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I i (.j| JOHX LOVELL, PRINTER, MONTREAL. & 1860. ^:^m». 4^iaitt.'°i£iaa»i. • ^nxsviS\ r^ >.iy rasTinmoH OP THB^ox^t csiii)^<*°^- i\ * EXOBLLENOB OF THE A ^ ^_ — -*,•! iren who^laily perisU by thtK, ^^ ^^4 b^o- To assist unfortunate pagan ^J "'^f^jjj'^, J^/g^ave, or frolL^jL,p^er)of dred»ofthousaud8;toresc"ethem^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^^^ .^^^^^^ ferocious dogs and STrlne, to wn ^^^^ of Baptism, and, If they parent, daily abandons ^1**°^ •- ^J^;^^^^^^^ i, the object of the Assodafr f* lurvlve, place theu. in "J^^^'^^J^.^S^^^^^^^^ ^hlch to-day numbersylf »* children of every country. ^tended itself t'arongh France, and Fonndedby the Bishop of Nancy, y^^^;;^^^^ ^^ ^^atever age or condl- thence throughout '^^'^^^j';^'''^^^^^ this immense army, which is destined, • tlon, ate caUed upon toUAcmesoldemntD ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ nottodestroy,buttoleadimmor^80u^^Q^ ^^g^^^„j,.„g ,,,^ the l| «»ore excellent object? ^^ll'^lLV^s xls : aced it on the same fooUnjt establishment of the Holy ChadhoodP^s^X^^^^^ ^ .ecommenled it a, that of the '' P^^P^ef'^^tdp^trU^cLs of the whole trorld. It is therefore to the Bishops, ^'«^f ^T.o^,^!^^f Sesep<>°'<'*''^^^ Moreover, the misery impossible to doubt the unhapp^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ iUssionary, and , ^ *t^T of tl»e bappj* t«?al*» ''^ '^'^ admirable Il\s lmpossiWff.VH«Bf^.«^«*^f Ji".- sSt H'^w <**>«»'»'«^' '"''^ """ iustltution ; it wockj % ^.^i^Jl^t'S^^^^ published by the Society. (h is stated tb^^-i^it-SfsaJSS'^^ "'"^' "tV'' Uo4. This yeM^l^SSJ. Hlj.^«^^ ^^^, been snatcued from I Bp»ce of tea years, nearly ^^^^^c^^^r^n^ ^f^-^n^' How mauy more ^/ everlasting deathl... The nnmb««^^^^ J ,bund»nt !-4,000 children ^ could have been saved, had the funds bee who, then, will raise ,e purchased for l.^^O '!'^°"' ^r.^'Jaire^y effectedso much good? On ^^^.i.tanj.^^^^^ ,.rious banner. i it with all his power. ^ ^^ ,^, paith and other .ing an impediment to t^"* ^^^J ^^ cftiWftood tends but ,a., daily experience P'^^^*' ^^^ " * ^gns and aid them saoreiKwerfullyv 'thor dead, half devoured by doL or ^I'^hnS .'^ T'^^""^ *''" «'''JJ'«n or the feet of pedestrians • in »f; " *''^ ^^^ "'« ^''^cls of carriaues at Pekin, almf^t atS ehiUrUlK ''" ,7^^^ of the weaffi carnage reaches them. Those that- ar«„r " '"'^ ^''^''^ *''" hospital Hospital. This establishmT is sunn ied'^iT '"^^" '" ^^e Fou„Jli„g paid by government; but in hL iv'n i '*/' ^«' """^^ and servante Htate of degeneracy ihero LhJ^ • T '""'*''' ^^ere morality is in a are thoroughly i.Sected so tt J.i' done conscientiously, these chTldren entrance ^h^L^iSliLil i ItTki^nV'^'" 4^'^ ^^- 'h"'" ing a Christian woman into tlhroitlS ?>,''' '"'"'''^'^ '" •"t'-«d»«- dren in artimlo viorHa Af fL^- ^ / *'!*' P^rpose of baptizin- chil- oution had interru^TthfpoL^^^^^^^ aware whether it haTbeen recomCced Z^^^ work, and I am not m the establishment until thrhavfi ' h • ^^ "'^i'^^'-en who live are kept rived at that .u?e the 1 tie ll- fV"^^ *^^'^ thirteenth year. Ar- riago, but ofte?to perpetu^^^^^^^^^ T 'r*^ o««««io"«lly for a lawful nfar- their birth. The bo^s^ ^^^^ ^ .tv^^^^^^^^^ ^"^ *»'« '^-^^of doors and live as they can M^rrl .? ?,"^° ?*^\'" "8^' ^''e turned out of ive honestly, but trmZ'ity abTnSo. ^ '^'?^ %SOod situation and initiated in every kind of " J^ inore2'l^ " l^f^^f vagabondism, and ''T,t'':^f'^-<^^y^ln:^S'''''''^'^' of scoundrels' and lar t^eatme^t ; foTin'cWn: l'^'."^/'^/^ ™^"- — « f-m simi- lute, that it is' in tieir Xert mu^kf^ ^^T'^ •" '^^"^"*^' «« '^^ any one having a right^t^en^uirn ?.'.>!' • ^" *5'^ ^'^'^^^ without life and death can be and is eSLed*^.*^'T '^^^r' This 'power of on men and women even thoalh ? ' 5 ' °°^^ ?" '°^^"*«> ^ut o^adults Thus the new-born uC inS IT^^ "^"'"'^^ «"^ ^^^^"8 a famUy affectionate caresses of a 'pa^rntl^ ^ ^^^^ the bunal ; one word wiU decidflvilfilf *uK'''^ """ ^^^"^ a°o hospital foundling ' id servants ity in in a se children after their I introduc- izing chil- bet, pcrse- I am not B are kept l^oar. Ar- tvful mar- cause of 3d out of tion and ism, and rels and om simi- 80 abso- without x>wer of I adults, family, ^ith the lute tri- unedia- ily, su- balanoe :o com- 'okien, s, the r done imme- ir cir- \r^ cnmstnnccs no hm barbarons. Want of women Ih nocoHsnrilv folt in vILT ^l\^} '■""^' ^ h«^«n«ver forgotten what I then mlw^ thcfr Wrth r "Yt'"" ^*^° ''' ''''^'''^ ^'*h affection on the day of few yeirf e heTfrn^T '^r^* ^' °^'^*^" ^«PP«"« '^'^^ -' the end K tirT/nfTL It ^•^^^'•"ty' or ,. me other reason, their parents are «d S rn^n 1- *''^\i«"^«'^»««. and which ought therefore to have endear- ed hnn to his mother. But unfortunately she imagined that IhisS was one too many, and that it was not her duty t^ suZr' Mnranrl h f death was accord ndv resolvi^J nn n„« i "V- P*^ f"ni, and his the child asweSLranl^^arwed^sTret^W^^^ who watched Zealand eaf,,r„cl to dd U8 ^ rf^Ke^forC' '' ''•"™'' V ^'"'- ^ It will be also necessary to have some prudent and pious Christians to 6 precise amount, I should say that" need nn.^ '"'^i"^! ^ ^«*«™ine its annnm to each of them ** """^ '^^^'^^d the sum of £1 jj^r ^^/^^^^^^^^^ -^J^the same family ^ ' ed cliildren! ^' P'^'°'' ^^° ^"^"Id then regard them as adip^ ioi'f?usS:S otn';Ste7 ^" ^^^ ^^^ -"»-- ^^ - ob- gion they will b^ ufnecesZ '''"''^ ' ''^'''''' '^'^^ i« liberty of ret ihe rescued children might be kpnf ;« +1, • thirteen or fourteen years of L S ?/'' ^'^^"^ '^'^^^ they were much care of there as in our?rr.Ln„ ^ k"\^ ."'* ^^''''"^«« be taken a" cued from death, and be ZiZ^tS^^' ^^^y^^ould have been res- thirteen may be married into%hristf«n f -'r ^^' ^''^« ^* ^be age of position to gain their livelihood It often r'^'''' '^ ^^^^ placed in a ask for boys and adopt them with retec^K' ?'' '^'^^^''' ^'^'^^ who where thus disposed of all pa m?? °.*^^ fortunate individuals ■Me or s:^x ^riii^^ otttf-i^» --" «"^ -«. Missionaries received the rules '^'^'^"'""^ o" tie very day that the .« 3tiU%X":L° tit ^"S'i^J-P'W a' Petin would „at„„I,y,ead 0/ the hospital adopted ntoOhrSifT ™"'^ '"'™ '» 8'=' the Sren » enough to have spent a few da^t M "/"T* ^'"^'^ "^ Charity, it eslablishmente, to def^^Z.^W^^"" '° ""=""* ""= P™»Perity of these , enemy of ail goodwill not Mtorte;arb''r'/^'^'="'"«°°'"'''e^^^^ I shall therefore oonfine mvself ^^.r I .? "'f'^'* '" " separate paner du^ed by these establi,h„eS *" ^"" '"^"'" ^"'"^ "'■'»'• ™ll t^ P™: eare :fr slts wS trtterbtlS''*^ ft" "'°"«^"<' *« «>» Otherwise would be • it will kT « • ^ * up and educated, than thpv andlnfantSchoot'^.^:^,^^^^^^^^ affection with which they teaf Am^ '*'"V"'^'^ ^ entrusted to their charge Thev tm hti ''" ^^^'^ Providence has g . iney will have room m these far-off lands \> for sale, and icable in pro- y, should re- leterniine its tn of £1 jper 3 family, to Bm as adopt- on is an ob- erty of reli- they were be taken as ^e been res- the age of placed in a ess parents individuals Jase on the good with y that the urallylead e children fadopted. them hus- might be larity; it fc without 1^ of these ^hich the te paper. be pro- d to the an they ban ages are and ice has ff lands ways as theS^ "^ '^''' charity,-.to display it in a thousand different S;^ Wp «b r^' r'^ ITP'' ^f^^ ^\\^^^^^ox. of the misery they w tS exlinl?l ""• T^^ ^''' '*^*^/ ^^«^' ^° ^^O'" they can attend without exciting the jealousy or envy of others: for this branch of alma giving does not come within the circle of good workrproZed bv the ctf ofSndren^fTh' *'^ ^''"^l "^^ ^'^^ ^^^-^ ^Zh tYtak care ot .ae children of the poor. The rivers of China are covered with boats, manned for the most part by women, the majority of whom hale Xt w^^^^ *^^"i*^"« ^' -«*'-- 1^-e to ro^;lth Xthei strength, while carrying their younger children on their backs To ob- tain more strength than nature has supplied them with thev throw WlZt'r'- ?f ^hole weight on 1 oar, and thus shake te J children; the wind does not always blow, the seals occasionallv calm but riiir. i-.r^* have their heads perfectly shaven, and exDosed to the heat of the sun; they are to be seen pJllid and worn out tSd « "'*'"^ "' "^^*^^^* ^^"« ^^^^ *« - her fLe, or recede ter *. V'T T-''*¥'"^ who gain their livelihood by collecting pieces of coral packs, and at each j: ge that the mother makes for the coral the child IS plunged m the wawr. These little creatures may be often seen bv t ^^S:i'}f^''}^'^ "^ ''' ^^^ ^^- *heir Iks, ^o as to pr"Ven^ joy SwWcrtW '"^*.^^^^^ ^°,!5*5^- ^^ ^••»°' ^hen, ;ell imagine the 2Zit these mothers would deposit their children with the Sisters S^l siLri^s'r^?';;*^^^^ .^^^y ^^«^^- ThechiidTfn brought r; of the ImI r^^A ^'7'" ^^fr^' '' ^^^' '^' fi^^t fruits of the S^iety lldreSav^f '''''^^ ^' ^"^^^^ Christians of all the Chinese thS^lhS''Vf''"^i^T.^'''.'^l^^^ the ultimate destination of tEim£^EJr.r he taken m their education, so as to prevent cul y on tt alrX . ^^'^ '"•* ''''^'^' "°* °"'y ^"I there be no diffi- soutUof!ol5S.