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Thoaa too large to ba antiraly included in one axpoaura ara fiimad beginning In the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framee aa required. The following diagrama illuatrata the method: planchee. tableeux. etc.. pauvent itra filmde i dee taux do rMuetion diff fronts. Loraque le doeument est trop grand pour *tra reproduit en un seul eiiehd. II est fllmd A partir da Tangle supdrieur gauche, do gauche i droita. at da haut i* baa. m* prenent le nombre d'Imagee ndceeaaira. Lea diagrammee sulvanta illuatrcnt la nMthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 f FATHER CHINIQUY'S XHRSSX: LECTURES IN TORONTO, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF "THE 'PRENTICE BOYS," Together with the Remarks Qf each Chairman, and others; ALSO, AN INTRODUOTORY PREFACE 57 THE OOMFILEB. i / PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. TOBONTO: Pbxmteo by Lovll Brothers, Victoria. Hall, Melinda Street. 1875. ^Mll PREFACE. In tiiis rich age of knowledge and unmolested freedom of thoaght^ Popery is oonfiidered as a mere harmless delusion, from which the only sufferers are its own devotees, and therefore some are found who rashly conclude that there is no farther need of watchfulness as to the dangers arising therefrom, or exposure of the nature of the system itself. But^ although it is quite true that Popery is shorn of its former power and prestige for harm, yet it must he remembered that she still possesses an enormous power for evil, both as regards the everlasting destruction of immortal souls, the disturbance of the peace of nations, and the tran- quility of communities, therefore, there still remains the necessity of attention thereto, and an earnest concern for every effort put forth to rescue its adherents from error, snper^ition, and idolatry, as well as the State from its influence and interference. It is not enough to rejoice and be content with the knowledge of the fact that Popery is on its last legs — in the last stage of consumption, — ^the miserable death assigned it by the great and unening Physician of the Bible, and whilst it is satisfactory to know that Victor Emmanuel reigns supreme in Home, and that a Bible Society is in blooming prosperity in the Eternal City under the eye of the Pope, who hao become powerless to prevent its circulation and influence — that nations have awakened at last to suppress its baneful influence on their affairs, and that men of great minds have been raised up in this day to grapple with this system on its merits — Bismarck in Germany, Gladstone in England, and Chiniquy in Canada, men who fully understand it, and their opinions regarding it are worthy of respect ; it is still necessary to be vigilant, the serpent is still aUve and may yet give trouble., And no where is this more to be dreaded than in Canada, owing to the sharp competition, for Boman CathoUc votes, of poUtical , parties seeking emolument and power, with whom Popery, ever watchful of current events, makes its own terms and extends support to either party, only 80 far as her demands are conceded. But the time may come, yes, we believe has come, when poUtical parties of opposite opinions have seen by experience their mistake in trimming their sails to catch the unrehable support of Rome, instead of honestly legislating for the welfare ot the country and according to their respective principles. The time has now arrived when no poUtical party can or should be allowed to hold power for any time who are subject to the demands of any particular creed. And the signs of the times and the tempers of the people will soon show that miholy alliances with Eome, and reckless appointments, to high and important positions, so called "gracious concessions," made with a view to secure a quid pro quo will not meet the approbation of the people nor retain any permanent support from Eomanists ; for when the party cease to give, Rome will cease to support. That party then is wise, and can only retain power, whose plat- rm is built on equal justice to all, free from the control or interference of any particular creed in transacting the affairs of the nation. Glad- stone's testimony is to that effect, and we dare say if Sir John Macdonald spoke he would say the same ; and we presume the day is not far distant when the Hon. Alexander McEenzie will add his testimony to the same, and then what bitter remorse of conscience will follow — qualms of con- science which no past considerations can pacify or subdue. To such people we commend the honest and unvarnished story of plain facts which are to be found in Father Ohiniquy's Lectures, which are reported in full and published by the subscriber for the benefit of the general public. SI.GMA. LECTURE I. i "IS TEE CHURCH OF ROME A BRANCH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ; OR, HEATHENISM IN A MASK." On Wednesday Evening the 6th of May, 1875, the Rev. Charles Chiniquy of Montreal, formerly a Priest of the Church of Rome, deliyere^ a Lecture in Shaftsbury Hall on the above subject. The Rev. A. Sanson