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The Two Kji]i[ii(|iiys. • ■^•» « Father Chiniquy KS\ - Minister Cliiniqiiy. «^^5~= ;5&p lO CENTS. ^• i» > Office of The True Witness, Montreal, 1893. ^i 2.^ PpxEFACE. 0'^'*- This pamphk't is transliileil from the original French by a citizen of Montreal who prides in beiny a Convert from rrotostantiani. It was isaueil and revised by Chini(jny himself over forty years ago. Our object in reproducing it is twofold ; lirdtly, because it is a clever l)iece of work, and although not very deep, yet it is none the loss remarkable for the clearness with which the Catholic principles are set forth and tiefended by the shameless pervert ; secondly, because that unfortunate old man is still alive, and has not ns yet ever attempted, either in French or English, in lecture or brochure, in one way or the other, to refute his own crashing arguments in favor of the Church which he has since abandoned and for t\»e past thirty years persistently maligned. We regret that the interesting debate was cut so short by the Methodist minister clearing out, otherwise we might have been favored with some more irrefutable evidence of the apostate's preocnt insincerity. How powerful a man can be when backed by truth, and how miserable he appears when advocating error. Some of our friends thought that the reproduction of this little work, unearthed from the debris of the far away past, might serve to give the once eloquent Catholic clergyman, but now wandering heretical talker, too much publicity. But all the publicity that might be given him cannot either benefit his unholy cause or lighten the heavy burden that he must carry down the few remaining days or years of his earthly career and on through the endless cycles of the ytl to be. Still the reproduction of these arguments, in which he triumphed in the days of his vigor and faith, might Hash back upon his clouded mind and with electric etfect light up the expanse (.round him, letting him behold once more — if for a last time — the abyss at his feet and the terrible end that closes in his night-dark patli of later years. Even for such a grace and for such a man would we fervently pray. Tu es sacerdos is still impressed upon his sou!, and if he is not miraculously saved, the time is faat approaching when that seal — destined for eternal glory — will burn as a stigma throughout the endless future. I'flE i!^o Giiiplig)iJyg. -to: Faihef Chiiiiiiu; n. Mmter Cbiiiiiii;. ■:o:- THE CHINIQUY OF YESTERDAY AND THE CHIHIQUY OF TO-DAY. :i i:- Mr, KouHNy, a Mctliodist Preacher, Coiit'oun(llatform had been erected to enable the crowd to hear to advantage. Mr. Joseph Harbeck was elected chairman, and Messrs. F. H. Gatien, notary, and Leandre Franchere, merchant, were requested to act as secretaries, and to take notes of what should be said and done during the discussion. Messrs. Chinifiuy and Roussy then agreed to abide by the decisions of the majority on all personal questions, or those of privilege (but not tliosc of doctrine) wiiich might arise dur- ing tlje discussion. The chairman also undertook to preserve order and silence in the assembly. Mr. Roussy requested that ten persons should he appointed to a.ssi8t the chairman with their advice and to enable him the better to maintain order. The Rev. Mr. Chiniquy rejjlied that he did not see the necessity of naming so great a number of persons, as it i would tend to complicate mattor.s and lenj^tlien out (HUHtit)n8 tliat might ariHe lor decision ; besides, that there was no necessity tor so many persons to maintain order amongst such peaceahle, reapcctahle me!i as were those amongst whom he luul tlie pleasure and honor to find himself; but since it was Mr. Uoussy's desire lie would not oppose it. Ten persons were, in consequence, selected to assist the chairman. These preliminary arrangements being completed, Mr. Chinicpiy n^se and spoke in the following strain : Mr. Chairman, — This is an event which you have long desired in this parish — a '•iinim^tancc for wh.ich I, too, have otiered up my most fervwut prayers. Certaii. men have come hero proclainjing that we are id >latc.iv ; that ou" rf.iJ,i;'on is nothing but a mass of error. They si; »c pnlditiy ihul <^*atliolK nriests are nothing but false prophets wh'i deceive tho pro]iIc'. And >'no ol these men is to-day :tmong3t iij to provp, Ho he muvh, all ihem assertions. Well, I anj giod l'> 'uf-ct. liim. With (iod'rt gracf3, notl iig will be easier for me than fo CLiouTui him, aiid to .>«liow on v'hich side are the false pro- phow, ijjDorance ivu\ fiXlsehood. But before e.t» eriug into the discus- Hion, j Jiiive on."" propoyjtion lo make fn yon, ^fr. Chairman. Mr. Kojfyy «nnl I tiave, »\,i.'i?ed ;o abide In yo'.ir dtH-i, oi» nf. ipiestions of loiu thn(. :jiai aiise between tis; ihereioro, ui rs.'.'rd to the proposi- tion 1 ail' aliout to wnbmJt to y«iii, 1 'vish tn ab' *.o by your decision. Out of vtbfxc* for tills large .,.'theni)f;, it 8i>em8 to me but right tl . IJr. Houssy and it'.^self should both in- form you Tbu wo ftitv w/M're we co.ne from, and in what degree wedeseive iNe reppect and attention ri H.ose before whom we have the honor of epeaking. Mn. Jtoi.-:,- '.anise hastily ; — "^u. Chairman," he shouted, "I pro- test against Mi. Chiniqu s proposition. Before coming here, 1 agreed with this gentleman that during our discussion, there should be no personal questions raised between us, and Mr. Chiniquy can- not m-' kethis proposition without violatinghis word of honor which be has pledged to me." Mu. Chiniquy. — Mr. Chairnum, it is certain that Mr. Iloussy did not understand me, if ho believed that the arrangement made between bim and myself, in your presence, as well as in the presence of more than fifty witnesses this morning, deprives me iif the right of politely asking him who he is, where he comes from, to what religion he be- longs, and who has authorized him to preach. Europe is casting every day thousands of strangers on our shores. Amongst these emigrants, there are some who come here with a character not only equivocal but entirely lost ; in a word, there are some who arrive, after having a thousand times deserved tlie rigors of the law. I do not mean to say that Mr. Roussy should necessarily be of this number. No, cer- tainly not, but it seems to me, that we, Canadians, would deserve the contempt that many Europeans have for us, if we should be forever ready to bestow our respect on the first adventurer who, decked out with a title, taken I don't know where, comes posing as an apostle of a new religion. Mr. Eoussv, ^taking up his cap and overcoat). — I am going, this is a carefully prepared trap for me. Mr. Chiniquy violates the word of honor which he has given me — he insults me by giving it to be understood that I am an unprincipled adventurer. Mr. CiiisiiirY. — Mr. Itoicsy i' rttriuijrcly mi tnken, if ho ItcliovcH tliiit I wi«li to insult liim. I liml not tlir I'liinteHt. idoa of doinj; ho — l>ut it Ht'C'iUH to ni HpcakH, wit)) what kind of nian lie ai'unow. It is to enahlc Mip to fulfil tlu! prom ise that I havo made, to avoid all per- .sonalilios dnrinti llh'.ilinciinxion, tliat 1 a.sk Mr. Ron^sy at tin* present lime, — wild lie ih, when; he eomcs from, to what relij;i()n ht> helon^w: wlio ha.s civcn him a luis.sion to preaeh antl explain the (iospel ; ot hy wliat. ri;;ht lu^ po.se« as an apostle am()n^,'flt us, if no on(^ has jjiven liiin tlie pi wer to priNUili. 