^'^' '"'■ ^'''''''' '''^'''^^ *»^«-^^» hecomea chiWren ^ILZ^t '^" rf-' ^'^''''' '^ '' "^^'^ ««««"tial that these . may ^rmit it ^'"""^^ ^" '"^''^ '''^'^' i« ^hich conscience sarv tnhl'it' ^ ^'^''"' ^'^ ^"^^ ™^ ^ enumerate the precautions neces- ouui tt tr ^ ''""' V^'' P*^^"*- The children would be pS CmaLr mrnf r'^',^*^'" ^/ ^'^ ^^^^^^^'^ the appointed a^T- them hiweC woSf ' r^"^ ¥,^^^ned to Christian! ; someSong gion would be a gainer in eveir DoinAf ? °'^J'* "P" ^"'^ ^^ly reli- but would see iht prejudierS f whicili h"'* ^ '°^,^ numerically, thus in time become nationalLed an!? J^^, of a persevering charitj, and my Childhood ^,^\^ aUack China in7tsw?^^; ^^' Institute ^of the children and women. Many difficulLf J u '* P^.'"*' ^^^^ *be sick and even abuse foreseen and pointed out hT "' t"*'* ^ ^«* ^^^b. the devil made use of a woman to dest^o; thA f ''^^^ ??"«* ^' ^^''^if use of a woman to save the world ^ ^be first man, God also made Jgir^St?*fa t^^^^^^^^ than that of .ever they are eight or nfne yfaraoS 2v ^' f 'P*^^ ^ then,ras soon 2 >nproprtionto theirstrengfhand 2e frn^.^ ^^^ *^«^^°"^^ labour, of their labour would deffay a?ltE JjT"' *H'^?°^*^'^ *^« Proceeds importance that they should avodT.^n^'''"'' ^^^ ^* ^« of the greatest inust be turned out industrW^n^ "''°^? of ^e.n>peanim ; they they returned to their co^y they 'v^lf H^'^^ "'^"^ ^"^ being /uch Tf of gaming their livelihood £'t of ^1^^:^ ^ g^^^t^r chancefnot o'nly society. They will be fourteen or s?x ,3 T honourable position ii «geayoung Chinese is as cSble o?!- J • ""^"x!^ they leave.*^ At this nien of five-and-twenty amon?us k^T^ ^'^ \M^\^oo^ as young with farmers, or in cZ.mS houses or Tn"!),"^'^ ^ ^^"'^^ ^^^ t^e^ bread, nor confidence, nor an honnS '^T' *"<^ tben, neither who show themselves worthy ofe^^^ ^'" be wanting to thoL nght, to obtain them places with P?' • J ^'^^.°*'* *^ necessary; or even interest of Christianitytthef shoS^^^^^^^ V'f''^ ^' ^^*^'- ^^ 'be ge precaution, however, to obtX for them A,/5 r^' ^'^ ^^^"«' ^^^^^g being mingled with thePaffLT+L •K^l^'^'^^^^/'-«%*ow. Thus rnent of Christian and relSa^^^^^^ ^^^"1 for the advaS^! their commercial and friendlv intr!'n ^^^^^ op? *^« -<^ of a few indivi. Sisters of Charit/; let th yief fk2"[t ^^^^ directed by he nerd character. To this Trk is reser^p J ^f '^ \ ^""'.^^^ ^"^^ «^ore ge- problem of the opening of cS to r^^!^ *^^ '°^^*^«° of the grand tion ; it will acco^mplisf It whfch l^bT^^^^^^^^ f\ ?'' ""^ °S and embassies. We cannot brbombardTn^tt ^^^' ^^^^ murdering its inhabitants, annihTate it^^n^- T^^ '^ ^^'"^^ *«d hatred to every thing European but nn \l P'^J'^^'^^^^ antipathy and S *\«- «7e irreconcilE;.d teterfte' Iuh'\-T ^"^'"^^^ ^^^^ neUber hatred nor distrust; their ^^^^^2^:^^^'^^^^ , iin similiar eeta- Our hoJy reli- 'Ij nunaericalJj, ;led ineffectual- ng charity, and Institute of the viz., the sick )t be met with, nust be, that if ^od also made Js than that of lenj^'as soon as lanual labour, n the proceeds )f the greatest inism ; they !)eingsuch, if mce, not only e position in ve. At this •od as young nd for them ten, neither ting to those ary, or even etterfor the gans, taking gion. Thus, lie advance- onversation, anish those •eligion and few indivi- oted by the id more ge- the grand 'd oiviliza- nies, fleets, 'hina, and athy and jment and 'ill inspire iristianity wuj^s ' . ^ to disappear. ^ ^ ' ^""^ *^« ^^^ ^^ their charity Vill this kind proves better than aJy reL^^^^^^^^ ^^' institutions of JJ infallibly obtain from the ^XSw f^'- ""^''^ Christianity fc«"«r;««/«gardit, and the egerne^^^^^^ 2T ''}'^\^^^t be formed onTn oZnTil l''^ *^'^ ^^^''"d i*- »i5^^« against the errors of Paganism K*^ P'^.?.' ^' «" attack m respect all that is venerable ?frn-" J}^- ^°""^ ^^" ^ brought un to the sanie time they wTb^t ine'd ZTt^f *'^'^ «-"*^' ^"t ' in Christianity the onlv dnX n^ ^" ^^^.^.^nstians, accustomed to seP itT' T' ^^"--^ortra^drac'e'r^^^^^^ '' P"'"^^^ ^«PP^-- ^ng been formed in these princinles th^l ^,-^ ^"' ''°''"*'^- ^t^? hav- mix with their fellow-citiz^ens Sr^ed i t^ ^ *^^^^ "«*^^« land, - anguage, following the same cuSs a'^ JS^t'^' «P««l^i"g the same the germ of Christianity Yes Si ^'" ?'''" P'^^t amongst them the Society an army w ft prSed an arTv^'K-*,,^' ^'^^ *^««« ««hools of IS preparing against^he iJfiSt? of cS ^^'"^ ^'"'' ^°'^ Association youon^;S^r,r Jitt^^^^^^^^ -J f-ty to lay before I do not pretend to have laid everTthinr^^^^ ^fing my travels. Its infancy; it is enough to have SntWv' ??,.' the Society is in and even easy, and ha?e fore oTdsorof the /n?^v-'^°^^?^ ^' P^^^^ble" I rn 4tVor-- ^^^^ --'^^^^o^^^^^^^^^ a J^^^^^^^^^^^^ :;li^rH^^"- on -^- I ^ave returned with me from the cent e of Se^' f ' ^^ ^?"o^-Missionary, ^^M- -^^""^"S of spirite, orrrther the cat; of ? the city called HlassJ ^e Ministers of the Lord, in the presenoP nf I rt- ^" ^«^« ^lone his innumerable legions StindinTbeforeJhp l^'^*'«^"?t, surrounded b^ the representation of Jesus crucified 1 L^*' '"''^7^ ""' ^"^ ^^^''^ Satan seemed to emanate for the pm^roflw?"''^'^ '^'' ^^" ^^'^<^ Persecution attacked us, and our w"reswpi^^"l"§^^?^* the Society, sirmg not to survive the ruins ofrnewir- ''^'^ ^ the ground. dI our pe^ecutors against us. The enert! 2Thl ""' 'T''^ *^« ^^^ of stead of exciting their resentment 3e thplft? '^ '"^ ^ords, in- so^^armed them as to make them ^^ tt^^St^ wTo^rFm^lT and^is^eSrorS*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ing one after another: we sawboafJpn/ A^^^^'^'"' '^bile we are walk' H: ;! 10 s'S rfotw tt tri^f tSo*' ?^^ *^« ^^^ of the crow, who de- and delicacy of an Snean 1 ?« 7 '^T^ T' ^^""^'^* "P '" ^^e ease vantages of the eLntr^crt ifk^ ZT' -^^^ P^^' «"'^^'"«' ^"^ ^d- caped these awful daSe^ THpH^^^ ''^^*^ ««" Missionaries' head h J warded off dpi J'^^ '^"«^\^\«'7 hair of the dose at hand, and often eTen desired Th"" "''/^^'^ ^^ ^^^« ^^^'^ months since at the extremitv nf .1 t^ T?*' ''^^""^^ ^ut a few after having madri t av-L^tt'.r^^^^^ ^f' ^'' ?^'"^ Providence, day to advocate the mostTnterestfn/of^l^ has conducted me here to! and orphans. This tissie of Pv.nl • f-T!' *^^* ^^forsaken children share, has naturally leTme to reflect ;," ^^f.^"^^" ^^ ^'ght could not the Mission which 4at Divine hand fW httle, and I eagerly accepted led me to undertake. I am reS^d «« /. ^'^' '^"^^°'« actions, had children lying in the streets oS A v - T'*^ ^^ *hose unhappy to become a prey trthe yulturl i '' °' ^handoned on the mountaiS have heard for tise yearlpast tW 7""^ ''' '}' lamentations that I heart, though my words Cl. n t'^ are deeply engraven in my their sufferings. tTc A^sSatlrnf .^V^^'l '^"^ ^''^^^ «*- I" the tempt at concealment. Parents fr^^^^^^^^^^^ walls of their gardens near thfentairt^.„r'/^^^^ ^^"^^^^ ^^'^ the a parcel. On other occasionrf I,!?, ^' ^'^«PP«<1 ^^ some covering, like became they are afraTtTa V'E 'TonLr-'T *^ T ?T ^^ ^-*' were to enter the house, they would revenl\ ^' T'^ °^ I^« ^^''^^^-e". But they entertain no fear ofluut nZ^^ themselves on the survivors ^ F. BrVe writerfrom ^£^7' ^'' *-'*^^. ^° '^''^' ^^^0"^. 1854, as follows: ''TheTdmfnis trlrof feZ '^^"^-^^°' ^"^^^ ^' a^^ong paga.s, told me that whilst trkL'^h^t^ in 7:^^^:^ If ( IS in the company of pagans, he had frequently heard them speak of murdpr in^ their children wUh an indifferent whfch made h^ sCdder Thev pie ly disousscl the different means of disposing of them, either l; drotn^ maVril XtiL c^n"^!"^ *'"^ mouthrwith'ahaU 0^0?^^%^^^^^^^^ materiaJs. But the conclusion was, that they must absolutely Iret rid nf the surplus population in some manner or other. Now tC admfn Ltjlr wrtiT '^^' *^> ^.T'^"^ '' g^'^^'-^ considereTrbegin w th the fourth child Few famiUes even of thos/who are in affluence w 11 klcD more han three children," never more than one girl. Dr ' Tnonmf Z^^" fil^'^^^^'t *t«FovinceatPekin, writes as Mows «I„' brou'hf ?f if^K^'"'?''-?""' "^^^^^ ^ "^'^ ^ ^^^^ dead child en ie brought to bo buried. But amongst them there are some who are sSI Kouo hv '"?'' Bfering from some disease. Now a Chrirttn nam " The Eev. Mr. Anot writes from Kiang-Si- "We do not nf *«»»«♦ * we would gla% rescue, are the children whose lot, in oTe ;esr^c ifsJn more deplorable than those above mentioned, nax^erthoseThom their fofu's Llalt'eSnd'^L' %f r""^' ^^^ ^^^ '^' - 4sS prevent thVmtS^^^^^ among their acquaintance, such mothers as are ae"ustomrdTo nnf I1,? mo berth '''*5' '""^ ^^ *^^y '^^^^ ^adeacquabtant'lh r^^^^^^ mother, they endeavour to ascertain her intentions aavJ/'wwi pifn^/m nt° BuT^^^^^^^ be a a tjer, ehe shall In rSti cUld is Bared. ^'"' 8«°'='»"y consents and the Nevertheless these charitable efibrle are not alwars crowned witl, .-„ T r S^ ^^ consequently drowned. b«"i«ui. ine Ihe Rev. Mr. Anot, on another occasion, October 16th, 1854, writes 1 ' ' a speak of murder- n shudder. They a, either by drown- of cotton, or other ►solutely get rid of the administrator to begin with the ffluence, will keep rl. Dr. Anonilh, 3 as follows; "In lead children are ome who are still Christian named d to baptise those not attempt to ■ parents offer us for we can find he unhappy little les for two whole smetimes already ise. Those whom le respect, is still hose whom their death at their it is impossible 3a find means . to 1 women find out aed to put their with the future g, ' what do you jquently replies, soon receive her tot be so cruel, 'nsents and the )wned with suc- rs successively, threatened with i give it to her. lor allow others that I had cast jement." The li, 1854, writes 18 o"f mZu.:.