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OK TJIK
I HOLY CHILDHOOD, I
^''•/' '/i4 Rrdanptum of the ChiMrm of Infidch,
UNDEn THE SPECIAL PATItONARE
OP THK
ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS.
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(.j| JOHX LOVELL, PRINTER, MONTREAL. &
1860.
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rasTinmoH OP THB^ox^t csiii)^<*°^-
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* 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
'<i
iD.
, If they
loclMJMT '
has hap-
ftom th«
inoe, aoA
or condi-
I deatined,
rk have a
from tbo
me footing
nmenled it
is therefore
, the misery
lonary, and
ignoranco.
B admirable
nda and 'lun-
the Society,
lanyas 216,-
18, within the
latcued from
w many more
000 children
ben, will raise
:h good ? On
rioua banner,
ith and other
kood tenda but
58140
CONTENTS OF THE NOTICE.
The Deplorable State of Heathen Children
Other Particulars relative to Infanticide ..*"*.'* ^
Establishment of the Holy Childhood *'.'.' ^^
Apostolical Brief ' 14
Letter of the Cardinal Protector '..'.' "
Approbation of the Society by the Bishops!!*. ^°
Progress and Results of the Holy Childhood. ..['..]',', ^^
Other Magnificent Results ^^
Interesting and Edifying Examples....'.". ^*
Other Examples of French Christians . . . .*."..'.'.'.' - ^^
Other Edifying Results ^^
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INSTITUTION
OF THE
HOLY CHILDHOOD.
THE DBPLOKABLE STATE OF HKATHEN CHILDREN
retur,rka:«\l'l^S/ t ^oly C'hildho„d before ™,
Institute, aJdbdeeTl"^ o„|v llSl*" "T*,'^ "Z *» ^ou-eil of the
at Pari/i„vited t^'^i^t nto'f ;t''rt;:;i:' riSi t";-."',^ r^""
duty to draw up a few notPM f^ Jm^l* r ^^' believed it to be my
knowledge, as Sdl tL £ry wh?h 1' C^ "'^ ^^" P^'-^^"^^
the means you -' -uld adont to aTt«t f h! .f • 't^ ^""'^'^^ *° «««^«^ "»
tiousness. Verv fpw nm tu. „ ■ !^, . "'"" ^^ the fruit of licen-
stonces, slmLLm trintofTn? r ?';"' ^^^' ""^^er such circum-
of having lost their htnor chadren afXl ^ ""^^ ^'' "°* ^^'^"'^d
condemned to death thV are XXi^T r'^ *'^ °° "^'"°''' ^"^^^^
given to the first p^er bv Z^v.7' *? ^'''^' ^"' "^ ^^t^^er sold or
the streets. ^ ' ^'^^ "*"' ''^^^ ^ ^^^ "^O'-e unnatural, exposed in
for those who are Ihe mSl^lX^^J^^^^^^^^^^ -'^^ ^^^u to ^
^^^^^'^^t'l^Jl::^ bo indeed a wort
Bioaune. have already spokenTit Everv il •^""""' "^ ''''''^ ^I'«-
by the government, iocs round ti« f. ^ ?^."""« » carriage, employed
ter. £n commia«io^n^3 C thi :ffit JakStir'tT-.r'' 'T'^-^^l'^'
exposed, and place then, in thecarriaJ T '^'i^^''^" ^'',.m they find
«>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°<l absolute tri-
tely followed by thT l^T tu oft«nT; *^' ^""^ ''^ ^"^ °«* ^e immedS-
to saveXi^,t E^^g^srra^^"^-^" ^^^^ -^ ^*".
girls are all murdered at the ?ime o^ ^eb" hirf ^V^^ ^^^^^ *^
^7 gmng them a cuivful] Jc^l- T *^*f*b' ^^^^^ ^ "s«aUy done
diate suffocation. T^Urb™ "H *^T^^' •''^^^^ P^<^^°^ ^^^
-ixus Darborous custom has given rise to other ciT
^jv
deed n work
foverai Wis.