'i'lw diseussioii is not yet commeiii-ed. The proposition that I make, is not. tlien a violation of the word of honor 1 liave pledyeil — not to Itrinj; in questions of personality durhiii the ifiHcuKHioii. When Mr. Kouhsv asked to name aidiairinaii, assisted hy ten otiier persons, to deciilo personal or formal (pieslions which mijj;ht arise hetween uh two, 1h; siipposetl necessarily that during; the diBCUssion, some Hiieh <|Uestit)iis were likely to crop up. 'i'lu! surprise this ^«;iitlenian prt;teiids to manifest, appears to me to l»e nothing hut a miserahle pretext lo e.seapt^ us and hack out of a disiMission in which he has more than om; rea.son to tear that tlie advantaire will not he iMJiisside. {{fsides, Mr. Ohairiiian, it is neither Mr. lloiis.sy nor myself, hut you anil you alone, who ou^ht to ih'cide this ipiestion ; .mj Mr. Roussy is l»oiind toaliide hy your judj^meiil, if he has any )"Hi.t!ct for the word of honoi whii;h he j;ave to sulmiit to your tleci- !ii<>0. The Chairman then arose, and adtlressinj,' ^fr. lioussy : — " 'Sir. i^oi'ssy, it seems to me tliat the leiiiu-st of Mr. Chiniiiuy is fair. A iUSii of honor ought never to he afraid or ashamed lo declare wlial ♦ '4,!e he has to lln; re.s|te(!l and eoiisiileralion of those hefore wiionj lie appears, particularly lor the tirsl time. Allhouj;h we wisli to sup- pose that you are a jjjeiillemaii. llie jireater numher of those who torni this a^semhly, and niysell in particular, would lik(! to know, for certain, wlio you are, where you come from, and from whom you hold the mission to preach the (Jospel." I'liese words were heartily applauded hy the entire audience. Mr. Cliini(iuy then arose and iianded the Secretaries the follow- ing document, saying: "This, Mr. Chairman, will tell you who 1 am : — " Ignath's BouiuiKT, hy the mercy of God and the grace of the Holy Aposttdic See, Bishop of Ville Marie (Montreal). We certify and we .vish to make known to all those who may read this letter, that the Reverend Charles Chini(iuy, I'riest, Apostle of Temperance, of our Diocese, is well known t*) us, and thai, after a diligent examination, we declare that he leads a life worthy of the Ecclesiastical state, and that he is not, to our knowledge, hound hy any Ecclesiastical ceiK-iure: For tliese reasons we pray hy the mercy of (iod,all the Archhishops, Bishops, or other Ecclesiastical dignitaries upon whom he may call lo receive him well, lor the love of Jesus Christ and in case he should desire it, to |iermit him to celehrate the Holy Sacriliee and to exercise other Ecclesiastical functions declaring that we are, Ourselves, ready to confer upon him these privileges, ancl others even greater. " In faith of which, we have given the present letter under our 6 Imnd and nenl and tlie cuunlcrni^n of our Sccrolary, in our Kpincopal city and palat-e, the (ith of June, 1850. tl>, let him have the condeH- ceuHion to inform uh if lie belongs to the Episcopal Church of Kngliuid or the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, or whether he is a Methodist, .lumper or Mornjon. These are certainly things it is important we should know, and which we have a right to a«k from a wise num who poses as a prophet aniongst us. ' Mit. RoussY — (rising hastily ami taking his overcoat to leave) I cannot consent to remain here any longer. I refuse to give the e.v- nlanations that Mr. Cliiniqiiy dj-manils, lor I would not have (!om»! liero to meet him, if I had believed he would try to de|)rive me of my character of a geiitliMuau and a minister of the Gospel. I consider hisreq'^est adownright insult. If I were not a minister of the Gospel, His Excellency the Governor would not have given me diplonuvs to bury the dead, to marry and to keep a register of such events. Mk. CiiiNiQCY — Really, Mr. ('iiuirman, a singular manner to prove that one is a minister of the Gospel. Mr. Ilout'sy assures us that the Governor has given him pernussion to bury, to marry and to keep a register of such events ! To s[ieak to us of adi[)loma from the Governor, in order to i)rove that one is a minister of the Gospel, is the most ridiculous and absurd tlung, Mr. Chairman, that you and this respectable aesembly have over heard of. A governor may certainly name a justice of the peace, a captain of the militia, a civil magis- trate, but he cannot g(» any further. When Mr. Uoussy assures us that he expected to be treated by me as a true minister of the Gospel, he was laboring under a great delusion. Strangers arriving in this country must take us, doubtless, for imbeciles, when they believe that on their simple word, we are going to give them the titles, the contidence and the respect thar they demand,— that we are going, in a word, to bow humbly before their ipse dixit. If Mr. Roussy has, up to this moment met people who were good enough to act in this manner in regard to him, he is greatly mistaken, I can assure him, if he believes that you, Mr. Chairman, and this respectable assembly, are ready to look upon him as a true and worthy minister of the Gospel, before he has given lis his credentials. As regards myself, this morning, before more than fifty men, I did something which should have opened Mr. Roussy's eyes, as to what I thought about him. You were present Mr. Chairman, and the circumstance did not, I am certain, escape your notice. I shook hands with everybody except Mr. Roussy. Mr. Roussy is the first man whom, 1 believed it my duty, to treat in such a manner. 1 am only waiting to shake hands with him, but first let him prove to us that his titles are not a usurpation. I shall be pleased and happy to give him my hand at that moment. But to enable me to do so he must show us that he is not imposing on us when he announces himself as a new apostle and a successor of those to whom .IcH'.iH Christ hun snid : "(io tench all iialioiiH; I am with you all (layH even to the conHiimniation of tho world." Mi{. HoiJSfm one has never Been before, and who couieB, («(id kiu)ws from where : " Who are you sir ? where do you come from ? and what do yon want ?" If it be an insult to at»k such questions, I am ready to inake every ajjology (smiling). Yes, I am ready even to throw myself on my knees before Mr. Roussy to be;; liis nardon if you deem it right. But it t«eems to me that it in not I who insult Mr. Koutsy ; it is he who insults uk when he tells nc, that we have not the right in Canada to vlemand of the foreigners that Europe is constantly casting ui'on our an > "h, " who are you? where do you come from ? and what do y.ni . a\t '!" Especially when these foreigners pose in our presence as anibassadors or Christ upon earth. Decide, Mr. Cluvirnum. la it "n msnlt to a 'nun who comes in the name of (JoU, asking us to ' nge our re'gion ; who comes preaching to us a new doctrine ; and who ;niiwunces himself