^s:7^r.T rBelai; :' t'^ ^-- *^^ -^ole surface a great loss to the Horbhildhc^ at kIJ^?' '.T^^^ ^"^ l^^" «^«h all those lamentable cries H^«WrL.^"®''. ?^' '"^ ^^« ^'^^^st soul, his lordship, relying uL the^i^^^^^^ Childhood in E^ro^, l^ve tdr for tV/ '^'^''^^J:' <>f '^^ Holj^ unconditional receptKral7cSren J^ '""'^'V.^ ^^«P^*^« ^^^ thi on the mountains, VhutunontrS^!^"''''?^^^ fi^els, all,' said he, ' for otherSw JnT ??* . ^^ ^'^^^ ^^c^ive them thousands. What caH^do f X^S*" t'^' ^^''"^^^^^ «P0» a thousand would cause an ouiy!ft2000 "'ilX V^^^^^' «°^ of my fellow labourers, therefore writes ;„ l^^^i ^'' ^°"*^^' °°« Christians are terrified at th« nnr^L ? u-^ ™® ^ '°^°'™ "^o that the of the expense. He ^ks whetW^^'' of chUdren to be saved, on account or make'a ^electionrcl^^J^lf^^erm"^^^^^^^ i.: 'fl i! ESTABLISHMENT AND PROPAGATION OP THE WORK OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD. Simple and modest, like those to whom it is consecrated, the work of the Holy Childhood was not long ere it interested children. Formed at iTlr^J^^^' '^'a '^""*"^^' ""'^ P^""^ Association was estabMed fn the parishes, found numerous associates in the catechism piZ«7 3 even at the baptismal fonts, found its way amongKdSs^o™';,""^ animated the houses of education with Afresh eVuSr It wl? S sented m May m the same year bv a central rm,r,«,M tt- ri ^, la^^A.hbis4 of Paris, the^ex-Bilro^S^^^^^^^^^ the Bishop of Versailles, now Archbishop of Rouen, were the Honorary Pr^ident and Vice-presidents. From the number of its memE Z well aa their position in the State and the Church, it show^That tWs work would spread, and, among others, the Super or of the Soofety of Jesus, S. Lazarus, who sent missioners abroad, and the SuLirGlnl ral of the Brothers of the Christian Schools did nnV In.uT^M? • enrolled in the Holy Childhood. TyT^L^tt^^l^^^rSu^Z \ \ I r r 1 ^ THE WORK rated, the work of iren. Formed at vas established in hism classes, and 3US Communities, n. It was repre- I ; His Grace the (since dead), and ere the Honorary ' its members, as showed that this of the Society of e Superior Gene- hesitate in being se venerable men 15 ^t t ?i;r l^t^r?;^^^/^^^ and so well S|^:f;ren^;i^ was Flli\f r b1;^'^^^^^^^^ the Holy Childhood recommended itlto their cK'ard th foUhi'l 'VL?". '^'''' I^'«<'««««. rals, and created in their T^o^os mrtf^^Jp' ^«*«?''«'^«d it by pasto- oorrespond with the central CoTncil^ S^P 7;''^\'''"^'"'««'°n«d to ^t to be their duty to wait, before peakl in [ft'' ^7''''' ^^^^^^^^ opposing it, they allowed i to I^estabHshed n ll ^'T' ^"' '' ^'' ^^om time before his death, Mgr. de Jan. .n 1.1 a ^^ ^'°''«^«' ^ short Bishops had not onW eiven thtv „^ik • "^u' *^'^* ^^^ "majority of the niises which we have reSd rhL T '^' i"' ^''^ '^''' '''^' " The prl Cardinal Prefect of thrPropL^^^^^^ *« ^is Eminence^th^ reflection ; for it is necesLTf" mc to''in?^^ ^""^ ^T "« "^^er much those venerable Prelates, the heads of Irthlr'p'"'"'"^^ '^'' '^ joined our work, there are none of thp ' AS '" ^'^''"^' ^^o have inmost soul the work of the pZaLZTn^^, do not cherish in their them to injure it in any way oVS>se L f ^""f ' '^ '' ^^' ^^om (such as the Bishops of cLrtres Tcjaudr^^iK?''' T'''^ «^them being convinced, and have so stated in ft' ^ .^'?'^ Joined us on would benefit the Propagation of the J^at' J ff *''t' 5^"* '''' ^^^k well as ourselves, are of opinion that nnri I -^^^'^ ^"^^^tes, then, as harvest, and that the chilC^whom w?L ? I' Vrev^^^ng for it a new work of Christian charity, havrntleSedT '* '° f°^^^ ^" "^^ to the sacrifice for God and thel; neSoT" U afl^l'"."^'-*^ '^l ^^'"'^'^ of iHhi^^M-^^ -^^^^^^^'^^:J^:i ^^SHefe'^? t?:"sre t^^^ ^^^ ^ill of the Sove- work, and vouchsafed to reZLTH ^^th regard to this interesting France, Belgium, HollandTnTSerS^^^^ by letter, if and Vicars-Apostolic desired to bSmeTte •anotf"'^^'' ".^^''^«'«"«^« Europe (Italy and England) in aS! J^aT l^^ '° ''^"ous part, of Prelate truly attached to thefflcS! / *^\^'?*- ^^r. Rosati, a in the United States, as aK,1w\i^^S« n^''^'"'?'^ ''' ^^^t succesJ of New York, and Dr. Purcell Bishon of Pi • ^"?^««' the Archbishop ed for the work of the ^o^r^AivS tL 1 '"°f ''. .^^"« ^^s obtain- character, their eminent dlni v^ • the support of those who by their best to appreciate, auiitOrcom^^^^^^^ ^^"-^' --e tUI of chanty it has the singular privS of tv" 1'"^°°/ «" the works gated, and directed by Bishons Bnf ;f ^'^^ ^^^" ^^""^^^d, propa- the faithful; for there was i ^haV.^r^ equal success' aVng neither the Bishop nor Rector h^d^ti^^ ^T^\^:^ ^^ 16 J..««uroa adopted W prudence were a ».«oe of 3^°^ .hefrVed' they could not understand what oecnsion ihore v^n,^Zs!..: . ' s,^:^% tiurwrottXtr-d'e^vs^ ji "ir^,^^' Buffoeatod by their parent, ? Who eouU &,,! f„7l,*T° *" ""• ^^^ ?hr:rto'SeaXf trw"sS 7 T™-^^^^ .Piritually) to make the7iCLSj:7l.^t^Zn'i TI''^^' t''i n"ue of the cLth '•'7 ™ ™®™"' '" «'=°"° *» ''""■P^ion of S btained their names uliitionB. The slow liction to their zeal ; for reflection, wliou tionof'the poor little sure means as those using alujH so truly n — every heart was f unhappy children thrown to the dogs, 3ir hearts to refuse, ifling sum requi- d ? It was so easy to a great number of 3s (temporally and •en I The work of 5d them within our per annum? None Iren could not hear hey had; mothers, it this was a means ling for their own ill and meritorious compassion of the lioirmite: Protes- had no scruple in inity. In a short e earth, as in Bel- ed the alms of the sre young children ildhood had taken olicitude. It was of charity which are inexhaustible, ir month which it ►elieve it ?) a sum d in 1843, at the APOSTOLICAL BRIEF. PIUS IX, POPE. IN PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE THEREOF. to suitable^'insti'utPonrof ihS7and' tt' '^^«*t"''.^"^ ^''^'^" ^'rth time we have had the consolation Vbeho&.K^ '^'^ '"• ^^' «"^ «^" new works destined alike to remedv tJie c2l r «"««fr^e creation of life, and to provide for the spirS and etT^ 7^ T^'''^^ ^^ «'« w this without a singular providenop nf n !, """/ ^^^^^^^ ^^ «o»ls. Nor the Catholic faith boast thrower of / ^^^^ ^* ''^"^ '^' ^"«™^^ of and would fain obscure the b^Hancv of cTn.^r "^'"n^^ "^^^''^J ^^^e, Srof^t rrlrs -L ^' - P- d^S^^inX^ humbleand the lowly, the poor andry^nl ^.^'^f ,h1 £ JB 7/ 18 provident^ of Ood hath Htirred up to contrihute with zonl nccordinff to of hd> ^hnnty, flour.Hhi,.g lik, choice plant, in the fid.! of tJ.o L .rd In BulXt*/; ""'-f "''"'I •'' ^'" J^"'''"' "mrk of the Catholic roligum. Hut tlmt tins unity niuy bo presorved. 't in OHpr.Muliy no,!dful nJT 'T'"''' " ^^' uuthority of the Roman Poititf; i ho i placed on th*^ Mupren.o throne of the I'rinco of tho Ano« Ich m one Hoatod on a w*iK-H-tower, i^kUv^ a general «urvoy of all, to pro;iI r all tho noceHHitu. of our llolv religion, and so to direc and^dinZe of own right of governing itself arnl adrninistiring itH own funds he should po.n out t. them that fidd for their exertionn" which hesL tol S for the welfare of the Universal Church : for of this God ha . civeii huu the government and the ch .rge. For this reason is it that .ve in o glidly acceded to the petition addressed to us by that oL . Ir«t iute Tl!.! ^ ' •^y.^^.'""" i^''"''^'' "'^ t''^' P'^tron of tho same under our- selves and at this Holy See ; so that by the aid and ministry of our Zn w l? '""'^T^!' '^'^y ^« the better guided in promoting fhe com- mon welfare and interests of Holy Church. Moreover, althou-di tl s Institute 18 sprung from that other pious society which is entitled" " The PropagaUon oj the Faifh," nevertheless havilig a distinct objecf and tha;i""^/,\' ^"'^'"^'^ ?^ '^"^^'"'^^ class of persons, ?t sS S «iat we should bestow upon ,t a special mark of our approval. The ob- jeo ,then, of this Institute is to rescue tho unfortunate children ?" Idolatrous parents, whether in China or other heathen eoun ries who have been consigned by their unnatural cruelty to a miserable death and in saving their hyes to wash them in tho waters of regeneration ; and for this holy end It ha« stirred and continues to stir^p all the Ca hoHo ehildren throughout the world to come forward and^ contribute the ? slender ofienngs for the temporal and spiritual salvation of these 1 tie ones ; thus discharging a noble act of charity, and gratefully acknoVledg ng that precious grace of God to themselves, in that He has called hem to His admirable Light ; much a. this great benefit may be despi'ed and Z7t IV^"'' exceeding wickedness, by the disciples of infidelity And for this same re^ison it is evident that this Institute of Christian vZl i-"" % .t'' r^- t^^^'^ ^'-''' ''^^ ^'''^ t'^« P''^"" work of the Propagation of tho Faith, but rather u . . 