presided, and introduced the Rev. Lecturer in an able and appropriate address, in the course of which he said: — Ladies and Gentlemen, — I thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me by placing me in the chair on this interesting and important occasion. It is unnecessary to introduce the Lecturer to your notice, who enjoys a world-wide reputation, and who is already well known to you as formerly a Priest of Rome, but now a Protestant Divine. He has demonstrated the reality of his conversion by his per- severing labour and manifold sufferings in the cause of scriptural truth, especially among his own countrymen in this Dominion, and in the United States. We, most of us, by report or from reading, know something of the errors and atrocities of Popery, bat our Reverend friend can tell us what it is from his own personal experience. He is a living witness of its character and its doings. We are told, indeed, that it is no longer what it was, but that it is changed. Would to God that it were changed, root and branch I Be it understood, that we havd no hard feelings towards Roman Catholics, but we desire above all things their welfare. We have conceded to them an equal share of our civil and political privileges, most gladly would we impart to them the fullest measure of the immunities and blessings of the Gospel of Christ. We should rejoice to behold them invested with the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. But the Popery of past ages is unchanged, at least for the better. We admit that, fike the chameleon, the Church of Rome changes her color with every variation of light and shadow that falls upon her, but we maintain that, Uke the chameleon, the nature of the animal remains the same. Like the volcano, her fearful elements may slumber for a long season, yet it is the volcano still, and it only needs that the fierce elements work themselves up to comliustion, and it will break forth in ar everwhelming torrent. The Church of Rome 6 still pretends that there can be no salvation out of her pale, and that we must believe as she ordains. She still asserts that she is the motber and mistress of all churches, and demands the recognition of a mortal man as the Vicar of Christ on earth. She has nevev revoked her anathemas, nor repealed her persecuting canons. She still clings to the boasted assumption of infaUibility, which after oscillating for ages between the Pope and a Oouncil, has at last settled down in tho Pope, and therefore she must retain those exterminating canons. Of all this, as I have said, our Beverend Brother is a living witness. Stimulated by the system he has repudiated, he was a persecutor, and has in turn been persecuted. We now behold in him an illustration in this respect of the marked difference between the 'spirit of Popery and the spirit of Protestantism. Many, alas ! have abandoned the Beformed Faith for the great apostasy of the man of sin. How do we act towards them ? We mourn over them, but we do not persecute them. Our Beverend brother, on the contrary, for no other crime than that of following the dictates of his conscience, enlightened by the Word of God, has with difficulty escaped with his life. One might think that the sacrifices which he has made of worldly interest, the labours which he has under- gone on behalf of his fcUow-countrymen, and the sufferings which he has endured at their hands, would have won their respect, or at least restrained their passions ; but no, he has been followed by execration and reprach, and almost hounded from the shores of his native land. I consider that we are much indebted to our Beverend brother for his kindness in coming here to address us on this occasion, as well as to those brethren of the Loyal Orange Order who solicited and secured his presence amongst us, and I anticipate no small advantage to the cause of our common Protestantism in this city from the lectures which are to be delivered by Mr. Chiniquy this and to-morrow evening. Applause. Bev. Charles Chiniquy then proceeded and said: — Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen ; I ask you all, my christian friends, to raise your hearts and minds to God to pray for me just now for I have a diflficuM question to speak to. "Is the Church of Borne a branch of the Chris- tian Church; or Heathenism under a mask." This is my subject to- night and it is a difficult question for me, because I will have to speak on some delicate points, and I may touch some feelings of my friends of the Church of Borne, I may say painful things which will not be under- stood by Boman Catholics, for whom I would shed every drop of my blood if I could thereby bring them to Christ ; and many protestants also will look upon me as exaggerating, for they do not understand what the Boman Catholic Church is. The Church of Bome's doctrines are false and contrary to Christianity, and the Boman Catholics are de- ceived by them. The Church of Bome adapts herself so skillfully to the circumstances of the times that protestants are also deceived, but I must tell you the truth. Many are