as II T")! ister from heaven, to say to him : " W'.i" tre you, and who has given you a mission to pre.ich the Gospel ■:* What proof have you to give us that you know how to interpret the Sacred Scriptures better than the Catholic Church ? Prove t«» us tl ;f the Holy Spirit «Milightens you more, you alone, than He enlightens the two hundred millions of Catholics who people the world.'' The Chairman. — Mr. Roussy, 1 do not think that Mr. Chiniquy insults you in asking who yon are and who has given you a mission to preacii. Mr. Roussy being still anxious to leave, Mr. Chiniquy thereupon demands of the ten gentlemen named to assist the Chairman with their advice :— Decide, gentlemen, if it be an insult to ask a stranger who he is, where he comes from, and what he wants. I appeal to your honor and your good sense. If you decide that it i.s an insult I am ready to do whatever you deem right to repair it. I am deter- mined, however, that Mr. Roussy shall not escape us. For a long time I have desired to show this good parish the ignorance of all these makers of new religions, and this opportunity is too line a one to let slip.— I wish therefore to do all my power to force Mr. Kou88> to argue before you. — But as I thiuk Mr. Roussy will never consent, for good reasons of his own, to show us what titles he has to our respect as a minister of the Gospel, 1 withdraw my motion. And without knowing what kind of man I have to deal with, I consent to discuss with him. Mr. Roussy wished lo leave at once, but was stopped, in order that the ten judges named at this gentleman's express wish should give a decision. Upon which one of the ten, a Protestant named Auger, on behalf of all, said : " Mr. Roussy, as Mr, Chiniquy declares he had no inten- tion of insulting you, in asking you who you are, you ought to accept his explanation. The more so as the gentleman declares himself ready to ofl'er you any kind of apology that we may deem proper to demand of him. Besides as Mr. Chinitiny withdraws his motion and 8 consents to discuss with you without knowing who you are, you can- not under the circumstanoeH honorably refuse the discussion." This decision elicited great applause, and Mr. Roussy resujucd his seat. Mr. Chin'iquy — Mr. Cliairman, I would have liked to have known with whom I was going to enter this discussion, and it still seems to m«. ,that we have the right to know, but since this knowledge is de- nied us — let us open the discussion without any further delay. Mr. Roussy travels through the country telling us that the Bible, and the Bible alone, interpreted by each individual, ought to be the sole rule of our faith. He asserts that the Bible is the only authority that can possibly be our guide in the darkest hours of life. He has said that we ought to reject everything which is not proved by a clear text from the Bible. He says that we ought not to take any notice of the Holy Traditions, nor of the authority of the Church. Well, Mr. Chairman, I defy Mr. Roussy to prove these assertions and I bind myself to demonstrate that each of these propositions is an ab- surdity. Miv. Rou.ssY. — Mr. Chairman — Nothing is easier for me to prove than that the Bible, and the Bible alone, and not tradition, is the rule for every man who desires to work out his salvation. Moses says expressly in the book of Deuteronomy (chap, iv, 2, 5) " Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Jjonl your God which I command you. Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it." This is very precise : — " Ye shall not add unto the word whicli I command you, neither shall ve diminish ought from it." Is it not a fact, Mr. Chairman, that this passage is directly opposed to the doctrine of tradition. In the book of Joshua (chap, i, 7, 8) God speaking to this leader of His people, says to Him : — " Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses, My servant, commanded tliee ; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thuu goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt medit&te therein day and night, that thou mayost observe to do accoiding to all that is written therein." We lead also the following words in the book of Nehemiah (chap, viii, '2, 3, and 8) " And Ezra the priest brought the law before tlie congregation botli of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the lirst day of the seventh month. And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning till mid-day, before the men and women, and all those that could understand ; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto tiie book of the law. So they read in tlie book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense and caused them to understand the reading." The 11.9th Psalm, which is the longest as well as the most beauti- ful of all the Psalms, is nothing but a repetition of the great advan- tage of constant meditation on the law ot the Lord. 9 What does God tell ua by the voice of the Prophet Isaiah, if not to have His holy law constantly before our eyes and in our heart. These are the exact words of the holy Prophet (chap, viii, 19, 20) : " And when they shall say unto you, SeeTk unto tnem that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter ; should not a people seek unto their God ? For the living to the dead ? To the law and to the testimony ; if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them." But let us leave the Old Testanient and the prophets ; we have seen that, they are unanimous in inviting us to meditate upon and constantly study the law of the Lord. They do not speak in this manner of Tradition. Let us come then to Our Lord Jesus Christ and to His Holy Gospel ; we shall see that they are still more em- phatic in urging us to study the law of the Lord, and to avoid the tr«r']tions of men. In St. Matthew (chap, xv, 3) Jesus Christ answers the Phari- sees : " Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? " Is not the doctrine of tradition condemned here by the mouth of Christ Himself? In St. John (chap, v, .'jy) does not our Lord positively 'ye have eternal think say life " Search the scriptures; for in them ye and they are they which testify of me." And what can more positively show us the necessity and utility of reading and constantly meditating on the holy scriptures, than this text from the Acts of the Apostles (chap. xvii. 11, 12) — " These [Jews of Berea] were more noble than those of Theesalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. There- fore many of them believed ; also of honorable women which were Greeks and of men, not a few." You can see by all this what we ought to think of a church which deprives its followers of the holy scriptures to amuse them with its traditions ! And St. John in the Revelation (chap. xxii. 18, 19), does he not say that those are cursed by God who add to or take away one word of the book of this prophecy. Is not this a striking proof that God wishes us to be guided by nothing but the written words in His Holy Gospel, and that He has a horror for the traditions of men ? Mk. Chiniquy : — Mr. Chairman— It was the custom of our dear old grandmothers to Irighten