1. rfuUy iid. th.t very o^ ject, seeing that u kindles in the m,rf. „: .Christian child Jeu^ht warmest sentiments of a living faith .ud tender piety, and thus stirs them up and inflames them to seek for the salvation rf souirandthe wjfri' rnl ^'^^' '^ ''''' ''^'^'''^ ' '' '^^' ^« ^^y ^«" believe that when these little ones are grown to man's estate, they will forward the work of the Propagation of the Faith with a zeal all the more St It • r.m\ nccording to if'olil IiiHtitiitions 8cl(I of tlio Lord, ut'ostation of that rk of tho l.'iitholio JHprcially needful ontiflf; for ho m A[K)HtleH, iiH ono II, to provide for ct and dispose of Jiich prencrves its fundH, ho shoulJ 3 Bees to li) rood God ha.i given 3 it flmt >ve ii 1,0 t pi' < Institute Hhfiuld appoint same under our- niini«try of our moting the com- ', although this 8 entitled " The linct objecr, and it sceuia right roval. Tho ob- ate children cf countries, who ruble death, and ration ; and for all the Catholio 3ontributo their 1 of these little lly acknovyledg- has called them be despised and 38 of infidelity, to of Christian )U8 work of the I" thi>t very oD- i children the and thus stirs F souls and the ell believe that ill forward the more ardent. 19 *J«cinj?, then, J,at thin in m if i, our own mind.anit wal fn tw' '^ ''" -"«" ^ ""''J^t of .>Tr.., IJnir joy to n.ontoftluHin!,mte^:lt,lr^^^^^^^^ wanted for the neceJih". of nT retn^-t "' ""' '" "'^•"'' «"** «<> upon It a heav nly ondowu.. ,it fmm Jhi? ' '*"' " '"»^« IxjHtwwod while we have placed it undr tl ^ '^"""'"^ ^^' ^'^'^'^ Indulgenccfl the Holy Ho Jn Ch^^^^^ ^^T !''. ''' "' ''^ ^''^<''"^«"' I f^r'ti' T r j"^^'^ "- ^' "'^o^' Oct aT:i tSj?" rr ^^: '' P-- I for the labour and caro they have so .li l;ffi ' "" ^^'* P'""« ^^^k^ ^ato it and to prou.oto its pfosStv ? An f ^ '^^'"^'•* ^^'' '" P'opa- . and everv one who is n.^St\L InstitTr"'""'^'^^ ^T''^^' ^' '""' «» oHatj^^^hieh the Lord coL^e^ ^ ll^t^ ^ ^^ ".- olttZli^'S^::^^^^^^^^ Ven.rab,e Breth.n, Bishops that you should welcome in Z h^vo al d.-S"''' T '"'''''' ''dvico, Christian love, and tenderly to nurture Jf ^'^'^^'^iff /his now branch of yard of the Lord, destinoTone Say "o y oVrth' '* ' t'**^"* '" *''« ^'»«- Imploring for you tho aid of oJd frn.f ?"',"* abundant fruit, notgr ntod unto man to pcrtu lyrn- a. l' ^'*^u^"' ^^'^'^ »' •'<' the members and directors^f ho afo3 /n^ v "^' ^"'^^ "P«" ^» benediction. aroresaid Institute, our apostolical V. Cabd. Macohi. mP- I ii OK HIS EMINENCE THE CARDINAL PROTECTOR TO THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD. From the Office of the Secretary of the Central Council of the mous Rome, August 15, 1856. Most Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers in Christ chS7:;XtTnlil"^^^^^ of the Churck kose dutvT,^t ,? ? 5 guardianship of the chief pastor power, those bltMonfeU^^^^ promote to the utmost of his sities of the times, arT^dS bv T^ •'^'p'"'''.^'"^ *? *^« ^^^'^ ^^ces- consummation of thTsS^d tt ^S^LllZ'Zll o^cS^ ''' For this reason our Holy Father Pone Pi,i« TV ^ t ,*'. reigp, under, the direction Aivine J^rovXicI:^ 'f^Z%fZZ If ROTECTOK P WORLD. ncil of the pious ^e Convent of the Ugust 15, 1856. ^ Christ, id prop^ation of P the chief pastor the utmost of his the divers neces- ir perfecting the !y of Christ, whose glorious rce of joy to the 21 interests of the Catholic Church iSl t f ® ^^**^'* ««''vice to the has now endowed it wUh tC treaS^e o^ hT •''^. f '' ^^^^^^' ^"' ^« crowning mark of his annrohatinn ?! a '^^^y. indulgences, and, as" a brief, hal graciousirdeZS to be "nu^*^^" ^'''^'''' *^« ^^^^^a institutions of the Church "umbered amongst the canonical nald' So'v'eiS p3\t '?" ^"'^ ^^ "«^ *^« P^* W by the afore- !ay before you? S;'^L'TJ ing so, we abstain from offerL «Tv .^'^^'f ^ ^^tter, but, in do- most holy Father, or fnTpJSciranvT"* "5 *^^ ^^''^^ ^^ ««r tute iteelf, for well we know that we^an^fnn?''f'*'°° .^" *^« ^°««- apostohc zeal of your lordshios whil Jni ^ ""^^^ ^" *^e piety and tension of this holy work ^ '^ ^"^^ ""«« ^^^^ *<> Promote the ex his nature which shew forth the IM./ nf ? .^ P'T^*^ institutions of n the shadows of death and which ni/^tt '\ *^'"^ *^^* ^'^ ««^^ ledge of truth ? An ins^itutiorwhiCnens th'! ^ ''"^'. *^ *^^ ^°°^- means whereby a countless number of helnW • p ""f^ "^^ P"°^^^«« ^be ful cruelty of their parents ^^Tl ot helpless mfants, whom the dread- to the kingdom of h^en and tl. '^ *^ ^^«*^"«*io°. «igbt be brought which, by fhe sin of oTman the^^ of that eilrnal life, £ n fine, which forcibly briZ before tS^ '\ ^f\^^^ ' ^^" institute, in it, on beholding th^e S v [w tlT^' u* T ^^' ^^ ^°S«g«d ' deeply grateful th'ey ough ttTfeel l^^^^^^^ ^'f\T ««"ntriesfhow is every blessing and evfry g^d td^ n^^^^^^^^ -^ ^'''^' ^^«"^ ^bom on their part, hi hath in HifTnfinrf^ I ^,ft '^ *^**' ^^tbout merit light of truth, receiving thmnt^,^rT-''^^*^^^ ^ *^« admirable of water and the Holy^St s^ tW T'° °^ '^°' ^^ ^^^ "^w birth faith and abounding in cS thev ;,^^" '° •*'^.'*'^ ^° ^^' P^^epts of inheritance. ^ '*^' *^^^ "^^^ ''^Joice in the hope of eternal tru?rdt;;V;t;KSe^^^^^^^ ,^ the Aocken- naturally spring from faith, and te e^tirX'''' '^f ' ^'' «"°^ ^^^1^ spirit of worldly philanthropy wh^h the .nL-^^''?^ ^ ^^^^ ^^"^^^^^^ bo^t of And thus day by dav with tL"^? ^^ "^^^^^O" «« loudly lordships have cause to JeSice That 5j!t T'*T' °^ ^^^' ^"1 Jour are dying awa, ; that feJ7off^ri:f^Zon^^^ T? >^^^^^^"«« Its poison more and more on all s?dpf Lv? '°' '^^'''^ '' spreading formidable evil of the times k wticfweiivf PoL'T^^utes *^« ^««t ^ri^ort^eife^^^TfhiltoS^^^^^ faith, and how it is the Stirc'eTnfcruIn^^^^^ ''^ ^^ «^ 22 ' To the praise then, and the glorv of the AlmJ^i,*^ n. a look forward in the hone that thiali ''^®,-^''»>ghty God we earnently and daily grow in Ser nn!i ^T' ""^"^ ""^^ everywhere take root,- pray you^ Khlp^sretV^ y^^^^^^^^ %' ^'^^^ ^«^ - We remain your Lordships' Most humble and obedient servant, Charles Aug. Card. Reisaoh, Protector. I'l I ill ity God we earnestly verywhere take root,- ; for which end we s advancement, iships, and wishing lent servant, a. Card. Keisaoh, Protector. APPKOBATION OF THE SOCIETY BY THE BISHOPS. with tL of hia EmTintjaeCardinTB-T' f?™' "'' °™™™'^ in his Diooese, and he bTZZ^/u a ^I "'"•'' """ ^fWUhed far SB it lay in his pSwer TW Ri.f ' Td "™''' ™""""^ to do so „ in receiving the cS; J'^ii^f^^t^Z.^'^ '"'!""' P'«'»"'« not perish. Its venerable founder iobeqiSful.' ""-j, ""' "■»* *«» beqneathed his zeal, and assured newTmmZf'''^!"''^'"^"'"''" ChOdk^d. EUjah's mantle hrd«ndedlES'*"'^^'^u*?>^°'* Mossing will not cease to aeeomnanrthe w.^ "f.^^-'u"'' ""« ^'^^ nowbeeome that of .he ArcbbX^of Ch2don "' ofl/ '^'T' s'lie^rnt^S^/rhtsi^dl™^^^ I inn 'III 1 li i i 24 had appointed an SiaTtit ll^^ J'^ u l'/-"** ?^* *« ^^^^P i' «P he Cental Council ' ^^"^ would obtain the confidence of the tligHrrafnltt^ltnet^^^^^^ Biocese. of Lu,on deplores, that he much regretred n not havZ t ■ '^ ^'"^ \° ^^' ^^^^^^ ^^ot^ the/i^.;.at7<^/?oorasthrA.J^.^^'*iT"^''°^*^«''«-^t^^^^^^ originally rstned l^it ^ /^^ "'^^^^^ '''''^'^ ^^^^'^"^^ disLutio^n of rjr^^^^^^^^^ that the rumours of the he expected. He had noT been ^''''' ^^.r' PJ""^'^ ^"J""«"« «« mother^ had taught their children L'oW^^^ l*^?'**^'' unsuccessful; nese children as°soon as they 'ould Zt ^^ -^'"^.^l ^'' '^' "*«« Chi! could be more lovely He wo^iH ^ ''I" ''^*^' ''^«^- "^t^^ng false report that had been crrcltedZ'^^^'S'"'^ ^^^h th? would be indeed a pitfto onm^ h.'^-^"^ v t' ^'°T^^^« ^'^^^^> i* on behalf of so exceC fsoTietv Aff ^f f *t' 5""?^"' ^^«" «»!'« ed M. L'Abbd SoyrS CaSJ; J^^^^^^^^th of thissaintly Prelate, his power to sSe'tS^^ theCo k wl«?d' S"'''^ "^^ ^'^^^ ^ ^^^« ^^ i» in the Diocese, unles any rnexJctpd J T' """'T .^^^o'^^^endation that the work ^ould notfnire ^1/ ?• '"Tf 'J' ^«« *^°fi1'^ dence. The faith and pietHfT/RSl- T*'^ ""'^^ ^^^ correspon- he would by no meal^^^hft whic!1t' ^dlLwJd Z r"°*^4^* the experience of a long and holv hS J^f, ^f^^'^^ed predecessor, after oommendingit pub Mv „L t. ,ff ' J"".\^''=^ P'^vented frem re- gion o/ «*/j^„,?HXM£Lrt *''•,'!''''"''"' ^ Its success, and lost no time in comJnnJ„o!- "^^^f ™7 ^^ «» « guarantee of , *!?."' .^"V*^^^^ •^p^-tirs rirsr^^^^^^^^^ adds his Lordship, in his letter of Apr 1 1st 1845 tW I' ^f} *'"^^' rage the good will of your AssociftJs who ie „ ' t a Hnl A^^^ '°''^- Innumerable reports, to the detriment oft: rrk^tre'J^:,,^^^^^^^^^^ y just commenced in tiat to keep it up he e confidence of the >^ Rigal, his Vicar- at he had forwarded se, urging the clergy ework. TheAbbd Jretary of the Cen- ed a large sum from )f Luyon deplores, Mgr. Soyer, wrote 3 re-establishment of d received the funds the rumours of the proved injurious as ther unsuccessful; ?8 for the little Chi- the cross : nothing he could, with the snerable Prelate, it ople, when enlisted his saintly Prelate, lappy to have it in 3 recommendation he was confident ^atVA. The Abbd th the correspon- ure guarantee that predecessor, after > invariably detri- from being oppos- revented from re- it of the Propaga- allow those who »e Archbishop of as a guarantee of Is of its organiza- It is high time, we should encou- ttle discouraged, circulated in this 25 ^^. ':ft:fa^2^^:^^:: '^yt'^^ ^ -H to the Pro. quoted thicentrJcouneto co^^^^^^^^^ '- - 4e members, first, respeSn^he ptog L^^^^^^^ ^"^--^ the measures taken to attain fL liL^,T^ a 2 ^»«o««<«>«; second, into execution; Lrth he I'S '• V/^^' ^1^*^'"^ *''««« «»«««»re drawn upwhichwouWb^hpfil? '^^"J^^f J lastly a notice should be similar I ^.l^^^^of'^t^^^^^^^^ but the sister; may it imitate uTnCTesnect' At Wit "'* r' '^?' Prelate was beoirin.' us to r,^^U\l ♦k ^ respect. At this veiy time the told us that Sd'convoke^d thf V- ''* 'n'^^'^ °^ ^'^^ ^^'««^' ^«d the Associates L wouM ofer nn ^^Tr ^^''^^ ""*^ *^^*' *« i"«Pire rule, this year'a^irhad done tZ.l^-?'