astonished to see that since the time of Luther and Calvin, and Enox, the Beformation has made very little pro- " u gress. During the lifetime of these men, we saw Ireland, England, and Scotland, and part of France, Germany, and the Netherlands leaving fiomish errors, and attaching themselves to the true Gospel of Christ; but from the time that these giants of old went to their graves, what Oatholic nations have been enlightened and bi^ught to the trutii? The reason that the conversions were few now was because the Protestants are deceived by the mask with which the Church of Bome so skillfully conceals her errors. But the Church of Bome is still the same ; she is still fighting the Christianity of the Gospel and the true Christ himseLT. The southern rebels during the American war, when they found that they were not strong enough to fight the soldiers of liberty, fre- quently changed their clothing for the clothing of the soldiers of ihe north, and they put off their own colors, pulled down their own flags and put on the colors of the northern men, and raised the flag of Uberty. The northeners when they saw them advancing supposed they were friends untU they were face to face : then they were surprised and defeated. So it is with the Church of Bome ; she has put off her own colors and pulled ^ down her own flags : when she cannot fight under h'er own colors she * comes with the colors of the christian. When you look upon those colors you say that she is the Church of Christ, and when you look upou' those amiable priests and hear them dropping their honeyed words with smiles so sweet and so gentle, you like to thmk they belong to the Christian Church. When you speak to them of Kber^, they tell you that they are more liberal than you ; when you speak to them of Christ and the bible, they reply: ** we love Christ and the bible more than you." You say but we must follow the bible. They answer : ♦* yes, we must follow the bible." You say we must trust in Christ alone ; they answer, *' yes, we must trust in Christ alone." And when you hear all this sweet honeyed talk, you will say that Chiniquy is an impostor, he so abuses the Bishops and Priests of the Church of Bome ! Now, friends, in the presence of my God, I tell you the truth that the Church of Bome is the greatest deception that the world has ever seen. Everything in her is a lie. Everything inside the Church of Bome is"* the very contrary to what is outside. It is a coffin filled with abominations, filth and worms, but whitewashed without and gilded. I do not tell these things with pleasure, no, no, I would rather tell of such things with tears of blood if I could win my dear Catholic friends to the truth. I have not come here either to flatter the Protestants, or to abuse Boman Catholics, but to tell them the truth. Protestants have made a great mistake in fighting Bome ; they have put too much oil and cream in their powder, and so on the battle-field they are powerless. We cMnnot fight Bome and conquer with those gentle means, we must lay hold of the Sword of the Lord, the truth, the whole trath. The consequence of gentle treatment is that Protestants are worsted in the fight, and Bome comes out victorious. It is true that Bome is losing ground, but Protestants are not to be thanked for it. Infidelity is devdnring her vitals. As far as Protestants are concerned J 8 the spiritual power and influence of Borne are stronger to-day than they were a hundred years ago. I come here to tell you how to fight and destroy Rome. Ceas6 putting oil and cream in your powder, but keep your powder dry. Bome must be attacked with the Sword of God. You must fight Rome, ftot by abusing the Roman Catholics', but' by showing the infinite difference that is between them and Christians. Rome is a diabolical system, a grand deception, a public deception. Bi«hop Lynch, two years ago, published a letter to throw dust in your eyes. He stated in that letter that it was one of the glorious principles of the Church of Rome to allow every one to read and study the two sides of the question and to decide for himself. But that was a grand lie. It was a mask, but 1 thank God before I leave Toronto I will take the mask away and show you that Bishop Lynch has told a big lie, and here is the proof; on last Sunday Bishop Lynch ',ave a pas- • toral letter forbiding Boman Catholics to come and hear ni< ,. Chiniquy : and so Bishop Lynch is a witness against himself, that twc years ago he. Bishop Lynch,, had published a most beautiful lie in order to deceive the Protestants. He knew very well that by coming to hear me they would hear the two sides of the question. The Bishop don't care much about his people going to hear your gentle Protestant ministers, many of them are so milk and watery on Romanism I but he knows I tell you the truth, the two sides of the question, and therefore he forbids Boman Catholics to come to hear me. I have pubHshed a little pamphlet which I wish you to get, as it will give you more information than I can present to-night in one lecture. The Church of Bome is a lie. Bome is not a