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Las diagrammes suivants illustrsnt la m^thode. 1 6 -» / ; MICROCOPY HESOIUTION TEST CHART ANSI oraJ ISO lESI CHARI No 2- 1.0 I.I [2,8 ill! 31 || 2.5 2.2 ZO 1.8 1-25 IIIIII.4 11.6 A /APPLIED ItVMGE Inc X \ !P/?\iT©lS/ALL [LiTlTiE OV TllK JTatfjera oC tfje Cljiitr ^^vobiucial ©ouitcil of ;Qucl)Cf, etc. Bishops of tKo Ecclesiastical TvoDince of Quebec, &c, oil the Faithful of the sud Provnu-v, llcaUh ana BcnedicUon in our Lord. In dosin.' the lal,ou-s c-f our thir.l Provincial Council, ,nost Bolovcd Brethren, we d;:!u it'^.eeo.ary to w.-ito to you tin. Pa.toral ^f^-^;;;^^^-^ .it. one eonunon aeconl ,1. liv.,, ;; ;^-J; J!^ .^ ^ j^ l^:!'":^^^ we have been concerned tor your et.Tual xvdt.uc. ^Bt Province as were the Apostles at Jerusalem, and secluded m f>'f " *';«™«"' J' fhrcrn'el : they .ve/e in the C.naeuhnn, we ^^^^^^^'l^^;^!;^:;^ Z !;:t:t4:;her, to conjure you to keep a strict watch over th. prec.ous treasure . Deprccans supercertari semd tradita Sanctis fid■ Imvo assisted in Hpirit, witli tii(! holy AiMwtlM, iU. the j,'lori(>u.-i Iriiimiih ot' tliu Asctjimioii of Our Lord , that wc iuivo soun, aa thi-y did, tho anllior and ihn [.i rtVi'tcr ot'.iur Faith ascend in Majesty to tho Iligiiest Hlmvoiis; tiiat we U:\vr rccoivud, us thoy did, t)ie rtolumn" liies-iin;,' which lie j,'av.; to tho Eulii, when a liiininoiis clond coneealod llirii iVoin (111! WDiiuoriii.i,' lo>ks of Ilirf hi'jnvu di.M-ipli.. ; that wo liave virli- druwn, as they did, at tlie word of tho An:,'. Is, IVomi the iioly Mount of iHivcs. and siiut o;irs.lv,;s up in llii^ m.;w C)idii;i nlani. a I ilhiniinated by a celestial splendor and einhahn.jil with the niost d'HcioiH |.rrl'ain.'. f ir we have luinid licro the l^iiei-u of tli.i Apostles, to whom, in thi^ h.-autiful iiiniitli of May. w.ii (ioasu not to express, in unison with all the Faithful of th>> unis( rsc, the mmiIi- ineiitH of your liliid lovo for tliat tender luotlu'r. Vou wer(i in spirit, with lis, lieloved Ih'clhreu. in the saered plaee where yoiir liist pastors were assend)lod ; and it is, without a douht, to thr fervor of your prayers that we are indeht(^d for thelif^ln we have received, which unahles us to diseorn clearly the daiii^crs that threaten our lieloved lh)e!<, and l

<'ow, one of the greatest dangers whieh we deem it our duly to point out to you, i> the pre-um;e in unv midst of impious men who, by a terrible Decree of the Divine ,lu^tice, are abandoned in thin world, to the wanderings of their own minds, and to the corruption of their hearts, to be east, alas ! into everlasting thinies in the next, should they not become converted; since the Apostle St. Jude assures us, that tlnsy change the (trace of our God into uneleanness, ami renounce Jesus Christ, our t^ole Lord and Master. Snhlntrnu'funt euim qniddtn /u)iiihu'n{ijin olim prasscriptl xnnt hi !ior. n) itiijiii, /)■ i vostri (jrnthnn Irdh^fcriiiks in Uixuriam, cl solum judlcluvi) itiijiii, J), i vostri (jrnthnn Irah^fc domiiiKiofi'in Jcsum (Jhriduni, nrtjanO's (dud. 1). luive, therefore, 15elo\ed Ihxtlucn, the most pressing motives for rts to the divine favDrs, which arc olfi'rcd to vou, in these dayt \horl yon this d;iy, in the opening your hen of salvation, by the Father of Jlercii.'s ; and we fullness of the Charity that animates us for you, to close your hearts against those who would I'ob you of the inestimable treasure of the Faith. Now, we may say to you with St. Augustln, your hearts are ])repared, because the Enemy has been driven out of them : I'arota sunt con/ic vednt, quia exditsus est inliiucu'i ,lc. amlihus veslrin (S. Aug. de Symb. ad. Catli.) We must in the first place make known to yon, lieloved Brethren, the men who, in these evil days, pmr Faith ; and, for this purpose, we need only rei)cat to ha ,vc a design ui)on y you tho well known words of our immortal routitf, I'ius IX, who says to us all, t'd in spirit, Our Lord . 