little children by childish tales. It Heems that it is also the custom amongst reformers of religion to imagine dark and dismal stories with which they horrify and amuse their dupes. Amongst these alarming histories, with which every echo from the so-called reformed countries resounds, the moat ridicu- lous, the most absurd, and the most false, is without contradiction, the one with which Mr. Roussy has appeared engrossed during the reading of the long list of texts which we have just heard, I don't really know for what purpose. Mr. Roussy has so many times heard his old grandmother tell the story that we Catholics are the enemies of the word of God, and that we abhor the Holy Bible, that he firmly believes it. But in reality this is one of those ancient tales for which educated Protestants blush. Who preserved intact the sacred trust of the Holy Scriptures dur- ing the filteen hundred years preceding the appearance of the lewd f 10 apostates, Luther and Calvin, if it was not the Catholic Church ? Before these two monsters of impurity had troubled the peace of the world, deceiving people by their sophisms and errors of every sort ; before there was even one single Protestant in tlie world, the Cathohc ( 'hurch not only preserved the sacred writings as lier most precious treasure, but she neglected no possible means of spreading their knowledge a'liongst all nations. During the short space of time which had eiapsed between the wonderful invention of printing and the day that Luther published his first Bible, from sevcMity- five to eighty editions of thp Bible, translated into the dillVrent lan- guages of Europe, and forming not less than two hundred thousand copies, had been circulated amongst the people, with the authoriz/.i- tion, and often at the expense, of the Catholic ecclesiastical authori- ties. If the Church, during a lew years, was obliged to luit certnin restrictions on the diU'usion and reading of the Bible in modern lan- guages, Protestants alone were the cause of it. These sectaries had so changed the text in their false translations ; they had by their ignorance, or rather by the corruption of their minds and hearts so poisoned thix nourvc nf life, that tliose coming to drink of it found in it rather the death ttian the life of their souls. Europe was for a, time inundated with bibles in which the true text, as acknowledgetl by well educated Protestants, had disappeared to give place to the senseless and impious dreams of the sectaries. Then, but then alone, the Church, rightly fearing, or rather, seeing that those falsified bibles were being taken for the true word ot CJod, put some restrictions for a time on the reading of the Bible in modern languages. She did then what wise and able ])hyhiciai)s ilo in times of epidemics ; they forbid us certain foods which are excellent at other times, but which become dangerous on account of the impure disposition of the air or of our temperaments. But never has the Churcli shackled the diffusion of tlie Holy Bible in the (Jreek or Latin text. Now, at that time, nearly everybody who knew how to read at all understood CJreek or Latin ; for these two languages were then taught far more universally than they are to-day in all the prin- ciple schools of Europe. But the unhappy epoch when a deplorable epidemic forced the Church of Jesus Christ to take this extreme measure in order to prevent the contagion of evil attacking the very heart of the nations, was not of long duration. Tlie devouring fever which Satan had, by the hands of Luther and Calvin, infused into the veins of Europe, had scarcely lost its intensity and contagion, when the Church once more invited her children to nourish their souls by the reading ot the Holy Bible, and put it within the reach of all by tlie numerous authorized translations, which She lecomniended every vviiere by the voice t)f Her chief pastor. Certain Protestants still repeat that the Church forbiils the reading of the Holy Bible by the people; this is a cowardly and absurd lie, and it is only the ignorant or the silly amongst Protestants, who at the present day believe this ancient fabrication of heresy ; some unscrupulous ministers, liowever, are constantly bringing it up before the eyes of their ilupes to impose upon them and to ktHip them in a holy horror of what they call Popery. Let Protestants make the tour of Europe and Americ.i ; let them go into the numerous Catholic book-stores they will come acro.«s at every step ; let them, for iuolance, 11 go to Montreal, to Mr. Fabre's or to ]Mr. Sadlier's; and everywhere they will find on their shelves tlunisands of Bibles in all modern lan- gnajjes, printed with the permission of the Kcclesiastical authorities. I hold in my hand a New Testament, printed less than live years ago, at (^tuebec. On the first page I read the following approbation of the Archbishop of (Quebec : " We approve and recommend to the faithful o( our Diocese this " translation of the New Testan»ent, with commentaries on the text " and notes at the foot of the pnges. " I .los., Ai;( iiiiisiiin' OK (^iKr.Kc. " F^very one of those Catholic Bibles, to be found on sale at every bookseller's in Kurope or America in like manner bears irrefutable witness to the fact that Protestantism is fed on lies, when day by day it listens with complacency to its ministers and its newspapers, telling it in Viirious strains, that we, Cathohcs, are the enemies of tlie Bible. • r. Koussy has told us that the reiuiing of the Bible was the sole means employed by Christ and His Apostles for the conversion of the worltj. Mr. Roussy obtains, probably, as all Protestants do, this new idea from his good old grandmother. But, Mr. Chairman, you must .see that never bus a greater absurdity issued from the mouth of man. It is incredible that men, who are coutinally talking to us of liibles and Bi tiles, do not know that .lesua Christ has said to His Apostles : "(io ye into the whole world and jiriinch the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be condemned" (St. Mark, xvi, 15, 10) And in St. Mathew (chap, xxviii., 18, V.\ 20| .le.sus, speaking to his eleven disciples, says to them : " All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Uoing, therefore, teach ye all r.ations ; bajitizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 1 have commanded you ; anil lirltitlil I II III ii/tli l/nii ((II (/((//>■, even tn the counn m niiilinll itf till' iinrlil." It is not, we see, a book that the Apostles are cnarged lo write, to be read to the people /n //;^' co».s('i/(i//(7//o» o/' the inichl. But their mission is to take the form of rarliid prpnrhiiKj, \n which mission the Divine Saviour promises to assist and guide them, not during thirty, forty or sixty years, but to the consummation of the world. Jt is l)y the jiri'iirhinii of the Apostles to the people, and not by the readimi of the Gospel by the people that .lesus (Uuist wishes men to be enlightened and saved, /" Hie ciiiisKiiiiiintiini nf the imrlil. And this is why tlie Catholic priesthood, sole ])ossessor8 of the mission given to the first Apostles, teaches, preaches anil explains the Gospel to the people, .lesus Chiist has not said: " He that does not rc((il Hie (luKficI, shall be condemned." That is an absurdity and a falsehooil wtiich can have only issueil from hell itself; but Jesus (vhrirt has said to his Apostles for all time: "Preach tlie (Jospei ; teach all nations ; 1 shall be with you ; he that henrcth >inii heaccili .]fr ; he that despiseth you, despiseth Me; he that lielieveth on your preaching sliall be saved ; he that i>e!ieveth it not shall be lost." .lesus Ciirist has not said ; If you do not read the Bible yon shall be regarded as the heathen and the |)ublican ; but He ha.s said ; If you do not lieur lh< ( 'Imrch you shall be as the heathen and the publi- can. (St. Alatbew, xviii, 17.) 