Christian Church. It is a great deception. The Church of Rome is the same persecuting church to-day as ever. She believes to-day that she has the right to kill every Protestant in Canada. I tell yo^^ the truth; I know it, for when I was a priest in Montreal I urged my people to stone Protestants and kill them if necessary. I remember in 1846, .when Mr. Burns, a Protestant minister, was preaching in Montreal against the Church of Rome I directed the people to stone him till he would be killed, and when after- wards I had learned he was not killed I was sorry and upbraided them for not doing their work better. I told them they did not know how to throw stones. But it was not many years after this that I had reason to wish they had been less expert in stone throwing, for strange to say, in the very spot that Mr. Burns was stoned by my directions, I was my- self surrounded by over two thousand Roman Catholics who stoned me, and those who went to kill me were sent by the Priests. 0, my friends, the Church of Rome is a great deception. It is old heathenism coming back and taking possession of the world. You have heard that prophecy of Christ, in the 24th chapter of Matthew: — "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, inso- much that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect." Now, our dear Saviour says that false Christs will be worshipped at the end .. i 9 " ii of the world, and he gives ii in such a way that no one shall be deceived. The £alse Ghrists spoken of here are in our midst. The characteristics of this Christ is three-fold : first, that he will be found in secret chambers ; second, that he will be in desert places; third, that he will be sometimes here and sometimes there. These are the marks of the false Christ which Christ himself gives, and he tells you not to go and worship this Chriet. Now that is the Christ of Bome. I have been myself a priest of the Chmrch of Borne for twenty five years, and I know it. Let any of yoti go to-morrow to Bishop Lynch and tell him that you have heard ^at old apostate Chiniquy, and that you think he is an old fool, and you will say: now my lord will you please to come to your church with me — ^that big Cathedral, I have preached there and hope to do so again — ^when you come before the altar you will see a beautiful door: say my lord is there a secret chamber behind this? and he wiU answer, Yes. Please tell me who is there. The Bishop will reply: "it is Jesus Christ, the great Saviour of the world, the Son of God who died upon tiie cross for you." Bmt you will say: it is only a representation. The Bishop will answer. No sir, it is the Beal Christ, body, sool and divinity 1 And so the Bishop fulfils the prophecy of the word of God by keeping this false Christ in a secret chamber ; and that is ^Hhb Gospel of Christ that is preached in his church. If Bishop Lynch does not say so to you, I will consent to be lynched to-morrow morning. Now Christ says, don't go and worship there ; and Bishop. Lynch says, go and worship there, and thus he sets himself above Christ. But I must tell you a secret. Will you keep this secret ? It is that every Priest and Bishop of the Church of Borne carries Christ about him in his pantaloons and vest pockets. He carries Christ in his pocket when he goes to see Patrick O'Brien, and when the Priest goes to annoint Michael Lynch he carries Christ with him in his pocket I 0, my heart is sad within me when I remember that I have done these things myself a thousand times over. With theaid of my servant girl I have made thousands of these Christs. I would mix some water and fiour and give it to my servant girl, and she would then put it down between two hot irons, on one of these was a cross and on the other round small circles. She put the dough between and took care to cut off what remained outside and then handed them to me, I took them and said five Latin words over them, *'Ho« est enim Corpus Meuniy*^ And I had to believe that they were no more wafers, but my God and my maker ! and I had to say to my people, come and adore your God that I have just made for you I And my people came and worshipped that God. And I had to take these Gods, these Jesus Christs, in my pockets in my vest and pantaloons and carry them to sick persons, and say this is your God I Now what is the diff3rence between Bomanism and Heathenism? One worshipped Gods made of gold, silver and brass ; the other, Goda t& h made of- flour and water. When the Israelites said to Aaron : go and make us Gods, Aaron went and turned out a golden calf and pronounced it to bo that God which had brought them out of the land of Egypt ; and the people of God came and worshipped that golden calf. But what is the difference in worshipping a God made of gold and one made of wafer? Has not God said: — "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house oi bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any Ukeness of any thing that is in heaven ■above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a Jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Jloman CathoUcs