'ilitll ilSCCllii luy Jill, tlio li (;ono(!iilclivc;>. f a ccK'stial llilVl! IuIIIkI if May, \ ipii ~L', tilt-; M'liii- [U'l'L'il plai'f mill, ti) till' 'ivt'il, wliii'li llouk, anil to itl'Sl tlailJJL'I'n ijiu' niiilst of liaiiduiuil ill )liim of tlii'ii' y not hocoiiii-' 1! tho (Jrai'f lu l-ord and i fiitnt in lull- m, d suluni niDlives for ill those clays day, ill tla- icarts asraiiit't li. Now, we so the Enemy excUtsus est 1st in the Hrst cse evil days. Illy repeat to says to us all, . 3 — that theBO terrible enemies are >lie men who, anned mtJ. tk^. amhM oj th. i't' bj^c li :- ... atU.n.ii>i:tl.is day, to so important a suU,.., and by V ii,..^ t llie i.o.titical a!lo,.utiims, eontainino' Balutaiy wain.nj^s, .hall t::".;S rt:,S':,::;,^r^7M::::r,!=r;n;L»-"i "■■■«;i:4-u:;:;;;:?::t,^»;';xr=f:;..;--- more furious. T if — 4 \ Tlit'.- 1)11 t'Diiiul, doubt it not. Ilolovod Urctliron, in tfic rfinliiij; of liiul hooks iinil l)uil joiiniiiln, fsin'cialiy, wliicli are circ.uliitod more timn over tlirou{,'li tlio wo.'ld. For, aliwl tlu^.v iiio hawked abotit cvitv wlifre, in jMiblii- jiliicL-', ill iiiilnmd stiitioiis and i-aniaijc- ; in tlio pioltt and in tlio lioapitala ; in tiir niarkrl placi'.-t iniil in piivati' linns s. Krror dii^fjid-cs ilsulf inidor I'verv loini, lunl, in nnlcr tn disucniinati! its poison more ell'ectnallv, it in hidden in an inlinito iiniiilii-r of faj.-i' bililcs, of .-iiutll tracts fall of fiil>flioodN ot irrolijiioiis and immoral iiiinipidL't-, and nf luvv -jiaixTs injnrions both to taitli and nmrals. In truth, wu have nrrivvd at tiic evil days foictold by the a|io8tle St. .liiMii, wlun tiir !o('ns(>, which dcNonr all lhiiij{s, einiio t'orth from the depths of the ahys.- in :.iich va-t nnml.cr-. that tlicy tnrni ii dark cloud, which oiiseurcs thcli'.'htof the .^nii (Mncvdyi'al Icttcr.if (iicunrv Wf, l.'i An;;iist, iN.'Wi. At the nifjht of ,'0 many criniiiial works, \\hi<-li ilcll iinceasin;;ly vomits* forth on the cai'tli, tremble, r.rlc.vcd l!retlii'cii, a> yw would on M'ciiii; veneiiuniH icrpontw ,i,didin^' into yoiir Iimii-o : (hi.i.i! r« yWrv'c rutnlin' /iii/r jhccnfum. Drive them far from yonr dwelling's, so that yonr spirit and your hi'arts, im well as those of your children, may not be tainted by the poisoti they contain, which is a tlioiisand times more pernieinns to the (-nul ihan the pe.-lifei'oiis breath ot tin- .serpr-nt to the bmly. On \\v ennti'ai'v, keep in ymir homes none but approved books, calculated to foster in yonr I'aiuilies the lo\.: of udod piineiplen and sound doctrines. .*>inii!ar danijiM's arc. also, to be I'mind in iVeipientiui; bchouls. academii-n, faculties of law and medicine, nnivcr-ities and other in.