fe, eiuployod
t and qunr-
'" tho^ find
l»o children
'f carriages,
the weather
>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
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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?<lnot, their conversation
prejudices which have bTenXsoTeobl^^^^ b«"i«b tS
re^ous institutes in China '^^^^ "^«*^«^«« *« the efttry of religion and
duals'L%K™?rJt/tle^^^ .*<> *^« -<^ 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 '^"^ ^''^^^ <l«*«"ed
and worthy complement of th^^^^^^^ that noble
We of its brancLs throt oLf 7''^''''"'' "^^'^ ^''''^' *he most no-
Church has for throp L T -^ ^ ",®'^ °^'*^'* ^""^ Missionaries The
have undergone ve^ varttHf?' 4^T 't^^^''^' ^ ^^^-X who
the Lord, touched bv so mal 1T ^ K^'' ' ^^^^ '^"^^^ but that
out the ;eak and dlnceTessUTl ^^^0!"'^^^^^ ^^' Pointed
those walls which h«vp k1 W^u ^ ^}^ ^^''^''b Militant, and will make
Hiscluu-itf CourartheTSZ'"^"^ ^^" at the sound of
which I am led by your 3 an^^^^^^ Permit me now to say that to
Society of the ffol/r/n-JrA. J- ? ^' ^^^ '''''^ contemplated by the
ity anJ love ofSs S«, foVm^ T^^ "^?"^^ *^^* «^ '^^ th-
orny to contemplate the host of wZ ' ? ^1 ?T"««^ ^^ this we have
receiyed-^the prodig SL su tl ^^^^^^^^ j^ has everywhere
pecially the Indulgfnces ^3 A^ T. V '° ^^"^^"dom, and es-
mark of its durability is fte having 2f t^^^'^^^'-^.'^" Pontiff Another
to gather of it even in thl p^H^p I ^ *^ opposition, and been enabled
Thfs is a sure sigTof devLlnf d ' P,T° ^^? ^^^"^ ^' ^"ginated
is the inseparablfcompanToSe^^^^^^^ and prosperity; op^sition
world for its lasting SeTand th^{ T^^T i*'f ^"^^ ^^"'^^ ^^o the
old man Simeon, when receivTnl m' ^^.^^^.P^ly-hegotten Son did the
''^<^posituseshvT !nsi7r,ni l?' «^°g. hrough Divine inspiration,
is spf / "'''^"'insijnnm, cui contradicetur ' " Be^hnU th;^, rtu-iJ
'" •«"• » «'B" '"'ich shail be contradiotk," (sSe^a^^j
the crew, who de-
[ht up in the eaae
customs, and ad-
wolves, have es-
svery hair of the
ich we have seen
curred but a few
vine Providence,
xsted me here to-
brsaken children
'esight could not
eagerly accepted
in's actions, had
' those unhappy
n the mountains
intations that I .
engraven in my
feebly detailed
ood, that noble
\ the most no-
3ionaries. The
to China, who
knows but that
ce, has pointed
and will make
it the sound of
^ to say that to
nplated by the
lat of the char-
)f this we have
las everywhere
'ndom, and es-
tiff. Another
1 been enabled
it originated.
ity; opposition
sends into the
tt Son did the
le inspiration,
)ld, this Child
Luke, ii. 34.)
OTHER PARTICULARS
BELATIVB TO
F-iroJin^^^^^ occurrence.
Kiang-Nan, is from 12 to 16^sh5liLs W^T^ ''.i°'"' ^'^'' ^'^ ^»
dren, whom our missionaries purcS .^V !-^"'''' *^'* ^^""ge'- ^hil-
Su-Tchuen, only cost them a frfenee '^''''' "^'^^ P^^*^^'^^^^^^ i»
With respect to infanticide wa X\^ \
exemplify the habits SoptL^^^^ quote general facts which
first place, we must mentLn that ?n wS • '' '''' ^^'^ «'^^>«*- 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
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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^^^^^ ''^ ^^ «^
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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' ^«« *^°fi<lent
Gelot, Econome of the Sinarv ZT ?'* f ]'*' ^f^- ^^^ ^1>1'^
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
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^^. ':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 ^"''''*«'" "« *« *^« ^^^
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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^^^^^^^ <Jay amongst the children in
^ligion' F;?L ly tl y S 7d- f^"" '\'' *'•« ^'^^^^-n
•en in order to tear out tZt / Christians seek to obtain child-
lives them hh^mtilT^^^^^^^ *»-''^4
juite changed, and hTy sav ^"How f.r. ."'^ 'Y'' "P^"'"" ^^ "«i^
m the women, • I„ the pE»„ o„„„^S ?l'!'""^ «"* !?"^"' f"™"
.men, that opp,.«io„„f SJfhXT "'^^^^^^^^^^ «f
•f Vice and poverty, as the emanpinnHnn Jf ^ • ^^^^> ^^ « 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 (
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Such i8 a description of the orphanacre of F. Oianuinto an<i it !« n.»