have a Christ in their church, and they worship that Christ ; but this is not the Christ who is in heaven, it is the Christ which is in the secret chamber. I come here as a witness that it is Idol- atry. Both idols were made by the hands of sinful men, and those who worshipped them were Idolaters. Protestants in these days do not seem to understand this, many of them look upon the Church of Eome as part of the Christian Church. But I tell you the truth, they are deceived. Luther understood it well ; and Calvin understood it better; but Knox understood it better still, when he said to the Queen of Scotland, "you are an Idolatrous Lady." The Idolators of Rome and Greece intended to worship the true God, but erroneously worshipped tlio God they had made with their own hands; but they did it ignorantly. So the poor Roman Catholics, instead of worshipping the true Christ, worship the Christ made by the Priests. You have a duty to perform. Think of it at every hour of the day. It is to convert and bring to the feet of Christ the French Cana- dian people. Irotestants, this great and glorious work must be the constant object of your prayers and your sacrifices. Many of you will be met to-morrow by Roman Cathohcs and they will say to you, is it possible that you believe in that degraded man, Chiniquy. And perhaps many of you will be too much tempted to look down upon Roman Catholics with contempt. But is it because they are not honest, intelligent and just, that they worsliip a Wtifer God ? No, Roman Catho- lics mean to be as honest, and intelligent as Protestants, they mean to do right, but they are blind, they are not enlightened. Christ says, " I have chosen you, you have not chosen me." Christ had given the light to Protestants, but Protestants had not given it to my Roman Catholic friei;ds. What is the difference between Chiniquy now and twenty five years ago ? Twenty five yoars ago Chiniquy was blind and could not '' >: :< , \ 11 see " :? I tKl Twenty five years ago I was tied to the feet of the Pope, and could see only with the eyes of the Pope. There was not a day in the course of my Priesthood, as there is not a day in the life of any Priest, in which there is not a battle between intelligence and the decrees of the Pope. Then I could not understand anything but through the Pope. Anytliing the Pope said was true ; and then instead of seeing with my own eyes, I was bound to see with the eyes of the Pope. The Pope's word was my law; but there was a struggle going on in my mind between the authority of the Pope and my conscience ; and the battle ended by the great mercy of God, in my throwing oflf the authority of the Pope, and receiving the light. The light of the Gospel has made me a free man. And 7iow I feel very anxious for the salvation of my poor Roman Catholic friends. They should have received the light long ago if you had taken more pains to give them the truth ; but here they stand around you, bhnd I and what are you doing to save them, where are the sacrifices you have made in their behalf, where are the reports of your conquests over Rome ? I see them not. Christ brought you, Protestants, to this con- tinent, not that you might enrich yourself, but because you have the the hght. You have the bread of life and the water of life, and Christ wants you to give the bread and the waters of life to my countrymen. Remember the story of the rich man in the Gospel who was sent to hell ; all that Christ says about him is that he was rich and had a fine house, and at his door stood a poor man who had nothing to cover his nakedness, who was starving. Protestants of Canada, you are that rich man, and my Roman Catholic friends are at your door starving for this bread of life, and what have you done ? nothing. When I was a Priest of the Church of Rome, one thing which per- suaded me that you were not sincere was your want of zeal, for if you were sure that Roman Catholics were lost, would not you come to their rescue ? instead of going to the Roman Catholics with a kind respect for, and a half approval of, their idolatry, go and tell them that the Priest who cannot make a grasshopper cannot make a god. There are many honest men and many repectable ladies who are disgusted with the confessional and the offices of the Priests. These ladies don't want to gr to an unmarried Priest and answer such abomi- nable questions as are not fit to be put to a virtuous woman. They are anxious to come out from this disgusting sink of impurity, but they are kept back by a great wall made with your iniquities. They see the drunkenness of many, and your other sins, and your indifference and insincerity about Uieir souls. Theyjsee that too many are no more christians than their dogs : that too many are merely so in name and by the accident of their birth : for they love the world and themselves Ijetter than they love Christ, or the souls of my dear blinded Roman Catholic friends. If all of you Protestants would give your hearts to Christ to-day, and sincerely say to him, "Come down and dwell in my heart," to-morrow there would be such a