12 It is then a Church that Jesus Chribt came on earth to found, not a book that he came to have written and read. The Gospel is the property of the Church, it is one of its sacred trusts, it is one of its greatest treasures. She it is who is charged to preserve it and to explain its pages to the people. For it is to her alone and not to each individual that the promise was made and the mission given. To say that Jesus Christ and his Apostles wished the nations to be converted by reading the Bible, interpreted by each individual, IS so great an absurdity that I have the greatest difficulty in con- ceiving how a self-respecting man can possibly allow it to fall from his lips. Every body knows that before the invention of printing, books were just as scarce and expensive, as they are now-a-days common and cheap. For 1410 years after Jesus Christ, every word had to be written by hand. Now to write out a whole Bible would require a great aeal of time. Amongst many nations, almost constantly at war, very few persons knew how to write. History records the names of even several powerful kings, who did not know how to sign iheir names. To have so large a book written, therefore, it was necessary to pay an enormous sum of money. It was therefore ahHoluteli/ iin- possible for the great majority of Christians for the space of 1400 years to either own Bibles or to read them. We also loam from his- tory that previous.to the invention of printing it was the custom for people to tax themselves in order to obtain a Bible, which was then deposited in the Church, where the Priest would read some part of it every Sunday, and explain it to the people. It was not by the reading of the Bible, but by the preaching of Apostles commissioned by the Church of Jesus Christ, that the French, the English, the Germans, the Spanish, the Irish, the Greeks, the Romans, and all other nations were converted to Christianity ; for amongst these different nations very few persons knew how to read, and a very much smaller number, indeed, had the means with which to procure a Bible. Let Mr. Roussy deny these facts, if he dares. Well, since it is admitted as an ascertained fact that it was the will of Jesus Christ that His Church should march on to the conquest of souls by means of preachinfj for 1500 years, it devolves on Mr. Roussy to «how us a single text in his Bible, which informs us that Jesus Christ decided that the reading of the Bible by each individual, should, at any period whatever during the life of the Church, take the place of this precwhing. It is clear that if Mr. Roussy 's system were based on the truth, Jesus Christ would have commanded his Apostles not to preach the Gospel till the end of the world, but to teach the nations how to read and to give them Bibles. And instead of Apostles, it would have been School-masters that he would have promised and sent to the nations sitting in the darkness of the shadow of death. Mr. Roussy tells us that Our Lord was opposed to the fahe tradi- tions of men; but is the Church less opposed to these false human traditions, or does she condemn them less than Her Lord and Master did ? When Mr. Roussy says, all that is necessary to be believed and practised is written in the Gospel, and that it is not necessary to be- lieve in those truths taught by tradition ; when, in a word, Mr. Roussy says the Catholic dogma of Tradition is not to be found in Holy Writ, 18 he simply shows either hin bad faith or his ignorance. Here is a Bible which comeB from Mr. Roussy himself. Well, in the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, listen to what the Holy Apostle writes (chap. ii. 15) : " Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle." Here St. Paul tells us that what comes to us by meanif of the unwrittm ivord, that is to say, by tradition, has the same author- ity as what he wrote in his epistle. Is it not then, something more than effrontery on Mr. lloussy's part to daie tell ns to our face that tradition is not spoken of in the Holy Scriptures. Again, in chap. iii. 6, of the same Epistle, St. Paul says : " Now we command you, brethren, in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh (Um- orderly and not after the tradition which he received of us." In the Second Epistle to St. Timothy (chap. ii. 1, 2), St. Paul contradicts, in advance, the absurd assertion of Mr. Roussy which maintains that all the truths and doctrines of Jesus Christ are written, and that there are none which reach us by tradition. His words are clear and precise : " Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in " the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast " heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faith- '• ful men, who shall be able to teach others also." Really, Mr. Chairman, when Mr. Roussy told us that everything was written in the sacred books, and that they have nothing to say about tradition, he had either lost his memory or supposed us so ignorant as to be incapable of reading the Epistles of St. Paul. Mr. Roussy has been truly unhappy in the choice he has made of his texts, for the purpose of proving that each individual is obliged to read Sacred Scripture, and has a right to interpret it in his own way. He has cited the text in which Moses directs that we should observe the law of God. And that is precisely what we wish all to do. Yes, would that all the world meditated on the law of God — now one of His laws, one of His Commandments the most absolute is this : " Hear the Church, and he that will not hear the Church must be regarded as a heathen and a publican." (Mat. xviii. 