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To My Lord Fabre, Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal, My Lord :— Youi- besieffiJifi' nu> with your Priests and Priestesses, durinj; my last siekness, is the r(>ason of my addressing- you this letter. I am perfectly cured, my liord : my bodily strength is so perfectly wstored that I write you this hotter without the use of any spec- tacles, and my hand does not shake metre than when I wa? only 80 years old, tliough I am in my S('>th year. Yes, My Lord. I am cured, perfectly cured, though I have not had a single drop of your waters of Notre Dame de Lourdes. and with- out going to the Good St. Anne of Beaupre ! I am cured in spite of the maledictions and excommunications of the Bishops and Pi'iests of Koiue ! And, what will pnz/de you the mor»'. 1 am cured, perfectly cured, without having accepted any one of your medals or scapulaires— without even liaving bouglit any of your l)l(>ssed candles which I might have got from you for 15 cents ! But, to prevent you from suspecting that the Devil alone, or some witches could have healed such a bad man as I am. I must give yon the seci-et of tliat cure. ^Tay (mr Merciful God grant that you niay hav(> recourse to the same remedy witli tlu> multitudes of our dear country nnm you are leading in tlie i)erisliing ways of Home. From the very day that I broke the cliains which were tying me to the feet of the idols of the Pope. 1 put mys(>lf under the care of the best physician the world has ever seen. Hi^^. name is .Tesus ! He is both the Son of God and the Son of Man. H(> came from heaven more tluin ISOO years ago. to save us from all our spiritual and even bodily miseries. But his condition was that those who wanted to be cured by him should not invoke any other name but his own. For his AiM.stlo Pcior wrote In his Tostiim(>nt theso very wovrts :-" Thoro is no other name under heaven given anions raen'wliereby we must be saved."— Acts iv : 12. His Testament is called "The Gospel." These last <'if;hteen hundred years, all the echoes of heaven and earth ar(> r(>peatinf: his sweet words :-" Come unto nie all ye who are hc.ivy laden, and I will prive you rest,'— Matt, xi : liS. " Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that I will" do, that the Father may be jjlorifli'd in the Son."— .lohn xiv : i;{. "ir ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it."-John xiv : 14 " If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him. and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."— .Tohn xiv : 23. " I am the true vine; ye are the branches." " Abid(> in me. and I abide in you."— .Tohn xv : 1,2.3,4. "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all'men" unto me" — .loliii xii : 32. From the day I gave up the Pope to follow Christ, I have found more and mo.v, every day. that the greatest joys, the greatest hap- piness in this world was to love and serve him. I have kept my- self, then, united to him with all the faculties of my heart and my soul, as being my only light, my only strength, my only wis- dom, and I have always found him true to his promises 15ut when I found that it was good to be united to that mighty find merciful friend in the days of prosperity, I have found that .ti was still more my interest to be united to him in the days of trial through which I had to pass. He was my shield when I was atta ked by the thousands of assassins whom you, or your priests, have so oft(,'in(> my suri)rise and my sadness, wlien. in that very time. I savv your j)riests and priestesses coming to tell me that I was out of the ways of salvation, and that I was to be damned if I would not c(.me l)aclv to th(> <"hurch of Rome of whicli you are a IJishop. I'oi'. what had thes(> priests of Home to f,'ive nu> to take the place of that divine friend and physician, Jesus the Son of (Jod, that I iiiiyhl for^-et tiiat He was my only hope, my only life, my only Saviour, my only refuge V What did they olfer me to prevent me from sayiuj; with Paul : " I do not want to know any other but Jesus and Him crucified V" Tliey liad nothing,' but a few rafis, called scapulaires, and some small idols of copper, iron and silver, prolmbly found in the crund)!!!!- remains of the t.^mples of Venus, Minerva, Bacchus and Jui)itei' ! Yes ! what had your pri'Sts to give me that I mif:ht tovgot and forsake tliat dear Saviour Jesus, whose pri'sence in my heart was, very often, makiuir me so liappy that I was not only forgetting my terribl(> sufferings, 1)ut was changing those sufferings into feelings of unsj)eakal)le joy V 'I'iiey Iiad to offer me a little (iod. only about on(> inch in diameter, made with a little calie baked by their servant girls l)etween twri heated irons V Re not surprised th(^n, if I have ordered those ambassadors of Ronu' out of doors with the utmost indignation ! Ilei-e, My Lord, allow me a few remarks. Since more than thirty years that I separated myself from the flnirch of Rom.., I have hardly been a single day, when in good liealth. without asking, sui)plicating, even challenging you and your I)riests to come and sliow me wliat you call mv errors. Thousands of tinu's. I have told you that I would, with pleasure, go back to the feet of your Pope and submit myself to his authority, if you liad the kindness to show me, before the world, tliat the Aiiostl(> Pet(>r has been to Rome, that the present Pope is his legal successor, and that that Apostle with all your Popes have received fro]n Clirist the po^ver to rule over His whole Church ? I have re(iuesti'd you, nuiny times, and I do request you again to-day. to show me, in a public conference, that your auricular con- fession is a sacrament established by Christ, and that it has been always practis(>d as it is, to-day. in your Churcli. When I pledged myself to show, from tiie autliority of your best Roman Catholic authors. Iliiil it is of Tiiyiin oriRlii, .