bright light in Toronto that 12 Boman Catholics would be stmck by the hght, and the battle would be the Lord's, and the victory would belong to Israel. There is a great work before us. We have to give the Gospel to the French people ; but we caTinot go and preach to the French people, because we have not the means. Do your duty and come to the rescue. Before long you will hear great news, That the walls of Babylon are fallen, and you will say, *• Praise the Lord." The Beverend Lecturer then sat down and received a cordial vote of thanks, and the audience was dismissed with the benediction. t LECTURE 11. "PEOTESTANT BOYS AND GIELS IN JESUIT COLLEGES AND NUNNEEIES." The Bev. J. Gardner Eobb, Pastor of Cooke's Church, occupied the Chair. Proceedings were opened with reading a portion of scripture, and prayer, after which the Chairman introduced Mr. Chiniquy in a few brief remarks. He referred to the want of faith of many Protestants in the power of Bible truth to overcome the errors of Eomanism. Mis- sions to Jew and GentUe are carried on with great zeal and at consid- erable expense ; but many view direct effort for the conversion of Eomanists as almost useless. The history of Protestantism should reb ike this false opinion so dishonoring to the God of the Bible. The gospel which proved victorious in conflict with Jewish prejudice, with the idolatries of the nations, had ere now been triumphant over Eome both Pagan and Papal. It is the ime gospel still, founded upon the same truth, supported by the sam covenant God, unfolding the same gracious promises and coQtcmpIatuig the same glorious achievements. The lecturer of this evening came among us to rebuke this faithlessness, and in his own person and history to testify that the banner of Christ and His truth must not be lowered before the hostile hosts of Antichrist. The labors of Mr. Chiniquy for the conversion of Romanists had become increasingly successful If Protestants were but faithful this success had no earthly limits. ■f k 18 The subject of this evening's lecture was one of great importance, namely, the dangers to the faith of the boys and girls, children of Protestant parents, who are sent to Bomish Schools. Schools conducted by ecclesiastics of Borne, whose chief and constant aim, whether in connexion with professedly charitable or educational institutions, is the' advancement of the interests of their church, and specially by the per- version of Protestants. Parents in this country and city, at least nominally Protestants, he was told, sent their children to such schools ; and he trusted that the ' Eev. Mr. Chiniquy's lecture would open their eyes and enlighten them as to their duty in this matter. The Bev. Mr. Chiniquy then proceeded and said : The subject of my lecture to-night is a solemn one, and I hope you will pray to God to enable me to treat it properly. The sending of Protestant children to Nunneries and Jesuit Schools for education ! If there is a monstrous great iniquity it is surely to send children to be taught in these schools of darkness and perdition. It seems incredible that men, calling themselves Protestants, become so completely lost to self-respect and true religion as to place their dear children in the hands of Nuns and Bomish teachers. It is just as bad a thing as the heathens did when they sacrificed their children to idols. It is even worse. \It is more diaboUcal. For in the old time the body only was killed, but here, those who place their children in the hands of the Nuns kill the soul. Bomanism is only old heathenisn coming back with new life, under the name of Christianity, to take possession of the world. What is the difference between the Church of Borne and old Heath- enism ? In the old days they all worshipped the Gods, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, and those made with gold and stone. But what are the Gdds the Boman Catholics worship ? In the presence of my God, I challenge Bishop Lynch to deny the thing. As I told you last evening, with the help of my servant girl I have made these Gods during twenty-five years with wafers, and holding these wafers in my hand, I said: "these are my Gods." I don't say hard things against the Boman Catholics. I only say the truth, and the truth must be told. Shame, eternal shame, upon the christian who takes his dear daughter into a house with the Nuns. Five or six hundred years ago Christianity was almost unknown in Europe except in a few places. Boman Catho- lics were taught as they are to-day that the Christ who died upon the cross was an angry God, and was so affected against them that he would shut his face against them, and could only \^e approached through Mary. 'What would the sinner say to God? How could he speak to the King who was angry, except through his kind and loving mother ? But where in the bible is it said that Christ would not Usten to the prayer of the sinner except through Mary ? Many a time had I to say, as a Priest of Borne : " we are all a guilty lot but Mary is the Mother of God. Let us go to the feet of Mary and she will obtain from her Son u p