17.) He next cited Joshua. Now, Joshua was the leader, the great chieftain of his people ; he was a man visibly chosen and inspired by God to conduct his brethren into the promised land ; nothing could be more natural than the obligation that he should read and meditate on the Sacred Writings, in order to instruct himself and teach others. And exactly in the same manner the Catholic Church obliges all those whom God has ciiosen as leaders of His people. She commands them to study and to fre(|uently read the Sacred Sciiptures. The good Mr. Roussy has cited against us the Book of Nehemiah ; but I believe it must have been absence of mind on his part. For the text which he has quoted proves exactly the opposite of wliat he had promised us. Mr. Roussy had promised us, you nil know, to show that eacli individual person ought to have his Bible and read it for himself. To do so, he quotes a text which informs us that not one single man or woman liad a Bible, except the priests. " And Ezra the priest brought the law .... and he read therein before all people." You see, Mr.Chairman, that this Ezra was no better than a Popish priest. Instead of distributing Bibles around by thousands to everybody, as 14 does the rheeky Mr. Roussy, he keeps the sacred vohinie in his own hands, and contents liiniself with reading? and explaining it to the people, exactly as Mr. (JironanI, your cure, does every SiinJay. As to the extract from Isaiah ; it proves that there is soinelhinK else hesides the written law, tor (Jod wishes that we shoiihl ol)serve flie, testimony as well. Our Lord advises the iinhclierini/ Jeiof to search the Scriptures ; hut He certainly did not mean this as the only— f)r even as thi* h(\-;t. means of knowing Hini,i'or tliese .lews would have done far hetter, ac- cording to Jesus Christ Himself, to Jiave believrd. JJix icord unil Uis ^-'orA-.s (John, V. 24, 3G, ,'58). The reading of the Bihle wrongly inter- preted, was perdition to the Jews, as it is to the Trotestants of to-day. It was with the Bihie in hand, that the Jews declared that Jesus Christ was an impostor, and acconlinn to the latr, he oufjltt to be era- eifiett. (John xix. 7.) But, Mr. Cliairman, I wish to refute Mr. Koussy out of his own mouth and, by his own words, prove to him that he is astray and mis- leads others, when he fells them that in questions of religion tln-y should only admit such doctrines as can he proved by a |)recise text, I'rom the Bible, I wish to make him admit the al)solute necessity ot having recourse to tradition, and even an infallible tradition, under pain of not being a Christian. I sliall therefore request Mr. Jioussy to reply to my questions. And you, gentlenien, the secretaries, write down the gentleman's exact answeis ; and you, my good friends. (speaking to the people) listen with great attention to the avowals 1 am about to draw from him. Since you say, Mr. Roussy, that we ought to admit nothing in religious matters, except what can be clearly proved by a text from the Bible, will you show us the text thit proves that St. M uk wmtt^ the Gospel, anil that he was inspired by the Ho'y Ghost, when iie wrote his Gospel ? Mn. Roussy. — (Rising with an air of assurance)— Nothinu' m easier, sir ; here are the very words of the Saviour, in Si. Mullliew (chap, xxviii. 19, 20) " Go ye tlierefore, a,iid teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the l-'ather, and of the Son, and of tiie Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo I I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Mr. CniNiiiiY — Mr. Roussy will have the kindness to say to whom thehc words were addressed by the Divine Saviour ? Mi{. RorssY. — Jesus Christ addressed tliese words to His Apostles. Mu. CiUNiQrv. — The Secretaries will have the kindnt'ss to writ(i that the words which Mr. Roussy has ((uoled refer only to the Apostles. Now, Mr. Roussy, will you tell us if .St. Mark was an Apostle ? Mh. Roussy. — Yes sir, St Mark was an Apostle. Mu. CiiiNiQiY. — The Secretaries will please Roussy maintains that St. Mark was an Apostle. Mr. Roi'ssY. — (Precipitately) — No, no, sir, St. Apostle. Mr. Chiniquy.— Write, gentlemen, tViat :>Ir. that St. Mark was not an Apostle. Well, Mr. Roussy, since St. Mark wat. not an Apostle, and since the write that Mr. Mark was not an Ivoussy declares I 15 These woiils were lb ter. Mr. Chiuiqny mvyf. in closer quarters in hiiviiit,' senrrhed in vain lor tpxt you have quoted refers only to the Apostles, it follows, according: to yonr own Htiitement, that it has nothing to do with St. Mark. Mi;. JioussY. — No. sir, I was mistaken, and I admit that the tcvl quoted does not refer to St. Mark. Mii. Chixu^ijy.— Very well. Mr. Koiissy, then 1 repeat my ques- tion hefore this resnectable a.s8enibly. Show us a precise te.xt from the Hihle, which proves that St. Mark was inspired by (Jod to write the (iospel. Mr. lioussy rises, and ccjnnnunces turning over tlu> pages of his book. He is i)alp, lie trembles, he perspires profusely, he takes more than ten nnnutes to searcli. A gloomy silence reigns, only a few feeble murmurs of "He is caui/lir are heard. But silence is imposed. At hwt the audience becoming impatient, commence to speak: "Come on, Mr. Roussy, what are you doing now ?" The gentleman appears more and more di.scoiicerted : he replies in a trembling voice : "Gen- tlemen, I beg of you to be patient, I admit 1 am in very close (piarters lowed by a general burst of laugh- to him : " You will lind yourself a minute, sir. " At last after I (piarter of an hour, Mr. Roussy sits down, or rather lulls int(< his seat, and says in a pitiful voice : " 1 am not able to lind the text 1 am looking for." Mi;. CiiiNU^UY.— (ientlemen, have tlie kindness to write tiuit Mr. Roussy (leclares iiimself unable to lind a te.xt from Holy Scripture which proves tliat St. Mark was inspired by (iod to write the Gospel. Another little (jueslion, Mr. Roussy : since according to your re- ligion, one should only believe as true, what can be proveti by a text from the Holy Bible, will you lind for us the text that proves that St. J>uke, who was no more an Apostle than St. Mark, was inspired by (i(jd to write the Ciospel ? Mr. Roussy once more /ises, but liis lace and wliole appearance indicate a man compleiely broken up. He search"s again, for five (.r six minutes ; then allowing himself to fall back into his chair, ex- claims, "' 1 am not able." Mk. Cm.viijrv.— (ientlenien, will you, if you please, write tliat Mr. ixunssy declares he is not able to lind a text in his Bible to prove that St. Luke wrote tlie Gospel. Then addressing Mr. Roussy : Very well, sir, since you declare you are notable to tinil a word in tiie Holy Bi!>le to assure you that St. INIark and St. Luke wrote the (Jospels that bear their names, how do you know that it was they who wrote tliesc (Jospels ? Then, turning imvarils llie audience, Mr. Cliiniquy says, smiling : " Listen well to his reply." A gloomy silence ensues for an instant. Mi>. RorssY — We prove that St. Mark and St. Jiuke wrote the Gospels by the muacies tliey wrought. Mi;. Chiniqi Y — Very well, show me u text from the Gospel win re it states ihat St. Mark and St.. Luke Avrougiit miracles. Mil. Roussy, rising slowly, admits that he is not able; he mur- nu us some unintelligible words, then with an embarrassment which he cannot conceal : " Yon ask me, sir, liow it is known tliat St. Mark anil St. l^uke wrote their Gospels ; but, sir, tliat is only known by the testimony of the early Cliristians." T 16 At these words nothing; is heard but exclamations of joy and the clapping of hands. " He is convicted by his own words ; he is caught in his own trap," cried the crowd. Mr. Chiniquy — Yes, my friends, he is taken at his own words, and as you say, •* caught in his own trap ; " he is forced to have re- course to the testimony of the early Christians, that is to the Tradi- tion of the Church, to prove the very first of Gospel truths, the existence of the Qospei itself. He is, therefore, forced to admit that he deceived you just now, when he told you everything was to be found written in the Bible, and that anything that could not be proved by some text ought to be rejected. Mr. RoussY— I am not caught. It is you, Mr. Chinicjuy, who have been caught in your own trap ; it is you who are convicted, for you are not able to show us what the Church is, and what authority it has. Mk. Chiniqiv — Since Mr. Roussy doe.