plenty,"
The festival of "Father Ass" was a common affair in Burgundy
until the light of the Reformation put an end to this popish ass-ass-
ination. I cannot go into your churches without feeling compassion
for your ignorant devotees, and indignation for the lazy, fat, and bloat-
ed priests who, instead of " holding forth the Word of life," impose on
the poor people, and feed their imaginations on a dumb show. Your
priest go.ns throuprh the foolery of " Mmsk," with that stitf and gaudy
slab on his back, always reminds mo of a mud-turtle ! But you sav
that your Church is ancient, that you can trace it back to the Apostles.
Why, Rev. Sir, I can traoe it for you fai- beyond that date. Judas was
88
r Glori/, unt\ not the
roiiglioiitUio Hihle.
o Futliors"? How
; totho '^ unauimou/t
ctly well, tho one
contmdicting the
Alil) C. OiLLIUH.
U. ('. lord Binhop,
1 iiro c<j|nancd onlv
• tlmt 111 honor of
niudo tlieir escape
nfivllible Church "
woman represent-
in solemn nrocos-
iriost turned to the
iiir representative
es in return ! The
owing doggerel :
\»s,
IRO.
rasD,
■8;
:ra88,
Tass,
air in Burgundy,
s popish ass-ass-
eling compassion
izy, fat, and bloat-
»f life," impose on
Linb show. Your
at stilf and gaudy
e / But you say
;k to the Apostles.
date. Judas was
II f/oo*/ C'litholic, for lie went to "confessiiin" to the priestx inslciid <»!'
<io(l. Matt, xxvii. I!, 4. J(>rol)oam "the son of Nelmt, who ni;id(!
Israel to sin." was another (/ooil "Catholic," for he eiieoura^ced the
worship of images, (!ontrarv to th(! Divine IjUW, lOx. xx. 4, "); i Kings,
XII. '2.^y to ;W ; Dent. iv. 12, 1.'), 1(1. 2:1, '2.'\ Cain also was a Roman Cutho-
lic, for he piTseeuti'd, and otfered a hlooillcsK oll'ering as i/oii do in the
" mass," (»(*n. iv. :i to H. Yes, sir, I can trai-e yonr religion up to
(Iain. Yonr Church teaches that sonic^ "saints" have mi overjihm
f)f righteousness about them, which, lor so inucli cash to tho clergj',
is retiiiled for tlu> benefit of those who come short of the refiuinite
ainoiint. Now so thought the "foolish virgins," who therefore
mnst have been Uomaii Catholics, for they said to their coinpanions
—"(live us of you oil ; for our lamps iir(! going out." Hut the " w'sn
virgins," who wer<Mhori)ugh ProU'^taiits, answered and said,— " Not
so, lest there be not enough for us and yon ; but go ye rather to those
that soil, and buy for yourselves." Mere your fnndainental iiriiKiipIo
is condemned, and oiirs is conimendcd. Uighteousness is not trans-
ferable : each individual will Ix? shut in or out, according as his own
lamp is full or empty. You, Sir, cannot bo so ignorant as not to know
this first principh^ and therefore you should not bo deceiving tho
people. Seo Matt. xxv. 1— 111. Hut how do you sell such things,
whether by tho numhcr, or by the lociy/if, or by the yard? One of our
ministers in Ontario, the Rov. Dr. T , was marrying an Irish-
man who had been brought up in your Church. No s()oner tho iloctor
had fttojiped praying than the Irishinau said,— " Pray longer, ihwinr.
for I have more monci/".' Your V/iV/A and Low M(i>isr.s at hipk and
low priccn, had something to do with that man's ludicrous expression
— hidicrous to nn, but not to j/om. Like our (tars and steamers, you
have your /V/'s^ and Socoiid elas.<, uv tS'tecrar/e and Ca6 /h passage to
ftlory I Your people go to Heaven as they go to Halifax— according to
their wealth ! If the poor [tooiile attempt it on foot, thou you have so
many "toll-gates" and "catch-bars" on the way at which they must
"shell-out"! You ar(> not satisfied with fioecing them hereon earth
— you pursue them beyond th(! grave to the very gateof hriavcn ; and
if their friends here are too |)oor or too intelligent to pay fe.- either
Hir/h or Low Mas.^, thou the soulsof tho depart(!d are left in the; flam-
es of Purgatory ! Acitording to his own showing, a Itoinau Catholic
priest is the most heartless miser, tho most unfeciling monster, on the
face of Ctod's green earth ! The giving of so much cash for salvation
in order that your soul may be pcrinitted to immigrate from a miser-
able region beyond the grave called " Purgatory " in Komisli books,
to a b((tter country calliMl Heaven in God's Hook, is a theological
swindle cunningly, yes, ingeniously devised, and mostcu-uelly practis-
ed by ecclesiastical thieves upon'ecelosiastical knaves. You know
perfectly well, Rev. Sir, that you would not attempt to prove tho exi-
stence <)t'a,iiia)l-/toleon tlio road before me, by such flimsy argumenta
as those by which you teach th 3 existence of " Purgatory"! But take
" purgatory " away, and where is your Church? Your ill-gotten
wealth, and your iiiHuence, your terrible power over peo|)le's hopes
and fears, are gone, and your i)oor priest-riddou dupes ar(> delivered
from your only source of wealth and terror, as well as from the great-
est barrier to salvation that Satan ever threw across the way to Heaven.
If "the blood of Jesus Christ cleauseth us from ai.Ij sin," tell me, Sir,
from what sin or sins will "purgatory" (tleause. I. John i. 7— !• ;
Ilel). X. 14; Rev. xiv. 13.— Father MciJregor, in the Eastern Chronicle,
tells us that he has studied in the shadow of the Vatican. I am afraid,
sir, that you have all studied in that shadow, and heiu-o the dar/ntcsa
whic'li pervailos your gloomy theology. There is another "shadow"
under which you should |)refer to study. Canticles ii. ;}. One of your
priests tells lis in the Caiket that people tiring nothing, but their siv.s
into your Church. Now this explains what has often perplexed many
E
d4
l(*Ht pIltH
liiK less
«li<>vhijf, <
1h Maker 1
uveMty <)»'
UloHHed I
inls, hut ^
pirits! T
Htie. ltd
ceeivo HOii
iiised in \
roof tluvt I
-nniiiely tlie vast uiiioiiut of mIiis there is In that rjnireli ! You,
iiireh, Hov. Sir is iilio a (liMlioncst laimdreHS who is alwavM takiiit
m (li ty eiotlK'M liiit never givinK out any elean. I.ikc^ tlie f)oa(l He.i
w hleli iiiiH un uilct, l)nl no oiUhf, --y,n\r ( iuireli i.s constantlv roeelvint
nccesH Ons i)art of wlii.^li Koe.s to tlie bottom, and ilie rent disannears ii
vaiH.r! MlaiideriHoneHin with\vhieliyourCliiirihisa|)erfe(t"Hink.'
l<or iiiHtanee soon after the appearan.o of niv first hater, your priest,
nveidedand patented the lie tliat I was a native of the ■(tulf-shori
tiiat I had been a Homan Catholic, hm was expelird for some in
ainois eonduet an<l lienee my spite I This fuilinn them, the "faith
\i J'.?'"' !'"^^ ''"' r^'""/ ''"'* ' "'" '">''<l»'i>iK oil iiLWHiti/ ! If the Kev
^ir. t Minl(iiiy ridieuU's .\<iur miseralile earieature ' of the Lord's
Hw'*.'''m y""/\'," '}' '".»'■*' K<> to work and say that he was hiirleH.iniiiK
the Jllessed Kueharist "I May we not ask with VirKil,-"TantttMi' ;'"»"1""^'
amm.H e.elestil.us inn"? Can mich praetiees ..onie from the rellKioi, '"'^ "" ""
... •' ^ I'A'en your own Dr. Newman admits that " /Wci/i humbcn
jJuMie woiiien oUowed tlie train of the Couneil of Constaneo "I On.
Holy J-ather' * was honest enonjfh at the elose of the Couneil w
I^yons to say to the rest,-" Venorahlo Fathers, we have otfeeted ;,
UieatehanK'e in this city. When we came here, there were wu»i/
brothels, and now there in only one, hut that one extt-nds from the on
end of tlu! eity to the other !" How, Rev. Sir, was it wlien you wer
inuomoatthe last (Jouueil, "within the fihadow of the tatiean "
ilut, sir, your thureh is .lyiiiK at the centre, and quiveriuK only a
the extrennties. The " Least " has the " iH.rn-distem per," for " horn '
ufter horn is droi.pinK otf, till tho " ten liorns " (the ton kiiiKdonisi
ot J-auopo are nearly all Kono. The man of nin is dyinir with lieari'
disease. 1 ho I'ope used to make kings hold his horse, stand at hii.
door for days ni winter, kiss liis too, and lio down on the floor under!
!'/*^ .?//,• ,""^^' ''■'*"' '"^ *'""'"''^' l'^'^pl'3 »™ thinkiriff, and thorofort
ino ir( htm he accursed " of your Couneil can no more arrest human
trecHlom than it <^an stop the rising sun. The ( "ar of Progress in (;oni
nig, and the sooner J'oiien and hulLs get out of the wav, the hotter fe
themsolves and the world.
odglings c
pen their
riest
Yours truly,
AKOHIKALU C, GiLhIKS.
To
NrMKl-Ml MI.
the Rt. Rev. Colin Fraiicis Machinnon, 1). D.
Arichat,
'dikcf'—tl
he (■wtket
)Ullt, l)Ut
iiipiired 01
iroportion
1 then yo
'es|)cctable
wii t)ri(?sti
ight in the
ou allow
lun to ha'
) hav(! ai
lorniissictii
bent mode
orsiaruui
lioiu^legi n>
looks of (!<;
go, neithci
■eiisous yoi
Jnntrovers
lircnlate fn
bur P's. oi
Popes, Prii
he map, a;-
o the cJMrt
he peopi(v
'. c.'ui name
[uiry, [ Wii
!opv of the
10 roiid it ii
kloiitreal 1
liree or foil
is:—" Do ;
now whet
.._. ^ ».„..•. w.^ ..w.^^J HH.4 .inni,-., <jiv>.-iu muij i-j'eM, iiiui iiiuil op
their mouths to swallow blindly whatever was put into them. What
an opportunity for heartless boys ! Judging vou bv myself, sir, i
know that your generous Highland Scoteh heart inslinetively reeoilec
from the bare thought of deceiving tho confiding imioeents. Now
Rev. Sir, the blind confideneo of tho8e unthiukiHir and silly tledgliTitf:
always reminds me otyour people. On the approach of tfie rustlin
robes of a Romish priest, lioman Catholics,' like the unsuspoctin
'Cardinal Hugo.
Why your
notigh ; bi
'omprehoni
Che news o
•About 25 y(
Jllblc, and mo
Iresults," p. If
tThure is a I
m
tlmt Ch\m\\ I Yoii
wlio Im iilwavH Utkiii
Liktt.tho l)()ail Son
1 coiistuntly ruccivlii,
ilu» ntst iliHiippcarH ii
h inn pcit'cct "Mink.'
Ht letter, your pricNt
i» of tlio (iulf'-Hhon
pelleil for M(>UH< ill
iiiK tlieiii, tlio "fiiitli
ixonili/ .' irtlio Kev
iture of tlio Lord's
t li(« wuN )iiirl(>N(|iiin^
HI I'rorii tint roligioi
tlmt "Jl/tcen hundred
f (!oiiHtaiu>o "1 One
■odKliriKM tiltlift ixruve, throw up Iheir Ik.'iuIh, sliiit their eves, an. I then
■pen their mouths lor the reception of wimtevi'r iniivCome • Tlic
Irlent puts into their mouths ii hit of bread, assures tlien'i that it is no-
tiin^ loss tJiati <«oil In bofh nalurcn, and then eaeh one Koes awav
beli4«vin|j;, or at least tn/hif/ to believe, that he has eaten and swalliwe'd
fcls Maker ! And then whoevc'r lati)j[hs to seorn this vile and Sataidc
lavestv of a sacred ordinancoy+H at once cliartrcd with ridiculing tlin
Hlessed Kiicharist. " In youtli you recoiled from d iviiiK little
^irds, but since that, you haveKrown corpulent in deceiviiiKimmortal
pirits ! Tfii'n, you were a tcn(ler bov, vow, you are a Komish ecclesi-
stie. It does not pay to d ive lleflulinjfs,' Imt it pavs (liiaiiciallv to
eceive souls. Would you tell us, Kev, Sir, tlie revenue annually
aised in your own lHoces(( Just from " I'liri^atorv " alone? As "a
iroof thatlam ri^lit, Kather Macdrcf^or says in the 'hJastcru Chronicle.
I Viriril — "Tanfii.n, "^ "" """' ' '"" "«'"' '''"ucr .Macur(>f,'or says in the /-jtixtcrn Chronicle,
ue .r/?m'the roiiKio.: '^^j^^'^.::^}::'''^^:::::.^}}!^^:::'^^^^^ ::-'!!-.<'/• 'i-
onsianeo 'i one , . ,
so of tho Council (0 ,'.','.
wo have ollwted „ "•l"i'-ed
o, there wore wmM.v
:>xtendM from tlie oiii'
s it wlien you were
w of tlie Vatican '"
d quiveriuK only a
empor," for "horn'
" (tho ton kiuKdonift
is dyluv; with lieart
liorse, stand at his
I on tho floor under
king, and thorofore
more arrest human
of rrojin^ss ill (!oni
way, the better foi
'!a.tkvt"—i\\nX is, Konian ("atholics are proof ajjainst evidence! In
ho Cankct your driveliiii); priests arjiue thus,—" To iiKpiiro is to
but to doubt is to sin." Hravo ! Now, sir, eitlior vou liave
iKpiired or you have not. If you have, you are a ^n^ni sinner (in
iroportion to the extent of your in<iuiry) ;' but if you have not iniiiiir-
d then you are a very ignorant Hisliop. Hut you are known to be a
ospectablo scholar, and iherefore, accot'ding to the lojfic of vour
mil priests, you must be a very wicked man. For what makes It
it;lit in the i;cch:xia.sti<\ but wrouj? or sinful in the lio/mrin, to iiuiuiro?
Ifou allow the Dutchman to have the lllble in <f!elic, and the iScotch-
uan to have it in Dutch, iV:c., but is it allowable in your " Church "
have and read the Hible in the vernai-ular tongue without any
)erniissi(m from either priest (u* IJishop? "Saint" LiKuori, vour
' ^(•.•(Mnodel," says in very i)laiii Ijutiii,— " Scriptune et libri ('oiitro-
ersiaruin inliiifiua vernacula iion permittantur, siiieaiilem jjerniis-
ioue lej»l noil possunt." That is, as you know,—" Th(> Scriptures and
kLD i\ GiLLIKS.
D., Ii. C. nisho2)
Kioks of <'ontroversies may not be permitted in the vernacular laiigu-
if;e, neither may tliey be read without permission."* For very obvious
•easoiis your "Cliurch is afraid of " the Scriptures and books of
Jontroversies," knowing; well that if these books aro allowed to
iirculate freely, your people, beeomiiix enli^Jthteued, will lauj^h at the
'our P's. on which your whol(! " mystery of inifputv" rests, viz :—
Pnpe.i, PrioMs, Pcndncr, aiul Paruatorj/'. As the lying guide shuns
he map, as the incompetent captain, or bribed pilot dreads an appeal
o the chart or compass ; so your priests, knowing tliey aro misleading
he people, fear an appeal to I he Bible. 2 Cliron. xviii. 7, 18 to :i2.—
: can name you a H. <\ Congregation of 2,0()i) souls, wliere, upon in-
juiry, I was informed by the people themselves, there was only one
•opv of the Bible in the whole parish, and tho owner told ine that
10 read it in detianco of the priest's expre.i.s orders.' On a street in
Montreal 1 nuit a girl wiio had attended a R. <J. Sabbath School for
liree or four years, and tho following (ionversation took place between
is:—" Do you know who Jesus (Hirist is?" "No, sir." "Do vou
enow whether it is the name of n i)rrson, placi:, or thinqV "No,
lir." "•>•■■■• • • ._ - . •
the fields and dis-
ng the least noiso,
J coming with food,
yes, and then open -. ■-■.^•, .^.,. »» ikvl' viwvj.-i.thu viv^ lui mninjin i onu^jravs mr Luem'i
It into them. Whai ^Vhy your religion should bo called Popianitif or Marudnity is plain
I bj myself, sir, 1 ;niough; but wliy it should be called Christian it v" surpasses mv
ishnctively recoiled 'om prehension. Will you give us '' The Biblical Rraaon Why"f\
g innocents. Now, Che news of the surrender at Sedan reached us in Montreal on Friday.
and Killy tIedglinjriH— .
u-h of the rustlingJL *-\^'>o'it 25 years a!;o an Kngllah gentleman searcliod the wholo city -ifRomn for the
B the iinHnHpocrinyJ^'""'' ^^,'^ "»"* ""ly with the answer, " It la not permitted "! — "Mornings with the
tThere ia a book called "The Biblical Reason Why."
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:|
ami in all Sl% tv b^^^^^
ot a village in the rear ()f Menf,«,?i VJ %,•- ^"''' a« the postmaster
Catholie,) onlv abmft oL in ev w /I'w' <^'""««lf » French Ronmn
Now, Kev.Sir^how lovouaeeonn^Tnif. ■'•^/i'?,"'*^ ^'^'^'^ ''«'• himself!
pfyour '\4,.cessoiVoffhelpoJ i/"evn^^^^^^^
is encoura«cd and (>vp. H.^h? i ' ^^^^'P^ <^» the sround that lying
.vot this is '■ the Cluu-e tul''X\\UTo-, '"" '^""'^ ," ^^'""''^ "? A"«l
parish of St. Croix nea/i,v native nl!n-' t** "° salvation "I-In the
Quebee,) the R. c/l^^Xrela o wnl L?V" I^«^^-e'' ^'""ada. (now called
rrish. AFreuehma TadSraI/r„ o a^T^^^^^ ^"'r^^ «"^
scienoe, like Uv. McDonald's vN^isSnn,lP«fTv, J"^'i"',«». ^vhose con-
tore, seeing pardon co Id it «o pIiI uf ^? * ""^^^ rubber, and there-
pay for the gun Now there WM^n/n^'V"^'^:,''*' ^^^"^ '" "" mood to
to present tlKMr/selves befo.e The I or J- 'nnf,"*"!^'^ '^V"" "^^"^^ ^'^'"^
them. After Mass the fZi,.I, f.,w / i^ '^''1?" ^^^^^ '"mie among
appealed. or(k.iv3d he Irishn u m ^ lin nT^'f'"' "i^ frenchman ha!
for the gun, and in o-lklinl ?f om ""P'"Pof eternal damnation, to pay
<onclusi^„,'the pries SS^ P'-«'»'«e to a universal
the Irish ''Succissor o^the A, Hwtfi^^^ "i general. Whereupon
[not the Holy Onrtl.Sstim^i « objected, and the Evil Spirit,
at the '' altar '-to thf-'Si^^^^^^^ '(^"iZ'T'^'?'^ '^-T *^« " Successor"'
" two bands,-' each Frcnchm.m makin^fl^'T^'V '^l'" '^^ ^^"''^ ^^^^^^
man making for the S h Thpt nl^^ '^"•^ each Irish-
wUitant, but the Idsh who hJ fL V ^'T ^'<^?'»e "the Church"
"the Church ''"4mSa«/DnL<^f.i"*^*^ <^"^"y became
and punching headsfthe '' ►Ws'-so s of th^A ^Vi^^'-'^'^f'^'T ^^"ds
«ome" the souls under the altar^^^Xftfi.^l/ ^ be-
long skirts, like so many m "ats bv VL f?,^ were pulled out by their
of the churcli, altar" imaBeslbnt^s .-nnH J rl'^ "*'' '' '^^l*' '"t^'ior
smashed to pieces; the rXs'of the 'nHp«.J*'^*''*''f' ''•'^*^' *«- ^^ere
the blood olShe combatants cLl 11?^^^ ott" their backs,
Nomeofthe"lUithf.iT'',Sp,i ri^^ seen for days all round, and
In thisi„stanc4 ''t Jb/o foniSin^^^^^^^^^^^^ ">° windows!
•Heed of the Church "for that ''<hn-^l''^^w '^'/^ ^'?^ P'""'*'^ ^^ be "the
built in its place Between the a i, 7.7^ 'abandoned and another
the "SuceessorV-'M.o if.?Li • i^'. ■'^"''b, and French prayers of
of men, and the gathering nublh. to th^YJ^?,"/''''^'''',^^''' blasphemies
tell you, Key. Snathe "iffiu-'lV^/f.n "*^,^''''-*/»>. or warship, T
a sample of " Catliolic Unity ''? ^ °*^ '* ^°' salvation. Was that
\^l --k tl^-UKh^ff &Z^;^f t/'I^^{:!^!^''il1«!''f .?ene-
SL-^Ab-.b^;tti.^ij2.gd^^
fi,i .'i • . "^^"^ Olveette was sent for to bantize
the plamest Drenenf. nf irr.,,.. « t>m,i_ . P'^'^'e
,f .P»!'''"",.''V""-' "'^i "'"""ly occupied by'tlif o WoIhsLh i m« i';.t»*° T^l * ««'">"'
»)ut little roHglon of any kind but nrol^Ms tn ho ij«r^„?ww?' " "laJon'ty of whom have
«.<lected a« a teacher found "o no ot'herpinnXiZ" ^'iP >"»"'« ^^""'a"
... hot soap.udB. i-aront. .curcely i^oo'XiVZiV^V:X'aAe ^S^t'/'J^-
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riests on God's
i were all false,
T.t Prussia was
iieofmyleavinp
,8 the postmaster
. French Rojnan
id for himself!
yiiiff on the part
)undthati.YiNo
^hiirch''? And
ition"!— In the
ada, (now called
of French and
n, whose con-
ber, and there-
I in no mood to
ns of God came
io CAime among
renchman had
ination, to pay
to a universal
I. Whereupon
lie Evil Spirit,
s "Successors"
it once became
md each Irish-
' the Church '"
inally became
■shaking hands
' tried to be-
^d out by their
wliole interior
ts, Ac, were
)li' their backs,
II round, and
the windows!
ivetobe"the
and another
•h prayers of
g of dogs, the
'-nglish, some
) blasphemies
or ?<;«>'ship, I
it. Each one
Olic UNITY.'-
e is no salva-
that morning
n. "Was that
lie Irishman
! doing gene -
r his family,
'or to baptize
ble, sir, you
lotbeadmit-
he child. It
> open a bchool
ot whom Iiavp
young woman
cm a scrubbin)t
t»ie identity of
was a bitterly cold Saturday evening in midwinter, and only the molh-
er of the child was at home. Shohad.jnst received a five dollar bill for
lier husband's week labor, and,havingtliefearof(he house -searching
j)riest before her <!yo8, she put th(f bill into a scam in a log in the wall
of lier shanty, until she could go to tlie town for wood, bread and
clothing, to tide her starving children over the wintrv Sabbath. On
baptizing the sick child, Father O'KcelTe said to the mother, "Give me
a dollar for this." She declared there was not one cent in the house.
Hut the priest knowing she had the live dollar bill, threatened eccles-
iastical vengeance, and the "weaker vessel" had to "take in sail."
She went to her ))ank— the crack in the log — took out tlio five dollar
bill and handed it to the " spiritual father," who put itinto his pocket,
saying, " I will charge j-ou four dollars for the lie you told." For so
much moncyyour "Successors of the Apostles" teach their people to lie
and then charge them for lying ! Yet these are the men without wliose
liungliug and blasiihemous manipulation, neither man, nor woman
nor child, no matter hoAV Christ-like their lives mav be, can enter the
Kingdom of Heaven ! The Apostle Peter said,—" Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons; but that in everv nation ho who
feareth Him, and worketh righteoijsncss, is accepted with Him,"
Acts X 34, 35. But then the Apostles are of no account among their
modern "Successors," and indeed both Peter and Paul expected
all this from many of their " Successors." 2. Peter ii. 1 to ."3 ; Acts
XX. 29.— A few years ago the late Rev. Dr. Guthrie of Edinburgh
during his rambles through the lanes of tlie city in search of the poor'
gave a four dollar l)ill to a sick old woman, antl told her to get certain
things for herself. On his return next day, and finding her in the
same woful condition, he asked her what she had done with the money.