^^^^^^^ by the Zs a^d r^isL''^ He hesS with success in conformity ^ith expressions) that 'L work^lT^f ? ''' '"^"^ (*^^ *^« ^^' own PropagatonofthefIith g^^^^ any^^a^m^e that of the as far as we would dSre We sh^S fi ' ^^^'^pt extend these quotations the Archbishop of M:ij2etjr^7mt '? h?> ^^ His G,.ce ^s^^:^ hts^T ' --^ «' ^^-^^'^^ of in Institution S had iust fo'l .' "'5 ^"''''*«'" "« *« *^« ^^^ 26 SthtrcUVcSrc^f "~'™^ to direct it, and ,o c„rre,p„„a has reserved f^ aTork 1 wE-,Tr"1 ""^ "T """"K" "'•ieh God the venerable ft^t^ tlSoneffelfc Si. '""'p '''"■° ','■'" ""■• Bor of Ecclesiastical HislorrTrA.- . , °''' '^'"'°" »■"! I^ro'es- cil, and onTSi rf tSal miT""''""'' "'"j ""^ '^«""™l Co™. second number of the Annals ^ J-'astoral in the .yf\!.VTh:*tit'JS;f;^rH:r^'^„::"^^ dTtrTht:r]?Kir^£7^^^^^^^^ course, and were delighted at soeina filV -.^^ , I ^^^ '* **" *'''^^ ^*» o^" might bring forward tLexlXS f'J^'^^'^''^ ^'^^ P^'"* i" it. Many beUeved it to be h a du^ ^o^to tl «^^^^^ ^^'T venerable Prelate not only waa the HolunLf T.ll f "J ^'P'^'^ ^" ^^^ ^^rk : but Diocese^Tthout hiSoSf bul?^^^^^^ >• '''''"^ ^'^'^ '^ ^^ the Diocesan Secre Lv and^^wt .1, «!^b««"Ptions were received by better established ^e^^^^^^^ P^^^ -^-^the work wa^ the south of France,ofwhcrToullelt1f''''\l''^^^^ ^^°^^«««i° also, though the Diocesan authont r^^^ ''T\ J^T initiative in favour of thp frn7,,r/-jJiI^-.^^^^^^^ ^ take the prejudicial inlu t ons thf 1"^^^^^ Mse re^ri. and only opposed its enemies, LTmade pr^res w/''"'^^^^^^^^ "°* touching anecdotes of its success but^S 1- •. *'°'?^^ '''^'^^ «^««* mention the places and defrr ^«/^M . 1- ''''"'P^^ ""^ ""^"^^^ *<> abundant blesEsVHeavI „/^^^^^ .to another number. The most so ardent a chS fnd from th„^ '"'''"f ^ guaranteed to the eflForts of that the religSitTof Slous^^ apprehensive but of the Truth, would be one Jf hf J! '^ t^ '" illustrious a confessor Childhood wodd p osper ' "''''' ^^'"^ *^^ '^^^^^ '^ ^^' ^oly In I effect [on tl 'to ev Child I every ct it, and to correspond rts, and to obtain for the lose blessings which God Him." From that time bour, Canon and Profes- I with the Central Coun- «ared a circular, in con- tablished in his Diocese, srint his Pastoral in the ivorably and as pronipt- et reached us, but we is circular has not been tive part in the work, leir subjects, but they owed it to take its own take part in it. Many hose venerable Prelate •enly in the work : but I several parts of his bions were received by ice where the work was en or eight dioceses in re the centre. There called on to take the e of false reports and IS associates, and not ^e could relate most compel us merely to number. The most ateed to the efforts of not apprehensive but illustrious a confessor be work of the Holy PROGRESS AND RESULTS , OF THK HOLY CHILDHOOD I «ff . \ ?r®^ an exact idea of this progress, we must describe the effects produced by the Holy Childhood, first on these pagansTd then on their children. Its effects on pagans. These men, Iho nie strangers ChSf ° T^r °*™''^*' ^''^ "P«^ *^« establishments 7 the S Childhood with the most extraordinary astonishment. Every hosnitel every school, every foundation, emanating from motives of sYncerrand 'Ili^l I ' S8 take up a hostile position towards them ' ^''° ""^"^^ "^'^^^^^^^ if- t ournier writes from Kian-' Nan " " Tli^n ♦! • strike me during my periodical vi«;?«;. -Three things more particularly zeal of the Christians in cXntlnf a T- ^.^"'*^"° communities; the are deserted or sold"; their patnl'l'^^^^^^^^^^ "5 '""'^ children 'who these Christians towards thp .nl^fn ' • T'^l* "^"^ gratitude shown by shown by the pZnsVtrZ':^^^^^^ these paeans whn o fi.^ rengion and the missionaries. All Christi^tare now r' sneltf^'r' P^V'^^^^'^^^^^d and threate^ d the In Tehe^Kiang afefy ir'4^ agents of the devil. Ttlonirten.?-'' ''''■' ^^'^'^ "P«° ^ th« earthquake, whieh took place Ung-^PotE^^^^^ ^^ ^" themselves with tamtams by the nniJ ff 4,t!- i i '?^^ ^^'"^'« »™ed the devils, whom they inZVoKTil^^f'^l ^T^ '"^ ^"^« ^««k spread pestilence and Sl^ ovl tt? /'"'" m^.' ^"*^«^^^^ to now very much ehan-^ed ItTst n j!,T°*?u ?^"* «*^*« °f ^^^^^^ is St. Vincent of Paul sL those Z I k *^' "^.'^' ^^^^ *^« S'^^rs of administering emetic reTcue tt h t ^''^ P^'^'^^^ ^y opium, by cure those wL are suSTfrom fe^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^"« 'h«- "4 port 120 children at the ho^ita? and sf.fv •'?.''• '"?^^'^"^'«' ^"^ «V at the expense of the Holy fflhood tZ 'if- ''t^ establishment^ the superioress: '' The aZir«Wo T .-. J^^ T"^* '^ thus described by duces such a profound afdStevrmn"*''" '^ '¥ ^'^^ Childhood pr^ the children, i„ o J, «fZ»r Id tZ?'' "f '"?^' " '"'I'"™. «» .nstruction to the adults. The wS„ T''''"'r ''^ *" """^y =^™ evident. Public ooinmn 1. ki ™P'<'*""' "»■' made upon them is yen, left undisturbed aTatfiCrrafrT"' ^ "'^ ^ ™ »»' »»^ Wns came to risit me on the New Y.^nl''^'^' ^"u ° P""' """■'«' "i^ »h.p of God in the church andSn ^^ r{-- .^^V"'" '" "'<' ">"- Word of God, with great atte„«„„^- ^ *' '"'™'^" ''»"""«. "-d He Brnno,''r^at"LrSu™d"tV'\r'*!:j''°"' «- ^"P«-, accompanied ?y a disch^Hf fcw^rk^r Jh ° "^^Tru "^ ""^ Jormed on children. He has oS fS'i, .' ' '"/^ "''"''' l"' ""ad per- in the above province, by mlns o1 h^ail '• "t"' *'"»» "'^''ren Before his departu^ LZiL^lfTt^l' '"""P- P-ge:Theval„eofhalf.a.c^Sic^';iJ;:Sn%r,fn^d?'i:;^^^ e m |or po [emale [arthe] ier, \ illlli rmons to tho pagans, thus em, wlio would otherwise ! things more particularly •istian communities ; the ? up those children who and gratitude shown by e favourable dispositions the missionaries. All Ited and threatened the in their presence." were looked upon as the , on the occasion of an 500,000 Chinese armed ley hoped to drive back the Catholic chapel, to That state of affairs is bove city the Sisters of oisoned by opium, by th by giving them rice, tic medicines, and sup- leir city establishment, It 18 thus described by e Holy Childhood pro- ie phlegmatic Chinese, oduced on all the male of the parents become be to God." ^ •■ " '^^^ pagans here Then the catechist iicme, or baptism, to tunity to convey some ide upon them is very us. I am not only )ut a great number of They join in the wor- ian doctrine, and the 3ution, our baptiser, rformance of music, es which he had per- about 3,000 children shop. i wrote the following 1 beans, and fivepence 20 Ltspl^^'SllsTh^l^atl^^^^^^^ ^^ « source .f the moraliTy anf mat rL proZs of th E? '" '"' f ^^'' «^"««« ^omen of China, mutilated anhmmured in ft l P'^"'^*'""- The > such a degree that the pagan TortleS^^^^^^ "'' ^"^'^"^'^ 'hey are not allowed to eat wttl, fi, .: v. Z I^^^ ^^^^ ^^^« ^"7 souls. 'here are some X felo uXpovIt thln'"^?;-"'' '^^ "^'^^ ^^^^^^n themselves to a rigoroul ZtSrW^^^^^^^ -n^e^n lope of com ng into the world n^nin „= ^ ine wnoJe ot their lives, m the ^^e,J the^ay f^^^^^^^^^^Z^T^ ^^i^resXC^:,:^^^^^^ pagans with The o^^tunity of perfrmb^^^^ hildhood affords to women Ts a J.T«L.'"^ ""^''^ *t^ Holj They are generally vei^z2us?nXnlr'^^ ^""^^ ^^^'gJ«° ' irtues inculcated by oi^sSetv wMoh/ ' ''^*^' ^'""'^"« °^^t«rial ^nd bring up stra'n^^^hiirrfc •lessing to succeed in discovering thpm tITu ^ ""^'^ ^°^JaJ>Je ire incessant in their labour Tnord.rTn n^'f^t ^""^ themselves, they br poor children. They "nst^^^^^^^^ ^r"^ f ^^'i"'""' '^' «"«tenance emales, whose heartsl'od h rltd ttif ^U^^^ teach young pagan arther, and there are some who nnhHnlv T/ .u'""- ^^^y «^e« go ker, who visits the diff^'^ttLSi^Sn^N^^^^^ ^ ^'''■ aing, that a virgin, who be^n ns « L1h-= u^ "' ^"*^^ ^'"""^ -I'som- iho practises medi ine diS^^ "°J ^^^^'"^ ^^ ^Po^tle. ,^e virgin tokes the op^rtS: of pr2i!r «"^ .he continues for hourwith u^tirin^gTl SXen- ^^^^^ ill 30 listen with groat intoroat nnd attention, and when she has finisherl th^v w, therefore, [ounding a kind of normal Bchool for femalo baDtificrs i? Wam-Dam which will probably be of great advantage to roSrbv a/ iording instruction to those women who«. generouH iLlctriil tU." u> devote their Bervices to the IIolv Childhood ^ ''°' instruction of tho young. We may mention the Sisters at Ninc-Po tW MiMionaries at Hong-KonR Dr. Uelapkce at Teho-Kia" where ho t WW,I. 1. in' "■""* pupils make extraordinary proRrras in Zir hospitals, sehools, coliegcs, and .seminaries ■.. KianL-I^n oZ 3 li" niost remarkaHe establishmeuU in the iat.