-titutimis of a like kind, where calholi(t princijdes are laid ashle, if they are not openly controverted ; and where, conseijuently, the faith of the -indents is imperihd. It is, then your duty, christian p:>.rents, to take such measures as will ]irevent your chiidi'en .from over lu'comiu!,' attached to these iiistitutiiMis. If also concerns the honor of our Holy Relij^ion. whiidi would be hmnbled by the jirefcrenee ^iven to thoni over the many establishments it iineiasinj;ly rai.ses to the ;,dory of (Jod, in the interest of your tamilies, and to the honor of our country. The dan<;er to your children would bo particularly imniincTit, were you to place them in certain in.stitntions, -which, it is well known, have been established solely for the ])ervcrsion of catholics. The ])retcnded charity that opens to them those asylums, and whore they arc fed, clothed, and taught i,'ratni- t )iisly, has no other object than that of robbiiif,' thciu of the precious {^ift of h'aith. To what dreadful judgments would not parents expose themselves, who would be frailty of sending their children to such institutions, and of tlnw M the iiiorc vlicrt', it SI' If w it io iiiiiils, pth t(. IV till; nil tlic wliicli ls;!iji. i'lllllitli l/iini. ilH iitniii, ii'( 'iitli U' lint ici|il('» killll. tlini ildi'cii lioiior en to 0(1, III k'Oll to bcon >■ tlmt jratiii- f^ift ot' s, who f thuti forgi'ttiii^r thoinliity t.iwnn tliclll. Vt'i-y i^fi'iil ihili;i<'i>< iifi' i»l-ii t Huy, ill iiuin'iii;;('f* I'oii 1, tl„, J wli.iM. .■toriml r..ilvution uu;_'l.t to !»■ :,o.l.ar to llU't Willi 111 uilx.'il iiiiiiTiu.u'<'« ; tlmt i^ li» IIIK tnii'lfil hilwi'i'ii |ii'iKniis ]in)!c->iii;. 1 ., theirs, Nvhi. hMuiif,' to tiiiv of til.' l.rot.'.tllMt M'.-ts I'viistimturirtc from sucli iillmiu'fn Wl' CHlHmiy CXlH'l'H'' t'lyi th,' catliolic rcli),'ion Ah to tlio (li'i>lonil>li' [{..jovcil r.nlliivii, how ilrt'l lU'i' iiln'iit V we liiiiiciit tlii'iii t woiilil hu WM'k'^A to i'liiiiiirnii.! Ilu'iii. m Iv hut too wi'll known to you. Ai'iU't tVoiii ilu I mill til. '.y n tlli'V 'ivo till' Chiin-h, how rrii ■1 mill how ioii to ca tholi Its, at th.' siirht .if tliiir tcii.liT .it»V|.riii.H hn ■il t.) 1..! lo^t for all .'t.-niity III iW oVl'I'W hclliiili"; the I t ii|> ill t'ri'or ami *■^l houj'hl. h.r those who liav. Kaith, that iil th.'ir .leath they w to 11 .'h.Tishi'il spouse, to iiio- l„iv.' 1.. hi'l. it may he, tm .'tenial farewell^ ituiii(le.l in the ways ol ,t helove.l chihlreii, e lerilitioii. II aviiii. Iiii,, r,.l..vi.l Ihvtlnvii. iihic.'.l you llili 111 v.mr il (laii''el's that h.'sel vour Kaith, ill tiiese wu t.-h'^a niori'o v.r, loicwa m von a''aiii>t eertaiu i--aii< luls that ai'.' i-ali'ii ir.l njraiiist tho ilays we iiiiist, liit.'il to arrest von ill the ai'eomiiii^liim lit of till' riirorous duties w liieh instiaii mor ality lllllMlse^ upon you. of tiie eomiiiiliiilliieiil>' .iestroy, the iniiieip! or w.' ill'.' 111! ♦1" niiltle. 1 t.i tloiil't of it : the vio lalit'ii ,f(;n,l. •llll'lllatrii to Wl iikeii ill IIS, and <'veii utterly t. if I'aith, wliii-h i> a pniieip le i.f Life. Here, th.'li, are tl le II attention lost fatal more < now tiiat heiiif; a nliirhteiiiiiei.t from the l,i,li we l.elieve it onr duty to draw your serious il. and foi that purpose reeeivinj; tliei'hiirch, we are hetter ssemhled in CoUlK 11. Iv (ih i-t, who .'overie ilil.'.l to .11-ei'rn the iiiistortiims w lid. thivaten our lielov.'i 1 ih The lirst of these evils, an. s It is the root of all •■ri»i,K. is c..vet..nsiu I th.' mo.-t t.> he .Ir.'a.h'.l, lieeaiis.' jr an iii salial lie am 1 iiior thirst for the piuds of this w Id. lii.lee.l, l!.'love.l lirethren, it y it, you eaiino t tail t.( s.'i'. tliat it is this unhappy i.as.