After much hesitation, she said her priest had been seeing her, and
that he took the monri/ for the souls in " Puryatory " \ Dr. Guthrie
lot all this lying nonsense be granted. Hut why do vour priests re-
fuse to lake out the souls of those whose relatives are'unable to pay
them for the "job " ? I do not say they are so, but I do say that, on
their own statc^nent, your priests must be the most inhuman wretches
on the face of the earth.— Mr. Clarke, a llonian Catholic neighbor of
nunc, was married twice. His first wife was a Roman Catholic, and
she left one son who followed the religion of his parents ; but his second
wife was a Protestant by whom he had several children, some of wiiom
are living there till this day. It came to pass that old Mr. Clarke died
and like the shark folJo\\ ing the vessel which has sick people on board'
his" Father Confessor," a self-denying and tender-hearted "Successor
of the Apostles," and being very anxious to exhibit at least one mark
of" pure and undefiled religion " [James i, 27, omitting the last clause'],
ho priiyii-fully resolved " to visit the fatherless and the widow in their
attiictioii ;" and to kill two birds with one stone, put in his "Tender"
for the " (Contract " of taking the father and husband out of" Purga-
tory,' --^/teprteste' gold mine. Unfortunately for Father Labelle* the
" widow "knew her Rible too well to believe the blood of Jesus Christ
does 't,ot cleanse us from ali> sin, 1 John i. 7, or that there is aGolden
Mroral wa^* established only by a close Inspection of tbelr garments. This scrubb^ne
jirocess in 'erpreted by a l!ev. Fatber.as a I'rotciitant ceremony for baptising the children
out of !;,!■ pure faith, and when tlie mothers, who hud rather fancied the improved ao-
jK-arain: olthoir oUildreu. were told of thi.-. trop.!-boro!!s sttack op.-.r, their holy niicion
they too;< their darlings out of school and saluted the teacher, as she passed, with yells'
dpnoui.iiig her as a Protestant cat. The Pchool house was attacked, and at last ac-
tionnts ! II' police had been called in to protect the life of the teacher.
»By a- oversight in the printing office, a different name appeared in the Presbyterian
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Tiirritorv hoym'l tfio prmvo, placed 1)v a Kind Father under the ahs..
nte eontiol ..fU^mish m.ole..iiisti(.s. and from which herfon e^rth
^^ 'V;f,^^ reap^tinancial harvests at the expense of truth an m^cv
His apostolic "speculator and trad«r in "the souls of me "Rev'
iKavin ,in<l Hell, but no " Pur;?atory." Well then her hnshanfl
:y,';" ' ,l'« «"'n'ng ba'^k every ni^ht^and annovlni hor '' He is wel
I Usi ro eno,Sh Mr'^rT't' '""^ ""^-^ trouble is that he ever left me"
'I'lr.?.!"*^.'?"?"^'".^''^- Clarke was coming ba(;k, moaning, groaning,
I
thev c u.rht nrAlrlM^r^, "S '"f".? *'''' neighborhood watched, and
nicy uiugnt (not old Mr. Clarke, but) yountr '" Jimmv " who huH hno..
Guiployed by the "Successor of 'the Aposttes " to T^Lonate hfs fat
el Z/'tSfw'i^'rhi? ■"'"''^"'' \ ^V^^ y«^' Rev. Sir^'rcord ng to^Jt"
.»i«l" ' el ^^? *^® ^y.'"^ vagabond who had the sole and exclusive
?.tl7 * ?*^'"'?''^ '"*^^^* "" •" th*** community, and without whose
ticket or signature neither man, woman, nor child, within fifty mUes
of him, could be admitted into the Kingdom of God !-In the^f"l ol'
y gaS^'^t- ?our"Trthfl?^^^^^^^^^ '^*""""^' ^r ^""rdered by a coward-
ZZmoaY 1.™'" ""'^ ^''"•'"P- t' '^' «»«-*t"rcll.v murdereS wire al
sove„ of the • faithful " came to kill the man in i7own house -bu;
Hi, n^Vhl'^"" •T'^''*^ !\^"'»*^*'^ «"» *•> '"« '^'•'^VG wife wilhtle order t^l
Hhoot the sficonrf map that would interfere, and then he d tchert im
n.y/1''""'' r^^ ^yMPVf^ the whole gangien:a«<",^^HencPe liev fo^^^^
It necessary to unite and come upon him behind when he was enLa^e }
lad there lived in the town ot' Malon^ N Y. 7el?near he' Vai^^A^^
line, a wealthy and respectable farmer Mr PitrTck McITo^.i . '?"
ZM'Z'of "'^'r'^^''''^'^J^"-^}«*' '" Canad., 'and there^' SumeSl^i;;
en Am I'iM'/''"'""'^'" and tinishing the education of p X wo^
P«f,; w ,. r • y»"know. Father McXulty is a" Successor" of
K^^^'-f^''^^'^^^^^'*^y^^P<^'>r Peter vr,iH in jail once, but he was mii
t is of ' !« wL' H"'*f ^ ^r-f y°^ '*■ ^"l^'^^^ be true, whicl 7/o« know
Ihi^";l"V^,xT!'^"^«l^'"« libertine lo whom Uod had connnitt"^
gj^o^iieuvuria nd ileii, and witiiout whose blasphemous "/
*riiat Is, the second of the would-be murderers. "
iiidor the abso-
here on earth,
itli and mercy,
or men," Rev.
irant«e the aai'e
widow read of
t her husband
" He is wel-
ever left me."
ing, >?roaning,
ight, and im-
tlie " contract"
1 watched, and
who had been
onate his fat-
'ording to ygur
and exclusive
i^ithout whose
hin fifty mileis
Fn the fall of
i by a coward-
d clubbed him
md, while, as
n Orangeman,
ada,) but the
lierefore, not-
of the most
erS were all
?o to law witli
the murder,
n house ; but
1 the order to
pitched inr
ice they found
! was engageiJ
I of " Catholic
e murderers
vas a young
he Canadian
?arlane, who
tod well, and
modesty and
»er AfcNulty
to finish her
» MW— " holv
led to pay-
resumed his
r pretty wo-
iccessor" of
he was put
education of
; every other
. 'W; ITim.
d there until
V. .Sir, would
siiigol " that
t'h>/OMknow
I coniinitted
)hemous "/
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"hsolvethec from all thi/ nins," no human soul in that coniniunity
however godly, could l)e admitted into the heavenly Kingdom'—
Some tune ago the fishermen discovered all the tish had emigrated
to parts unknown. The parish priest gravely assured them that, if
they should give him one dollar each, ho woulft bring back the fish
Like quack advertisements in newspapers, the cure was guaranteed
but still the money had to be paid first. Having received an im-
mense sum ofiiujney, the " holy Kathc'r," taking two men, blessed
tlie boat, the bait, Imd the hooks, and then started out, but did not iret
a bite " from a single fish. " Well," said he to the two men, "one
otyou IS a Jonah ; we must go ashore and get rid of him." A(cordin«-
ly they went ashore, and Uieprirst vent home ! Poor Peter, when he
was scarce of money, fished and got money with the fish; but his
clever "Successor" got the money without the fish !— My French R.
C. neighbors in Lower Canada, just before sowing, frequently lirought
their seed to the priest for his blessing, and paid him from ten to
fifteen cents for every bushel he blessed. But we who used manure
had always better crops, and therefore OTa»«<re is far better than the
priest sfttessmsr.' You had a great Bazaar lately for the purpose of
raising funds for the finishing of your Cathedral. The Bazaar was
held m the Cathedral. Y<m had any amount of gambling there and
your Lottery Tickets were sold in your "Church" on the .Sabbath
Uay! Had you lived in the days of Moses, you would have been
stoned to death tor .Sabbath desecration. Num. ir,, 32—36 ; Luke 23 06
hast wint<?r you administered the Temperance Pledge to a large
number ot your people ; and a day or two before the Bazaar, you sent
vour priests round through Antigonish, and ordered all your " faith-
ful "who serve the devil by selling " (irog," not to sell any during
the Bazaar,— very good. But, tell it not in Gath, you had anyamount
ot intoxicating liquors for sale at the Bazaar ! Some of your " faith-
lul became beastly drunk, attacked, in broad day light!; the house of
Mr. Cameron, where Rev. Charles Chiniquy took' refuge during the
Kiot and they broke the windows of both his house and store; and
yet the Lditor of your Vaaket says, timt never before did ho " see such
ordei- and .sobriety " / Had Christ been among you in human form.
Ho would have scourged you all out of the building. Matt. 21. 12 13-
Mark 11 1,5, 16, 17, Luke 19, 45, 40 ; John 2, 14, 15, l(i. Even some of
•^!i'"^ Successors ot the Apostles," and defenders of "the faith" so
. .rten 'delivered to the " simpleUmn, had more trouble with the breadth
than with the length of the streets !«
There is one part of your religion. Rev. Sir, which is perfectly un-
assailable, which is absolutely safe t- I refer to your Confessional!
Uiat tort, sir, is invulnerable, for we dare not approach it, decency
torbids us. Excepting R. C. Priests there is no man in Halilax sufli-
cjently debased to put such (luestions to the vilest woman in the city
1 hose questions in your "Garden of the Soul" and Dens' Moral (f\
I hcology. make my ttesh creep. Still do not provoke mo.— In conclud-
nig this discussion in the mean time, and in its present form, permit
me Rev. Sir, to invite you from the iVcsa to the Platform, where I will
show you that the doctrines of your Church are directly contrary to
the teaching otyour own Bible. For your people 1 have sympathy lor
your priests compassion, and lor your principles contempt. You
4Mi''L^°:P*'!*"^ I Consecration " (but roally the desecration) of the «anieCatliPriral
oil feabbath September 13th 1874 the imgan /ereinony was op.md in the liiori nrirv
Ihejirvigqftannm.' and c onertin tbeevenine with tbrrents cf Chunipaenrbm^
»nd rum, the dririkn.g of which was continued by fat '•Succe>sor« " up to n..ur!v"i,u
night : ; At tni^ jicc eslaaical laiee-.how uf •• inikllibility " and Habl)alli profanation
was present that pulitleal Naaman, M. P. 1'. tor AntiKoifish, and who, 1 am ned mV
informed, sometimes calls himself a I'rotettaut! See 2 Kings v. 18. But ol couwa
&u election was in prospect. " eourfft
f'Safo"
prospect.
-For the same reason that tim Skunk is I
liiii::
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know, «ir, that yon attempt to prove your.selve.s to be the excliiHiv*'
heirs ot eternal salvation, and .shut the iioor of merev against the rest
'V
...... v.. . ,„„» umiu, TOniiuwi^v vuur nwui, uim leau you 10 teacn your
people the doctrines of your own Bible, instead of the absurd dojrJnas
ofCouneils and Popes.
I reniain, 81r, n
Yours respectfully,
Akchibald C. Gillies.
• »
be the excliiHiv(f
against the rest
ustice on eartli,
lat God may en-
1 to teach your
abaurd dogmas
D C. GlIiLIEH.
APPENDICES.
f'i
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APPENDIX A.
ROMANISM AND ROGUERY.
m^'h
78.
6d
10
6
10
6
9
7
6
12
According to a book, called the " Tax of the Holy Apostolic Chan-
cery," Rev. Romish Roj^ues could (do they now?) pardon the following
Bins on the following terms : —
For procuring Abortion,
For Simony
For Sacrilege,
For a False Oath in a Criminal Caiie
For Murdering a Layman,
For Burning a Npigiibor'g House, ....
The other sins arc too beastly to be mentioned, but the worst of them
(which I dare not even name) could (perhaps can yet) bo pardoned for
iteven shillings and sixpence ! ! Of the above infamous book the candid
Prencli R. C. divine, Claude Espence, has said: — "There is a book
extant, which, like a venal prostitute, appears openly before the public
here at Paris and is now for sale, as it long has been, from which mor«
crimes can be learned than from all the writings concerning the vices,
and in which license is promised to very many and absolution ofTeretl
to all purchasers." — Mosheim's History, p. 5C1.; and Buck's Theolog-
ical Dictionary, on Indulgences. In Hagueneau, 1517, a town in Alsace,
a shoemaker's wife bought a plenary Indulgence — that is, a through
ticket, from the Pope's agent. She died soon after. Her priest wan
not aware that her iiusband had possession of the ticket. He sum-
moned the shoeuuiker before the magislrute for not having Mass said
for his wife's soul. But the man of pegs produced the through tickei
and pegged the priest ! ! — Tetzel, the Pope's ticket agent for the sale <tf
Indulgences, was fairly outwitted at least once. For the sum of thirty
crowns he gave fully rei!eii)tcd a full pardon to a Saxon nobleman who
had told him in making the bargain that he wished to punish an en-
emy. The nobleman and his attendants met the Pope's trader in
Sins and Souls, gave him a slight beating and made him disgorge th«>
money. The Romish rogue appealed to the Courts; but the noble-
man produced his plenary Indulgence, signed by Tetzel himself! and
was acquitted. Like the pedler of <iuack and patent medicines bel-
lowing and therefore gathering a crowd of ignoramuses round hiui
at street corners, this infamous Tetzel, the Pope's bosom-friend and
Luther's leading opponent, just before leaving Annabergj and lik«
any other auctioneer with his "going, going, gone!" wishmg to sell
his goods (Indulgen(;es) to the best advantage, most blasphemously
exclaimed, — "Soon I shall take down the cross, shut the gates of
heaven, and extinguish tlie brightness of the Sun of grace that beanif
before your eyes : Now is the accepted time ; behold, 7iow is the day of
salvation''.' Could a demon beat that for blasphemy? Yet Tetzel
was a fat "successor of the Apostles," and the accredited agent of th«
Pope, the Vicegerent of God! J lie who believes it is capable of be-
lieving anything — except the truth. See D'aubigne's History, Am.
Tract So. edition, vol. i., pp. 250-4, where ample authorities arequote<l
for the above statements.
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APPENDIX B.
ERY.
POPERY AND PERSECUTION.
Vpostolic Chaii-
on the following
78. 6d.
6
le worst of thern
be pardoned for
book the candid
["here is a book
>efore the publi*
:om whicli morn-
rning tlie vices,
solution offered
buck's Theoloff-
town in Alsace,
at is, a through
Her priest wa»>
cket. He suni-
viiig Mass said
e through ticket
it for the sale of
le sum of thirty
I nobleman who
punish an en-
ope's trader in
m disgorge thv
but the noble-
;el himself/ and
medicines bel-
ises round hiiii
som-friend and
ibf^rgj and lik«
wishmg to sell
Vilasphemously
lut the gates of
race that beamf
»m; w the day of
y? Yet Tet/,(il
ted agent of th«
capable of be-
History, Am.
rities are quote<l
ITie Antigonish priests in the Casket of July 31st and August 7th
1»73, deny that their " Church " either teaches or practises persecution ;
but on seeing they were unable to maintain their position, in the Cas-
ket of August 2l8t, they wheeled round, put on a Itold face, and main-
tained that their so-called " Church " was divinely authorized to punish
heretics " as the very worst of criminals ! ! ! Instead of even trving
U) prove it, which tlioy very well know to be impossible, theyblahdlv
»«sume that their " Church " is the Church of God, and then more ludi-
<*ous still, they appeal to Scripture to prove that just as the Civil
<lovernment puts murderers, rebels. &c., to death, so their ''Church"
IS in duty bound to put to death all who rel)el from her authority, and
that to do so is uot persecution at all, hnt just punishmtHt .'.' indeed
t4ieir great champion. Dr. McGregor, tells us that the Latin word
"perBec|uor" does not mean to persecute ! But what else could we
"*pect trom a R. C. priest who, as he himself says, has " studied in
toe shadow of the Vatican," and whose head is often much lighter
than his heels ? The man who disgraces his scholarship by saying that
• persequor " is not generally understood to involve the idea of perse-
cution. should be made professor of Latin in the University of Pata-
gonia .' Dr. McGregor makes the assertion in the Eastern Chronicle
of Sept. 11, 1873.
In the Decretals of Gregory IX., a heretic is defined to be a man "who,
iu whatever vain argument, is led away and dissents from the ortho-
dox faith and Catholic religion which is professed by the Church of
Rome," (see Decret. Grtgorii IX. lib. v., tit. vii., De Hereticis.) Pope
'Gregory IX. has decreed that whosoever dissents from the Roman
<;«tholic faith and religion is a heretic. The circumstance of baptism
»nd initiation int(» the Christian faith distinguishes the heretic from
the infidel and Jew. Well, the fitting remedies for the cure of this
«vil, according to the Canon-law as set forth in the third canon of the
fourth Lateran council, are of the following nature:— "We excom-
oiunicate and curse every heresy, raising itself against this holy, or-
thodox, and Cath'^lic faith, which we have explained al}ove condfemn-
ing all heretics. As soon as they are condemned, they shall be given
<*ver to the secular powers, or to their Bailiffs, to be punished as they
deserve ; if clergy, being first degraded. The goods of those condemn-
«I, If laymen, shall be confiscated ; but if clergy, they shall be applied
to the churches from which thev had derived 'their stipends. Those
who are only suspected of heresy, if thev do not clear themselves bv
sufficient justification, shall be excommunicated. Il they remain'a
year under the suspicion they shall be treated as heretics The secu-
lar powers shall be advised and persuaded, and, if need be, compelled
■yy eeclesiatxcal cciisurc, to make public oath, that tuey will extirpate
ubject to their jurisdiction all heretics marked
trom the countries sut, ._ j— ... ™ «.. ^^^^^^^^ u.oiJD.cu
out by the church. If the tempoial lord being required and admoni-
shed by the church, shall neglect to purge his kingdom from this
lieretical filthiness. he shall be bound in the chains of excommunicati-
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I '(
on by tlie niotropolittin iuid otlicr provimiu! bislinpH ; and if ho shall
not make satiHt'iKition within a year it slmll ho signlrtiv' to tho diief
Pontiir, tliat then he may prciclaini liis Hiilijo(^ts alisolvcd from tiK.'ir
allefiiani'O, and bestow his Kinffdnm upon any good C'atholif, who, tho
heretic! being exterminated, sliall poss ss 'it Without any contra-
diction." Sudi then is tlio tliird canon of tlio foiirth Lateran council ;
such is tlie aciinowlodgcid hiw of Ihe Komisli Church to-day. Will
tlie C«* A- 1'< attempt to throw this authority aside, or will ho still say
there is nothing in the teaching of tlie li. C. church to favour perse-
cution? I could go on to adduce proof of the same nature ad Ubitum,
but there is no need ; the al)ove suOices to show that according *<►
her own acknowledged standards, the vburch of Rome is in principle,
a perse(!Uting church.
Nor does history bear a ditlerent t(!stimony, but goes to show that a»
is hor teaching, such invariably, when she has been in a position to
carry it out, has been the practice of Koine. The Casket, while dcnyi ng
that the nnissacre of St. Bartholomew was the act of tho church, dofw
"not deny that tliore are many things in the Jiistory of the church
which need explanation." Very true, with reference' to this same Ht,
Bartholomew, there are some very difiicult "explanations" to l>€!
given, and some very ugly questions to be answered ; will this Romish
apologist try his hand at some of them ? For example ; on the sup-
position that Rome disapproved the Massacre of St. Bartholomew ;
then how came it, tliat, on the intelligence being received at Rome,
Pope ()rregor;y XIII, who had just ascoiuled the pontifical throne, went
at the head of all his cardinals', and all the Ambassadors of tho catholic
Princes in solemn procession to tlie dill'crent churches of the city to
have masses and To deums chanted over the deed ? How came it, that
in the evening tUe cannon of St. Angelo wore tired as for a great
victory? How (;ame it, that for three nights the city wa,s illuminated,
the Pope declaring that tho massacre was more agreeable to him tlian
lifty victories of Lepanto ? How came ho to instruct Vasari to execute
a huge picture, stiil to be traced on the walls of the Sistiue Chapel,
representing the massacre, beneath which were the words, Pontifex
Colignii necein probat"— "The PontitTapproves the death of ('oligny "T
How < ame it, vhat a medal was struck by his authority, liaving on one
side tho crest of the reigning Pope, on the other that'^of a destroying
angel smiting the Huguenots, with the inscription "Strages Hugue-
notorum " — "the Slaughter of tlie Huguenots"? And how came
Mark Anthony Muret, preaching before tho Pope, to exclaim, •' ()
memorable night, worthy of a distinction all its own among our
festivals ! I love to think that the stars that night shone w ith a more
silvery railianco, that tho Seine rolled its waters more impetuously, as
If in haste to tiiug into thy sea the corpses of the impure it carried.
O, day full of joy and gladness, when you thrice lioiy Father, received
the tidings and went to render solemn thanks to Uod ! What happier
commencenient for your pontiticate could you have desired"? And
how (^amo tho Pope to despatch Cardinal Orsini to Paris to congratu-
late the king ? And how came tho latter to give his apostolic blessinnf
to the assassins of Lyons, on wiiose hands tho blood of tlie innocentB
was scarcely dry, kneeling before liim in the Cathedral as he passed
througli? Such are a few out of tho " many things in tho history of
the cliurch whittii need explanation," and we leave them for tho Editor
of the Casket to try liis ability on, and explain if he can.
LETTER FROM MR. OHINIQUY.
St. Anne, Kankakee Co., III., Aug. 22n(l, 1873.
My Deaii Mk. Goodfellow,— I see, by the Cosfce^of Anti.!j;onish, that
the priests deny the genuineness of the extracts you gave of their greatest
45
id if ho shall'
' to tho chief
,'ed I'roin thi.-ir
liolif, wlio, the
, any oontra-
Lorail comicil ;
to-day. Will
ill ho 'still say
I'avour porwo-
re ad libit urn,
aec'ordinfj U>
a in principle,
show that a«
n a position U>
wliilodcnyinK
( (;hurt'h, doo»
of the chun.'h
) this same Ht,
ations" to !)«
11 this Romish
; on the siip-
Sartholomcw ;
ved at Rome,
1 throne, went
of the catholic
of the city to
,v eame it, that
.s lor a great
s illuminated,
le to him thi*n
sari to execute
'istiuc Chapel,
rds, Pontifex
lof (toligny "f
liaving on one
a destrojing
rages Hugue-
id iiow cam«
exclaim, "(>
n among our
e with a more
ipetuously, as
ire it carried,
ther, received
What happier
sired'? And
to eon grata -
itolic blessing
the innocentii
as lie passed
tho history of
for the JidiUjr
and
. 22nd, 1873.
ntigonish, that
their greatest
theologian, about tlie riglit and duty of the Church of Rome to extermin-
ate tile heretics.
It is Just what I expected from them. When the priests of Rome are
detected, mi spiK; of their matchless ability in concealing from the eyes ot
the too unsuspecting Protestants, their conspiracy against the liberties and
even lives of those whom they call heretics, they boldly deny the facts
with an impudence which may well astonish those who do not know
them.
Just as the horse-thief bravely denies the fact, when found with tlie
horse, lie has just stolen from your stables, so the priest will make the
bravest lie, if you ask him why liis hands are reddened witli blood ?
If you object to the denials of the thief by showing that your horse is
just found concealed on his premises, he will swear that the horse came liy
himselt,— or that lie was found on the highway and legally secured— or
bouglit from some traveller, and paiil in good faith; the'skillful thief will
protest that he is very sorry foJ* the trouble you have on that account— he
will ask you in the most gentlemanly way to excuse him, and not to make
any noise about that unfortunate affair; he will even try to persuade you
if you are so unreasonable as to refuse to be satisfied with his denials, that
it is probably the result of s-mie bad jokes of the uncontrolable young
men of the village, whose beard is not yet grown !
And the horse-thi(!f will speak to you with such an apparent sincerity
id candor of his honesty and unimpeachable character, that at the end
u will regret to have .f^iven so much trouble to such a true gentleman ! '
So, when the priest of Rome is found, as in Antigonish, with tho blood
on his hands— when you cite the very place where lie struck you down
when you show the authorities which hardened his cruel Iieart, and ner-
ved his murderous hand, lie rejects and denies your authorities, and your
most positive proofs he, even, for the moment, throws them overboard as
most contemptible writers— he makes the most eloquent pi'ofession of liis
love of Liberty of conscience. With an impudence which is almost in-
credible, he tells you in your own face, as the priests of Antigonish do
tliat St. Thomas never wrote against Liberty of conscience, or that the'
Bishop and the priests have nothing to do with the theolosy of St. Thomas
they assure the world that neither the Church, nor the infallible Popes'
have ever approved, or sanctioned the bloody principles of St. Thomas.