«rpSebihat founded bv the assis ance of three school masters and a cook. The t^rters and tZt estS^SL*?, rehS^^ trirremartwv Zr Th' T?"'' ""'' '" *» "*" and" wnoie remarkably clean. The older inmates are provided with workqhoiJ ainongst which there is a Chinese printing office. whicrfurSea tS religious books, which are distributed amon^ the cISanTin/ «, ^ pagans who show any desire for instruction ?S onrMjX^^r^A'l^ lor's workshop, which furnishes the inmates with cIotL S «" «.l..n ^ shoemakers, who supply shoes for the schoors sern^^^ the missionaries, for iny own shoes were made bv them ThJnJ regularity, and silence, observed in these various d^eprtmentst trulv astonishing, as well as the piety and fervour displayed dSthe hJurs nf/yf • .J" "'.^.fi P^^'^^^S circumstance is the great atta?hment dYs played by these children for their establishment, and the fears wSehtW Son"foll!r 'i'l' ""^*'^^^ ^^"«^^^" finiiUes shoJdS an S trawa;&t^'^''"""^'^"" '^PP^"^^' and endeavour to tl and to ai his I T influ ofbs God their ing ] learn Tl Chile chUd the ( that I the J threa baptii dinar enqui had a was e baptis gethei The ( 81 Such i8 a description of the orphanacre of F. Oianuinto an!' '^''«'=«S child en Th* JZ,?f ng tact seems to have occurred twiiie in northern rn,.hi„ "» ™«)nisn- learn from theletter Of its Vicar Apoi;rc;D?i^^^^^^^ (1JJ1 P^^!" P^."*' ^^ ^ ^'""^ «bild had allowed a baptiser of the h2 cl.ild r n"" ''^'"^"?*''' ^ ^^^^^"^^•^t «f baptism in thrLpe that the feTeSer&rr;^^^^^^^ dmary for our missionaries not to ask the reason ofT T «d1v t^T; enqumes the parents answered, that in the preceding' niihtE.vu " ?nTo;St„*bl' T™""^=\-«' Hght^r/Z'tt hat he 32 died after receiving baptism, Bolicitod us to baptiso hor also. She Raid that her Bon had appeared to her in a Htuto of great glory. This mother who 18 now a gcwdChriHtian, relates thin account to any one who will liBten to her, whether Christiau or pagan. Do not these miraculous evidences of mercy seem de.s .ned to encourac. the members of the Holy Childhood ? And is not the constant increa-^ Si ." m.n '^^'?'^ " """^^ "f '"•''"''''' ''' ^"«' >■«" *b«y 'Already amounted lo il«),000 and this year they exceed 277,000, which is an increase ofuiy-i wards of 25 per cent. Add to this the increase in our receipts : hist year we had the sum of £13,000 for distribution, and this year we have to distribute f 15,000, independently of a very large sum carried to the reserve tund. Thus, as we said at the beginning of the report we look upon these facts as a proof of the approbation of Heaven, and they urge us to continue our work, because it seems a part of the designs of Provi- denoe. Jesus Christ, who has said, " Suffer little children to come unto Me " has raised up, in opposition to that brutish selBshness which leads to the destruction of little children in China, an institution imbued with a share ot Ills love for them, and destined to be the means of their salvation lo that institution He has in some measure confided the treasury of His graces. He produces numerous conversions though the instrumentality of children, and those who labour in their cause. We feel tempted to imagme that He rejects, as it were, the adult population, the strong and the oppressor, and for the more manifest proof of His greatness makes use of weak and innocent children for the regeneration of China Let us second these merciful designs. Let us love the children, whom He loves ; let us endeavour to receive, maintain, and instruct as many as possible. •' n uMj®u ^°°^®*y ^^ *^® ^^^^ Childhood, ilk-^ its divine Plaster while a Child here on earth, grows in age, in wisdom, and in grace, before God and man ; a-universal progress haa taken place in the collections, pious distributions, and sums granted, in the acquisition of contributions from fresh countries, m the more recent marks of interest and protection shown by the bishops of France, Germany, Italy, North and South America the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and the Sovereign Pontiff On one side, in the number of children baptised, ransomed, educated* deceased, and sent to Heaven, in hundreds of thousands ; and on the other, in the number and beauty of the festivals of the Holy Childhood in the faith, zeal, courage, and sacrifices of our dear members. ' In conclusion we shaU lay before our dear members the gratifying results of the Society not only in Catholic, but in Pagan countries, and in Heaven itself. Ihe letters received from twenty-four dioceses out of ttiirty, which have received grants, show the happy harvest of last year. The figures require no commentary. ptise her also. She said eat glory. This mother, to any one who will liBttii em de.s. ined to encourage not the constant incrcas hey alreadjr amounted to lich is an increase of up- in our roceiptM: lust year md this year wo have to rge Hum carried to the g of the report, we look ' Heaven, and they urge of the designs of Provi- dron to come unto Me," hness which lends to the ion imbued with a share cans of their salvation, idcd the treasury of His agh the instrumentality B. We feel tempted to pulation, the strong and >f His greatness makes eration of China. Let the children, whom He id instruct as many as divine Master while a ad in grace, before God n the collections, pious! n of contributions fromi Jtand protection shown! ;h and South America,] the Sovereign Pontiflf.j i, ransomed, educated,! liousands; and on thel >fthe Holy Childhood,! ar members. I embers the gratifyingl 1 Pagan countries, anal ty-four dioceses, out off )y harvest of last year. 33 Letters received. 90 Children educated. B,088 Children Children Children baptised. purchanod. died 277,950 %,897 ,1^0 „,„„„ torn your rE rfbiritt'L'"." ""^ ^' "■« ^y Childhood, places." p/cxlviU. ^'^''''"''P'*'^J^«^i^ '^^ the high OTHER MAGNIFICENT RESULTS. r£42 0nnT'^*!l ?^ ^^' ^""^ ^f^'^' ^™o^°*« IfiS^fT.f""'^^^ «^couuts of Dr. Danicourt from the first of May i 'i,^ 'i! 'T P'.""? '" *^^" ^^"'^^i^S ye^r, show us that 4 197 chJ dren had been baptised, of whom more than the half died a few davs afterwards, and 300 adopted, of whom sixty-two had died n the cour^ S the year whose places were filled up immediately by others he nl^Tens us that he has established three orphana-es and nroDoses t'n fnl^ * more, if the war and the funds of t'he Uoi;! ^iMSZIuZ^^Z carry his plans into execution. The future prospects of the nititudon seem to be so cheering, and the part that it seems destined to phv so important, as to require the especial preparation of Sonaries ''It 18 of the greatest importance," says his Lordship, '' that the Holy Child hood, which requires to be under the direction of the missionaries a a vital element of its success and progress, should have in its servce a number of priests commensurate with the extent of its numerous brlncherand declared object, who ought to be called ' Priests of the Holy Sdhood - H Lordship then asks us to furnish, at least for his district, a sum that ^enable him to educate twelve subjects, who, when they are orddned sha 1 devote heir whole time and attention, under the superintendence childrtn^'T'i-' ^''''' r '^'^T''^^ P"rcha«e, and education of pagan ch Idren. This suggestion of Dr. Danicourt appears to us calculated no^ of L vn'.T *^' ?P^°^f «^«f *be counci^'^but to become the Bource ot new vocations to the holy ministry. "uun.e hlftf^r^f'^Af' If"""^^^ mng.Po.-We learn that 1,200 children ^tZ^T ?-Vf ^ ^y ^^*''? ^'P*^^''^' ^^^'•Jy two-thirds of whom died e ghty-five children were adopted, of whom thirty-seven died and the others were under the care of nurses ; fourplacesof^reception were opened in the provinces, m addition to several stations of baptisers, one of wHch 340^1-lf '' w u ^T""'-''}'. ^«««i-« eighty little childrn?n one dly pf .n^ • !^ '^- ^t"" ^t^^'T^ ^° *^^ *^« *^«"««« «f tbe Sisters at Ning- Po and m the neighbourhood, and of whom 222 had died ; 1 000 children were received during the year, and the number in the orphrage on S Senlvonl*^'T^''"r*'^*'^ ^^^- The children^dr^tted cos frequently only a dinner of rice a day, worth about two-pence half-penny. Su-Tchum.— Dr. Perocheau informs us that 173,593 children were baptised in danger of death, upwardsof 20,000 more ^han in th^pre^S! 80 communities, or in private Christian families ^ ''^'^''"' amongst the religious establishnents, where thev cSo^it/ql r "^ the houses of Christians, where they^ost lut^ri a^^^^^^ '''^' '' ^Southern Tonquin.— Br. Grauthier informs us of 2 142 bantisms 9R raise the number to 100. Each cost him about Is^S ' ^'^'' ^ Baf?k?;r«L' ^'^^"' ^''"^ ^'- f«%oix inform us of his safe arrival at H.^rnK-'ut^/'''^''^ °^^ P^°°f« of l^is ardent zeal in the causrof fb« Holy Childhood At the date of his letter, the 13th of Feb 1856 t Jiad aot received the grant for 1855, nevertheless, 2,173 cMIdr^^^^ 37 Qorea. — The Rev Mr ivr • * • t> year ending 1st May 1855 ftTo l/u "? '1\*'^^* ^" ^lorea. from the fioent results from thTfutuT ' ''"'^ "" '"''"' ^'" ^"" ^'o "agnl andlf el:l.S°'^^»^-l- year, there .ere 288 children baptised, offtTS^; a?d 'S™s"„', S' congratulates us on the progress ^.«;Oa,ear. He has tw::;^!!