-ion w ,d with a . if S.ieie lell if 111 st .'rviiii,' iK't"^ "' ii>,i""'" p.l>tlC diiiale reflect .ai hieh atlliets the wh.de that it has invaile.l all tv : that it insinuate! itself into ii va.' t multitude of transuetmn and {jlves ri.sc to iiuiii that hideous sof.' .>f .' )ierpetratc every sj berk,-s evils. It is covetousiiess, alwvo all, that engenders ajje, I'siiry. I'ies ..f fraud, in or M)W, IS I t not Usury that eaiises men to i-der to extort an ex iliitimt rale .'f interest, that inv.Mits the iiu'st inLpiltous me ins of making a f.irtnne without labor, in the i-horlPst p.issibh' time beeonie tl hell.l that, without pity, ruins the widow am itinis of its rapacity : that expropriate 1 the cirjilian, who so niai V untortn c< \ \ Hilt, l.uin.w.rs wlm twv Ic-ivimI I" Ihim' r.T..iiiM' to tlic I'.-invr; iiiiil that olili^t;* ,, iiiaiiv raiiiilicf to wiiihIit in II NtruiiK'i' liiti.l ; U it not I'^nrv tliiit .IfM.lutei* iIh' Miortt lloll^i^llillfr Mtniiiio iinil comm-. tlii' «oil(l with niiim* l'«iirv, lic-ytinl u ilouiit, Im- iilwii.v- l">n tiiv nio>t (iiiiulfiil .■.uikii' llint i'vit in-cvi'il npon tlio \ itiiis 111' i-iiiiinmnitii^. Ill opIlT lli:il \.M1 lll;l\ lint ll.HTivi' VoIU-M'Im-, licloVll llri'tlirClL, ill HPllc'lirillt! ;v iiiiiltir, nil. I tiinl you iiiav imw' iioliiiii^' to n|.i-oiii'li vouivclvcs with. uiirii voii .-hull 1h' .•oi'iii.fll.M t(p ii|iiM'iii' l.clor,, tlic .ill^t .lini-co, listen to tho ( Iniivh, uhii'h is i'harj:r(l uilh IiMchiii.i.' voii tnif iimnility, iin wl'I! m tl'iii? I'ailh. (■^lll^lllt the (liivclni's (,!' Noiir mil i'i,.|i,'i. aiiil ymir l^l^to|•(^, who hiivc liir ;;ni(T iiii'l iiiltliority to i..\|,hiiii to \ mi tiir hiu of ( lo.l ninl tlic liliics of tlic Ciniivh. Tiii cntl. ii't them iiiciir no cxiicuh's hcyt.ncl tiiuil' 111. ■all.- • aii.l. a.- far a- [..i.-.-llii.', Ii't ih.'lii avoi.j hiiyiliL' .m riv.lit. Tlio M'coiiilivil that yon hiivo to >triv<,' aj,'ain.-t, liilovcil liivthivn, i> f.lixni-y (.!■ .•Mravauai .of which ih.' iava;:(.>s iil'i' \iMi.li' an.l tho t'vil^ ini'a'fiilahh' ; an. I. ill la.l. if u.' truce it- pr.'^ri'f^. it imh^.n t.p liini tiiat Luxury is in'oihiccil iiiiil I..1 iiy in-i.ii', tilt; tirst, as wull us th.' trreatest, of all siiis ; that it iiiii-rii's its vutari.s into i'\cc's>ivi' ami, coiis.Miunitly, ruinous f.\|ii'n(iituiv ; lliat it intimlnci's, (hiilv. f.spL'iisivi' fiL-hioiis. oftiMi L-ontrary to iluci'iicy ; that it eansfs rev oitiii;,' acts of iiijusli.c. hv inducing; its followers to contract deht-. which their small means can ncv.'r tnahle them to pay : that it >e.lui'cs iiit.i .'vil ways many y.uiii'.' Ijer.soii-. whoiirc ready to (le>|ii-e the most sacre.l duties, in order to Mitisly their hive of dress ; in liii.'. it withers tli.' heart, ami causes the loss of that spirit of I'ailh aii.i I'i.ly. wilhoiit which no real \irtui' can esi>t. ThcM' c.iiisiileraliolis. and many oilier.-, which it would take too lonj; t.i (■niimerate.cami.il fail to inspire you w illi a ^reat Imrror of luxury. Voii will then rilrcnch fmni the furniture of your Imiise- v\v\-\ -uperllin.iis article^ and every object of vanity ; you will rear your chihlivn in that outward Miniilicity, which is ever the iiiiafic and natural cxiircssioii of the innocence of the heart ; an.l if. as it is desirable you should, y.Mi cMUilide y.mr dau^;liters to the care <>!' (iiir iio.iil nuns dt voted to the inslriiclioii of youth, you will second, by every nieaiiK in voiir ])ower, their anxious efforts to inspire them with a love of r.lirislian mode-ty, an avcibion Tor the vaiiilii- of the wurhl, ami a ImkIc for labour and the -pirit of crfinomy , I y M ,,.