They support those lies with such audacity and impudence, that you are
really confounded, and you begin to fear,lest you were mistaken when you
suspected those inllil and piois and learned priests to be the enemies of
Lil)erty of conscience.
Rut I have been 2o years a priest among those, (not horse, but) soul-
thieves. I know perfectly well all their small and big tricks. I know all
the dark recesses of their dark citadel. By the great mercy of God, on
the 10th of July, I forced them to take away their mask and show them-
selves under their true colors. I am determined to break, tear; pulverise
that mask so completely that they will never be able to wear it again. I
will show what they are, what they have been, and what they will forever
be, so perfectly that Protestants as well as Catholics will know that the
priests and the n^ligion of Rome are the mortal, the irreconcilable enemies
of Liberty and Human conscience— that if they do not kill you and me,
with all the heretics of Nova Scotia and the United States, it is only be-
cause they are too weak to do it. They have the will,— the desire to ex-
terminate us when they will find their opportunity.
I send you three unimpeachable witnesses of what I say. Let the Pro-
testants and the few who are honest among the Romanists, (for some of
them are honest) liear those witnesses, weigh in the balance of reason
their testimony— and let them pronounce their verdict.
I forward to you by this day's mail, 1st, the 4th volume of St. Thomas—
M''w««w%a«M>v~uw>,
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Pages 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, you and every citizen of Antigonish, aiid even
every mati and woman of Nova Scotia will see wltli your own eyes that the
Popes, the Bishops, and the Priests of Kome proclaim their Divine right
of exterminatinii the heretfcs !
2nd. In the iBrst page of tlie first volume of St. Thomas, you will see
that the Diabolical Doctrine of that man is approved and endorsed by the
intallible Popes, and (of course) by the infallible Church of Rome.
The 3rd document I address to yfiu, to be read by the whole people of
Antigonisli and of Nova Scotia, is the Brtevarium Komanum, a prayer
book whicli every Priest, Bisliop and Pope are l)oi;iid under pain of eternaJ
damnation, to read once every year: well, ai page 53.5, you will see they
have to repeat that every sentence of the writings of St. Thomas, (your
and my sentence of death comprised) is so good, so just and so holy that
they were directly given by God :— Divinltus Traditum!!!
At the page 638-39 of the 4th volume, you will see a thing which the
Priests and Bishops of Rome bravely deny, when they are questioned by
Protestants— namely, tliat the Pope has the right to annul and unloose the
most sacred oaths : " when it is for the benefit of the Holy Church of
Rome "III
You will then see witii your own eyes ; and all the loyal Roman Catholics
and Protestants of Nova Scotia will see with vou, that tlie Pope can re-
lease them from their oath of allegiance to the.. Queen and their country,
when it will suit his views for the good of his church !
I hope you will accept the challenge which the C'ow&et offers to you. It
is the opportunity the God of Truth has now given you to confound thi
Impostures of the Priests of Rome. Feai them not. The light and the
Truth are on your side. The great Captaiii of our Salvation will give you
the victory.
Truly, yours in Carist,
C. Chiniqut,
PROTESTANTS HAVE NO RIGHTS."
(letter from rev. c. chiniquy.)
fihil;
I; i 111 i
Allow me to address you, and through you all the Protestants of
Nova Scotia, a most simple and plain question. —
Are you logical men when you ask the Government of Nova Scotia,
or the Dominion of Canacla. to make an inquest, or to punish the
Roman Catholics who wanted to kill me and the Rev. Mr. Goodfellow
on the 10th of .July last ?
I say : No ? You are not logical men.
Protestants, do you not boast that you have given a full and entire
■ liberty of conscience to the Roman Catholics ? What right then
have you to trouble and punish them, when they follow the dictates of
their conscience, and obey the most sacred laws of their Church, which
tell them to kill you ?
How can you ignore that one of the most sacred duties of the Church
<jf Rome— fi duty the fulfilment of w^hich has been the only secret of
her power and of her life till now, a duty which she still bravely pro-
claims — is, that she has received from God the mission of exterminat-
ing you ?
ish, aiid even
II eyes that the
• Divine right
I you will 8ce
Klorsed by the
Kome.
lole people of
mm, a prayer
pain of eternal
will see they
'homas, (your
so holy that
ng which the
questioned by
nd unloose the
ly Church of
man Catholics
Pope can re-
their country,
s to you. It
confound th*
light and the
1 will give you
Chiniqut.
i."
rotestants of
Nova Scotia,
puniMh the
. Goodfellow
11 and entire
t ri^ht then
he dictates of
tiurch, which
)f the Church
nly secret of
bravely pro-
exterminat-
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Ilmd the irifHlliblo decrnon of the Council of Latoran,— reml from the
groatoHt and nioHt holy and approved theologians of Rome. Ht. Thomas
and Mt. [agviori, to the humble wctekly jjajxir of the Koman (Catholic
Bisliop ot Antigonish, the Casket, and you will soo, with your (»wn
eyes that the (^mrch of Homo boldly, bravely. hon<'stly tolls you that
It IS hor right, as well as lior duty, to exterminate you all, when slie
will find her opportunity.
The extermination orhorotics boing one of the essential parts of the
Church ot Rome's creod, the day that you, Protestants of the Dominion
ot(ani»da. United Htat^ssund <4roat Britain, guarantee full liberty of
oonscie-u-e to the Roman Catholics, do you not give them the perfect
riglit to stono and kill you when they tind their ojiportunity? Do you
not lose every right of complaining If, to obey the voice of their con-
s(Uenco and tiillll the commands of their priests, they strike you down
as wild boasts in the streets of your cities; if they lircak your doors
and besiege you in your own houses ? Is it not 'their pri viloKe. their
right to do it? » b , ^n
I am really surprised that you waste so much ink and paper in
petitioning the (3overninent ot Nova Sciotia to make an inquest or
punish the Roman ('atholic rioters of Antigonish. If your (Government
knows its duties towards the faithful sul))e<!ts of the Church of Rome
they must reiieive your petitions with tlie utmost contempt, ascominir
from the most unreasonable of men. Do yim not know that you
Protestants, iip.ve nothing which a consiiientioiis Roman Catholic is
bound to respec; ? Do you ignore that his holy Church tells him that
you have no right to your goods, your honor, or your life? (St
Ligiiori yol. 9, p. lt{2,) (.St. Thomas, yol. 4, pages 91-94,) (Council of
Lateran, held in Rome, A. D. 1215.)
Your governments of Nova Scotia, Canada and Great Britain are
wise enough to know that they will bo held as legitimate goyernments
by the Romanists only so long as they will obey tlie Pope the Bishoos
*iJ*^,,'Ju ^."5^^**. of Rome. They know that, by the unanimous decrees
ot all the infalliable Popes of Rome, the day that they will cease from
being perfectly respectful and obedient to the holy Church of Rome
they will cease to be (!onsidered as legitimate governments ; that their
subjects are, ''ipso facto," released froni their oath of allegiance.
How can vou, then, be so unreasonable as to ask those governments
to punish the subjects of the Pope who at Antigonish haye done a
thing which, as sincere Roman Catholics, they had the right to do?
Did the goyeriiment of Quebec do any thing to protect the Eyanirelist
Afuratre, who was stoned and nearly killed at Levi three years ago?*
No! For the government of Quebec knew that the Protestant
Murairehad no right to such a protection; that he had no right to
preach the tJospol, no right to breathe and live in a R^man Catholic
community.
Did the government of Quebec protect me when, in 1873 I was
stoned and very nearly killed as a mad dog in the streets of Montreal
by the Roman ( 'atholics ? No ; for it is a well known fivct, a fact which
no man of common sense in the ditl'erent governments of the British
yaiiiaMi x^uva ciuuiia, iiiuHi ue very oiina inaeea it you do not
.-- ... The reason is that, beingbaptized men, you belong, in spite of
yourselves, tothe Pope, your king, your superior, your only legiti-
mate ruler ; he is your God on earth ; and as you are in public re-
bellion against his paternal, legitimate and divine authority you all
deserve to be punished ; and when you hear that some of vou as
Goodfellow, or Chiniquy, have received the just ohastisementof tKeir
*Me88r, Muraire, a French Protestant, who for dlstribating the Word of God in the
Camp, was nearly killed by the K. C. Volunteers, who were almost as eallant as our
late Minuter of MlUtla-Hon. 11 ugh McDonald ! gauani as our
48
rcilu'lliou, yoii must l)(M|uiot and iinit«. VVhii tliolr blood \n mIuuI,
you iriUHt not litl ii lluKiir to protect the wou-.tcd I'ldtostiuitH who t'ldi
oil tlio i)iiv((iiiotits of your streets under tlio blows ofii Hoiiiaii Ciitliolii-.
Tlie onlv thiiiKyou liiive to do Is to tliiiiik <fod tliiit you have not v«t
re(!(>lve(l the Just punisliinent wliicb I'ell upon ollieis of tliosit cursed,
doomed find rebtdlious Protestants. 'V\w only tiling you have >) do is
to |)et and respect the venerabh! l)ishops (?) and leariied (?) priestn of
Rome. The only tiling you liiive to do is to help tli(>m to build thciir
splendid cathedrals, nunneries and colle>,'os, and seiul vour children
to their .fesuits and Nuns to bo educated. F<u- then anil tlu^n alone,
you will be peaceful subjects of your Koverniuont; you will show
yourselves roasonabh), iMillKhteneil and well-bred men'.
}[ow 1h it possible that you, I'rotostants, have learned no wisdom
from the conduct of tho Canada K'>vi>rnmont towards the Protestant
Orangeman, Scott, of Manitoba? If that man had been murdered in
China or Japan all the Meets of (Jroat Hritain would have sailed
towards the lands >j;uilty of that horrible deed, to punish it. Hut the
vilo Orangeman, the doomed and cuisod Protestant of Canuila, is
HlaiiKhtercd at the instigation of a servant of Home. The deed is done
by the obedient subjects of the Pone. The liorctical blood is shed by the
Roman C'atholi<'s. Then, as in the ease of the Protestant blood shed at
AiitiKonish, theduty of the ( Jovornment isclear. The Roman Catholic
cul|)rit must be protected and shielded ; the blood-stained priests sent
to Ottawa to plead the cause of Riol, must bo respectfully heard and
obeyed, and the tool of Rome, Riol, declared innocent, or graciously
forj^iven !*
Is not this the lesson which the (Jovornment of Canada has tau(j;ht
you on the manj^led botly of S(!ott ? How are you so blind as to
beliovo that you have anyriKht of complaint in tho all'air of Anti-
gonish, when Ihe ju-iests of tho infallible Pope have bravely told
you, in good English, that tho Roman Catholics of Antigonlsh had
the power to eat the Protestants as a raw oyster?
Beliovo me, my friends of Nova S('otia, I know what I Hay. I am
an old man, and I liave been a priest of the Church of Romo'twonty-
flvo years. So long as you will put your country, your honor, and
life into the hands of intidels or Roman Cathcllcs, by giving thorn
the power to rule j-ou, yoi will got treated with tho utmost contempt
by them. You h)se your time in petitionint; for redress. You make
fools of yourselves when a,sking Justice. Your inrtdel rulers will side
with tno Roman Catholics, and tho only power which a Roman
Catholic obeys is the Pope. The only thing which a Roman Catholic
respects is the Pope. The only thing In fears is tho Pope. The only
voice he hears i , tho voice of tho Pope. Tho only laws he ul)eys are
the laws of the Fopo. Tho only Government wliich is legitimate in
the eyes of a Roman Catholic is the (iovernmont of the Pope. The
only God he worships is the Pope. And to tho Pope alono no gives
his oath of allegiance. W'lien a Bishop or a Priest of Rome, or a
Roman Catholici Judge, or a Roman Catholic member of Parliament,
swears to obey any other <TOvernments, they swear with mental
reservation ; their oath is only to deceive you ; it is a handful of sand
thrown into your eyes, to blind you. Eueri/ Ultramonfane Roman
Catholic is a perjured traitor the vei~}i moment that the interests of his
Church require it! No oath stands between their conscience and God,
when the interests of the Church of Rome aro not to be served by that
oath. The Pope has the power to unbind every kind of oath, wnen it
is for the good of the Church of Rome.
Protestants, if you want t. > bo respected, do respect yourselves by
fKie murderer Kiel was only the hired tool of iSir John and Bishop Tacho ! See
Gov. R«>port on North-West Difficulties, page 54, &c. [Itlel has recently boon outlawed
under the present Government.]
ilood Ih hIi(>(1.
taiitH who lull
iiniiii Ciitliollc.
Imvi' not yot
tliosn curHtMl,
I hiivc »i) do IH
(?) pricMtM of
(> lldilll tiKMI'
/our chililrcn
1 thoi) ulono,
[)U will show
il no wistloni
lie I'rotcMtiiiit
niiiniorcd in
li)jiv(> sttiitjd
1 it. Hut tho
>t' Cunudii, Ih
diH^d is done
isMliod by tho
l)lood Hlii-dat
>rniiii (,'iitliolii'
d priosts soiit
ly li(>ard und
or graciously
;u has taught
Idind as to
fair of Anti-
t)ravoly told
tigonish had
1 Hay. I ani
orne twonty-
r lionor, and
giving them
ost contoinpt
. You make
lers will side
t!h a Roman
nan (.'atholie
e. The only
he ()l)eys are
logitiniate in
D Pope. The
ano he gives
f Rome, or a
f Parliament,
w'itli mental
tulful of sand
'fane Roman
Uereats of his
nee and God,
irved by that
ath, wnen it
jurselves by
op Tache! See
y Doen outlawed
49
w l2',.v ' .r"'''''';^"'^"'' >■'""• rights aAd lib,.rti..H. Rono '
me, t fZ, r olMr w"''"; '''' l"f'^'-»'"'l.V if ho speaks n ost ■ o-
iKnsc.i'n.T ^ 01 conHeienco, is thosworuonemy of liberty
..yi^p^ i: lii^;:i^z^z i!:'r^;z'::i.;r "-^ '^^ '^-^ "-
Pla'il,. ',n., ;;'!!;",'ir^ l'V>l- tl..' follower ..ftl.ePop,, is the most im-
nii.K. ,i„ -^ ■ "\" "''^'<Jit''HH) to tho Pono ho is the sw( rn and
7»1 , I ' .1 ' ♦^"•'/^*"- llo IS tlie enemy of our wlorious flair For vour
.^v^r'lhL wo^ldr"""''"' """"^'"" "' ^'^'"^'^-^ libert" of SlscLuer^J
Truly youra,
C. CniNiQUV,
We take the following account of tho doings of tho Inquisition upon
Ti^ylouriSTr-'"^''''''''' ^""^ "'° ^"''^'"'''' ^''^"'"°'"' ^"' ^-^ °^
In 1505, Pietro Rodriguez, a Portuguese iewelor while nnranini.
£~:!^l^^^is:f!^'v:; ^isc£B:IEB
h/. o v'of p J^?""'* "^ ^'■""'^r'^ supposed to be eon(.oa?ed there, S
tho body of Rodriguez was taken out of the vault exactly as wlwn
phiced there 270 years before. His daughter, two andTlSf year ' of
hfmMe ' &„""f *■ '''''■ '^'"^'^'"^ ''«'''' '""» ^^ perfectly preHrved ?d
SnVamnrent in"^^^^^
ciL w '?h /».: J 1 " ^^P^'^"^' ijowover, the appearance does not eo-
lied inlhe hunrThi'';' ^'^^^ pv«"- :i'''o miiorablo man must hav^
n,Jh^ """^ "^ '\"'. tormentors. Tho positions of his hatuls show
hat ho was suspended hy the body and neck until he died MurksTf
of hrbodv'* "h! '? ^"'•"'"S-i'-"" are deeply recorded ?Avarios parte
^w7„ „ ^;. '"'■1 'J'^l'' and beard are ttrm, his skin natural in hue and
t<»«ture, without the least traces of decomposition in any part.
JESUITS.
Keligious liberty is now formally established in Mexico but th«
«mnn^' A"''*' °''^,'"y "PP^rtunity to stfr up the spirU of strffo an& murdS?
l'r?£*l!r.P,^°P't'„ }'\ll^.^^ "«t far fr^om th? Capital, a crSJirsaul*
._. ....... ..^K-n in- • -.ainy x-rolcstant. lie was beaten until hia a».
valiants thought ho Wiis dead. Tho goyernmen of Mexico interfer^
and insisted on the punishment of tlie rioters. (How do our readeiS
like the contrast between this prompt action of the Mexican cKr"
60
4
ment and the inaction of the Nova Scotia Government in a case far more
Inexcusable?) An attempt was made by Jesuits to get up a murder-
ous attaclc on the Protestant minority at Toluca, ai)out 48 miles from
the Mexican capital. The following placard was posted in all the
streets :
DEATH TO THE PROTESTANTS I
To the People of Toluca :
Either you are Catholics in name, or Catholicss in fact. If you are
Catholic in faith, give a horrible blow to these savages, intruders, and
adventurers, who, to make themselves appear wise and important, and
to assure to themselves a IViture without labor, attempt that which they
do not understand. That band of filthiir scoundrels, deluded sons of
all the devils ! Let us rise in mass to finish at once this accursed rac^,
whose proper place is within the well filled limits of hell. With on«
sure blow ensure death and the death of their families. Give death (a
terrible death, a death as from a wild beast,) a death of extermination,
to this sect of accursed wretches who attempt to overthrow the Apostolie
Roman Catholic religion, for which we should be ready to die. Unfurl,
proud sons, the standard of the faith and shout ' Viva la Religion,' and
death to the sons of Satan.
Here too the Government promptly interfered with measures of
prevention and punishment. The aSsault was only threatened ; still
the Government took immediate cognizance of it. What think the
people of Nova Scotia of this example ? We should like to be favoured
wiiu tile Morning Chronicle's views.
E !!i
The assertion that Knox was partj^ to the murder of Cardinal Beaton
is without foundation. But few writers of history have ever charged
him with it, and the attempts to connect him with the murder have
proved signal failures. But if it were true it would not favour the
(kisket's arguments that the Church of Rome did not persecute. John
Knox had been educated in that church. For the ten years previous
he had been one of her priests, and it was only a few months previous
that he had joined the Reformed Church. What wonder if he htu\
retained some of the persecuting principles which ho had learned from
her canons, and which he had seen exemplified in the doings of
Cardinal Beaton and others. But it must be remembered too that at the
time of his professing the Reformed Faith he was hunted for his life,
and at the death of Wisha) t had a narrow escape from the same fate at
the hands of the Cardinal. What wonder if he felt relieved at his death ?
But, as we have said before, any attempts to connect him with-the deed
have been abundantly disproved.
"Oppression makes wish men mad," and if with the cruelties the
Reformers were suffering from such men as Cardinal Beaton, some
among them were excited to revenge his cruelties by violence, sucli
an act occurring once in a century, this does not thereby represent the
general principles of the church. Its real spirit may be seen in their
action when tney obtained power. The Casket will admit that the
Presbyterians of'Scotland were about as far removed from Romanisut
as any body of Protestants, and yet we invite the attention of the
writer to the fact that when thoy camo into power in Scotland, altbougij
Sreviously they had suffered so much at the hands of Rome, from that
ay to this not one RomaniM was put to death for his religion in tSicot-
land. We challenge the Casket to name an example.
i case far inoit
up a murder-
18 miles from
bed in all thti
:t. If you arc
intruders, and
mportant, and
lat which they
ludod sons of
accursed rao^i,
3ll. With on*!
Give death (a
ixtermination,
vtheApostoli*
:)die. Unfurl,
Religion,' aitd
1 measures of
reatened ; still
/'hat think the
to be favoured
ardinal Beaton
5 ever charged
> murder have
not favour tb«
rsecute. John
t^ears previous
onths previous
nder if he htwl
d learned from
the doings of
I too that at the
Bd for hia liff;,
he same fate at
}d at his death T
a with'the dc(^d
e cruelties the
Beaton, some
violence, such
y represent the
) seen in their
idmit that the
om Romaninm
ttention of the
;land, although
ome, from that
iligion in tSeot-
51
THE CHURCH OF ROME <fc LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCR
READ AND JUDGE FOR YOURSPJLF.
fboh thb kankakke times.
City of Kankakbk, Illinois.
rhinfq"u7Sd"i?^pfite'' y«" told your readers that the Rev. Mr.
I °,m!rVfh^.F„^'S?i*.!^«A«°? »nd formidable suit instituted by The
• '■■ ' f their
about
to publish it * ^^ °*' *°** ^ ^^^'^ '* to yo" with the request
(Jhurch of Rome, all over^im inri^^ A ^* ^^^olog'^al authorities in the
•Bishop Foley bM lateiroome to griet wlUi the Chicago Now; "
^V*'--f ■'*i(Mf'V»V ?M
62
restitucndi ad bonorum hujus vitce participationem « * * recipiunhtr
adpaenitcntiam * » * « non tametiut liberenfur a sententia mortis.''
Translated by the Bishop : " Though tho heretics who repent mutit
always be accepted to penance, as often as they have fallen, they must
not, in consequence of that, always be permitted to enjoy the benefitK
of this life. » « » * When they fall again, they are admitted to
repent * * * * « but the sentence of death must not be removed.
— Ht. Thomas, vol. 4, page 91.
" Quion quia per eententiam denuntiatur propter apostasiam excoin-
mnnicatus, ipso facto, ejus subditi a dominio et juramento fidelitatia ejus
libvrati sunt."
" When a man is excommunicated for liis apostasy, it follows from
that very fact, that all those who are his subjects are released from tb«
oatJi of allegiance by which they were bound to obey him."— St.
Tliomas, vol. 4, page 94.
The next document of the Church of Rome brought before th«
Court was the act of the Council of Lateran, A. D., 1215. But as the
Latin text is too long T will give only the translation, as it was rea«l
under oath :
" Wo excommunicate and anathematize everv heresy that exalts it-
self against the holy, orthodox, and Catholic faith, condemning all
heretics, by whatever name they may bo known— for though their
faces difler, they are tied together by their tails. Such as are condemn-
ed are to be delivered over to the existing secular powers, to receive
due punishment. If laymen, their goods must be confiscated. If
priests, they shall be first degraded from their respective orders, and
ihcsir property applied to the use of the Church in which they have
offlciated. Secular powers of all ranks and degrees are to bo warned,
induced, and, if necessary, compelled by ecclesiastical censures, Ui
Bwear that they will exert themselves to the utmost in the defence of
the faith, and extirpate all heretics denounced by the Church, whi»
Shall be found in their territories. And whenever any person shall
assume government, whether it be spiritual or temporal, he shall be
bound to abide by this decree.
" If any temporal lord, after having been admonished and require*!
by tho Church, shall neglect to clear his territory of heretical depravity,
the metropolitan and the bishops of the province shall unite in excom-
municating him. Should he remain contumacious a whole year, the
fact shall be signified to tho supreme Pontitt', who will declare hin
vassals released from their allegiance from that time, and will bestow
his territory on Catholics, to bo occupied by them, on tho condition of
exterminating the heretics and preserving the said territory in the
fiiith.
" Catholics who shall assume tho cross for the extermination of
heretics shall enjoy the same indulgences and be protected by the
same privileges as are granted to those who go to the help of the holv
land. Wo decree further, that all who may have dealings with heretics,
and especially such as receive, defend, or encourage them, shall be
excommunicaied. He shall not bo eligible to any public ofhce. He
shall not bo admitted as a witness. Ho shall neitiior have the power
to l)cquoath his property by will, nor to succeed to any inheritance.
Ho shall not bring any action against any person, but any ono can
bring an action against him. Should he be a judge, his decision shall
have no force, nor shall any cause be brought betoi-e him. Should he
bo an advocate, he shall not bo allowed to plead. Should he be a law-
yer, no instruments made by him shall bo held valid, but shall be
condemned with their author."