^^;^?:^^^'/^.^ our^5t::J!-T;^\?c:;'nttsn? ^^ '-v '- ^- - baptised 1,404 children and h,,!),?^?. ? ?'*•>'■ "'* "hieb he has and are now being br„'gSfup under th»°d^S^^ "ho bad been eolleet^S^ %^e,.ber by native -ligious^Tf: ctisZ'flit!"' ''"• *''' ^^"^ f^'"^fP^Z.'^^^^^^^:Zit --' -tive pastors in Kev. Dr. Maresca. J^rouuion and Fournier, and the Right giv!; ^^Z'':ccZt\lt^^^^^^ P--0- to his death the 1st of May, 1855 AlZn ^T-*^^ ^^^^ ^^ September, 1854 to remarks that tLe was nt St^Lw.^rfr"^ inco^pleH' £ would be less productive Osgood res^^^^^ '^^ ""''^^ six months From this account we learn thffTnnn u-?j ''^'^ *^^ preceding period price of ,bout Ud ::cM29';/ w'hom T^l 000 ,^T>*-d^t tt at the price of about 5d. each • 917 oh il/ \ i^ ^'^ ^'^" purchased outlay of about 13s. each; 96 were ^eSn" .V' ^'" ''^^P^^'^ ^* «» mission contains 20 male and S female L°nf^^^^^ "''*^'"' "'"^ t^e great number of Christians wht, Slit tv^lf^T^^^ "^* **^ "^^"tion a pagan children. Then therlTs the Celebris /^^''t^' ^^°P*' «^ ^^^^^^te, with its 160 pupils, the orphrnais that W^^ orphanage of Tsi-ka-vei island of Haymen^tMokateHndTl- ¥° commenced in the age already L op^ratfon and S i^^S^f t' *^,^^-«J« o^Pl-- Bohoolforbaptisers. ThWesulttf t^rh^te^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^iji^^i^^k-jtci H^.. 38 £K«; t-js;;;! JS^ir ■'--"■> --■ adoDted ind 1 7'M „? I . ™'i»'«.<' by *e Christians, 32 rcgularlv cLe, and edu^S„™o™r Xtl" JcUir''' °'""^ ''"'"'^"' f"" — 20 baptisers, several of whom are^roltl,^* JfX3 1,007 who survived, 509 v^erL^ZsldZ^^^i ^f 5' 'o'"^"^"^°g subsequently, 157 were adopted TnT«9' ''^*^?'^ ^^*^'' ^90 died 1,665 men and womin adminW h. f Tu '"'"'^^"^ ^^^^'^ «'i««a«on ; ak the diocesrcXlTfo't^ '^''''^''''"S^fi^^'^^*^"^'^'^^^^^^^ speak for themseS '' "" ''^ orphanages. Such splendid results infw^^lSrafluJT^^^^ ''' ''^"'" ^'^^^^^^^" ^^P*-d beoaShe''37we'^^^^^^^^ -twritten earlier cese, which is one 7th p"^^^^^^^^^ i" Hs dio- are destroyed by their paLts in g eaTn:i?^°'^ L^^^^^^^^^^ '^' '^^ ySf/lT/^"^^^*'^^^^^" '^^' 4ect. FroL the year TsS'^tlT^^^^^^ 3,356 chxldren had been baptised i' moreover^. Ji^^^^^^^^ are bein^ edu- '89 best results. ^^ ^ ^ systematic manner, to secure the however unproductive hitheT^roZlo^^^^^^^^^^ T '"^' hundred mmortal soub do notannuallyStheTr flight ^H^ '"I m which its members are not to be found fn f?!„V^ '^^^^e^^^n^^ after having' tL'trto7b;™fpZl'r76\t"^^ mamtenance and education ; this we C fror«,M» ' •""??"« ins the course of last v,.nr Tt l! J^ '""'^'^ received dnr. INTERESTING AND EDIFYING EXAMPLES o^'^iZu.^Ztc'S^^^ ^r-ty. The contents ing her way, tired andeisTed t^ il'^ft' T'' /^' ^^« ^« ^-^^ proof of this, for they consist 7heani\rIf^T^^' i^^'^^^ ^ig^tMl, are a them with beaming eyes Do vouth^^^^^^ ?V^*^ ^""^ ^^^ «hild is look ng a? a delicious repast of th'at soft^Hot /L'ic fT '^^•''^ *^ -^« when she returned home thfl hnfli/nf ^ '^ ^°^* certain y not for with her fruit? She had sold fand'''"T,P*^',, ^M ^adlhe doZ returned to the convent of St Denis accomn' ^^'Tl ^""^^ ^^«« «^e gave to one of the nuns fourUnce Slfr! ^ '^•'^ ^^ ^^'' "^o*her she little brethren in China/' Tw safe T^"^'. " ^^^^ ^« ^^^ my castmg her eyes to the ground, whilS her i"''* ^«^, ^nshing, and had gone to the wood without CbfeakSt n!/ Zu "'^'*^°g ^°^ '^^ to any one, thinking of nothing but thP L?- '"*5^''* '"^^^g « ^^^^ 41 a^^^^^^^^ a few pennies whole months, for the Holy ChZL' ^""a '* ''^^^ *^« ^°^' ^^^ng three out her f .mily sLpectini^tW ^ ' T^ '"'^"''^^'^ ^°°^« «««"&! with- she had made each day I ° '* ^'' "^'^^^'^*^ ^^^°«^ ^«« the firft meal frietiTndTm'Tftrr^^^^^^^^^^^ -^-"Pt- from their vaUey, 'and thus payTsubsct)^^ "^^"'«« °f the gays. A little girl at PeSeTm fn aJ produce of their little nose- doing the above, whether trwnnffT^' ''"^^ '^^^ ^"^ ^^«"« ^^ not. The time Lpayin' theirnnl „ 1 "^t"^ or otherwise, I know and she had no mon^ What wo^l . TP,*'^^,.^^''T"^^ ^^ «o°^e, and red turfs, ofwhi^h acertarw?^^/ She haf.een the white' thought she should I nnflfT?i.-.?^'T^*^ ^°'°^^^ is so fond : why gathered a gr^a^ fnd To d ^^^^^^^ 'V'it ""''^ ^^"^^^^^ ' S^e grows in the most barren spotewlhvi'^^i ^^''''" '^' '^'''^' ^'"'^^ formed into a fertile plant th^t' wiU brfn ^^'' '^°'* "f '^""t^' t^'^"^- Httle pagans. ^ ^'" bring grace and salvation to many eve^yliSx^™^^^^^ --^e- to have recourse to and pay their su^scrTtior Plouer fnT ^.^^'^ ^^^^ritable donations, afforded a new example of this inZf'- ^ *^'°'''' °^®t. Brieux, has ing that great lo™ftfom unlr wn'^^'"*^: Y^^ ^'' y^^ «W said one of our collectorTra littt • i "'^ ^•'"' ^'^^ "^'^^^ ^« «i«king ? appearance bore tS of h^^^^^^^^ 7^° ^^^^ «f «g«. whose whfle it, to be sure, was the rldyTpr How ^'V ""'"'^ "^"^- ^o sell nosegays ? Oh, I do not sclfif «« T; ; t f"^- ^^""^ ^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^oom for ing, "and thus find purchaseii And '' Jwl' '* ^°? ^'"""^^' ^^^ «^««P- I purchase little 0^^ it «n1l a t ^'"^ ^% ^^'^ ^^' ^^^^^^ ? Uttle girl at Plouer, X was verV ?ond^?^ f''" ^ ^^*"^°- ^"^t^er struggle decide on sellin- W hl.Z l^X^T""''^ '^*' ^^ter a severe her Subscription. " ' ^''^"'' '^^ ^^^ "<^ other means of paying SaLllot, Ittt^fTetsll'Tl^' ^^^^S^,' - *^^ ^--of family of se en children Vut/t;^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ a solve on om ttin.^ the naLiP nf ^^r, T i-V ^"^ ^" that I cannot re- I will therefore ^ntertrr^rTndTfl^r^'""^ ^S' ¥ ^^ °^e°^bers. privations for that purpose but T 1 f °Tu'?'^' '''" '"'^^^t myself to for the little Chinese w^drawdor S^'t,'"'- ""^ sacrifice I may make 42 X~Jei; f^J 2te?' '' '^"^ ^-P«- «^"^- They a. can remove mountains, charity converts tll%°V-l^^ ^"^ '^ ^^'th and the orphans above^ment oned JJ^ ^' -^ ^'"'« ^«^"« i»to gold, der to gain money they Tie in xluV ^'''''T "^ ^^"^ «««r«t. In or halfpenny for every one^they Si andtr '"*' ""^'"^^^- ^^^^ ^^^^eive a the Holy Childhood. SfnlTou deT;^ ''^"^ '^^*^'"^^^« gi^«" to deserves admiration I ^^S^nious device may excite a smile; but it eiglntsXhX^^^^^^^ between .ven and the Holy chiidh"ot;L f wlK^^ -^ ^r"*^ ^ --^- of J»y good boy," said the sister Sheafth 1 ^^ ""^ '^"^"'"*^- " " ^ut then I will sell my figs " '< B,"[f vL l"^"""^^ ^ou to eat it." " Well must not eat dry bread. " * ^^iZT''''iTl ^^''"^ *^^*^^^' for you more, and yet I'wish to become a memSnf t^ t'"] ^J ^^'^ "othing sister wishing to try him siH " T i! ""^ *^® ^oly Childhood." The " What is that ? " • ^ Ym ,' / ^T ""'P ^^" ^^^t you might do " for a moment; he was^Ts i raK^^^ Jh 'child ^eflect^d in a glass, and took great pleasure in !?vin 5 ft /^^^^ ^' ^f' '' «^^«f«"y eat But charity gained the victorv fn7lf •'"/" ''''"^^' of bread U> I will sell my fist f but who wm b7; ft ? " H 1 '"'.' " ^°" ^« '^SH sold his fish for three halfpel^ 111 y.-^^ ^'""'^ ^ purchaser, ?nd heard to exclaim « Oh I J.h^i) u ^ ^'^ ^^«t sacrifice, and he was months." Adm^ble^'cMid fflu g7ow"r'^"« t^ ^^ «^" ^ 'h- closed to the poor. ' ^ ^""^^ ^P' your hand will never be they receive from their friends ^^^^ ^'^°^ ^" *^o money that conduct, to the Holy Childhood and fh?' • ^'' ^^^^^ attention and good sale of many things wS are s/fr^^^ this amount b^the age, when e^onom> is a. e^^fwoT iiv t°^^' °^ ^^^l^^^ ^* their sess a banner of the Holy ChilCd and Z ^^ very anxious to pos- the delight of seeing it wavW at Sr ZJ^l^''-^''^^? ^^ anticipation but knowing that the purch Je ff it Wdl'''- '^T.f''^'' Processions ; to thfe purchase of theLrorhaL Zvl -f l°f *^f ^'"°"°* destined up the banner, had noHhe^ctr nSe^S ^:^i^^ ^^-^-^^-^-"n:-^sS^ toe. wU. Iron. They are diflSoult and al- 'D ; but if faith ^alue into gold, secret. In or- They receive a ined is given to a smile, but it een seven and rl had sold her se under whose le a member of late." "But jatit." "Well ither, for you have nothing Idhood." The 3u might do." child reflected pt it carefully ^s of bread to '^ou are right, urchaser, and , and he was sell in three yill never be liar payment money that ion and good Dunt by the iled at their :ious to pos- anticipation processions ; nt destined : have given a means of to eat with 43 mitted into t two girls, whose parents had died ofthecholer, ThL« ty to Sn "'^ ^^ ^^' "^ '°^« ««-^-* was a subject of g'^t anX numbS so^h'? ; ""^"^bsequently by three others, aid then by agrea^ she nav ' s xtl fn ^'''T*' '"' " ™""°''" ••^'•""«* inexplainable to^heS coLy 1 ';^*y-^«»'" P«"nd« a year for an establishment in which she £ collect^-dfory^^^^^^^ itJ, Holy Childhood was introduced into this establishment bv le«« ?W ^^" ^i ^''\ '^' ^''' \>.n.i-.ctov of this pious woman and i J wre^dio\ra^![re^^^^^^^^^ pl^e one of my children, o/the lii th'^rcrSstUt Hdy'S ! uT.aa;- ? *' ""^ S?°^ ^''«"^' '•eplied our correspondent « that is no matter " V ?*^'^ which you ViU find incon^venlnt." ^"oh Snn 1 !\t, 1^ '^'''^^^ replied, " I shall be able to pay the subscHo- immortaJ soul? I will tell you what I will do; I will drink one bottip of wme less in the year, and I shall not feel the loss." ♦in^*o?''''"''i \" ®P''"' '^ ^!"