00. much to ex,K,ot that Ho.ne of' thesc^ounK in e iZnt 1" wi how
e.r grat, ude by perforu.ing important services toCr , ly reliln
\ZZ Ze!^X ^' ''""""" '"" '^"^ correspondence of 'the yea'r
ha;^ lilt tik'l^to idlr';;:5^i^ivfi;z'^ ^-.« ^^^-^tian, b«t
(of the Blessed VirL.in Th?; I 1 ^^"'"""'"*^ ^o -ive l.im a medal
•Ir l.V^t 1 i"«. '^•'"'"■■"'Wl.i.u not to bo di.icouram<l to nrav
of baphsm, bynieaneof theHolyCLiWl,ood, Umuoh more "triSwhtn
U,.a m H„ mercy vouchaafes to convert the parents not by the 50^ of
tTtr- '"■; "if "PP""''™ "f "">!' '^''«'=«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
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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.
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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^°*«<l to above 1 000 000 f
(£42 000;, and the increase of receipts and expenditnrp JnT' u^^'-
penod amounted to nearly £8,000. Moreover Sfe-ii^' ^^^^^
^T'f' 247,041 had died, 9,168 purcTaled and fi 1^7^''^ ^''"
and educated. Let us adore worshin thZT ' j uT ^'^^^ supported
fant Jesus, who allows chSnTj'the T^^^^^^^^^ ?^^-« lu-
cent results, and let us continue our exertions in fi,^-? f '"^^ '^^'^'
cessantly and for ever I exertions m this glorious cause in-
which he sends us show a very marked nmri^lTcr- .?' ^^^ accounts
The baptisms in these three yLTSris^eXJiSo^' IT ^^^^'^,3.
respectively, whilst the num'L of chiC wL^d ^^^^^^
from eighteen to twenty-five in the year 1853. adopted, rose
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to STi^?". ^l *''■ ^""^'"^ '"f""^' »« '•"" ft« b»P«™s amount
of the m,sB,o„ and the other, of Mvea individuals at tKhreo TowiI>
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!
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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^^^^
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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^..
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£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-
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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 « ^^^^
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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
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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
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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
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'/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,
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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
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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.
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• • • • •
• ••
• • •
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 • • • • • '
• • •
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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<iii^«n««c to begyuftdon
CArufma* Day, at JTotfer and the feasts of the Prtufitatiottf ii» Holy jSngtkf
St.Jotephf St I^ahcis Xavier, St. Vineentof Paul, And the jinnivertary of Sap'
titm} without mentioning even those beaatiA^l fisasts, the remembrance of whidt
is nerer effaced ftom a child's h^art, and which are aa affecting as they are bn-
nocent ; without speaking of all this, what benedictidiJB does it not bring on
Pari^e$f Families, and principally on members t — on Mothers, especially tiioie
who have children to rear, and on children who ate' preparing fpr their first
communion ; without mentioning either the prm/erii and good works of Mission-
aries, in which all participate, or of the protection obtained from the Angels of
those children who have been aa?ed. What beaat|fttl luntiments ! what edifying
disposUions does it not inspire to the minds of these little benefactors ?
Jt makes 'hem appreeiate more thoroughly ike gift 6/ Faith,
It inspires them wUh sentiments of gratitude tovsarda God,
It initiatet them gradually into the charms of Chariiy.
It adequately reumrdt all their e^eavore.
It makes them yearn, ever after, for toAdi is truly good, etc.
Admirable Institution ! which, having apparently in view only the salT«tion
of unfortunate ohildren, loads with fkVors and heavenly grace, the happy ones
who enroll themselves under iia lovely standard 1 8o oouvineed is evi^ one
of this, that, to-day, there is no one who does not consider as an hovor his as-
sociation with the Holy Childhood. It is CTideni^ then^ that to be oppoied or 1
•vaa.iiidilforeBt to it| Would be doing one's self a great injury.
IJuties of Members,
^ad. one is obliged p.mctually to give his littl.
^ead the Annals of the Association and dis r.-K .r"""'^"*'""- ^'' «"Sl>^ 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.