The Roman O.athnlic RiRhnp swore that those lav/a had novor bepr.
repealed, and, of course, that they were still the laws of his Church.
He had to swear that, every year, he was bound, under pain of eternal
danmation, to say in the presence of tiod, and to read m bis Brevia-
of
* recipiunt'tir
ntentiarnortis.'''
ho repent muint
lien, they miiHt
oy the benetitu
ire admitted t<>
ot be removed.
stasiam excom^
■ifldelilatia ejus
It follows from
eased from the
)ey him." — St.
ght before the
115. But as the
as it waa read
r that exalts it-
ondemning all
r though their
i are condemn -
ers, to receive
?.ontiscated. If
ve orders, and
lich they havo
to be warned,
al oensnres, t<>
the defence of
3 Church, who
y person shall
al, he shall be
i and require*!
tical depravity,
nito in excom-
hole year, the
ill declare hin
id will bestow
10 condition of
irritory in the
termination of
iteeted by the
lip of the holy
\ with hereticM,
hem, shall be
lie ofHce. He
ave the power
y inheritance,
t any one can
decision shall
n. Should he
Id he be a law-
I, but shall be
sd novor bef^n
af his Church,
pain of eternal
ttt his Brevia-
63
^Sas^'h^d'^vrmef k\w Himself had inspired" what St.
treat'^d by the Roman CatholiJs' "''""'•• '''^' "^° ''''''''' «^«"V be
^^IBS ^ a=?^^"^T^tS^lf i^^
oftho™urchareon?w^^^ ^^hat the teachings
Vox POPULI.
A MODERN INSTANCE.
to?h?fntnslXgTttf ^h^e P^^^^ ^^-'^'''f ^° *»-« «">^ «f ^^^^
ly issued bvCarEl pirf,!^ Vk^ authorities. A circular was recent-
/ope w7gWe tl " nfo^^^^^^^ chie authority in Rome under the
Romanism I ',,.&« ^nH*^ '''' illustration of the liberality of
of Dr McG. • ' Vd oH,pr 'iPnrn.T ""^^^nimend it to the consideration
and diffused in the Holv ri?v wHniu^ ^^^'^^^ moroand more spread
of our office but "uso hv Jil ""^® °"^ X"'^® ""* o"'y '>y the duty
prophets, who come to von in la nhv i *i,- '^^ you to beware of lalse
wolves. WhatZt a hvnoor tiS /„f.,^^ ^"* "^'^'^ «''« "-avening
goli(!al which SestmtsLHvn to /hi. '^ '1 "'^* «pecious name of Evan-
ind what but a yitg aplcannce ri^'^Wifh^ their conventicles r
exalt, -ind pretend is alone sufficipnttni^^^^ which they so much
salva .on ? Thevdo wronJ^ o ,.«? h^^^l^''^ i",^"' *'"•* ^«^»^ them to
who falsify it .•^TOordinTto ^he^r fin^^^"^^ followers of the Gospel
man in thl tuireZXV''^ZiZ7l. ^.^'li *he Son of God, niide
cognized but p, ' vZ 'n ri^^andTrSivfdn^^^^^^^ "*^'' ^^^ ^ '^
carti^^iraSF'^T^?™^""
Ws brethron.TheSo™ Sum f'^J"^'''^""J"'"'"? '"'"'»
64 *
duty of preserving in your children the treasure of faith, keep your-
selves and your children far away from the conventicles of Saton. and
\>in Iistonmg to impious doctrines injurious to God, the Viririn. and
^le Saints, to profess which would be to incur the anathemas fulmiu-
ated by the Church, and to apostatise from the Catholic faith, without
which there is no salvation, t)ut eternal ruin. It is a cause 0/ supreme
bitterness to the heart of the Holy Father not to be able otherwise to im-
pose a limit to so much evil, n^ he certainly would do if he could make
use 0/ OTHER means to bridle the insane license of the impious perverters
of true doctrine The impossibility in which he finds himself ofpreventino
such serious evils ts a proof that he no longer enjoys the full Merty neces-
sary for the government of the Church. It is true that he can now only
exhort, admonish, and renew his prayers to the throne of God to
''^'^'^^u • vl" ^^^ people the chastisements with which we are threatcn-
eoby ills Divine justice, provoked at so much iniquity,"
How the foregoing breathes the spirit of the Gospel! Peace on
earth-good will to men-love to the brethren-patience, meekness-
endurance of evil without threatening and reviling ! Note, too, there
n regret over the impossibility of wielding the sword of persecution.
\ . hat IS the need of turning up the " old saws " of Romanism when
we navo such impressive " modern instances "?
Let It bo always borne in mind, that Protestants, as such, can never
persecute, tor Protestantism forbids it; but when Papists persecute
tbev do so on principle ^nd in accordance with their creed. No Romish
eeclesiastic, as has now been proved from Rome's own standard,
infallible and "unchangeable " principles, can be any thing better
than a persecutor "to the best of his abifity," without violating his
oath and standing convicted of perjury before the whole Christian
woriu.
A Montreal paper says :—
"When Father Gavaz/.i preached in Zion Church, Montreal, a Roman
Catholic mob attacked the Church; the troops were called out. and
murder was commitced in the streets. When Mr. Muraire ventured
to distribute the Bible in the Camp at Point Levis, he was stoned and
beaten When Father Chiniquy preached Protestantism at Antigonish
in the Presbyterian Church, and in the French Protestant Chapel of
Montreal, he was assaulted by a R. C. mob. But Father Langcake-
once a Protestant-struts through the Dominion, venting forth his
bigotry and bad grammer in tirades against Protestantism, which
many a sahbath School child could controvert, and is no more disturb-
ed, even m the Derry of Canada, Kingston, whera those dreaded
Orangemen are as thick as flies, than a sick terrier vhich sits on his
hind legs and barks at the moon."
APPENDIX C.
POPERY VS. PURITY.
How can we account for the coarse, vulgar, and ungentlemanly language
upplied to the Rev. Mr. Chiniquy by Father McGillivray and the RomMi
priests in general ? Is it the infamous Confessional which not only suggests'
if u'^f * thoughta to tbc poor young woman who tells all her secrets to an
li ■ «^"1''^'"'R'''^^*^ ^^^' *^8« "'•""•^s tlie gentlemanly sensibilities of even
the Father Confessor " himself?
65
th, keep your-
s of Satan, and
he Virgin, and
Iiemas fulmin-
faith. witliout.
use of supreme
therwise to im-
le COULD make
nousperverters
■l/o/preventinff
ill lioert}/ neces-
I can now only
)ne of God to
e are threaton-
)ell Peace on
36, meekness—
>fote, too, there
)f persecution,
manisin when
ich, can never
ists persecute.
I. No Romish
iwn standard,
ly thin^ better
t violating his
hole Christian
treal, a Roman
;aUed out, and
•aire ventured
as stoned and
at Antigonish
ant Chapel of
Br Langcako —
ting forth his
antisni, which
more disturb-
those dreaded
ch sits on his
nanly language
id the Romish
>t only suggests'
er secrets to au
ibilities of even
LETTEH KROM REV. R. McGILLIVRAY.
„ , . St. Joseph's, 5th August. 1873.
Hon. »v. A. Henhy.
paSrof"the%&L7/7nerHn'^ *^ 'T''^ ,^1 «^^-g '» ^^^
paper for the last few wSlcElnn^JJ'^'l'^"*^'"- ^^^ editor of that
he gives to my nnmeT iTylZtZ^I Tf^ ^°"°'' ^^ .*^« prominence
turbulent sort of nerson i.„h! ' . *^^t^ *,'" ^"^^ >» intention the
of the editor of tlK , 3 .'r ftnJ^r ', ^ '"^l"** *^^^ '^ ^"^ t»^« duty
ascertain the real fact^« of Vlio ci P'^'^'"*"^ ^"^'^ S'-ave accusations, to
I JmThe'pIrts,^ JSt of "Ht' IZ^^iy '^ P^^ before a judge and jury.
Antigonish. On^he o^JnL of fi rnlw' '**'?",* " "" ""^'^ ^'^'^"t from
recollect that you left no In v ni,\ P'''"*<3"y » lecture at Antigonish, you
rectlyonyourleS I timi^fo^"",*?"''^,!^''^ *''°"' ^our o'clock. Di-
ing work of Rev.Mr Ora. t ■ tnJ n**'"^ the beautiful and most interest-
kindness to brlngnio wh i; T d .rn?!"""" *?,Ocean " which you had the
night. I did not kno J II It Mr ( ,1 "^ '*''*^^ ""*' ^''°"* 12 o'clock that
Not one of my pLlshZe 'fwnl nS^f'^'Y.^^^^'^"u"8onish that night,
heard that tberrwaSr.lTZrC^^^ disturbance. Next day I
the. version of thrunTrirS fS f^ f^^' ^ •''^*"''^' ^»* according to
that it did not amount t7mS I^Tfl'^'^l^^ given me then, I thouiht
he dabbled in iwlitios Mftrk ^ii.f ? <^"''t»}er told on the same day, thai
port. ItmayE^"}S, £ It nl l^rfalL""'';^/'''.,,'''^'^."'^^ «f*his re-
feelings excited bvtlUs ronor/V^.^? ^i Under the influence of the
although it did not appZ f/,.iiri hT"^ ■^°™""fi' ^^'^'onicle,
'"""■"ittisaifSiiSE
--7 -•■ MIV ^Ull
i relr'redt tft'HtuTC'J' SS.Smcd HZ'; '''' "'^ fo"owingSun7^5
is worth anything (lUl ami ki«« nt»T^n^^^^ ^'^''^T P^"°" ^^°«« opinion
fortunate clrcumftance« l, imn'. tLL^l\'"l P^F^ "°* *° '"^"^^ the un-
tween the varlou, Si ortWmm^in^ t,e-
Witness represents me as urg ^ot i^" lambs^' on^^^^ ^-T. ■''^^ '^^^ *«
whilst ill fact I was absorlimT r..„iiil^„ lambs on the night in quest on,
kindness and respect ' ^^'"^ ^''^^ ^^^' »^o^'Q °ie the greatest
in YJm Jother pajer rn«uL^fv* ?? T'' ^""'1?^^'' ^'^ «''' ^^■'««-. ^^
part of it "ttlirnx, as you can personally substantiate the first
I have tho honor to be,
. Hon. and dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
E. McGlLLIVBAT.
66
Hon. Mr. Honry, for reasons best known to liimaclf, did not forward
the foregoing letter to tlie Witness ; and we liavo had tlierofore to copj'
it from our contemporary tlio Chronicle, While we very cheerfully
give Mr. McGillivray's letter a place in our columns, we must add a
few remarks on his statements.
No thanks are due to us lor the prominence given to Mr. McGil-
livraji^'s name. lie earned all his fame by the letter which he wrote in
vindication of the Antigonish rioters. We have nothing against him
except what we have read in his own letter. He is no doubt a peaceful
and amiable man who wishes to live on good terms with all his neigh-
bours. It was unfortunate however that he should speak of a Presby-
terian Minister whom he had never seen, of whom he knew nothing
except by the report of his foes, as "eaten up with the love of notoriety,"
manifesting "insane "oily,'' as being "a graceless scamp, and noto-
rious firebrand." We know the gentleman of whom Mr. Mcaillivray
speaks, and we regard him as a devoted christian, while he most
certainly is a man of very superior scholarship, and of rare power as
an orator. We have never heard in British America and rarely any-
where else, a more accomplished orator than Father Chiniquy. And
as to his character, it is still untarnished. It is this man, a recognized
minister of the Canada Presbyterian Church, a guest and a corres-
ponding member of the Presbyterian Synod of the Lower Provinces,
Ibat the Rev. R. McGillivray speaks of as " damned," as a " graceless
scamp" a "notori<ms firebrand." This peace-loving letter-writer
states that he was not "Very sorry " for the treatment accorded to Mr.
Chiniquy in Antigonish. Ho refers with evident approbation to the
"apostate's" palpitation and gnaf hing of teeth. He calls him "a thc-
rough-going fraud," " a palpable .i-aud, a mis' hief-maker, a sowjr of
hate and uncharitableness, a contemptible ' loney-grabber."— These
terms did not giye us a very exalted idea tjf the meekness and gentle-
ness of the Rev. R. McGillivrav. There was an exceedingly turbulent
and rowdy .smacA about them, l^orwerewe very favourably im )res8ed
with Mr. McGillivray's threat that the Roman Catholics of Antigonish
were numerous eapugh to swallow down the Protestants as you would
a raw oj'ster. It VBry naturally occurred to us tliat the " raw oyster ' '
simile might apply the wrong way in other places.
Then to crown all, the amiable and peaceable priest of St. Joseph's
told us exultantly that the "Catholics spat on him (Chiniquy) and
drove him away." He also quoted with approval the saying of a
Protestant that on another occasion they (Protestants) " v/ould be the
first to drive him away."
We recall these things simply to explain to Mr. McGillivray how-
he has earned all the fain c that now surrounds him. We fully agree
with him in his estimation of Mr Grant's book, and our only regret is
that he did not spend his time in reading it instead of writing a long
and very dubious defence of the Antigonish riots and rioters. Why
did he not leave the matter to the parties immediately concerned— if
he does not wish to be held as having any conuection with it.
We can assure Rev. R. McGillivi-ay that he need not fear ill-usage
In any Protestant community. Our people are law-abiding. They
know how to respect the rights of others while they guard their own
rights. If however a riot in Antigonish is tolerated, palliated, dofend-
<^,— if a policy of exclusiveness and social persecution is iuauguratod
there, if Protestant ministers should be stoned or burnt in effigy, there
cannot but be an agitation from end to end of this country which
Roman Catholics as well as Protestants would have cause to regret.
We therefore welcome Mr. McGillivray's statement that he " con-
demwed " the disturbance, and told his people not to allow the " un-
fortunate circumstance" to sever the good relations between themselves
and Protestants. In this country we must intermingle,— work toget-
her> live together, prosper together or sufter together. Why should it
i not forward
•ofore to copj'
y cheerfully
} muHt add a
Mr. McGil-
h he wrote in
against him
ibt a peaceful
Eill his ncigh-
of a Presby-
new nothing
)f notoriety,"
ip, and noto-
McGillivray
fiile he most
ire power as
rarely any-
niquy. And
a recognized
ind a corres-
r Provinces,
a "graceless
letter-writer
orded to Mr.
bation to the
him "a thc-
', a sowar of
ber."— These
s and gentle-
fly turbulent
lyim iressed
f Anti s;onish
IS you would
raw oyster ' '
St. Joseph's
iniquy) and
saying of a
vould bo the
llivraj' how
3 fully agree
ily regret is
riting a long
sters. Why
>ncerned— if
it.
)ar ill-usage
ding. They
1 their own
ited, defend-
iuaugurated
efflgy, there
intry which
to regret.
it he " con-
)W the "un-
! themselves
-work toget-
hy should it
MISREPRESENTATION.
'^T.ir""''^^ ,,, Pre.,,„,ru,n Witness :
Edit1,1^faL'^CinS^«hn'^,«^'^''"'''''<^««*e<ofthe 7th insf t
lvAr^?i"^V^'"® "ear being thrmvn«rtV' ^^^ Oaskct says that
. .' geogiaphicallv «r.A ..„.:-. '^^ Mr o^^ *./,*^V''°™® ""^e that
'""'"" 8 Congri
States, a:
,'hiniquy ^^ „ ^^r
treneral Assemb-
to 200.* J?al?tru£a??\Sr 1,^^'?!'-«'»P ^^^^^^^ off^Kal
. .f'From 625 io^,c>^r~~r~~~^^ the pastoral
H ■^- ' "• rcli for January, I874, p, .^;
JVot 200 but 368
,",,>.
Iiii;i
58
oharse of Rev. Mi: Paradis, a young Kontleman who belonged to Mr.
Chinkiny'H congregation, and^vho ntudied ^"l' '7 '» ""r,^°"Ta
Toronto: and Mr. (Jhini<iuy'« lal)ors wore conhned to St. Anno, Kan
kakoe County, of which Kankakee is tlie County Town. A part ot St.
SieCrgre^ation has been placed under the pastoral r'"^,of Rf^^.
Mr Boudreau, another young man who was brouglit "P '" M r. Uih i-
quv's Congregation, and who also Htudiod in our ("ollege. In this w >
Mr. Chinlquv's membership has been reduced trrm Wo to -J^-S- The
most effectual way in which you can nlander is by »'eve.uinK one ha
the truth and concealing the otl.er. T '« ^^'^t»*:'""'«JV^^'«J;fi^'^? fJSt
ed this method. As for tlie epithets " Poor Sneaky, and ^^'^fV]
Profligate" which the ai>o.t«oi6c(?) correspondent api>lies ol
man of unimpeachable moral oh racter, not to say a ,l>ald-lumdo
minister of the Christian Cliurch, your polte re^^^orswlioi youth
were fortunately tauglit to respect gray hairs, are left to 'mmtheii
owniudgment. I can not answer such arguments, nor do they neec
Iny Zry-they answer themselves. Can any "v '}^' ^^"«:»/.\y« ^^^^
why tliev are employed, except the one tact that the Rev. Charles
Chhiiauv has left tlio Church of tlie JTesmt for the Cliurch of Jesuk .'
Why do not tliese men come from behind tlieir «««».y'""»f .'"^Jj,"^.^^,^^
and name the crime of wliicli Mr. Chiniq uy is gui ty ? {hf ^n both
Ontario and Quebec, we liave again and again, challenged theni to do
Catholics-let tliem name the crime and bo prepared with e vide ce.
But it' they will not do this, then submit to a Christian P^^ic whet-
her they have not indelibly registered their own disgrm^e. I i^ave now
sunnlied the rest of those facts concerning Mr. Chiniqiiy, which in
eXr maliie or ignorance or both, the Editor has seen fit to suppress.
Let a Christian public judge the whole case.
Faithfully yours,
Archibald C. Gillies,
Minister of the C. P. Church.*
NOT VERY MANLY.
To the Editor of the " Messenger."^
TJpar Sir —The following letter addressed to the Editor of the Aiiti-
..onfsh Oasfcet a Roman Catholic paper, has a history which the public
have a Sdit to know. Just a month ago to-day I wrote the letter and
handed it to the editor, who expressed his approbation of it, and assur-
ed me that he woulA publisfi it in either his first or next issue. I
waited but seeing it was published in neither I called on him, and he
Isturei mo that a friend in the country, wiio assisted him in the
fidlSl department, had mv manuscript for the purpose ot writing
comments Kami that both 1^^^^^ would appear m
Seltfssue But instead of that, the manuscript was returned to
Sfi after ImoAth'sdelav! The reader can draw his own inference,
l^ff this iriK '-The poor editor's ecclesiastical " fr end in the
country '-atte two weeks of "tordto6oz.r," could bring forth nothing
•The author was at that time a minister ot the C
changed his ecclesiastical connection.
P. Church, though he has since
igecl to Mr.
Oollego in
niio, Kan-
piirt of St.
re of Rev.
Mr. Chini-
[n this way
, :J58. The
ng one half
; has adopt-
(i " Arrant
to an old
ald-hoadod
) in youth
forni their
) they need
^e a rtjason
ev. CharlcH
of .Iesuk?
billinsgate
i^. in both
thoni to do
!an Roman
I evidence.
Liblic wUet-
I have now
y, which in
;o suppress.
P. Church.*
.f the Anti-
ih the public
lie letter and
it, and assur-
ext issue. I
him, and he
d him in the
3 of writing
d appear in
returned to
n inference,
lend in the
forth nothing
;U lie has since
.. T_ ,.,. MKAR BOTH SIDES.
judi^ii:i?^:^^^l-^',-^^;-Joiu:na^^ p,„,,,^ ,,,
course is followed ; should «o7 « w v" H' •'^"""'^ "'' '^^^ the same
■'•'■^';9.o,«„ja<^.r.,r'lASLsnoP £';«^;ff/«'"»««« be manifested in
To (he EdUor of the Casket :
TorontoOTo6^. TImt lotted s'trio^^ ^i>"'P i» the
and maintains that we sho i d routtl hn:.r'^7'iV''^*^V'''''^
Now that is just preoiselv vharwV«l """^ *"''* ^'^''•^ »/ the qnestion.
herein Antigonisii only two weeks ',l',^I ? what has been denied n«
hop ,s so far a convert to our views ?nrl flTA^'} ^^'\ '*^"'""t'> "is-
the dignitaries of your church lM«t^i *^"* ''rfl* "^ dawning upon
Kon.sh, liko the Bihop of Toronto wniwi^P-^'^ *^' "'«''«P ot" Anti-
fundamental principle' of Protestantism '"«'"lt-ate and act on this
priests, with tlieir people the St ^-i^ and that both he and his
'n this place, will ^nii and W <,o nv;?r«> iY'" < ''""'any lectures
Bishop Lyneh Inniself practise wH^ulfl"^! ''"^ '?"^«"o"- B"t does
hear both sides ' '? The Toronto b it, J.I PJ^eaclies-does he " rend and
hops," quietlv assumes ff who! Pr'^'':^"'^'": "" "«""! with " bis-
argungit,an(lperhaShoSdthisCSl«"f'" 'I'^^IJ^'^ ^"'^tead of
much easier done than the latterw'^^®'^ !^?""d the former was
■m "itt^'/'^^"" ' ^2) that his f'cnirS-waTfntti,^
(3) that to question the doctrino^ nf ;"'o » "^"/''l '•>' < hrist ;'- and
truth of the words of C'h, i.st '--Yo^^ tl 11, ''^""■^'' *" ^" " '"'i^"K'i the
Chnuquy is a ''misgnided man •" ^HlVrt L'''"^ ('' that feev. Mr.
reachable moral cl,aracter:Tndn)thyMJT.'''f ""** '' '""" of unim-
and contained "gross fa sehoo Is '' Xn^ ''•^"'■'' '^''''^ "infamous,"
tact that all this is a.STO»,«/ „«„'*, ^°^^ ' **""' "i"« you aware of the
vulgar "names" ilZZ^slu>l:A%Z"'^^^^^^^^ t" call poonll
you as a gentleman anrf wJ, , .. '^''"'r*^«Kate, which should be beneath
ongh to ^allorin"\rd\^^\S Ikc^k"''-' '■ W^^^ ''Tf- ^^'^^ «re /oT^*!
one of those assumptions nV,ri o«,; i, ^ ® emphatically deny everv
and assertions go for nothini' t"T^'i'P''°*^"***"t« "'ereassumptlons
sumptions, Bishon T vn-.iV^^ ' "*"*' ''"^^^ proof. Excentinir his ««
•ciple^forwlSrZn'^^.fti'^a^^^^^^^^
been recently trampled under fSfn"" ' l>nt which have
gomsh ; and therefore it was to 1w ?nw"'"" ^'atholics of Antl!
recommended " His GraeeVs letter "t1i" "'T''^"" '^''""•^ h'lve
which advocates the verv tl ingTr' ^wXl. ^l""'"^"^."*'^'" ^o a letter
s extremely absurd, ami even^la, Lh i e nn?^'' ^^Med and stoned,
there I., no UkU il'SmJ^iSVf«^^^''et« lhl» w„rf, It i. lS,s^
^Sfthi?.r\.';--4-j^SMrE«/^
not allowed to meeUn their ox"""V'*y'*«? place where pe/mle are
fV J • ^Peak his own .Sentiments ni- hn ,.-!,;:-(■ 11 * mto his own
for doing so? Enlighten us o^r^^ p^^f.^jJi^/^i^X
Yours truly,
Antigonish, July iq^ 1873^ A. C. Gillies.
00
above for
)ii taken
iiisli rioters.
lo made the
[Wo conijjly with the respectful re(iuost sunt us with the a
iti piibliciitioii, but wo are noi fully satlstio<l with the positic
by our Presbyterian friends in tlie niattcr of tlie Aiiligoi ' '
Why do not the injured .parties prosecute those persons wl:
attiieli upon tlieiu? And then, if any unfairness wore shown liy tlu
justices of tlio peace, tlie injured iiartios niiKht then well k'> to mem-
bers of the government with tlieir complanits. We have not heard
that a single arrest has been nuido, or an attempt to call in the aid t)f
tlie authorities in anytliing liken rej^ular way.— Ei>. C. IT.]