„,. .l..n,.h..-rH .huH ouvfullv, i.. all -v-,., M, In. luK v ..w .Mlu.u t. • u u H //,./ .,rr h. lUtiu.J thnr »>.>-. OH....... .,nlu. 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"""' ' ' - ,. h,-c .v..rv ihinu is .-on-hato.! in a<-<-onla..ee with the ::;:.■ :;:;'Cr:;;ii;;;::!:;^i.e::i-vi^- ,.•.. io,. ,.....rib.aby christian ' ttiriwn'lsltr::;!; whi.h we wo..h, ..>.. ..bibi. toyo,.i,.anits ,,,.,,1 V ..Ss It \> th. c-vil of Dr,.nk.,a.css, wbi.h has .vai,.-'-! •" ou- ' w'a a'. L ll...al I.ist.-icts, ...ore t.i..n.,ha..t tha.. .v.,-, ami wh.ch \ owl ittb- .nost f.-i«htiul evilB. Thuso evils a.-o .nan.tcst at all ;;; ;;r i:;!; :;:.: t,;:-!liy ....rinK'^loct^o,.. whi<-h, by rea^on of th.ir frequent I If / I I \ as« S — Dcclin'riici', riilistillltc oIK^ nl' lilt; J iiniiciiiMl ( niiscs III' tlio deiiioriilizatioii nnw siiroailiiiij; itsi'll' in cvi'i-v dircctiini to iin iilaniiiiiij; extent. Ill onler tu )>\it ii stii|i to hh ijravr a calniiiilv, we deeiii it mir iliity tn traee out lor von tlie I'ollowiiii;- riili> of emuliiet, u liicli, in tact, is siiii]i\v eonlinnln tlie roiioiiiiueiulation;; m iile Von ill llie I'listoral Letlei- of the Father:: of tin seeoiid I'mviiieial Coiiiieil of (^)iieliee. ila'eil lite nil .July, is.'it. 1-. Slaiul eoiirajreoiislv Kv llie eii;:ii;;enienls yon eliti red into, on lieeo- iiiint: 1111311 iliers of tlie Soeietv of the (' Is di renew those s-acred eiiij;ai;'enieiils (hiily, by reel Hail ifarvs. reiii])e'raiiee Soeiety ; and itiii'' tivo Our Fatlrji-s and live Do not freiiiieiit Taverns ; and, if, when travelliiii:. yon are eonipellei •lied to resort to houses of llie kind, he earefnl to s.'le rl lo T •t sneli as are eoiidiiefe I in an orderlv inanner : lint iievi'r resort lo laverii.^ in which intoMeatiii!,' luinors are sold without a lieeiiee. 3*. Fn order to jrnard n-'ains! the inroads of drnnkeiiiiess, lie careful to than the minilierof taverns necessary have, in yniir resjiective loralilir-. n^' iiion for travellers; am maintain ]n-n\ • that the t iveni ler order in I heir house iei'Oi'i'-. ai •e duly qiialitied, and that they '^'llU hoiil HI MUir own liaiic II tl means of remcdviii"; all these evils, am conntry is now is lo say, in sc disposed to jnit d made desolate ; it eni -. liehived r.rethreii, the siiiiplot and the easiest III a hoi-tof others, hy wli'eh our once hajijiy l^is'^ in always makinjj: jiroiier elections, that ndiiiii; to represent yon in rarlianieiit, none hut men who are alitv ; in selectins; for mayor.s and own vice and eiieoiiraire iiioi for eoiiiKfilloi-s k( ymir innnieiiialities only such of your fellow citizens as know to he capahh of iiiiviiilainiiii,' irood order. Hence, you must I'ver ceed ill such elections niider a sense of the ji'rave resiioii-ihility that lies un voiir eiiiiseieiices, since vou >hiill liavi to answer for all the evil done hv the'nien whom vou will have elected, while knowiiij^ them to he incajiuhle ot t'ullv di^chai i:iim- the duties of their positi When, therefore, you are called upon, lieloved J?rcthreu, to exercise tlu' rights of iiolitical life, do not forjiet that yoii must answer for your eonduet before God, .should you fail (o act with a proper c ire in thedi-scharjieof the duties attachiiii;' thereunto and for the serious coiise.pieTices that may result from your ueiiligeuee. If, as we arc not permitted to doiiht, we must all lender an ecount to a just Judi;e, (!ven t' nouient, what then will it he, when wi fi iiiswer