« not know what the Church is, I shall have the pleasure of telling him. The early Chris- tians being divided on certain practices, followed the advice of Our Ix)rd, and appealed to tlie Church of their day, and this is what took place :— ( Acts xv. G) "And the Apostles and ancients came together to consider of this matter. And when there was much disputing, Peter rising up said to them : My brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us. that the Gentiles, by my month, should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe." After Peter, Barnabas and Paul were heard. Then James speaks in his turn ; but it was onl. to confirm what Peter had said. Finally, the deliberation being finished, they wrote these solemn words : " For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us." to decide in such a manner the question that you have raised." There, Mr. Roussy, that is what the Church is. That is how she spoke 1900 years ago, and that is how she speaks still, and how she will speak to the end of time ; tor she can never perish, seeing that Jesus Christ has said : " The gates of hell shall not prevail against her." It is this infallible Church which tells me, a Catholic, as she told it 1900 years ago : " St. Mark and St. Luke were inspired by God to write their Gospels," and I am certain she speaks the truth, for it is the Holy Ghost who enlightens her. This Church, according to St. Paul (1 Timothy iii. 15), " Is the pillar and, ground of the truth." This Church, outside ol which there is nothing but falsehood and error, has been called Catholic, by the Apostles, and no other church can ever bear this grand name. This Catholic Church, to which I have the happiness to belong, is also called Apostolic, be- cause it is united with the Apostles by an unbroken chain of priests, bishops and Popes, who obtain their power, by incontestable titles, from them. This Catholic and Apostolic Church is also called Roman, because ii was at Rome that its Founder amongst men, (St. Peter) shed his blood and because it was there he deposited for his successors the keys of Heaven, which neither demons nor heretics nor infidels can deprive her of. " Thou art Peter and on this Rock 1 will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Mat. xvi. 10, 19.) When I, a Catholic, take the Bible in ray hands, I am ascertain that it is the word of Gail as 1 am certain that there is a God in ,a 17 Heaven, becnuse it Ih the Cath(/lic Church (the pillar and ground of the trutii) which tells me so. Wlien I read the Gospel, I read it only with a rail and complete submiasion to the interpretation which the Church gives me, whose voice I am obliged to hear under pain of being treated by God "as a heatlien and publican" (Matt., xviii. 17). And when I read this Holy Gospel I call to mind the words of St. Peter (2 Peter, iii. 15, 1(5), " As also our moat dear brother Paul, according to tlie wisdom given him, hath written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in whicli are some things hard to hr. understood, which the unUnrnr.d and unstable wrest, as also the other Scriptures, to their own perdition." In reading the Holy Sciipturos, I call to mind that I am hut a poor ignorant man, and that if I depend upon my feeble utiderstjtnd- ing, r shall very soon go astray ; therefore I am careful to understand what I read in the sense that the Church has always taught. For if I am bound to believe that the Church is infallible, when she tells me that St. Mark and St. Luke were inspired by the Holy Ghost to write their Gospels, although 1 do not lind a word in the Bible, ac- cording to Mr. Roussy's admission, to prove this truth, I am bound to believe that she is in like manner guided by the Holy Ghost, in the interpretation of the Scriptures, which sacred treasure she alone lias perserved for me infallibly. I have admitted to you, Mr. Chairman, that I am but an ignorant man, and for this reason I am in need of an infallible guide in the interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. I have no intention of insulting, nor of wounding Mr. Roussy in any manner, but I tell you that I believe him just as ignorant as I am, and I believe that he be- longs to that class of men of whom St. Peter speaks, when he says, the unlearned do not understand the Holy Scriptures, and wrest them in a false sense to their own perdition. In spite of my ignorance and my weakness, I am assured that I shall not go astray in the reading of the Scriptures, since I have for my guide '' the Church, the pillar and ground of the truth," and take for my interpreter, that Church to whom my adorable Saviour has said : — " The gates of hell shall not prevail against it." But 1 am curious to know how Mr Roussy, who is also a poor ignorant man, can be assured of finding his salvation in the reading of the Bible, when the prince of the Apostles assures us that the ignorant find in it their ruin. Mr. Roussy. — The Holy Ghost invites us to read the Sacred Scriptures, and in consequence promises to enlighten us. — Here is a text which reveals to us in a most evident manner, this truth, — (2 Timothy iii. 13, IG) " Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them ; and that from a child, thou hast known the holy scriptures, whicli are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by in- spiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correc- tion, for instruction in righteousness." Here we see St. Paul congratulating his well beloved Timothy for having known the holy scriptures from his childhood. Therefore, CI 18 wc inorit (lie prnist 8 til fJoilhy ^Iml} inj; tlicHoly HeripturoH. IJiaidcH, is it not |)ot*itiv( ly HfaU'd Iutc, Hint hII bcriptiirc is iiii^pired by iUn\ for inhliu(!tir\--'^.v.W/CUt]A^- 10 this niamier tliat tlu) Ohnrrh wishes her (•.hililr''ii to road liio llidy Hcrintnr(«. Tho iihsiud idea oiiteri..iini'd hy Mr. Ruussy, tljat a knowledjie of the Gospel comes l»y reading alone, wis so lar Irotn tlic thouj?ht of the Apostle that he cries out: ''How sliall tiio nations l>eMeve in Jesus Clirist if they have not Iwurd Hitn flpoken of, ami liow shall they hear Him spoken ol unless some one preaches to them V" According? to tlie Apostle St. I'aul, therefore, the best manner, or rather, the only means ol knowinsj Jesus Christ,, h to liear ol Him hy prcnol»in.if, and not hy reading. Without douht, readiiijj; is not use- less, hut it aids the faith of tliem alone who liHtcii Id llw prcacluaj ol tltone who lidvc brcii .vnt to prcdrh. But I iiave told you that Mr. lloussy was '^oins; to ct)mi>letely des- troy himself with the text which lie has ((lu)ted for us. If 1 have un- derstood this ijentleman well, he h;iM v(\x.