Wc have no hesitation in inserting the foliowiii); eommunieation
from the Rev Mr. Gillies (jf Slierbrooke. .SomotliiiiK should assuredly
1)0 done to prevont any recurrence of such disgraeoful pnxcedings as
those to which it refers.
The liberty of free speech is one of the most cherished privileges of
Protestant euuntries, and every infringement of that liberty shmdd be
promptly jiunislied.
Mb. Editor.—
In j'our issue of the 27th ult., you have kindly inserted my letter
originally addressed to the AtUigotliHh OasArei, and then you editorially
ask, Why is it that we do not iirosecute the rioters. Your views are
theoretically correct, but not easily carried out in practice. For (1).
Under sucli circumstances, when "none of us expected u riot, and in
the darkness of night, it is not so easy to identity parties, as, in all
cases, to produce legal conviction. (2.) The rioters can bring forward
any numoer of witnesses to swear whatever is put into their mouths.
(3.) Fi'oiu my long and personal aecjuaintance with Roman Catholics,
I can assure you that it is one thing to theorize as to the propriety of
punishing them, and another thing to be among them with your pro-
perly, and testify against thorn in .such cases as the Antigomsh or any
religious riot. (4.) Our evidence as to the guilt of some of them is
quite clear, but wo are waiting to see what the Government will do.
We have placed the evidence in their hands, and if there be a Govern^
ment in Canada worthy of the name, they will proceed in such a case.
It would look better, and bo safer for them to prosecute than for anj'
party residing in Antigonish. We are waiting to see Nvhetlier we have
a Oovernment. •
Yours truly,
A. C. Gillies.
Alas ! the sequel has prJved that we have no GouenimoU, but a
sham, — a more Cupboard under the lock and key of the Pope, where
he keeps his bread and wine, and which, for a few votes, ho has pur-
chased at a political auction ! *
THE CONFESSIONAL.
The Confessional does not stand alone, but? is the necessary oft'^hoot
and expression of a whole group of false doctrines which lie at the
foundation of it. It implies a false conception of the whole mode of
salvation before God, and does infinite dishonor to the atoning work
and kii
in thoo;
and to <
g<'nerat
oiigago(
belief w
end. T
fore sin
that it ii
saving t
Uodoem
ordinaii
fore, is (
longer a
obligato
on the /
delivero
Tile Tf
tlie siibj
Bishojts',
<^hurcli <
heathen
England
" Duri
<'lergynu
fessional,
doubt ur
it tended
I should
were awf
recitals o.
tribunal
horror uj
this, that
intended
from the
Peter Dei
give the i
But thou^
acts, still '
instances
" The til
and with
fession. (
' commit th
confession
ing an ace
was useles
and his or
confessor s
would be li
" The se(
parent. H
immediate
The perpet
acknowled]
for priestl.',
repetition c
proved suci
unnatural
convinced n
1 uljt>v»» tor
litioii taken
lisli rioters,
lo made thu
(Wii by tho
no to inoiii-
I not heard
I the aid t)f
f.l
iiiiuiiication
Id assuredly
icdodings a."-
)rivilonos of
,v sliould be
tjd my letter
.1 editorially
r views are
;e. For (1).
riot, and in
, as, in all
ring forward
leir mouths,
m Catholics,
propriety ol"
h your pro"
auish or any
J ol' them is
3ut will do.
e a Govern-
such a case,
liau for any
;her we have
. GiLMES,
miteiit, but a
i'ope, whore
ho has pur-
3ary ottshoot
ch lie at the
ole mode of
toning work
•)1
IV? U^ol^'^./^:;S .: ad;:;:;';; .!'"'••' ;?"'^'"^ ^'"'-'- I-' ■«-• n.an oven
«<'t.erHti.,n Ijy tlH, j^overeiuV. S,n • r> • '^^ ''>' *^'""' '""1 '-i'-
l»olief which franuM it"" • i,, ,'. Th • „•''•• "r. '"'"^« '^'•'"^'"'» of
*;nd. The ground of , .R. 'ti i , " , , i r;^'"."" . '^'"'«« f''*"" '^^"<1 to
ore simply iis (i('n.()ruli/,i, ! uiiu.'. . ■ ^ V"''T'"" '•'* ""t there-
that it involves a .leprava m a • „ """ ■ "'."' '""•■"'•'^' '"'t it is
«'iv}ng truth. Itpi;u4?Xr ud VtX V"/'' ^''" ."'"'^^ elements ..f
Uedeen,er. It p.us the pru'Vt i,,t , I ' k, '"-'' yj^r", t'"' h<>u1 un.i the
on hnanro into the plae..^t th, 's r ^ , ■'/ d w."'; •""•^ ^'" "'«^«^''*'
ore, isCi.Mls t.iith; and wh(, h,.r w ' , ,,'' j,.,^^ ','^S'^ '""^ «take there-
longora.,uesli,,,M.l\^xptMnon,'v l/t'nt- ' *f '"' tins or not, is no
obligatory „n all ('luMs iaiis, iW^-^ 1 ' ,.,. n" ''.'"jV- 'i^l'i« <»uty is
heathen U„me. The tb ,u l^l/.f., ,' ''^."l^'' the .lark ways of sen -
RnKlaud, Rev. ',. J. V ' , wri , . Li '^A'^ '' '""verted ^,riostn
, " During (he lak tl.r?i^ V, .Irs 1 Z. ,.Y'"' ^''" "*'",' ^''^'rest ;
<;lergy„wn my heart <>f en s huldei h^^^^ the duty of a Homish
fessional. The thoughts of twv,.;i,,..w if",'** 'l"'"'"""'' "'" <'""-
fioubt upon mv mind that <.twi'^,' '*'''' ^ ''"'^ to hear ; thegrowin«
It tendecf to ha^de m,..'e thu m-la^^n^ f " *^'''"»''>'|"'- doetriiie, tlm*^
I should be rendered inSei.rn '' •'?'"•• '","* ^'"'t through it
were awful e.)nsi,lerat Ims ^o' *, ^'i Vuh C;;:''!^^ to souls
recitals of the murderous acts Vl.H,„.V '/ ""^V/ '"^ retleetion. The
[ribunal had cost me imy a \i^^^^';il^iT''^!^r''^^' ^'V'^ iniquitous
orror upon niy ineniory.-^liut the moJ^^^^^^^^^ •"'^'" "^^'^ ^^'th
this, that through the confessi m . t wl awlul of all considerations is
intended assassiiuitions and ist dfabo i'c^r *'*^'l"?»tly apprised of
from the ungodlv injunetio ^ ot'Mn..r.. ,, • ^t ••?"sP"-acies, and still.
Peter Dens says, ' t e co fessi , Xm^^^^ ."' "'" **"V"'^'i ^'''^^^l. lest, as
give the sightSs/ iutimSn ' .:'S-i^rS%'rc [^^^ J 'f^''^? »«^
But though my heart trembh-s at t .....:• ^'^'*"'** "t slaughter,
acts, still dut/obligcs m t .n».eed . n;^^^ °* "'" '"tirderous
instances of tfie.IaJs alluded t!.' ^' enumerate «i,e or two
fessioii. One of the live c. i wLt ' Lny^, acquainted at con-
• commit the horrid deed) bi'SriVni.-tl' bi. /""' '''^'•*' '^'''°"' *"
confessional. I implored hi m i. VinVi .• '\l'?otly eonspiracv in the
ing an accomplice i, s lia bo c U . i , "" '"1 »"tentlon of ^ecom-
was useless, no dissuasio, S d mUaH hf 'V' t '*'"'• '^^'^'^ ' «'» advice
and his only reason for having dKs.l t ^!vvf '."""^V"" ^^'"'^ ^'^^d,
confessor seemed to have <)riBiaatod • o u awtui ma.lunatlon to his
would be hallowed by his pr 'viS aJk row X.^^^^^^^^^^ ^''?'^'"
The second case is that of -l fon.ai' i ^^^'"""t ol it to his priest.
parent. Her first attouint at -.r,!,^ i *" "«i"»ini«tering i.oison to hei^
immediate ret<,hinrtCt' seL^Jd Le 1^:^^^^^^ ''''''""" *""»
The perpetrator of this f()ul d<4d aib 'T., V ^^'"^' *''^ dmught.
acknowfedged herguilt; b ,t c icun st^^^^ came to confession, and
tor priestly absolution to ease he^-n^^^^^^^ T'"'^'* thatshe only sought
repetition of the heinous .^Hmj. """dan.l prepan, her for a speedy
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confeHsion of hiH diuiRhtor, who at this time miule hor nppoarance,
rushed on my mind, and Hnf^ucHtod tliiit tho jmroiit was a socond time
poisoned. Fr'>m what I liad known tln•on^h tlio lonffHwional I could
not well Iiint at tiu< propriety of sendinp; for medical assiHtanco ; for tlie
Romish doctrine InipreHsed an inviolable Hecrecy upon my lips, and
prevented my giving? tho MiiKlitost intimatior of tlio malady ;' whilst the
poor parent, unconscious of tho cause of his death, dl«»d in the most
excruciating; agonies of which luimanity can form aconcejjtlon.
"Oh, monstrous system of confesHion! Will you dare any longer
to ascribe your origin to the (ir(>at Ktcrnal, and thus alTlx to Nature'^
<4od tho blasphemy of your tenets? < Hi! thou ini((uitouM tribunal—
thou cloaker of crimes — thou abettor of wickedness— thou iirutal
murderer! A child attempts tho most dlai>olical acr against a parent,
but thou, Viy presuming to erase the past transgressions, only en-
eon ragest to a repetition of tho crime. Kvery priest who has acted in
the capacity of a confessor must ailmit the fact of similar cases fre-
quently coming b(>fore him at the confession."
Mr. EntToii.— In your issue of the 10th instant, the Rev. Dr. Mc-
Gregor, " ^atholi(^ Thef)logian," Antigonish. endeavors to set forth the
exeellcncy of tlio " Conlesslonal," which he styles " one of the purest
and most holy ecclesiastical institutions." Ho says, — ".lust in pro-
portion as tho Confessional is frequented the glorious virtue of eliastity
18 cherished and cultivated." Nothing in such a question
as 1 am here reluctantly called upon to disituss, speaks so loudly
as historic facts and liistoric veracity."
Every one who is acquainted with the history of the Romish Church
knows that the "Confessional" isrio^ "one of the purest and most
holy of ecclesiastical institutions," and though that church "seleets
continence and celibacy for special honor"' "the glorious virtue of
chastity " is but little cherished or cultivated in those countries whore
the " (.'onfessional " is (even though the priest, according to Dr- McO.,
knows sin only in the abstract) as is clearly shown by the 8ul)joinea
"historic facts"!
The Statistics of Crime in Protestant and Romish Cotmtries, as given
by Rev. M". IloVjart Seymour, in hia " Evenings with Romanists."
Seeleys, London, 1854."
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.
Place.
London
Paris
Brussels
Munich
Vienna
Rome
1 o
r^^
Year
C «
oS2
cii
►, *3 ®
• — M -'-'
3-^
1851
78,300
75,097
3,203
1850
29,028
19,921
9,707
1850
5,281
3.448
1,833
1851
3,464
1,762
1,702
1841
10,032
8,941
7.741
1849
10,241
8,881
10,360
No. of Foundlings
4,373
exposed In one year
3.1«0.
1
Proportion of illegitimate
4 per cent.
33 per cent, or J.
35 p. c. or more than J.
48 p. c. or nearly i.
Nearly J.
Upwards of J.
Proportion of Foundlings to
birtiis 78 per cent, or nearly M
.How does Dr. McGregor account for " the historic fact" that, in the
city of Rome, under the immediate eye of the Pope, with his army
jor npponrance,
■4 ft socoiul time
HHioniU I could
ilHtfinco ; for the
m my llpn, uiitl
ndy ;'\\iiilHtthe
(1 In the moHt
iceptlon.
ire ivny longer
II X to Nature's
ouH tribunal—
H— thou ttrutal
:ainst a naront,
onw, only on-
^ho has acted in
nilnr cases fre-
Rev. Dr. Me-
i to set forth the
10 of the purest
"Just in pro-
irtue of elmstity
mi(fli a question
wiks so loudly
Romish Church
irest and most
hurch "selects
rious virtue of
ountries where
nn to Dr* Me(i.,
the sul)ioinea
itries, as priven
th Romanists."
I of illegitimate
it. or i.
more than |.
nearly i.
of J.
of FoundliiiBs to
cent, or nearly 8-4
t" that, in the
mth his army
Anti-Soimiimt,
THE DEVIL A8 THE FIRST " FATHER C0NFR8S0R.'
Rev. Hobart Skymouk on the (^onpessional.
0.;mprail"^i„rw'om^tay,,^;rv^^^^ iutercourse with Madame
hlmselfand the" church." SwMMheim'^^^^^^^ ^''-^' ^2. had surrendered both
quoted for tiie fact. Tet this Pop^^LTotl/^l^'^^riibre •''Ind'^SnUiit'?' f*""^' "'
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The AntiRonish Cmkc.t (oflies) and the London, (Eni?.) Record—
Antigonish^(/;m//s.7rt^f and Oxford Scholarship contrasted as to their
rospei'tive estimates of the Rev. Charles Chiniquy :—
( From the London Record. )
DR. WAINWRIGHT AND PASTOR CHJNIQUY
AT OXFORD.
I
The Rev. A. M. W. Christopher, Rectr)r of St. Aldate's, Oxford
sends us the followin;.' interest iiifr <Jetails of reeent movements in the
University eity :—
How often when we make one etfort in tlie eause of Ood's Gospel He
graciously leads us on to another of which was never before thoueht !
Dr. Wamwriffht has been delivering in St. Aldnte's Reetory-Rbom
which holds 300 people, a very able course of seven lectures against
the errors of the Churcti of Rome, in connexion with " The Protestant
I^.ducational Institute," 12, Hay-market. These lectures excited more
and more interest aa they proceeded ; and Dr. Wainwright will alwavs
hencelorth bo abUi to command (D. V.) a full attendance in Oxford.
Dr. Wainwright happened to mention to me that Pastor Chiniquv is
11! *"^IJl"f ^•'^J^'^^' ^'ifV^ ^'^^^"^ ^"'^at ^vork of God bv him, to which
the taithtul Bishop ot Huron, Dr. Hellmuth, after visiting him and
examining into his work, bore the strf)ngest testimony. 1 requested
rA, ""^^''''^'^* ^^ convoy him mv invitation to Oxford.
The Oxford Town-hall, a large one, was crowded last Fridav nighfc
to hear a lecture, which the late eminent Dr. Ciuthrie, of Edinburgh
said was the most interesting narrative " he ever heard. Pastor
fhinuiuy spoke with freedom, charity, and power, on the following
subject : My Own Conversion, and the (Conversion of Several Thou-
sands ot my Romanist Fellow Countrymen." Pastor Chiniquv is a
French Canadian, and did not begin to learn English until he was forty
years of age, yet he makes himself perfectly understood: al-
though the eloquence for which he is famed, when he speaks in French
■ t'annot be expected in full force when he uses the English language in-
stead of his own native tongue. In an abridged and simpler form he
delivered the same address to a (sonsiderable number of undergraduates
in my Rectory-Room last Saturday night.
Pastor Chiniquj^ is a Presbyterian clergyman. I took the Town-hall
for him that he might preach therein twi(-o (m Sunday, at times which
would not interfere with ■ he usual m orning and eveningChurch services.
He preached to a large congregation in the afternoon with touching
impressi vcness on the Gift of (iod, from .Tohn iy. He with persuasive
earnestness, pressed upon the people that " The weary traveller at the
well ot Samaria, ' was within the reach of all who desire to go to Him
by taith in ins blood, that He is most ready to give them the " living
water " for which He has Himself made them to thirst. In theevening
at half-past eight o'clock, the Town-hall was crowded in every part by
perh".'>s, a thousand people, who manifested then, as on the previous
occasions, the deepest attention and interest. Pastor Chiniquy's
subject was " Christ the Captain of our salvation," Heb. ii. 10. Atler
preaching the 'glorious Gospel of the blessed God," he contrasted
witJ", 'his the blasphemous fictions of the Church of Rome, such as
I nr^atory Mariolatry, Transubstantiatidn, the Hacriiice of tlie Mass.
0,n Monday night last, Pastor Chiniquy gave, in my Rectory- room,
the most ett"ctive Temperance address I ever heard "^
•.»-»t>««t«r*»^«,^j.^5^^^^^j^
Eng.) Ueeord—
sted as to their
JNIQUY
[date's, Oxford,
vemonts in the
od's Gospel He
)ofore thought !
Reetory-Room
ietures against
The Protestant
« excited more
t?ht will always
iioe in Oxford,
^r Cliinlquy is
him, to which
iting him, and
r. 1 requested
; Friday night
of Edinburgh,
heard. Pastor
the following
Several Thou-
Chiniquy is a
til he was forty
ierjitood ; al-
aks in French,
ih language in-
ipler form he
ndergraduates
the Town-hall
at times which
liurch services,
with touching
ith persuasive
raveller at the
to go to Him
1 the " living
In the evening
every part by
the previous
IT Chiniquy'8
). ii 10. Alter
he contrasted
[lome, such as
B of the Mass.
Rectory-room,
ex'^iJt'Idd'Je's^^rthorot^^^^^ ^3 ^^^^t^' «J*«'--^'-*^« ««^« *"
until the age of twentvTut hasLen nrM-'^^'-.u"« ^^« " Brahmin
in charirfinffi,„T?.C:„^''^.J?''»«ed when a younsr Roman C.^fhn
1872. Ti^e^leo^le w;yaTe"tJ?a"r?.t^^^^^^ ^ P^HBod ^uglit in
seven taverns in the parish a^rfwL^"^^'?'"."®^ ^"* "»ey spent it at
for their children. Xhe?'chininuv t!.nU^^ to support a single school
nence, and, before hmffhroSn.r^.^, "^ *.''^. '"'"^^ '^^ *«*-' absti-
aud practice, sothat thrseven tavorn«L "^ V'^i^^ P"'"''^^ to his views
built in their place. HeC bemn»f nT^^^*- "^V.*"'* *'«^'«n «cbooJs
Canada. He W led out Sge c^onv of F^n-of r ^*^^^«^ "^ ^^^^
U. S., and settled with them .'»„«. .^ . ronch Canadians to Illinois
Which he called 8(^ Anne! He wai'^SfJ^"'* "' Kankakee County
submission, to the Roman rafh^Tif '.f^*^ * *'P®' required to write his
added the ciuditi^n.Tc^ordf,K't.^^^^^^^ He.uIsoVbut
Jesu« Christ." He was requ ?e? tn.Zl'^^.t^'^' «°^ *'' G<»Pel of
submission and to submKicondUioSt *''Th''°"J***^*>? «"» "f *^«
He appealed to his people, to whom J.«?^y"- ^^is he refused to d*..
bf'ore whether it woufd not l^beTtert^fiP''®J'u*^^®n«^ bibles long
than the Pope. He asked those wh^ J?. ?}^'''^ ^^^ ^"^^^ J<^s»8 Gkti^
Rome withliim to stand up- the whor^l^.,?'' *'"* «^ *!»« Church of
rose. He had built the church wiTh his own*"^ '''''^^^^ congregation
been consecrated, so he retainK Knt«^?t ""r?"®^ and it had not
^Kaiist hmi in the civil courts and « ,n,.u"f * .^^^'' «">* was brought
ported by perjured witnesses A no1,l« hi"?"^? ,"^ ^»>8« "barges sup-
and defentled liim in all th^ suited K^?'*^'^ ^*^y«r stood by him,
Abraham Lincoln, at tlmt timT 'J J^r^^^'^^'' ^as the celebrated
end of the three yeai StorChiniquy 'Lted*^ ^ »j'?°l«s ^' *b2
for ; „?®. !?"K^®^ at him and said •' I aSf v ». f ■^'j ^incoln for his
for a cent." To pacify Chininnv V !„..?? ^^^' friend, I do not wish
dollars, which th% former s"lfp^'sJ^eC^° H«''.^ ^^^« ^«««ipt for ti%
'^/"or« than a thousand doUarVTSamr "'«*?* ^'^^^ charged fair-
«fjbe United States, never forgot ffior 01,^'°*"*^°' "^^^"^ President
tothe White House'at WashhSu eve' vea^^**"/'^^"* j^^ited him
n«n to Paris as the chief Secrpw,. <^ f?^ ^T^'^' aud wished to send
Pastor ChiiSiquy WoSd not g v7 un*fe^^ K
rative office. *»**^** "P his Gospel work for » luc-
traiSi^fofmStS^'^f e*"^^^^^^ ^' ^W^ ^* his College for the
study. He rebuilt them, buS,Testuu"uH®l*i^° *»" chSrch "nd
t" ^°^H,?^''^'"^«« generous hefp «debtof ^6200. on tte ohnwh.
prin^SltCs^Sn'gteiJd^^^aTo^dl^r^-^" ««-« roundinthe
here, as in America, tS confute RomiS^H* blessing he might do muofr
abominations oi Romish prSceH^« f?«<^'°e. and to expose O^
the confessional has a diS tendem^ \°''^ experience proVes t^
penitents. My conviction is thlttheZ..^ "-"S""?* ^tb priests a^
to oppose the ^tting up of K7nfe8siWi?„'*.?"l^».^«y^'^«'*««f«
•8 to show what is the effect of it in the r.^.^ the church of lOnglan^
ever denied by Romaulzers, but proved to^^ftn'^T/ ?.° «ttect ofik
whohavehadanyknowiedgeofKiKiornfih^*'^''*'*".! ^^ to some
Pastor Chiniquy should L inVlted teWsif^n'S'Sfi^
Yours faithful]^
^ ^t. Aiaate', Jiectory, o^or<i, April, 2»^S^f " ^' ^^ ^^^""^o^hkb.
66
APPENDIX B.
ROMANISM VS. REASONING.
th^:^^^ A^^^^^^^^> ^^° ^^^ *h®" minister of Militia, witnessed
Ji.^^/^^^ T 1 ^of^.J^° means to stop it ! Mr. McDonald through the
Casket of July 24, threatened to treat me to " humble pie. " But I have
hl,«Zw*^^ r^v, y^^*i. ^^ afterwards telegraphed the subjoinid
bluster which he has had to swallow in sullen silence ! "Black if ugh "
21 " J?.^^™I.^*^^.'y styled, having declared he was in bed at " half past
P^M 7W "* r ^i"** ^°^ P^^''^' ?*^ «Jpce been called " The Hon. kalf
Past Ten. * A Mr. Mclnnes who follows the Papists of Antigonish for
an office, just as the hungry shark follows the ship which has sick
passengers on boa^ d, tried to defend a Mr. Mclsaac against the charge
of having countenanced the efflgy-burning. Mr. Mclnnes' Bible-
Class were so disgusted ^t his conduct, that they all left him.
LETTER FROM HON. HUGH McDONALD,
BY TBLEGBAPH TO THE " BA8TBBN CHRONICLE.
To the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle :
Ottawa, Aug. 19, 1873,
Sir.— Please publish this :
i„t*^ telegraphed vou on the 11th for your paper of the 7th co mininjf
vn^'?«f w^^V^TT- ««"^^«"°^ "°^ «""««' ^^hieh I saM on?y |
ycrjr few minutes before the train left New Glasgow, but it was not
w«nrthiS''/"°^^l*^*''^^Pl^^y ™*" through^ your issue of th^
f^.,^ rhe statements respecting me in the letters mentioned are un-
true. On tVo night of the Chiniquy disturbance I was not near
AA'Sfnli.''' "^ ?*"* ^"r Z^""^ took'place there, was in my bed as"eep
rin^l^'^*^^^u''^T^^^^ ^^^' «o«dfellow, heard no noise-^except the
ringing ol bells when Messrs. Hadley and McPhie were in my house
^nH o^.f'.li'?®^ <■ "o assault being committed till the following day,
and any statement to the contrary is absolutely untrue. I will not con-
^T^^nJ^vV^u^^''^^ ^ l^« «'"*""«e scurrility of Mr. Gillies,
^^.^ ;S^^f° ..^'^ having made himself agent of, or associatad in the
work of defamation, mustl)e held responsible.
(Signed)
HlJOH MgDonaIiD.
*8ee note on page 26.