for acts wliieh will have been ir an idle wmiiI, which scctns tons of so littlo • shall he cited before liis tribunal there to the undeniable cause of a multitude of crimes, aiu d of the eternal loss of a lari^e number of souls ^ ' !) Siicli, Ik'luvuil I'lvtlire.ii, are tlie ])i'iiici|)al evils wliicli wo conjiu'e vmi. bv llie irit'iry nt" our I.ciril .Icsiis Christ, to remove from iiiuoiiiist vmi, in order tliat, t]in>iii,'lioiit all jiarts of tliis vast Province, those soliil virtiic-- iiiMV l)L' seen hi Ih.iiiish. wliich cuii alone secure our hapiiiness hoth here ami hiTcat'tcr. "With these evils will also (lisM|iiiear the enormous expenditure tlii'v entail. How niiuiy holy ;i.nd uolile UM(K;rtakint;s mii,dit be carried out, if all that is foolishly sjieiit in taverns, at play, at tJiu theatres, in dress, and in ln\u)'y, were di'Voli'd to them : and then, what lilessings would be shed upon you. a- a reward for yoursaeritiees in behalf of so worthy a cause! We deem it our duty t'l pnint out tn y(in here, some of llu' linod works it behoves you to pr.!ietise, in (irder ti> arrc.-t this torrent of ini(|nity, and to secure your eternal salvation. In the tirst place, J!el')\ed Itretlii'en, take care of your poor, and tin; Lord, who has adopted them as his suH'ering members, will return you a hundretlfold, fill' v.hat you shall have given to relieve their sutlerings. Lend your aid to the Society of St. Vincent de I'aul, and to those ])i(»us assoeJations of chaiitable lallie^, who devote theniS(;lves with >-o much zeal, not only to the relief of the temporal wants of the ]>oor, but above all to proeurin;^ tlieni spiritual aid, which is a nnittcr of sliil ^ii'eater neee->ily for them. AnioULr>t youi' ]irivileui'd works, beloved lirethren. do not f(jrget St. Peter's Pence, wiiieh has for its object tuenalile the ILily Fatlu'r to meet, in these days of aflliction, the outlay ne''t^>-ai'_\ for the pre^ervation of the sacred deposit of th(^ Faith, tor the government of the chnrcli and for the relief of so many siirt'erings the rtsnlt of political convidsions. ■ an ever increa^iiii;' eiicoui'agcnient to the extension, in your nndst, of that Hunurable work nf the Projuniation of the Faith, and bear in nnnd, above all, that there are in the vast teriitories of the North- west, of the IIud.sou's Bay, of Ore;i;on, aiul of Vancouver, Keliu'ious of both sexes, formed amongst y«u, who are eultivatin;;, at the cost of the !j;reatest saeritices. that most interesting jiortion of the field of the Father (jf the family. With our prayers and with our alms, let us help them, and tliose otlier apostles of both se.ves, who are labouring to extend the Kingdoui of God throughout the whole world ; and thus we shall have a sluire in the merits of their labors and of their sutferiugs. In line, Beloved Brethren, tliej'e is another work, both religious and patriotic, in which you are called upon to assist, to wit, the settlement of the wild lands, which is destined to oe of an immense benefit to this eouutry, by promoting the continued extension of eatliolie induenoc. Let us remember. Beloved Brethren, that true patriotism is inseparable from true Faith ; it derive* its inspiration from the lieart of the God of mercies, "SVho, iji Lis fatherlj Provi- mamm I : ! ft I » '. \. >) »l — 10 — .ii^ncf. (k«i.e» U. see tl.c %vlu.le Earth covorod with iuhuhittims. .hIIcI to bli'ss Ilitf Holy Name, iiud to iulore Ilini in .spirit and in truth. Our (.bject, IJelovcd Bretlircn. in ad