\ to us in his Bihie these ex- act words, " All scripture is ^iven hy inspiration of CJod and is protit- ahle for doctrine, lor reproof, for com'clion, for instruction in right- eousness." Ar3 those not tlie words you have reaii, Mr. Koussy ? Mr. Roi'ssy. — ^Yes, sir. St. Paul snys. " al scripture is given by in- spiration of God and is protitable for reproof, for correction, for in- struction in rigliteousness." Mr. CHlNiQi:Y.—i>Ir. Chairman and nil of you, gentlemen, who compose this respoctahl) m(>etinjj;, you have hjard these words from Mr. Roussy's Bible. Well, wliat do you tiiink of them? Yes, what do you think of a man or of a religion which assures you that all scripture (or writing) is given by the inspiration of God for r.'proof, for correction and for instruction. Uj) to the present moment, you have believed tliat there were bo )ks or writings wliich could only do- file and corrupt the heart, but Mr. 11 )Ussy Ikh disc )vered the con- trary in his precious Bible. I kn nv of a great uuinberof l),)ok3 whicti have been written only under tliu inspiration of the most wicked passions and are calculated only to delile and corru|)t thos(! who read them, but, Mr. lloussy assures us tliat we liave all been mistaken, and he proclaims that all wviiiiuj^ (or scriptures) (i)ef (jiven h)/ the inspiratiuii of' God. Y'ou I'.ave well understood him to say so, have you not ? (" Yes, yes,"' from all sides). A few minutes ago, Mr. Roussy said, with emphasis, that if anyone added anything to or took anything from the word of God — he is cursed. Well, gentlemen, this being the case, the curse of God must surely be on those wlio wrote the Bible that Mr. Roussy holds in his hands, for this Bible is false, ridiculously falso, when it says that '' all writing (or scripture) is given by insriiration of Go 1 and is prolitable for re- proof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."* Mr. Roussy — (rising angrily). — How dareyoit say, Mr. Cliiniquy. that tlie Holy I'ible 1 hold in my liand is fal-^e and other wish than to learn the will of God and to do it : you must be resolved that neither persecutions, nor losses, nor worldly in terpst, nor anything else whatsoever shall prevent you froni doing the will of God, when >ou know what that will is ; and you must often pray that He will teach you His holy will, saying ; " Lord luhat ivilt thou have me to do f [Acts ix. G.j If you will follow this advice you may be sure that God will hear your prayer, and lead you into the right w.ay, for He promises to give Hia Holy Spirit to those who ask it. ILukexi. 13. ; Matt. vii. 7, S.j 23 truly nmsL you ly in tlie )ften wilt you the ) ask Yon should also look about yon, and enquire which is tho one true religion. You will soon find in the Xew Testament that Christ estahlisheil a chnreh upon earth : that He built it upon a JIOCK, and declared that the S'lt^s of hell shall XOr prevail against it [Mutt. xvi. 18] : you will iind that He gave His (^iuirch autliorit]! to teach His religion, and commanded all to hear and obey it. [Matt, xviii. 17; Luke X. 10, Acts ix. 6,7 ; x. 5, G|; that this Church cuiuiot teach error; being " the pillar and ground of the truth." |lTim. iii. loj ; an(l that l)y following what it teaches you will i»e ireed from all donut and perplexity about the way to heaven and will no longer be tossed about by every wind of doctrine. |Ephes. iv. 11-151 You will Iind, in short, that you will be ns sure of leirning the religion of Christ from this Church, as if you heard Hin\ speaking to you Himself. " He that hearelh yon heareth me." [r>uke x.l()| and St. Paul says, ''For Christ, tlierefore, weare ambassad(U"s ; (Jod as it were exhortnig bv us," |'- Cor. V. 20], and (St. John xiv. IG) "I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another parach tc that Ife may nbide in'tli you for ever," and again, " but when He the Spirit of Truth is come, H(! will teach vou all truth." [John xvi. i;3.] Such is the Church which Christ our Lord established ujion the earth, with a living, speaking, and unerring authority to teach you the way to heaven ; and this, therefore, is tlie Church which yon nnist endeavor to Wud, A little more examination will discover to you thnt this Church is no other than that which you often truly say was the first and will be the last and which all ('hristians say lluy believe, when they re- peat tbe Apostles' creed : " f l)elieve the Holy Catholic Churvh." Ye.", this is the Church which C'urist built ou a rock, which has stood for eighteen hundred years, and has triumphed over all the persecutions raised agiinstit ; this is tbe Church which all other churches have; separated from, whilst it has always remained the same as our Savi- our established it. ■ Y''ou have heard many things said against the Catholic Church. They have been refuted a million times. There lias been an ugly mask thrown over it to hide the Irutli of its diM-trines. Butifyv)u will examine with sincerity yon will linil that it teaches neither idol- (dry nor superstition., nor any of the iricL'ed doctrine!^ laid to its charge : that it does not wish to kee[i you in ignorance ; that it does not stille free inquiry, but wishes only for a full and fair inquiry into all that itteaclies. Its truth, to be loved, needs only to be seen. (See Apoc. XXII. 17 ; Prf. xxxiv. 11 vi. Soto end of chap). Matt. X. 17 to end of chap : xix. PKATir I .itjn(;:\iF:NT ! hf.avkn' I iiki.i. 2'.). V. KM 2; ! KTi: UNITY I PRAYER FOR (aiDANCK INTO TRT'TH. This prayer was written by the Rev. Mr. Thayer of Boston, a minister of tlie Congregational Church, when he was in doubt aud uncertainty, and in the use of which he was assisted in obtaining that grace, which ultimately led him to the gift of faith, and the reception into the one fold of the one Shepherd. God of all goodness ; Almiulity and eternal, Father of mercies, and Saviour of mankind : 1 implore Thee, by Thy sovereign goodness. RM 24 to enlighten my mind and to touch my heart, that by means of true faith, hope and charity, I may live and die in the true religion of Jesus Christ. I confidently believe that; as there is but one God, there can be but one faith, one religion, one only path to salvation, and that every other path opposed thereto can lead but to perdition. This path, O my God, I anxiously seek after, that I may follow it, and be saved. Therefore I protest before Thy divine Majesty, and 1 swear by all Thy divine attributes, that I will follow the religion which Thou shalt reveal to me as the true one, and will abandon, at whatever cost, that wherein I shall have discovered errors and false- hood. I confess that I do not deserve this favor for the greatness of my sins, for which I am truly penitent, seeing they ofTend a God who is so good, so holy, and so worthy of love ; but what I deserve not, I hope to obtain from Thine infinite mercy : and I beseech Thee to grant it unto me through the merits of that precious blood, which was shed for us sinners, by Thine only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth, God, world without end. Amen.