"•^'"*s*>**»»««*«*ttns<
NG.
a, witnessed
I through the
But I have
le subjoined
lack Hugh,"
it "half past
le Hon. Half
ntigonish for
licti has sick
)t the charge
unes' Bible-
m.
LD,
JO. 19, 1873,
CO ri mining
saw only a
it was not
sue of this
nedare un-
18 not near
7 bed asleep
except the
1 my house
owing day,
nil not con-
Mr. Gillies,
iatad in the
■loDONALD.
67
( WriHenfor the Eastern Chronicle. )
THE SLANDERER CHASTISED.
To THK Hon. Hitoh McDonali., Antioonish :
char^c'tTrlTiira^Tf-^i^- ^^^^^^^ you were pleased to
dignified and unclerical," "nTiny ac^nn? nf' l"'^-, '*y^« " ^ " "«*
your co-religionists, a.s " an a^^< k on L ^^"^ villanous conduct of
Vour long rasidence in Ottaw-i as ft Zrl^^'n''* '"<'." and women."
Hssociationn there, arrquite sufficient ^LtS,""f'';- ''"'* y^"'' ?«""««!
«tness. I have writteii to you S letter w?^i ^""'-J " ""'"''^ °'^*"-
and now let me address you^afngrd^^^^^^^ ?'^?® y^" ^'"«e.
wrote when, acting as iuditp n/r^'n^l! ' " '^^"'^^y *e^»e«;e what you
.vourco-religionis&a^totlfpirir^f •^' '^"" Pronounced "innocent"
10th and llt^ of iS JiU^"' n-y;"i':jTa''"^o™"'' ?" *^ '^'^^ '>' the
.voudulnot,tlienvouareamor&„oo;Z "^^^^ ^%^l^ simpleton; if
will you choose? On eitlVeVvou 3 Hf«h;.,^^'r'' ""hese alternatives
already, from your own en " h s.fll., °?.?^®^.' ''"'* Protestants have
expect from y«M, if eve" t fev sho^fl^ i !" "* the justice which they may
Bench. Yo,f H\aSH"e\ev ]5r S^n ^y^eeingyou on th^
"shilly-sfhallv"! Where -M^ M,.f>!.nair^^i^"°'^.'^ '^"e''' ^ being
political and>re«,. J term ' In Ot?aw!? ' T^J^'f'" ?*'" ^hat d.i,,»>!ec?
Poor fellow! "Evil coininiinWi-^.^ ^'^ »t reallv parliamentary ?
and morals too. i™* wZ,^^ "*^ «.rrupt good^ manners "_yL,
word that you wereXt on™Zor ^r-fe^^i, ^»'«'?, Y"**"^ y«°
tame.)* l„ misrepresentini? Rbv Mr n ?^n""^® now of ill-
place yourself upon a level wftliSat^.f^vi ^^"'^'^fe |«w'8 motives, you
work. SeeJ<,bI.9toll Rey S /o -T "^^'^^ ^" ^^^P* «* that
In returning your slander sir Vfri'nf .; ^? unscrupulous knave "!
he come out to bite me_give\iS f Ct/.i^^^'^y*^"'- *>^. «bould
humiliated! In 18!{7 when vo^rJ®^\ •''.'"'''? ^^'^ «end bim back
headed by the late Cartier trl/l t. n^^" h ^'^'''"l^t^ ""^ I^o^er Canad^
my eldest brother was Sled S (Choc* nT • ^'■•"^!? >^' ^"^ «rder
capital, until, owing to rSe sun offfir^^^ defending the old
sieur Cartier fled to the States rhH ri? ^**i°'' V'® '"^bel's head, mon-
''loyalty" would pay. V^^ ^f/g^*^^^^^^^ that
States invaded Upper Canari.rmtAl.:-^^'^ co-religionists from the
first man shotin EnceSS^rTt^rC*^ n,f ° McEachren, was thi
-extending over several weekf-^f r ««^?;- ^""".^ "'e whole invasion
Uy know wliethor hewZZ^m'^ZT^J^'^^ eng necr was too drunk
fish and a fenian ! Wehave Hmmi^iil; ^^ ^u distn.guish between a
the animal kingdom and «o«!i!:^'^°°,..'? the political as well as in
an ^a"ti-K.onfXate"-tlthXmLvVvr ' Y«u electioneered ^
ing the house ? For the sake ^f aTt h^ll ^-^^ ^"teji ever since enter-
to whose vote you owe you7n?Lent 1 "f 'in V°{^ ^"^^ dp..eived those
by a surprise vote has (fisoTftr^,f,f<?,?; .'° Parliam'-nt. Your party
to an arc1,rebel,Tf mt « ^corrl " nf"n*7 '" P^^°8 ^ Public fuSera^
winter damagiigru lours wei^t It °^'''i°"' morals! When last
voted down Kn invSatk.nf w^^^h ^''^'^''^".^
Aone,v«man,of''me7^'S""„^^^^^ the conduct of an
knave "? Let vour to enc^^^ l^^^ of a most " unscrupulous
L'silere every "^ Hwit^^''™JI?,'l!?.\T.l^l!/°."^. life:rtbat is, if
'The Pacific Scandal
n.r .v™. "^° nHHYvur lor once in your life that •» ;<■
By switching your tail—" A tiorno/af t "'®7r"'**8* w, if
voice.t Bjl^oo^Lro^^^^^^^^
badju-neaked nt,t, ^nd was t!u,. humiliati^u oT^^^^i;^
is my comfort-ftli ««rth .f.„.,„ ... .__ "'"""country.
.s^^^^s^Hi^SHiz....
Black
Its
The very title I have given you at the head of this letter, is a cruel
™i??i°™®'"v..^5 ironical farce! With a few noble exceptions,
uis. not "Hon," would be a far more suitable prefix to a politician's
name. No man of strong common sense can look into many of the
laws which cost so much to our poor country, and resist the iu-
lerence that a vast number of born-blockheads must have become
politicians ! People are now very much perplexed, whether, when
tney want honorable servants, they should apply at the Parliament or
^e Penitcitiary. Accordingly "M. P." may represent either this or
Mat.* in egard to the Antigonish outrage, you and your co-religionists,
efipeciaiiy the Rev. Dr. Maegregor, appear to me, and to many others,
to quibble like the pettifogger, extenuate like the special pleader, and
equivocate like the Jesuit. A gentleman in your position should
leave such prevarication to the New York gambler. What position
aoes the Rev. Dr. Maegregor occupy just now in his own church?
your conduct in this whole affiilr, your chameleon-like career both in
ana out ol Parliament, has left upon mv mind the impression that
you are what you slanderously charge your " betters " with, and that
you have measured them by yourself. The Editor of the Presbyterian
Witness tells you egain and again, that he will place at your disposal
the names of correspondents who affirm that you were on the public
street near the riot— that they saw you there— an^ that they spoke to you
*Dout the not ! One of the two witnesses by whom you said in the
JMstem Chronicle, you bould prove that you werQ in your own house
ao a certain hour, says that he was not in your house at that time at all I
You remind me, sir, of Mr. A. Mclnnes who from old age is short
Sighted, though, being an old bachelor, he will not wear grasses, and
yet he maintains that, in the dead of night without a moon, and through
a window in the upper story of his lodging, he can be certain that Mr.
Mclsaac was not at the burning of the Cxfigiej out on the street and
down some distance from Mr. Mclnnes' doinioJla t " Error like the
legs of the lame, is not equal." For instance, your friend the Rev. Dr.
Maegregor, in the Eastern Chronicle, says that the church of Rome is
no more responsible for the teachings of Dewa than the Presbyterian
Church is for the writings of Barnes. Now this is Bomish logic.
(1) Rev. Mr. Barnes was verv rigorously dealt with for some of his
Statements. But was Dens thus handled for his infamous teaching?
JVcvcr .'nay, he was pmtsed by a far higher authority than Dr, Mac-
^egor. (2) Was Mr. Barnes ever made a Professor of Theologv to
teach our young ministers ? No. But Dens occupied that position
m the Romish Ohurch.f (3) Is any work that Barnes ever penned,
mafle a text bo6k in any one of our Theological Colleges ? No f What
then becomes of your friend's argument? But then "perseouor"
does no« mean "persecute" O, Bomish audacity! Dr. McGregor
studied "in the shadow of the Vatican," and that accounts for thfe
oorfcness of his logic! The doctor makes too great a demand on our
charity when he asks us to Velieve his " ipsi dixit " instead of our own
eyes which can see plain print as well as his, and with which we can
read as well as he can. Rev. Dr. MacGregor may or mav not be al-
ways a sober man, but certainly he is a wretched reasoner. "^ He wonders
*81r John A. UcDonaldpnt his "clean hand" Into the public Can; ^r of the Do-
minion and took out of it thougands of dollars, which he handed o.-" i he Infamoiw
Kwl, as an inducement tokeap out rf the way .' For this, and rtlsu ..le nart which
WshopTache, Sir John A., the late Sir George Cartier, and Govern.- ArchlbaW
Myea in the whole Game %e Gov. Report of the Difficulties in t'le I" rtia-Wegt, pp,
tRev. Peter DenB was bom at Boom, in Belgium, in 1690— ..as ^t «ldent of the Col-
— ••• ^■■.^■vitr^y 111 i:rj :amo Coiipao lor Iz years ; was
occupied in the Romisb Sect
■* ***i * * «> *W ^( f " « »Taft*
jr, is a cruel
exceptions,
a politician's
nany of the
resist the iu-
iBve beconi9
ether, when
arliament or
ither <Aia or
-religionists,
nany others,
pleader, and
ition should
hat position
>wn church?
ireer both in
iressiop that
ith, and that
Presbyterian
our disposal
n the public
spoke to you
said in the
r own house
5 time at all I
age is short
glasses, and
and through
ain that Mr.
9 street and
rror like the
the Rev. Dr.
of Rome is
'resbyterian
Ornish logic,
some of nis
8 teaching?
in Dr. Mac-
Theology to
bat position
i^er penned,
Nof What
persequor"
'. McGregor
lints for thfe
land on our
I of our own
lich we can
r not be al-
He wonders
\r of the Do-
> .he iDfamout*
le Dart which
ai." Archibald
rtij-West, pp.
nt of the Col-
r 12 years ; was
ifSt. Rumold'8
:6, 1775, In the
bich JDena had
6D
ne'i?^J^a^fc,i^,^f 1,'^^^^^^^^ bring people
ProtestantH nior*. fri uhII v ' All H,? ^ '^^^'^ ^'"«» CatholJ^S and
stoinnglVot(mtant.nlMlHt;VNhriL«l ^^""^^^^ on the profane. Will
or create a frloiuUv fV. n.1 h. li^ People nearer to a throne of grace
take PosHOH«ion o7c r 'h,^,. L"'«Ci?'""*^^ ^ Y«" ^°™^" Catholics
when v>'e defend ourNu v 1 , fl /il^^^^Jl"''*'®*^^ withstones, and then
infamous Tho..l.,gy, % ,V "J ' 1 rfO ^^"^ persecuting dogmas of you^
throne of graco?^^;; ' !/;,^Ar,X^^^^^^ profanely cry out about a
It came to pass, whenjorum mTr/hlH.'nA «™?"S the people " ! " ^nd
he answered, Whalp,,a7pZTZ „,h '''"i '^^V''^'' ^« iipeace, Jehu? and
and her witchera/ts am Z 7,fnZ' Vr"^^^'^'''''f^-^ ^^^ "^^''^^ ■^«^e''««
answer mo " Jn thfl 1 r<.l "* '^ ' m^^gs IX. 22. You will not
politics than you .io un<llfL„?. . T ^ ^"ow more about Canadian
are hereby Invited U» try u7" P''"fer the Pto</onn to the I>ress,yln
Yours, «fec. -- '
.'.. C. Gillies.
Editor Eastern Ohronicle,
youV"p7ptrVifemH to ^^^^ ult., which appeared in
1 wrote to correct a Htatfliti, muJ, TwPfi'^^J?''"^?^ ^""^ me to say that
no doubt, had received fro, '<Hhe?na;f^^ Goodfellow's letter, which he;
the charge. I HtlU mil,, r, " , v foS !v''f "P?'? ^^^'^^ hefoundeci
Inspector of yclioolH for thlH 'mintv statement in reference to the
I he letter Higned '• Dranuot ««« ..•'i*
puerile to b« noticed b5E"T' ^1^^ '^* ^''""*'' '« *«« 1^^ -nd
pondence I Jiidge who tl writer L- ho '''^^ anonymous corres-
watched for his good. ' ^^ resides here. He shall be
Yours, <fec..
Antlgonlsh, Augunt 17, 1878.
A. McInnes.
Mr. MolNNES AGAIN.
J<Mitoi- Eastern Ohroniate,
«Sr^^,"andtXTr.'/'i;.X^^^^^^
anydo_ul,taHtJ th^- r K:-''* whl .h";hr'"- ''^'" "^"^^ ^^' there were
been dispelled by the iSiu\t.TJll1i\ ^^^^^ '^ "o*. that doub*^^ has
whidi he says, ''^l"(t lo Onf.Cffi' " ,^''; McInnes' last let! , v In
watched.'" -This Is IW u tly S 'l^t^'f «« here-he shall be doJly
thinking it over, Mr. Iu'Iuhh^^^^ ^^ "»e ruffian. On
'•Orangeman," liowovor, o -Twr^ S^^ -^^ ashamed. The
should go to school for a wli I,, a !ettPr^»^*^*'"P''- . M""' McInnes
the writer, but the letter it^!'l/)uit\aie^^%^^ the animus of
U. handle the " Orimgenmr"' " '^''"'^' require a score of McInnes^
Yours truly,
A. C. Gillies.
70
of the Dominion
a sligiit dirticulty
We have a word ti: say to the Hon. Hugh McDoinild, Minister of
Militia. Wo iiro assured by correspondents whose nai iob wo can ploce
at his disposiii that ho wu.<> present at (he riot after ha\i \ jvit 10 o'cl(>;-k ?
Is it possible that a insm of Mr. McDonald's p >sition vviuld try to de-
ceive the public by mere quibbling — by merely assertiru' that he was
in his own house till 10* or 11 o'clof-fc, while it is true he w.w a witness
of theriotafterthattimo? Wefrankl-, MceptedMr. ''ilcDonald'sdenial,
Wo aro now compelled ti^ ask him ii r :i ml explanation. It is worth
his while giving it. Wi' ^h;dl be nir. i uppy to state thai, !;■< was at no
time of that ill-starred night a witnosn of the riot, if he will enable us
to do so-
ls it triif- thiit lit the Antif>( •lish Riot p. nien ber of the Ijocal Govern-
ment was prcsv.'it ajid witnoKsed the whole Hion( ? We believe it is
true. I(Ct Attoi'uey (ieiieral Smith lusk his ;iss >. iate ai! about the
biisiiiois. Ma^tiStrates were there ; and an .M , P. uas theii'; and an
M P. V. urd M. E. O. was tli' re.
Tl" n(;n. Hugh M(!/Mial(l M. P., and Menibe
Cal»iTif I., hi, liot yet oilored any explanation of
whi«.'h H<i h;isKO.ti!ito with respect to the Antigoiiish Riot. He solemn-
ly awsu '(- 'Mr. pnhlic that he was at no time on tho ground, and in fact
\Vas i;.»'n;i viit of tli!'^ wliole matter till ne.xt mornijuc He has threaten-
Cii R*\. '*'. (ioodfoUow with an action at law for as-- rting the contrary.
V\ e <M!i<Hl his attention to the liu^t that his statemc!;! is denied, and is
said to be simply an equivocation. Is it so? What a^-orrespondent has
written us is that while Mr. McDonald denies beinp, out of his hoiise
till hali-past 10 o'clock, he W(W out after that hour und witnessed the
riot without taking part in it and without trying to siippre.ss it.
Hy his own confession Mr. McDonald was' at hom<: when the riot
took place: did he take the first opportunity, next day, of telling the
rioters now ill they behaved, and how outrageous was their conduct?
Did he, a lawyer, and a Minister of Militia, exert his great influence
to rectify the cruel injuries inflicted on two unottending ministers of
tho Gospel ? Did he tr j-^ to And out the culprits who thr; (W those deadly
stones? No doubt he iiiust have done this and a great deal more : and
it was cruel of Mr. (iloodfellow not to have told us of all Mr, Mc-
Donald's self-sacriflcing exertions in the cause of liberty and law,
Mr. McDonald's own modesty restrains him from telling what he
did : he onl}' declares what he" did not do. Please complete the pic-
ture at your leisure.
It see'ms the law at Antigonish according to this good lawyer is that
poor Mr. Goodfellow's head may be broken with impunity, — Chiniquy
may be pelted with stones,— the Presbyterian Chui-ch may be con-
verted into a scene of riot, — Cameron's iiouse may be besieged all
night by a gang of ruffians and window-smashers', but should Mr,
Goodfellow himself wounded, and bleeding, but relying on what he
believed to bo good testimony, make a statement not strictly accurate
concerning the Riot, he renders himself liable to Hon. Hugh McDon-
ald and others "in actions for libel," and is accused of breaking "lav s
human and divine."
Wiio autliorized Hon. Hugh McDonald to say that Mr. Goodfellow s
object in v.'riting was " tointensify and embitter religious animosity?"
Can a fouler libel than this be uttered against a minister of the Gospel ?
No, But then, it is uttered by a lawyer— by the g'
Militia, and no one will be disposed to s(!are him w
attorney's whip.
It appears according to the testimony of this d
pondent thai ' . -. Gooclfellow has "taken a .:,t!r.
menting," 1- '-.)us strife. Yes; the naughty
'■■*■ \t Minister of
o crack of an
! iguished corres-
siied part in fo-
d lamb wont and
was insulted and
took ac'.irk of the brook, and the amia'M woU
felt ouite justitied in tearing the lamb limb L'. •r\ limb; for wolves,
you know, do not know the artof throwing stoiriH-nd breaking heads.
Minister of
>.v(> can ploce
,t I!) o'clock •.
Id try to de-
that he was
iH a witnoas
lald's denial.
It is wortii
liBwasat no
ili enab'ous
oca'. Govern*
b*!5<iv(:' it is
il iiboiit the
Oi'o; and un
le Dominion
lit diHioulty
He solenuj-
1, and in fact
isis threaten -
tlie contrarj-.
nied, and is
spondent has
of liis lionse
itnessed the
ess it.
ien the riot
f telling tlie
3ir conduct?
at influence
ministers of
those deadly
ilmore; and
all Mr. Mc-
ty and law,
ng what he
lete the pic-
,wyer is that
% — Chiniquy
nay be con-
besieged all
should Mr.
on what he
itly accurate
ugh McDou-
lalting "lav s
4oodfellow .s
animosity?"
■ tlie Gospol ?
Minister of
crack of an
shed corres-
. part in fo-
Tib ■went and
insulted and
for wolves,
aking heads.
71
ous a Minister of MTtinwhn 1 the hands ot so gallant and gener-
some minister of the Sp'^^ ''""^" '" ^«" ^°^ *" '^^"'"e a trSuble-
of oiTSeiL Cour? Wp^.n^^r^''* upon liis elevation to theBencl,
D d he trv to ch^^^ it 9 rV^*'"'vf';''i'-51'"' *^* ^^^ Riot-the closing scene?
,'I^''"'°'"^SmBnkC«nre«,lo„ of weakoe.. Im been tbe only at
rr.Ser S.7 •■ "^'■" '*■" " <• *™ "•' '*« ,r^j ^
tr.Thf n ?!.*''■• p\"'?s has, I have understood, a series of letters addressPrt
iS;^ ''/f '^^' has taken and intends to take no See Thatever of h"s"
GUE biVgS''tiVh?Gu^^^^^^ ^r''' have ever saTt'hatM
^^rth^S^-"^^^^^^^
A ntigonisk, October 21st, 1873. ^" ^' ^cGbegor.
AN EXPLANATION WANTED.
To the Editor of the Presbyterian Witness :
—ear J^dit^r, — In your iasuo of the ist of Novpnihpr tha R/»„ t»- «
72
did not read Mr. Gillies' letters, how did they discover whether or not Mr.
Gilliesis worth refuting? Will their champion, Dr. Macgregor, explain
this obvious difficulty ? That they did read those letters both eagerly and
nervously, I have the evidence of many, each one of whom is (julte as trust-
worthy as Dr. Macgregor.
QuxjEtir.
EDITORIAL ROWDYISM.
To the Editor of the J'lastern Chronicle.
Dear Sir:— The Antigonish Casket, as usual, deals in rowdyism, and
weeps bitterly over the fact that the magistrates have endorsed " the in-
famous statements of Mr. Gillies." But whether does he mean to say that
those statements are " infamous " in themselves or that it was " infamous"
in me to disclose them to the public? If the former, I agree wich him ;
but if the latter, I would ask him. What harm or infamy can there be In
publishing infallible doctrines? And if those " infamous statements " are
not the " infamous statements " of the " Infallible Churcli," why were
they not " infallibly " disowned by the " infallible " representative of the
" Infallible Pope," to whom they were respectfully addressed ? If tho8«
most " infamous statements " are not the " infamous " doctrines of the in-
famous CdskeVs Church, ais published by her own canonized " Saints," the
fact can easily be ascertained. Let me be challenged to produce the books
and the " infamous statements," and I will do it with pleasure. But if I
fail, then the Popish Church is vindicated and I am exposed. Is this not
a fair test? The mere denials of the Casket will go for nothmg, tor the
editor of that Advocate of Rioters I have found to be both ignorant and
very unreliable. I will pay no attention to anonymous Rowdyism, not
even to that of the Hon. Half-Past-Ten.
Yours truly,
A. C. GiLLUW.
LETTER FROM THE SOUTH.
To the Editor of the Presbyterian Witness.
My Dsab old Fiuknd,— I wais on^ of the originators of the Witness,
and have read it from the first number till I received your last issue. I feel
t!ha1i I cannot want it. Though not in British territory, I feel a deep inte-
rest in all your Ecclesiastical movements, — as you do in ours. — By your
exchanges you ^et the run and keep it pretty well — of our Church gossip.
I was greatly mterested in those Antigonish riots. Our good and liberal
citizens here are scarcely willing to believe that Popery is the same old
Persecuting Power — where it has the power — that it ever was.*
Many seem to think that Father Chiniquy — good man — must have been
breaking the peace or committing some atrocious act of violence, else their
mild lamb-like Bomanists in Nova Scotia wouH never have attempted to
repeat the Stephen martyrdom. Your Bishop and yoi^r Doctor Mac-
Gregor came out of the tussle rather ignominiously. My friend, Archibald
Gillies, threw in a few heavy broadsides. He had the stuflf and the pluck
to use it. He had seen the wprkings of the system in the Province of
Quebec. ( Only a part of the letter is quoted. )
«ia the "EwteraChconioie" of September U, I87S, Hev. Dr. MaeQr«^or ««>«,—
" What the Church of Rome ia to-(J|iy, ahealwayg n»a wc^n ; and -^ - ■
beet she now is.'' We tUank thee ft)r thit '' Cobftoafon," doctor
■» J - _ ,. , „ ,^,
naa b^ ; apd what she always ha»
^r. i iii mii i i i iiM> » minw ^i»a)i,>ai
er or not Mr.
egor, explain
h eagerly and
juite as trust-
QuEitir.
78
)wdybtn, and
sed " the in-
m to say that
i " uifaraous"
« with him;
I there be in
teuients " are
I," why were
itative uf tlie
d? If those
les of the in-
' Saints," the
ice tlie books
re. But if I
. Is this not
[img, tor the
gnorant and
twdjjL^m, not
C. GiLLUW.
the Witnets,
issue. I feel
I a deep inte-
irs. — By your
hurch gossip.
>d and liberal
he same old
St have been
ice, else their
attempted to
Doctor Mac-
id, Archibald
md the pluck
p. Province of
sbe always biu
HE l>AU(iHfci BEMT WHO LAU(iH8 LAST.