^" S'^^ ^" a "c'l faniily had been for some Holv rS^"^'°^ °'""'^i'^ ^^^ P'^^^^ to buy a doll, when she heard the Holy Childhood mentio,.ed; immediately, w thout saying a word to an v ?s^1L7oo"n^(?^LL^^^^^^^ eSucatrn'tf " '\ '""°» ^ ^'^^ crnventWe'^she was re etng^^^^^ ' sTsttr VV '' T' "'""?'* *^« °^«'' «f «"« of the nuns, saying bister, I have passed a very pleasant day, the happiest of mv iJe T have been making a collection for the Holy ChildhTd " Savbfthis she gave the money she had coUected to the good Sist^. ^ ^ ' n.p?''" m"'"*^ ?!u'? ""V. F'^* P'og^««« «t Po°toise amongst the work- they give their whole savings to the good sister of the Holy ChildhoSd ' :!l 44 '/J^'^^^^^^^^^ <'n>h-«.e at Ca.b.i, who to China, but ho was poor and h^S S "^ ""^'°"« '« ««nd some hin^ was very fond. Ho had fed it and fl Ji"^' '^'°P' ^ ^^^bit, of whLh hf the struggle betwixt his lovo for he Tr' ^'''''''. °"« «^'^ forronihs Wt with^'^*^ y^ severe, bit at lit he optoTth?'^ ''' f*^"*^"«- ^°" t^e nnM , '^ "^^' ""^ took it to tho nrioTwH JT^^ ^'■^^ «»t '»s rab- on he day of tho festival celebratedTthr g J:^^ '" ^?«P^3^ -^-<^^d ht '' f«r ^'^y godson ; send it to him to Ohina.^' ^' ''^'°^' " ^H Sir, Ho y Childhood, was sh^owing to W bS*^ '^ .^^"^ '^ member oT^e tiie little boy exclaimed, " Oh I wilTEr ^ ^^""^'« ^^'P'^ans, when J^ery well," replied his father Thl l^""" ' "^f'"^'' '^ ^^^^ S^icty!" w 1 have to give sixpence to pay ynnr ^,f '^? °" *^^ ^^^^^on. J^u much lessen your littlT savings^' '^ ^°Nn ' "^r"?^^' ^"*^ ^^^^ wil very pence, but half-a^jrown I " °?B„f .n '-./'i^ °^'^*^ answered, ''not si? there will at least be some iJ^'^Z^^JifZ^^^^ ""'' " ^--'^r^ tli':SirX?;^^^^^^^^^ not bemg satisfied with purpose they gave their sweetTeal ZTl-""^ ">*^^y' andforlht But as these were too insSS to tf ""'' ^°"«' "^^ plaything emTrolir- *' ""'l^' ^°^ whilst ote^eetTttin"^ '"'> taLLkerX yl.ed with pri^e, maZ' dur 1 ITr^- "/f^V T "l""'' »»drnta|y PonJabrayol^Xl'ffeM^^ °''^^ Sociotyof Ma^ at Court. ' »uch .„. i„ „eed of it than 'f d™';^,. liS^t^^jJ"^ *-! ^^ ^i ^ * The children nP ♦.^TZTTTT""? ^ ^^^ « m, . — "»uuii,f mought Ji r at Cambrai, who Bond somethirKr bbit, ofwhichhe ofitforiuontha; fondness for the Irow out hia rab- eply affected him " "This, Sir, 45 she to htrsclf, when, after reflecting for a moment she «nwl « Voa t 2xcito the warm- member of the ven years old, a orphans, when 'f that Society." occasion, you i that will very ered, "not six "No matter, ; satisfied with , and for this id playthings. • take tickets, ;, netting, and deavouring to 3t to all whom to draw tears and entirely nation, which uced £5 for T at Courte- jn, suddenly is purse into ; they stand 'ce from her i ? thought le diocese of on ; and the Burch, sold OTHER EXAMPLES OF FRENCH CHRISTIANS. It is not necessary to have the hen that lays the golden em?s in order to be able to do good ; a common hen may procure for us a reward that will be great in heaven, as we learn from the conduct of a little bov of nu^yl\ '", *^f '^'*'°^'°, °^ Poitiers. So great was his zeal for the Holy Childhood, that no obstacle could damp his courage, but on the day on which the subscription became due he was without a half-penny I What was he to do ? He could not tell. But his tears were soon dried ud for his guardian angel must have whispered in his ear a message of hoDe' as he went to his mother with a face radiant with joy, and said " Mother' &lf7' T ^\'='^' ^fw7 ^r^^'^ '^V ^'"y P^""««5 to giye'it me raw for the next week." " W hy do you wish to have it raw ?" " BecausA T want to sell it." "To sell it I" "Yes." " And what do youlnteTto do with the money? ' " To give it tlie little pagans." "But in that case you will h:,ve to eat dry bread." " Yes, mother I" Dear child your request was granted, and the Lord will reward you. ' A brother of the Christian schools in the above "place, said to one of ^u-,?uP !' " ^ ^^J"" ",°*'''''^ *^"* y^"^ S^^« *^''ee farthings to the Holy Lnildhood every Sunday j what do you do with the fourth?" "Ah " said the boy, " I buy an apple with it, and I enjoy it more than if 1 had tour when I have made a sacrifice of the other three to the little Chinese! ! I Behold that por^r old woman of eighty, tottering slowly along with the assiatauce of a knotted stick, towards the residence of her 47 pwtor, at Chain, in tho dioccao of Cambray I She has hourd that »he can purchaHO a littlo payiin with 28. Gd., andfihe bad rinen up i'lmediutoly to go and add another g(M)d work to those ol" her past lite. " Sir," waid she, Bitting down exhausted, " [ am come to enti-r my nai.io in the list of subHcribers to the Holy Childhood, aa I wish to Have one soul, and send one anpl to heaven before I die; my time hero cannot bo lonj?, and I have no time to lose in accumulating all I can as soon as posaible, in order to pay y..u 28. Gd. for the purchase of one Chinese baby." A littlo girl called Augusta, whose parents were very poor, had often wished to become a member of the Holy Childhood. One day .she went to her grandmother who taught her some particular work to do ; .she proved so apt a scholar, that her tiny fingers managed to prwure weekly more than is necessary for her subscription to the Holv Childhood. She already helps to support her parents. It is a great plciisure to prewnt a no.scgay to those wo love on their birthday. But school children feel a double pleasure, when they are enabled to join to this fleeting testimony of their affection and respect some valuable addition as a more lasting proof of their gratitude. But the pupils of the congregation (of the Sacred Heart) at Chalons-sur-Marno, nobly sacrificed this double pleasure. Instead of presenting a nosegay to the chaplain of the establishment on the feast of his patron Saint* they proposed to establish a lottery for the Holy Childhood, The idea pa8.sed like lightning through the pupils; and on the appointed day, the chap- lain, whomthey had so well appreciated, instead of the usual nosegay • .>- ceived the sum of £8 for the little Chinese. There will be joy in beavun and on earth, good charitable children I for many will be the little Chinese child that that sum will purchase. 1 •• * « • > • » • ' < • * » I ' • » . . • • • * • " • • • • • • •• • • • OTHER EDIFYING EXAMPLES. The parish of Sainl.Denis^u-Saint Sacrament, at Paris is so fovtnn.t. m^sMmm Sdhooi" ' "* "' *"* *^' *'' «'«■' !' '»l»°gB to the Holy « 4 • • • • • ' • • • • « • • • « * * I ■ » # I ' « « « • « • •• • • i ' • • • - I I <« • i • • • ♦ .♦ •• • • • • • * I* • • • . , , # 1 ■••••• Ik '\ W \ * In order to obtain the happy nnilts Just mentioned, what is reqaired T. . Hardly anything ( Ohb oiMt monthlfff wfth » ffail JMorf , and the following in- Tocation : " Holy Virgin and St. Joseph, pwy for nt, atid the poor infidel chil- dren." Oni oent tMnthbf I Could l«t$ be ntJfcetf ? Who is it that cannot afford this paltry sum 7 Who dares stiy it is exorbitont ? What mother will neglect this opportunity of drawing down the bleisibg of Hearen on hemlf and child ? . . And where ia the child who will not regard as a happiness this consecra- tion of his yoattfdl years to the practice of the noMest Tirtae— charity ? We are glad to say that footit mpthei^ and children bare well, understood th«w considerations, f&rbcthhaTe displayed the most admfrable seal in forwarding the designs of th« Association. Children, especially, firom those of tht hvn^U artium to those of the monarch, have contributed, with a generosity, surprising in their age, to this excellent wbrk. The jttMiah teem with txampka of this beautiful Tirtne; practiced by them. Even the less wealthy Dioetu$ and Pari^$ have not been behindlmad^and God, who has witnessed their charity, has also bestowed His reward; "^Other pious Institutions prosper there, and new ones are daily established^ Adftatages cf the Aitwwtettoii. Beneficial as is the J7«l|r C^UtBkood to infidel children, it is not the lew to ib Catholic children; for, without mentioning the Jn^ t. enter with .eal into the designs prCd b^ h s T •" ''' ""' ^ '"^ ^^°"'" Lotteries. ^ "P°^'^ ^^ ^»^e Society i„ FeJ»st., IJa.aurs and Duties of the HeadB of a Dozen It IS the duty of the Heads of Dozen, to drn.v account of the state of th. Institution^they "m? " "^"" *« '^^ '^-^^ "P. an -«- of the Society ;-colicct the .^i.c.^Lrl k"'" ''' ''""'*■ «"^ ^"- they may rest assured that the least tr ft^l ^n' t;""^^ "'^ -^"-^ <^tc. And -tten: - "^ ^-^ .....,„„::;; r^. r^s,/-^ ^^ PEAYER OF THE MEMBEKb good Infant Jesuafln'o wished fr. i,„ ^o,e,M™,„.,„„.,„,*^,;;-'^,^ >.«;-, ..™,^^ „,„„,„^ ,,^ tbese .o„d« martyrs, for ,l,e l„s, „?a telornl' ? f T """" '"™*'' ■" "^"'1 Remark. — i. noqidoa tu^ ^ii . . ^iljution. He ought u- t» be read ; lie shoul.f in FeSvst?, IJazaars unU at zcsil to propapat.- istribute the Aotice.^, ill sell to the profit of given Jiiu, for that se to be drawn up, an the Fmsts and Bu- 'le Jnna/s, etc. Ar,d '"rewarded, for it is t^nre warded." neans of JIary and St pleased to reward fowinp on them the Iren, bless, sanctify, isecrate themselves' ee, and under the tie inlidel children. ive mentioned, tho jything for the In- 1 to bless Medals, '■> «"'! to apply to idgct.