" Lmer?' to Bl^hopNKi::^^^^^^^^ ]ZT ''"'''"''\ ^"''"» ^ '"^^ '•'^^'-«'<'"
good natured an I k n.l l?.?nr^ i ' ^ '*"^^ "^"^'^ ""' wanting a few simple,
were very Se th Si w^n .rl hf-i'' ''''° '"PP"'*"' *'"*' ^""-y «J'«'n««lves
was to bri.; the rioterr^ Cce^ a wrong course, and that the right way
Justice in spite of mestirinCnoP S'VT^^'"''- "»* ^ho ever obtained
Romish votes? Mr Edit ,r T i ^^i'' •'' f'"'" '' <'<'vernment uph.'id by
that's enough. I kn4 hst ve.r .« J2n ^"^Ti^ ^'^^^'^ '" ^ower Canada-
ofthe priests could nnThfi^^.'?^*'"''"' ^ "^''^^ now, that those tools
not adopted thtmSStC'ton'iffP' ""'""^'^ '^^ P'^'"' '■'•"' '»'"' ^«
need we exm'ct f...m u...' Lv.^ V''' '''V'' '^"'"'^ »« untouched. What
evidence of a Po/^ "t^ ^*>".';"»''^'- «ath, will declare that there was no
publicTnS le? th^ pubKow'b^Z g17L^^' l ''', ^"^'^ ^'^f"- ^^^
me to say, that though the 'simnl,ro„' '^^ T'-' ^^ '' '**^ ' ''*'"'' Permit
their laugh last ySr If my, eSiipfTiVr"'-'!'.'* '^'^'''''.^'^ *"' ^"J^y'^rf
laugh at their sirnplicitr Ve. i v ^: ^ f ^ ' *")'''" "'!"' ^""^ "«'»' ''^^e. ^y
praise people for thS m,.ra^ftv 'a. !,?«*". I'IITk ''^'V^^^ '^""''^ last "J To
they do not stone /aX,X ,/;!•' /^ 'A'^'-^ ^"'^" ''""e' »" the ground that
if not insulting coSi.i^^i'^te f'p" " '';''''^''^'ii ^^ '^ '-''^ *'""'^""'
lecIut^'L^^S '7R^o'„;;;f''.if '"H'^h ^^r to publish, .. th. sly, a
than to overturn thftoriblf.Pf,'*' ^'?T^ ^^"^ *^°ther of Chastity."
now for nearly a vSr In nolin,,^»?'*' k^ ^" attention has been directed
Witness," says : ^' We have rJcei^,! ^'^ above pamphlet the " Presbyterian
Glllivray, P. P., delivered Ls^S t"""^^ ""* ? h^''^''''^ ^y I^^^- ^' Mc-
Catholic'churci 'Sother^'in^^^^^^^ .^^"•••^''' '^''''^'^''^' ^"titled, -'The
notSlu7p^1St lea'lSaf" ProtT^'Y -^' they will
chastity which itself c?an never heal " Tblf "r^''' "'^f'''^ ^ ^""'"^ "P""
priesthood, and the anoi.ftPd anncL ^il?,,^*™^" clergy are a 'Virgin
position to " lustfu nassfo tb.?'^^' '^' °^ Chastity.' It was the Pope's op-
" the gross prSer"^?; cXertae de B&a J?/^*"«"<=ity-" Luther w^
unchaste, hard hearted Ra iSl. v, ^" .^^, ^^^^ *" apostate monk,
What man with a tender and 3^ ^*'l^ ^^'^'^^'^ "»« Aame'^of sensuality
clamation of Luther ?''r£ffv''''^ heart ean endure the shameless de-
Confessional, the celibacvnTt>.«^;i'^^ ^'% ^"'^ ' ^' f^*' '^ntl guarded by the
If therewerrnohSS^oflheMSSKeTtV; '^' A^"" ^^P' **^-
were no methods of aseert-.ininf i/w ^^' °^ "t" modem times, if there
of chastity, we miehrhel ^vP fi^^* ^°^' ''" ""'^«'' t^e thin or thick veil
fortunately there afe ton S'5 representations of our Lecturer. Un-
extremely diffiSt to handl^- hL^'A- p'ff ^??'"'^* ^™- The subject is
controvei^yoTl^esubiecf^ethm n*>*''^- McGillivray wishes for fair
Sherbrooke, St Ma^%VmlT^^^^^^^^ to Rev. A. C. Gillies,
venture to 'say tffihe ?nXt In ^in" ^^ P"^"? assembly, and we
pricate travesties of historv will .rn^fi not be overlooked." But all his
exposn.es of last year Sai^funaiswered "t.'."^ ,'•" l'-"^ ^ '^'? ^«'"'^'
Inted pamphlet of hi^- 2^ Xous '^r^Zl ■ I '*'*^' '" his priwldy circu-
the bad literature whic^, Sates ZfnTn" f°^P••"testants because of
be left in o .prr"fh- - 'rctnates among them." is far too (morl « jnVn t<i
sweetne.8 on the lesert"^ "P^"P^'''-" ^o blush unseen and waste" its
Yours truly,
A. C. Gillies.
74
(Mr. Glllii t LoiUirf i»av« been widely circulated, htiving be«q coiiied by
wvoral of our exchanges. An Australian paper came to us the other day
O00.I!)— |El). P. VVlTNKH3.|
with Mr. <li"ii!8' LetterH,
PAINFUL ILLNPJSS.*
Mr- Kiutob.— On readlnK tl ^ very diHtrt^Hing aitplli;;oneo that thu
LotterH" of the Uf V. A. C. (iillioM fiavo boon widely circiilatod an<l
Hvon C(»pied by Australian papers, the AntlKoiiish Canket has had a
inoHt severe attack i>f Cholera morbus, wliich, after several parox vhuih
rendered the «entlenian (?) uneonscious for a week. Dr. Metiretror
was inunediatoly called in, and by the limel v injection of a few pillsof
• Piom Fraud" and " Junti/lahlc Lien," (wfii<'h" were considered " in-
rallible remedies'" and "sure (Hires' in the /Mr* ^//f*) wonted
onsciousness (not conscientiousness) was restored, the severe colic
checked, and now to the ^rroat iov of all rioters, and eneinios to Free
Schools, and liberty ofspcctih, the Hon. Minister of Injustice Is likolv
to rf!(!Ovor.
APPENDIX E.
ROMANISM VS. READING.
'rhefollosvlut^ letter was j)ublishod throe years ag»» in an Ontario paper.
TRUTH AND ERROR.
" What salth tlie Spkiptitbk ?"— Paul.
"To the Lawand tothoTKsTiM' xv ; ifthev speak not according to
118 WORD, it '<•■■* because there is > light in them."— Isaiah,
eak, ! him spi as the On aci.ks of (4od."— Peter.
THI8
"If any mai
To the Editor of the Standard.
DKA.R Sir :— Pilv.tf isked the important f)ne8tlf>n, •' What Us Truth f"
butuhowi I his ■: jiHL.rity by runn'-'Kaw-v befe. an answer could be
*0n hoaring that this pamphlot was to bo (
:iiiothoratt8CKoftlmt "SuninuT Cumplalnt;'
ilOHbl the poor CnHlcet will ro into frifrlitf:
froiiblod with tin' lvii)}{'H Kvil or !St. Vitus's
inaJdos wliiuh h«;- niiugiit cliu disoi'- vhih' t
und now tlie poor tiling i^ mifferiii' 'dHi!'
/;i^()6»a (drci'k for fear.) In lt*t ra\ii t k
worship in your own churchci! ai< )•(• I'ttse
tuV- pos-cMon of your mocting In (no
pill you to death lu^ tlie very worst rimiuiu
therotbro instead of kepplng np a con.
iblish'!* the nnfortnniiti f<isM,\a»hH(l
am' on neeint/ this pnu'phlet th-rc U no
'. '..) stericM, and in liltely e\er f. rter to !»•
.iCP. Xhe '''idteninH bwii oitten b) a
'kiug
from
'in iluidlmdow oftlii S'liticaii
l''iee ^icliool iinil Fre<' liisoujt-iioi
:— " You I'rotoi<taii!
fe are divine lyauth
rclun,) burn you in
fur you are •' lieretio-
1
Imve uo right to
ixeil tosteiieyou ,
iTlgleSj ar il even
' you knuu ; and
uiHlinuldxtrlp,
« e might all the
inthowl I. irao-called "rights.
«!OVer your»(elve,^ over w'itli migarana uream, and then keep quiei, th
eaiiier " swallow you like a raw oyster!" There is a pretty little animal, whi -Ti at nighi
Hiieuks round Imrn yards and hen-rootitf, and tl-om whicli all creatures with nt.-en.exoi'iii
^- '.>«- -•*!•{•'. ••- "iTi, n^t r^ .»tia Pi !'••'-.-, R.*-.-if nr* i«t r,^ny ttr tiiey |Ju:^r.::;iy can,
owing to tlie very disHgreeable efl'ect which its only means of warfare has on the ol-
factory niT^ e. Sow ttils little spotted creatur<> and the AntigoniNli (kisket are so verv
much alike, that tliev should enter at once into partnership (if indeed tliey have nut
i<)nn so already ) under the name of" Vatket If Co."
76
!«q copied by
the otlicr ilny
311(10 that tliii
rciiliittnl himI
t hiiH htid li
I puroxyNinw
', Mctii'ojror
II low pilLsol"
<i(loro(l " iii-
ijtiH) wonted
Hovoro ooli*'
lioH to Free
ieo i> likely
J.
itario paper.
coord iriR to
h,
d."— Poter.
tinTnitlif"
or eould be
askeA .ia8 had
lot thiTH if no
iiT ftttt'r to bi'
n oittcii b) H
till' \'utIouii,"
re*' iliscuxsion
!• uo right to
1 to stone you ,
Ics^ u: 'i fvmi
(111 kill' it ; Hiid
iiriliould utrlp,
i-miphtnllthc
vtiicii at nl^lii
tl lU)'«,('XC«'Jil
j)o»:biy can.
IS On tlip ol-
;tt BIO HO very
lify hHvn not
liKht in fi liiuliv .r.,.,i., 1 1 •''^•-^Vlillo only tfie rude and ronwli tle-
HiM."r „\ ! ^Ur ' Ir^: jy'^"'V,''''^'< all edueuted people uho nre
.••» Truth "• b . w I at vv. iin.' M^r^ ""'^ ""'' ""' 'l"«^Hti<'". " MV,«/
resp,.<!tlullv t.^ w at ov.rv ,,/""/ ^''^ "" ""«wer, and listen numt
Tailing "JiU?ew,nn^ ;y If *'"'r"^ """' "'"y *i"V« t» «".V i" reply.
t.>Kiv(^- , a 7T^//l/ ^nn^ 1^ propose, ify„„ )mve no ol.je.^ti/.nH.
whh-li timk ,,I, . t? ' ' ^^tnWa acconnt of a Iriendly eonverHntion
mvs.! n, ml , : n ":f":r;;^ """•"^'' "^ -teaser Knfgslon, between
.•hurniii ./, iv i, ' '; t • '"^';; ' 'l''""'' '• ^'^"''y •" ^»'" momlnKofa
«oo(l s r^ i-'ti'" Ca^r'o/'.^.i' A''""'' '"* Montreal, I wa« nitting^on a
wliich 1 had n> n,l ,m 1 ., ..i! ® A !".'/■"'''>«. roadinKaoopy „ttlie Hiblo
man bn, L^l.t a , , r ,m i i '"' '^''"'"." t'>'» '"'<« roHpeetable lo.iking
autism; "I wish'w,; w«..'".'t." """M''""':"^ >'"" ''"^^ I'"'«l
name and rSon in f f. i •"• ' /'iT/'''^''"*? «'" "• "avi"K told n.o hi«
Hl.oakI Ik' (K w.v 1 .'' m'"'' ^ V""4'.l'! ^" ""'•'■ "^ """^ the Bible
May I lu.t 1, a8e,i^,, ;iP " '*''*''^- ^^ *">^ '"""^^'^ ^o" »""k that?
as 4ar L«( n^y lu-ar «H e X^n^^^ '^ ^'•'" "'*''' "'1'' '"«y ""* '"-V ^ead be
potent to un(l(?Ltaml i / - wiir-'r"rV'?' ','"S' tliereforew.ually eon.-
••O,but,.ehavo't e1h,iv{'S ""^\ ^ '■'^" «i«ily test it.
iHiop, tlK'lJisho r.,v"l^i'I^t?fVr ,When,saidI, the Popo makes a
' '"'' er„t,„ul t le m f an^ ll"'1^ 1^ •'"'*• ^'''" «n"l^li'^ that Bishop
Pric.^t ,'. ,. oil.. J ♦! ''"''' V*''" that same B shop makes a Priest
r2^U[^l^W-\ZtV^'V^^ ^''" «"«^^«« him in turn to'
Bon that person reV-vLh*"" that Priest baj.tises or eonflrnis anv
i"r 'le aS\'^ n. .:'ti^»l?^^^ ^vho, i.-stead of en
Hi
.i^?=5«r=ISSHr'"—
u>
per HO
ablinj'
m.Vh rstaiid 7" UirVn'nrr HnVf ""'Tf ^>0"'J<head tluit he ean not
•Jh.ist make. o ma, ^J^L "°T, *'"^^:,'t ^^PP^" that tho same Holy
Htanding the ™ ,,kT »v fhi.^ r*'""*'"'''" /""!' incapable of under-
Kathered arou,, us Mr i ^^'^^""« "^arly all the cabin passengers
question, '"certa nl\ ^ said" h. *^ vi^ fi""""''^ ""^ *° ask you another
going to youi- p«Ht-(^fl\;.o nL .f L,y®"vi"y question is this : If, on
on th. bi-k (if it, opened Tt r^^Tff'^'ir ^"^
assured you under nrntrnf^A «/(■.•"- i ^b- '^eti'sed to give it to vou, but
would do you moKrm timn i^*'"^^ ••««*i'"'? «tthe letter
needed to'Low ofUs^o" t^ntn .*^.^ L"""* H'f ' V""''* ^" y«" «" yo"
" I both would and <dd !o,^^ "'^ T""}^ """^ ^°"'^ yo" d« *" ?
Now. I «aid, the BibioS^a leL^Ji^^V^^ J"«^ ««•
Heavenly Father's last Wni«n^i"pL f ""^ V?*^ ^^^ *"«"? containing mv
keeps thfs letter from me is J^filfr'^V^ "' ^ '"^^ "°*^ ^^^^ man^whr.
l'ri(^^>(tsd()inthe'rc^«w/iL*^ 1^ * the very vforat felony .' Your
the politica" ToJa^Zwfm^u^^^^^^ "'V^' ** they should da?edo it in
"Well, that^rpre y a ^ said Mr T '*"**''' \"'\T" ^«^">a"y y^^ars!
you ean sh<)^^- that Vo Bible tsi^." w'.l^ '''^^''y «'«*'"' I^
nothing piain(.r i rtho 7i«L «/• 7v '*'^*'''?f I ^" ^^'^ people." There is
to and^read De xi 18 ?f ^fc' ""^"^ ^- '"^ immediately turne<l
trAV -!-^n* .,y'"4o.not rebuke them tor their iirn«rur.„!: ,:*u;;L!_i^:.. „'
. -der it; D^uT xi 18 lid 19've°'T/" ■ " "•^'" F"*S«y^"^' tbe fe^
. ^h«Aot.oftheApcS;^^.^J,,--^3..^I^^„^thew«^
70
rhcWfriphirPH <fa,/v.f" A,-ts xvii. 10. II.-WI.Hl.or (.. thi- ITIoMh ns
MJoh or u. .ho tliouijtiiilos.s ill KomTiil, " Wisdom •' spoaks in th.> oiijliih
.'haploi- ..I Hn.vor >8 t S„w l„„|< slmrp, inr if yoii uike t\w /Ir^t »tt(.r-
I iitive. not oulv tUuHceoiut, third ■.nul/oiirth vol•N.^s point iii tin- other
-liniction. I)(itth« 'rtA viirNoshutH von up to tho <'onclnsi.-ii tliiit Priests
m-e sinipl.aoiiM'an<l"lools." \ViiH |'aur«Jlrst nndiam., us Epistle not
a((ir(.ss(.< o "off thul fjr in Home, helovrd of- God. ra/lrd\s,iinfs •'
whellier tliey \vorep<<///,v«(#'?t or not? Uoni. r. 7. l>i.l I'anI not ad-
dress Ins portions of (iod's Word to the Corinthians, and " to them
hat arc sanctKied in Christ Jesns, willi nil tliai in ficn/plarrniU unon
the name ol.Iesixs Christ our Lord"? :i Cor. 1. li; li (;or I 1 Did
not Paul address liis i'lpistle.s to tho Uoninns— Corinthians— (ialatians
— J<-|, lesians— I'hilippians-Colossians— Thessalonians -and irel)rews?
DM .(iiines nr)t addniss his Epistle " to tlie twelve tribes"? Did John
mit addreHH his second K|)lstle to an "elect /«//,/ and her children"?
was this ladv a clorK.v-mctu/ (Here tho passeiiKers lauirhed.i
,1 i"'" '"*' ""'''''<-^" '''»* Epistle " to them that are sanctified bv « Jod
the J<rttlier, and preserved in Jesus Clirist, and called "? Did^Luke
nol dedieate his Uospel and the Acts of the Apostles to the " most
excollent J lieo|.hilus" ? Was Theophilus a clerKvman ?, Did John
uio l>ivine notdedi<'ate tho most mysterious Hook "in the whole lilble
to the seven ( hurchcs whieli are in Asia"? Kev, 1. 4. Did not even
leter Whom you claim for your llrst Pope, address his Jirfif. Epistle
to the straniiers scattered throuj-'hout Pontus, (Mlatia, Cappadocia.
Asia, and Uithynia;" and the urc.ond. " to them that have obtained
like pre(!ious laith with us throuKli the rishteousnoss of (4od and our
haviour Jesus Cln-ist ■? If Peter was Pope, it is a very irreat |)itv his
pretended sueeessors are so much opjjosed to him, as to revoke his
order to send tho Gospel, without note or comment, " to thostrancors
scattered throujjhout" tho provinces! Now, Mr. L., I have proved
as clearly as it is that e/irw and (/tree make «ja;. that vour Priests do
things in the Eeef.esiastical sphere, which, if thev should do in anv
""l""!' yv<'»l<> l"'Hl tliom in the penitentiary, and cousIkh them to
publio infamy for the rest of their days ! " That's oven so " said u
passenger. After a lonp; pause Mr. L. said:-" From those /apt.i to
wliioh you have called my attention, it is quite <!lear that the Gospel is
addressed to tho people in general." Being anxious to take shelter in
the strongest tower of the papist. Mr. L. said.—" Whv do vou Protes-
tants who make ho much of the Bible, not bellove'Christ when He
says, " T'/ii.yism.y 6ody," and bedone with it?" We believe every-
t Ming Christ says, I replied, but wo do not believe what you put into
Uis mouth and say /or Him. He says, " This w inv body;" but
whether does He mean representation or identity f that is, whether
does Ho tnean that the thing which is be/ore the word " is," is identical
with, or the representation of that which follows it? To sav that Pro-
testants do not believe what Christ says, is pure slander"; and for a
priest, or bishop, or pope, to say that Christ meant identiti/, and not
representation, is just his assertion and nothinij more .' Tlie assertion
of a pope is of no more value or authority among intelligent people
than that oi any other man who is equally well acquainted with the'
language of Scripture. In the passage " The seven good kine are seven
years; and the seven good ears are seven years," (Gen xi,t 2(5 )
whether does the word "are" mean representation or identity ^ In
Dan. vu. 24. whether does the phrase "the ten horns are t«n kings "
mean representation or identiti/ ? In Dan. viii. 20, whether does the
clause " the two horns are the kings of Media and Persia " mean re-
presentation ov ide^itity f In Dan. 2. 38, whether is the "head of gold"
identical VI ith, or simply a representation of the King? In Kev. I. 20
whether representation or identity is meant ? " The seven st-nra ari-
seven angels, and the seven candlesticks are seven churches." Whet-
her does this mmn repreaerUation or identity "The ten horns are
ten kings."— " The waters aw peoples," &( "The woman m that
•*»l*-.M»»«(M,-
' I'rioNfH an
(I ilio oIkIiMi
^JIvMt iiU«»r-
II the other
tliiit TricHtM
K|)istU» not
f'tl Saint /i,"
ml not ncl-
1 "to thorn
"ci'iill upon
, 1. 1. Did
— Uul(itiun«
1 Ih'hiinvM?
Did John
cluldroii"?
> laughed.)
f'd l)v «Jod
Did 'Luke
thp " inoMt
Did Jo)in
'hole lyble
ill not evon
r.it Hi)i.Mtlp
apimdocia,
> ol>lained
)d and our
'at pity hiN
•ovolte his
strangors
vc proved
Priests do
do in any
n tliem to
>,"' said a
p /arts to
B (iosppl is
shelter in
>u P rotes -
wlien He
ve every -
put into
•dy;" but
, whether
H identical
■ that Pro-
and for a
, and not
asHortion
!nt people,
L with the
' are seven
, xi,i, 2(j,)
ntitut In
>n kings,''
r does the
mean re-
d of gold"
Kev. 1. 20,
■ Whet-
horns ar<-
in M that
77
'W^-n/V^oMor'vVm^JJr'' I'";;. Ifj „.^'"■"'*'^1"':?• ''''►• lnwiag.. moan
::-« .angnag,, aiui sS'.jc'j}^^:,^^'!;! 'Ss^t^r'^jiir^fSr
I.V the son of Man ; the floid in the
spoken ftr/o.; Jo sVinti^,^^ that, as that passage ,
n.e,,ointi;.d,.i it.r Son ft .! 'wm'^^ ' '"'1 "*'"""*'' '" '•" "it'-
."opU a„,l rf,nm(,af iK f Irisrs nZj; n'''l''';'j;"""«'' '" takeyonr
ihe fl;!rd verse. No woiul r .iw n th, i '"*^' '-'A* "" •■orn^ets theni in
-Jirnrd in a eertain ngC as bio Sn..^^ ^'''\^^ roprosentsaspiriton
'he ground that- '»i))< « ting to tl.« adinisslon of a Prl<«t, on
'' ^ wretch so uncivil
JVhoonKarthatehisOod,
May In Holl pat the Devil !"
■.vhfrour%m.nL:PHc"r;H!^r'^''r ^"-I'^^'l « '>'"»'-t.v l«"Bl'. after
renting I^:m;„?^ uho,ls in the I", att^f ^r'''''''""' ^'"' •"i«'-epr«-
■ihown that th(^ absurd disHi./.H; . ""1"7 "f miage-worship. Having
is only a vieil.us S«. t en J/d^S
'•••nvenionce, to hide her dpn„rV,rIi^'^ t'Jiurch for her own
l.ooksofde^;,tion sL, lLfSteTthrvir^'7^ '"'^^ ^^ ^" her
divided the Tenth into tu;Un Xt, . ake nn M.n^^'"''*?''^''*^''' ""^^
Mr, L.'s attention to the .%co>( / rw!^^« 7 ^ ',''^ number, I called
are forbidden three thinirs -?i %'''''"'''»dment, ami «aid ; Here you
•'likeness'- of anyL,S.rn^ °f »"^ "images'- or
of yourself to thefn ; Zl ^Vhe'^rrsirimlZ' of iV '^''^ f^^^A ''"'^
NOT MAKK" them meets vol fti fhn ^ !"^ *^ ot them. "Thou shall
Thou Shalt neither, XuC"^^^^^^^^ ««' Kxodus xx. 4,5.
■!. 9; iiChron.xxxiv. -7 • pTth n« rr^;'";'^^r^' ""«-;»en;ethem, Deut v.
you read the fourth 4'jm3,S/^.n.. '*"■/,''• !«• Moreover. Mr. L., if
'lays " are torbidden~"Sh^ Xj's Slt\ho ni\^'''' ''"'.' ,«" ^ "«• " ^oli-
While the Fourth a>mmriMdmLAv.ri^ 1^^ ''*'"""' ""'* tl"«« thy work."
'lay. it at the same Se se ^rres ^e r rCin""..^^^'-'^."" tb« ,ei;.»</<
'(ays, to the working man The «...J^^ I "/. *'^' «« labouring
of the "Six.-'and L app<,inTnB^ofT. 1^^^ akingaway of any onf
•' labour" is Mo< to be d3 is a" mnnl „^i 1 ']?•'' *",' "^'''"^ eommon
tlH^ performing of secular •' work^- on thl^'Si'"" ?f ^"'';'' L*^' «« *«
Divine example or word is g^r^l for Z on« .hr'*""* V "^ ®"her the
good for the other. God wo7/^!^ on .,L,ti.TA,*'''"?' \* ""«* »^e equallv
the seventh: and lum J Z eot ma d nent ilf '\f'J''\^^ '[«•*'«<' «"
labour, and do a« thv work but m 1» ^^^l^fr/^^'"^ ^^^^ ***'»" th««
lOxodus XX. 8-11 ; Diut V !•> 14 i' ' f ^,^n"> thou shalt not work."
was unanswerable, and tiiat he hr/l mVvTf "i'''"'***''*u*hat ^y logi,,
subject before.-" But " said he •' hV»l If *"'"''" ''"''h ^'if'ws of the
advantage : Her fJl^rny Tare 4l.n.t,l v '''''**'"^ ""'" ^^^urch has everv
me to saS', thaCbes Z^'vo^ ck ;^^^^^^^^ ^Y' . ^•. Permn,
pletoi.« in the world, wIk) Lbbor M»Hmf A^'L^r^J^'^^ sJm-
great amusement of tlS KoT^^^^^^ fortt'r"' '« ^''^
iruidft in roliifiouH in-t{«t.ru tk^ it- i vvora lor their snnremfi
testify to theVe^;L;re;Srof Jhri^t '"1;'/h l^J^^n "4' "^- "^.'^^ i"« *^
credentials were necessarv to constl^.t.. »/ i*"\^^' '^^ ^3- ^hree
had seen the Lord -r^^^^''^p'r:.Z''Xri^,rreZ^^^^^^^^^
78
I Cor. ix, J ; xv. 8. (2,) That be had liis authority, not by or throunh
»tan or men, bnt directly from Chrint Himself, Gal. 1.1; and heiue
the very word Apostle— from the Greek ApostcUo—me-Aii^ litef>',ljv
scnt/rom— that is, from Christ HimseAf. In Galatians I. 1, succi'sswn
in the Apostolic oflicd, is expressly denied. (3.) That the (•l.»iman(
be able to perform miracles, '2 Cor. xii. 12. Have those who foolishly
clami " Apostolic Succession," any one of " the siffns of an Apostl(^ "'?
If they have not, then they are so many impostors wIkj ought to b<'
"''onted by all hoTiest people. The man who claims to be a successor
of the Apostles in their Apostolic capacity, ouyht tf) b»sent for two or
three years to some good Sabbath School, to learn the A. B. C. of
Christianity. The Apostles had and have faitlifnl and successful suc-
cessors in their miiiiMcrial , but none in their Apostolic capacity. The
fact of the resurrection of Christ having been once establishetl by so
many reliable "witnesses," the Jpo.s^o/icollicc ceased to exist in th«>
(Church when those " witnesses " died ; just as the priestly ofHce dis-
appeared at the death of the Great Victim. I challenge any living man
to show me one passage of Scripture in whieli the term "iViest" refers
to an officiating human ofticer, as such, in the Christian Church. In
the sense that we can approach (Jod for ourselves, all believers arc
• priests," Rev. 1. 6 ; and in any other sense Christ alone is the only
Priest now in the Catholic Church of (iod, Heb. 3. 1 ; Eph. 2. 18 ; John
X. 1 and 9; xiv. 6. " But," said Mr. L., " Christ gave Peter a supre-
macy over all the other apostles, and our Popes are the sucicessors of
Peter." In that bold assertion, Mr. L., there are four assertions imp-
lied, namely,— (1.) That Christ gave to Peter a supremacy over all the
others ; (2) that it was Christ's intention and appoinliuent that Peter
should have successors to whom this supremacjy Avould descend; (3.)
that Peter was Pope in Rome ; and (4.) that your Popes are the succes-
sors of Peter, possessing his supremacy. Now, Mr. L., as the strength
of the entire chain must be measured by that of the weakest link in it :
so, if you fail to prove any one of these assertions, your whole cause is
ruined beyond recovery. As a house built upon four pillars will come
to the ground the moment any one of these pillars is removed ; so the
Church of Rome, built as it is on the above four assertions, becomes
logically ruined the moment any one of these four assertions is shown
to be contrary to tne stubborn facts of Sacrf i History. Nf>w, never
mind the assertions of interested parties ; let us look nt facta which are
" stubborn things." For Peter's supremacy, you refer me to Matt,
xvi. 18, 19. But if you read on to chapter eighteenth and 18th verse,
and then if you look at John xx. 22, 23, you will see that whatever
authority was given to Peter, was given also to all the rest, Matt, xxiii.
8. Peter was only an ordinary member of the tirst Council or Synod
held in Jerusalem, Acts xv. 7. It was James, not Peter, who summed
up and then gave the decision or " sentence " of that Synod, verses V,\
to 19. Do not refer to Gal. 2. 9, for there again James is put before
Cephas or Peter; and besides, if you read on to the eleventh and fol-
lowing verses, you will see that poor Peter blundered so egregiously.
that Paul ^MftWei;/ " withstood him to the face, because he was to be
blamed." Gal. 2. 11— 14. Such are the /«(;/.<* of sacred history on the
tirst point, and they plainly prove tliat poor Peter was nciihav infaltiblt
nor supreme. Now, one of the pillars is gone, and therefore the whole
building must fall. By showing that no supremacy was given to
Peter, which was not given to the others, the second assertion is ruin-
ed along with tho first, and therefore the house rests on only two
pillars,— I would not like to bo either wwtide or on the garret.' Well
then, as to the third pillar. Was Peter ever in Rome? Paul wrote a
long and doctrinal Epistle to the Congregation in Rome. Would he
dare do such a thing without either consulting or addressing it to tlie
Pope? lusioad oiaddmssing his letter, "To all that bo in llouie,'' »i.u.,
the address would be *^To Uis Holiness Pope Peter," &«., on the wild
y or through
and heiKf
ms liter^Iiy
1, suacession
;ho i^l.iimanf
ho fooliKhly
n ApostU^ "'?
ought to Ik-
! a Biiccessor
it for two or
iV, B. C. of
cessful suc-
3acity. Thf
lisheid by »o
exist in the
/ ofRce dis-
living man
•iest" refers
Jhiiroh. In
lelicvem aw
is the onlv
2. 18 ; Jolin
ter a supre-
iceessors of
rtions imp-
over all the
bthat Peter
escend; (3.)
3 the succes-
thestrengtli
^t link in it:
lole cause is
rs will conu-
)ved ; so the
IS, bocomet*
ns is shown
Now, never
'a which are
me to Matt.
18th verse,
at whatever
Matt, xxiii.
ill or Synod
bo summed
d, verses l".
put be/orf
nth and fol-
gregiously,
was to tr
:)iy on the
Qvinfallibtt
e tlio whoh'
,s given to
ion is ruin-
II onlj' tu><)
•ret.' Weil
,ul wrote a
Would he
ng it to the
louie," <i,o..
on the wild
79
Utnces in Ronio tXnJJr.T.^^^^^^ to hfe aoquain-
• norallv <"rtain^l 4 m^^^^^^ a»^ therefore it is
■*(icnl rapiicitv- s omi- K- mI . f * {V*vo^l.o<!n there in any ecclesia-
< Church /isherA is.S,rv t w J-*"" "'•^' ^r^' **^«* '"^^'"'^ ^^^^ ^'X tho
' -•{) the Pope rece ves , . .7 fv " f i T"'"'<' ^^oo''. Matt. xix. 27 ;
.,n/<'iV/f£.'',nrPoto; nZw^^r^^^^ ^V-^f''" "«•• »^^^« Rome, '/J;
Pope eouAtermamlH p' t'S^°^^^^^^^^^^ Acts 2. 14; 6) the
'ma<A«m«<,3e«hh„ ft,r Jvvi^.^^^Sr^^^^^ >"" o»t and out, and
<'omuiont, and forbids so ihr il ),i ^ "V h('nptures, without note or
Word,-b»t Kr midrosseri Z ^' ""'■ * '/i ^f^'^ "roulation of God's
scattered abroad '• S^l i frw fi'i *'* the strangers who were
bast of hS abfllT;^-! 'thris' an Th^^/" ." ^-^r.r"""**^ herelietlo 7he
Peter re^,nSu.ltr^^^^^^^
:4S,^-n^"i^y?!rF^te?^ if .Tl^Uh/Sr^'"* Petei: Lfvte; ^•. a'\nSe
not allow any of l^rSl^^o ma rv ^h,if pifl? ''^'* '"''"^"''''•' ^"'^ ^^^
Matt. vilj. 14, 15 ; Luke iv^'W "{ . • r^iVTh xF®'""^ ''^"^ '? maurikd man,
iPfw AT T ii.r T. K. t i. 4 ■ '^^' ■''' • l' 'J the Pope is [so he savs himsolfl
» menti-
and
name,
■.mlVonim'!!u£u^^^^ •'■ '.• '"'*'"^ i'nposifl(,„, " forbidding to marry,
T m IV -5 Ym.r '">;"* V'^'"" '^'r/, 'J^'''^'^'« '""» '^""^^ "'« truth;-'
-i^-illi __Z ^.Z''''''^*'**'""'^'^ i** perfectly infamous.f You
».^"^a ;j?;/:;S:^i^;,^x:^ «i8i;^ur;;7<^^aiiti.
otitouieby thG JJomr/mneror i'h..nft« " *"' bestowed on the Bishop
-lorer! Mosheim,pp:mV' ^^ " usurper, a tyrant and a mur-
ImpX^lt ttiS^'^r^ ^SX; H^1.','Lf ■:?"?'"''' ?'?.'"•"'«,"♦ Scotland have ino,t
Thl.Ti-iii'*- u!i.'y? ."'.'•?* """"^^ ''•'"'*' value ol Iiommilsm «ijrt vj.Qf„af »„»«..—
..looted wlfh the kolhSn Solln^ction^of th^cim^ct' 1^1°.^' wh'l 'n^^T? IT
OttthoUca of Scotland comprlso but a little moro than onn tli^irth ^f\hi *''•' V^J!**"
tii«7 supply noarly ono-thlr^d of the oo^XuL" ^'r^lUZXa^^otAK'Ter
80 •
Satan with all n^ **^ t-orninj^is alter VAr.)...V-"^''''" <^ssoi' His com
M parted iroiae^elf-.^; ''"•' '"i'seJf convorsld f"l' .'^"^'^t^'* ^ 2;; ,
i'ours truly,
— . _ A. C. GiLUiSh,
A CONTRAST.
testimo^ToS£^^P^'"J'"*'^^'*edi^^^ .,
controversial books on^Pnnff ^^^''^ ^^avin^r outS^Jh T''^ ^^^tho-.
the Catholic books Sin "'** '''*""' «" the fiu-erf nV „' ^""'^^ »''d a few
.^cfe sale of l,5ttS ' Aft^thf r .P"''''^^^^^^^^^^ whSLSeU"^? ^"
often without Cn„„^'^^^y "" books. Those tw^*'*' invested. Th.-
, The boasted schools of tv,„ t? "^" without
OBT WD Oi.- THE BIBLE.
nowtbem.ibr Ihav,
AVII. lb; XVII1.24
',v. will "oome unu.
JffJitnessoniJseoDi-
i toj thfi working <,(
■^ns," JiulgeH V 2;{ •
together and after-"
t""f ' '^"•1 ^ve hav..
ar, a perfect j-entle-
iy betojjged in th..
Jat Apostacy.
truly,
A. C. GiLLIKs
ItheJRoDianCathcT
> nearly one milx.-
.jfiV^ceipts from
the English Catho-
'a and Baltimore
irs-304.000 copies
bed 154,000 copie^
<^ach;yetbeitrf-
AS THE MetHO-
books and a few
e s two hands all
1 reached a bona
ate at the rate of
invested. Thr
uld buy are too
■00 often without
'y produce schf.-
its to send their
ruesfuJ iustru.'-
ope on the day
I of Rome:
inthoProteataiK
t eliminated, a«
ttal for 132 • - -
.i«20,~Fatliorl«<,.
81
^\^^d ^^^^ZZ '7. ^•SSf^f^''^ ^"- "-« — ed
peUespecially in the coninu. ton^u; 1 ho rl.V- ''"''^'^ P«ssible of the Gos-
juristliction. The little vvl i,^ ^^^ ^f*'' '" **" countries subject to vour
beyon,l that no one wSteve "mu t bl'^fetirl f ' ""^f '^ «"ffi«-ient "^nd
contented with that little/X ititerJ Nnr, . *'' 'i^'^l^' While men'were
more, they began to decay To s S • tlfo. f '''i^' \,^"* ^^'''<^" ""-'.V read
ban any other, has raised againsrunhoseSlw.''-'' ." "'*', ""*'' ^'"'^''' """-e
»y we are almost swept aww- ami i, ? f •^"^'^^""''^'"^ tempests, whnre-
ly, and then confron s th rewif/ i', fact, if any one (examines it dili-'ent-
ceiye the great (Usco la ce S ,"f oM't ■''°^' ^''^"'•^^'- ^« ^"' p"^-
and often contrary to it wlic bc^fn ?*■■'"*; ^«"t'erly <lifferent from,
not cease their clamour a^L' s urdll ai?/e rS'" ,"'"1^"^'*"''' "'^^ ^!»
oome an object of universal scoruan.fr J ^^T'"' T^ ^^^" ^^« «l"*'l ^<^-
pages must be put awav, but wi b , n ..n 1', ^^'erefore even those few
^cloii.gshoiU,^.aise gi^iSmS.;^ S^^ tr^
objectof hisunnat ml L s re ''M^?'- "'"' ^^'''^ ^^^« ^'«" the n ■tmous
Pope Alexander VL wS f^r woVs. S"'l"' K"^"" 'i^^' ^"^ ^'le " Infailibe"
use ! He and his scmXd of po sV. w/itf}^^^^^^ ^"-"^I'^' ^''^ '''« ow«
Popes had sons in those'div, ^t?p\^\^'^*^^ ''''^'^ intended for others.
McGillivray tell usre -£^2^ And% illT^ '^^' "«^-' ^"1 ^llhi;
have mentioned only a snPf.i,Z?\f f" '''°''"' "ifamous men (And I
gerentsofGod'M--i;'.„'i,Xf;"'^" «; ";;-]»y) ^vere all " the i^falUiL vi'e-
where E. C. lustoriaur^rl^o.l.d^ysu'pl^'^i'tSkf^J^^^^^^ ^•^'- '^^^^
li^dHo i"mmeflfiil^X?^^^^^ X"i^V^'^'« ^"''l i" A. I>. 1492 "had
sixteen hastai^H;;fniS?,rvi;rrw^
out for the privilege >iUuut on f^^^^^^^^ '' "^'^ ^"'"•'' ^^'^""i'' t< "k
;^.ir;;t^^ei5^l5u;:= i I'p^^
m the third con" urv) ho ke Zu h'^'"''''^ ^^hn nourished
who.,, he ftn-nishod is fde l^n! "n*'' °* *'''''"'» '"ooHo/.ans w ith
cLandiKc no«ir,„i! ..'/'„ '"!''^,'»nd iollowerH, gatheriuir l.v ihJ .'i "
you i<now ! Am ,o„v1 ::;^:;;^"ii"t^''nr"'-.V-" "^otiio v.asV'in'iiiiiii ]o -
sidins in acyoininpr parishes. Eacli priest, he sai.l, had a list of tlic
NC,( _.iiiy ot the n tlie priest ol tlie parisli sent lor her to his own house
under .so,«« reliff ion, pretext- / I \m.st notquoto ai,v,/.n' In still'
yon know those priests wore ",Su,.eessorsof the ApfWles/' lullv eo n^
le^ell'M V:''^"'n'' A'"' "^V^'^TK 'Mn)oinlert 'to Kuide j.e.fple to
Heaven!! In T/ie h,;,/ of /Vfm,/(.st>,'- a K. ('. devotional book an-
77;! /.,/ / r ,'•'■'• V^''*'''''/ '""'""^ transerihe into these pa^os.
1/ic Path to PuradiHi'. ' is no better. William Ifomui for nianv v^hps
A^ri::^ ^b^S^' ""• ^- "'^" = '"'''»' Kon.an ii&lu^ofAl^^^lS
mitnf-: about two years previons to uiy arrival anioiifr thorn 'three
Irisli i)nests alternafly with then., orm.v/,>,/.«/^/p;vrt,,7;//7^7j nt ,/™
/iean„f, con essions. I know the Maines of these ,i<.n. One f t e n'i*
Si : sottlohin \ r'''''''^;V'T'V''' '"'^"■'"«' ••"»l''««i<>ns. .\s soon
e. iin- eonlession, and in less than two months found thattli(,se t'liree
priests d mm- th<> time tliey ha.I been I her.-, were th.- "fathers'' of be-
> mauied women, who were amon-tiie most zealous supporters of
I eso yaf,'abon<l priests and whose lu.sbands and brothers vere r'a.
'"Y'!'J*;<,',V'"''r'^-"">'-'^'"^<^-<'''<''l>i" ''l"'>d for the liolv imnaeu' te
andinlallil)leClij,rehof Home.-' As well as I ean n^.e X • st
now, It was in JhHi thata fat "Sneressor of the Ap sties "' in J le^^^,^ h^
Ontario, disinterred the body of a .-hild. and sohl it to a 'mediea d 'l
tor, beeause the tatlier was unaljlo to i)ay his "Riverenee" his exor-
bitant fees! ('oHld all the devils in Hell, boi od own nto mie
and then i)nt into the sliaix- of a priest, beat that? Tl e doet r liav
ms pai.l the priestly br/ue. ha.lded ihe l.L lo ' the eSc .mU ,"-
itously over to the poor father. And yei, upon pain of etern 1
damna ion we are onlere,! to believe that tliose ignorant lazy w o 1-
., atHndlilthy libertines wore "holy Fathers'' and divinely ap-
p inted hue,-essors Ol the Apostles " to "show unto us tlie wav of
mln wo mm "^^ "'I'-IT- *''r,"" '"^^'-''^''''''h-o and eonsent, neilhe
man, woman nor eiiihl, in tiiosn .•oinmunities, howeve • pious
and pure, eould be a iiKiiibor of the Chureh of God or be a.liii tied in o
the heaven y .Society ! Whoever can believe sn. h arrant isSu'mv
trS '"HJ^\^« l",f /^tV'.'i.^' delusion" which prefers a iK/ u".^.
tiutU. ^ 1 less. 2 l._Like every othcu' serixMjt, Popery, thouL'h
anduSftl . vionl'l- '.;*,'l"i^^yi«<^''»»« at the oth.'u- end J«<</\;«S
o • no i^b i, . •. i '"'i'' '^'V"'?'"' • ^'"' ""^•'' '"'^i"^' »"'^ brilliant sun
•iJ ^M ' /''''^-'^'I't IS already m as wosu-rn horizon an.l sinkinu-
vn'un.oY.,w"V",^"'. •">'?' '" '■'".'' '}" '"^•'•'^' '"''^ tl»^' Jiilllions now he-
wildered by ts also iglit, may find their wav to the only M-diator
and then rejou-c. m " the sinii.li<-ily that is in Christ " ! 2 ( 'or II 'i The
Master saith, "Suivly I ,.ome .,ui..kly.-Amen." And ' let everv
free soul and loyal heart respond, -Kven so, come, LouD Jksus our
«HKPirj',KD and <tI'iI)i; through Oracje to Glorv"'*
Iowi!:gW^ro".'l!i'rtrr:'^^ ''«""*'' «*■*>»« *"»'■
l.pt us uplilVoiir hearts towards tlie mountttin and ))n./it by tlic Pxamplc of stron-
Inimaou ato Virgin who will pniportlon our biirdpn to our
gtli givoii to \!s by
Htrongth J >U • y.s n,05t Bloss.d Virgiari pray n.rmys^ii-^mUU those wim" rMi^rc
prospnt and for all who aro u„i(,.,l with m,^ l^b.^orii you to hel, ."at^ is luomont
and .> .uak." us strong and lirm in our resolutions, \V(> pray you to a-ssist us at our
death, and when our lips, cold and trenibliuK, p.ouounc.! you? nLi u- ^n an U ;• ne
voioo, do vou and vour nhasti' Snnuso roreivo .iuV-nf'» " ./.... »t._""..";' ,,'".''"?
( RonianM <ifiio/ir lic^ew for (October 24, is74. •'• immacuiatc" vTisin " ^-T) aTMarv
had a '• Saviour •• and was therefore a sinnw is plainly taimht m n I iko I 4&7 %L
the foot ofpaKe2»ot this pamphlet where we lefrn ?rlSth "r AlloSn flmtMS
88
Naid, had a list of th«'
other prif St wanted to
r her to liis own house,
to any more. But still,
3 Apostles,"' fully com-
id to iLfuide pe<')ple to
<levotioniil book, ap-
ere are tni (juestions
ribe into these pajifos.
!lof.'iUi, for many years
itliolics of Albany iiad,
\] ainonf? thoni,' three
preuchivft, but alwayn
men. One of them is
II eoinmunion in tlie
•onlessions. As soon
ttend t() the liitv of
found that those tlu-ee
re the "fathers" of be-
if tiieso children were
zealous suppcn-ters of
1 brotiiers were ready
lie holy, immaculate
can rememljer just
\poHtles,'' in (Jueiph,
I it to a nuidieal doe-
Itiverenee" his exor-
joiled down into one
It? The doctor hav-
of the child ^^ratu-
)on pain of eternal
ignorant, lazy, well-
rs " and divinely ap-
unto us the wny of
iuid consent, neither
ies, however pious
)d or b(> admitted into
ii h arrant biasphemv
prefers a He to the
unt. Popery, though
■ end until .sundown.
iingand brilliant sun
liorizon anil sinkinff
the juillions now be-
) the only Moiliafor,
" ! 2 Tor. 11, ;j. The
1." And let every
>o, Lout) Jksus, our
FA LLIBLK TKAC H KK.
»
374, is guilty of the fbl-
liy tlipoxamplf- of strcn-
'tioii our burden to our
<1 allfliosf wlio arc here
' liL'iji us at this Miomcnt
y you to asMist us at our
lur nnm(> in an pxpli-ine
■ •-»-.? it.-ii\3i5ti hrouki/n
tc Vlvgin " ;— 'J'liat Mary
t us in Luke I. 46-7. Sec
Iwr AUocation that Mary
THK von: ArMtKMTKJ) AND POPERY IDENTTF
lED.
'laim
X
so
r, him-
,.„ nianding to abstain
U) What the Pope and Popen'
, 1 ■■,„,; lorriiiidinLr
from Mi.;ATM."iiThi.M •' 'i 4.i7r'i. VV. r,
'•iHini to b< riie rC;/;|l\ (•V'Vv'-"".'^) What the Pope and Poperj'
"ot sin,ply man. but i It w to o i'^"! I^h'"'^?^''^'^^ *h«* l'« >«
the Pop,, is crowned will uTriniVw™ l..^^^^ ^ '^■*"' ^^ <^"^»- "ence
and olH,.il. Nav llie 'o ,•„;'' ''^''" ''^W' of Heaven, of Earth,
heavenly, terrcHtlul a.,d fernal th ,' ^s"V' .^^"^^'prare not only above
ami iH their huperinr; ho (I, . /• }f "''''*'^' ''»?K''« « also above angels,
n-om the faith,'tl,„y'„ ; , " , V^ZT Tf ''''^ ""^* ■'"'^^^^ '^''"''l ^^^
^ ' "" ■ ■' ••' '"" '""f "I «"fl excommunicated by the
:e, ol the
ititude of
nly king-
an.l creels on ■iu'iaiiiiir,, IuMM-row.l''l^'.'',Y ^'f "''' •"»" the "eedesStiS
•and of ilu- most stupid |m,I| ^ /,Sf, .Vi rV'-"7'''l*''"«"I'"""'^ '"to the
to Identify and arrcsi ||,f ././."'V/'y "<-'»?"« o»>«lom, then tell him
d.n cu ty in<lete.tln«|,, .1 /;;''"« ^^^'-'l^^^^ will have no
Catholic rca.lcr lo nam u v cclcsr.lwfi '^ respectfully ask the Roman
an<l to which liioM.M|cH<.r A, ; u .. ''r*'*'' ^"'I'l^'f'^'d on earth to whom
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