-ind that it Is in \is(! in your Chnrch only from 'lo (hirk iit'cs. In that pablic confcn-ncc. I will also ask yon to show mo the text of Ihc (iospcl which allows yon to let the poor pcoi»lc l»m-n in tin; llaiiics of rnryatitry hccansc they have no money, when yon so (lnl(•kl.^ draw onl of that burning: fnrnaco the vicli who (ill yonr hands with the jrold which, very often, they have fiolen from (hose very ])oor people ? I have another favor to ask yon in that jynblic confer<'nce. It will be to show me a (Jo.spel text whicli allows you to send to hell, as Ki ilty of a mortal sin. the poor man who. in lent, has eaten a i»iece of solid lard, even not biujjer tl.aii my thmnlt. and that you allow him to ;.'o to heaven, as a true Christian, if he eats that piece of lard when it is melted in his soup V I will have three other (piestions to ask from your \ordship. in that public conference. 1st. It will be to show me how it is that yon cannot make a living' froj;. or a livinj; j;rassh(;])per. noi- even a small livinji tly. you. nevertheless, are so powerful that you can make iiullions and millions of liviufj: christs. living yods. with little cakes baked in your kitchens by your servant «irls V I'nd. How y(m have the power to shut up tliose clirists. jjods. in your tabernach's. when Paul tells you so clearly and positively thai such a thin«- cannot be done, as we see by the followins clear words of the (lospel : — " I'or Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, whicli are the figures of the true ; but into ht>aven itself, now to appear in the presence of (Jod for us." Hebrews ix., 24. "Cod that made the world and all things therein, seeinu' that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temi)les mi-de with liands." Acts xvii.. 2-t. When at that conference I will also ask you to show me the text of lilt (iospel whicli does authorize you to advise, if not to force. so many men and women ii)ries(s. monks and nunst to make vows of celibacy, and to promise they will never marry, when (!od Him- self, in the Hible, is so evidently opposed to such vows, as you may see by the following texts :~ "And tlie Lord (Jod said : It is not flood that the man should be alone. I will make liim a lieli)meet for him." (Jenesis xi.. IS. 'To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife; and every woman her own husband." 1 Cor. vii., 2. " Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the lattef times some shall dei)art from the faith, fjiviufi heed to seducinj:: spirits and doc- trines of Devils. . . . Forbidding to marry, and commanding in abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thar.ksyi\ iiii; of tliciii wl.icli hclicvf' lunl know Hie tnitli." 1 Tiin- olliy iv., 1, L', ;?. \on linvc never lieen brave enonyli to come ;ni;oo(l licaltli i\\u\ aide to answer you. Tile only answei- you liave ^Mven lias been to send murderers with sticks. stoi\es and pistols to kill me. I?nt as sooji as you liear tliMi I am so sick that I can hardly move my head on my i»illow, you become brave, yon besieK(> me w!th your priests, under tlie pre text of sliowin;:- me my errors, and brinj,' me back to tlie ("iuu'cli of Kouio ! Rut do you not fear that even your school-boys will see tliat tliere is lack of conrajj:e in you V Will they not foci that you have no con- lich'iicc in your own cause ? When I was sick and unable to answer the ar^Miments of your and.assadors. I have refused to see tiiem. I asked my peoi)le to turn them out of doors in the most unceremonious way. For 1 was really indij^nant. Hut. to-day. thanks be to (Jod, I am well and able to meet and answer you. If you were sincere in youi- efforts to brin;;' me l)ack to your niurch. come to-day and .show me my errors. 1 am able to liear au and j,nvin,y ysteem for you. We will meet and discuss as true gentlemen. Bishops and Priests of Canada, if you yrant me tlie favor of that j)ul)lic disciTssion. I will also ask you to show me the text of th(> (iospel wliicli told you to hang awv heroic patriots of is;!7 and l,s:'„S. Foi the French-Canadian peojile have not forgotten that it was the de-sire of (Jeneral ('oll)orne to let them live, when the liishop of Montreal said : " Hang them ! ! ! " You had excommunicated and cur.sed them before the battles ! As much as it was in your power, you had tied and paralyze defeated, you ordered them to be hung ! What crime had they committed to be so cruelly. ,so unmercifidly treated by you V Ah ! Tliey liad so mucli loved their dear country, which is yours and mine, tliat tlu'y thought it worth to shed their blood to make it free. Tlu stern voice of historical ti-uth tells you that a handful of in- solent tyrants had taken the notion that the French-Canadians were good only to draw th(>ir water and cut their wood. :More and more every day they wei-e trampling under their feet our most precious 6 ^ I aiifl sa<'rtMl -iKhls : tlicy wen- not conccnlinK their iiiiuds tluit. Just as the \('j;roos of the Southern StiltcH were destined to serve tlieir wliite luiisters, so the chihlren of the Frt'ueh ('anadhins. coiuiuered on the phiins of Aluahani. were lit only to serve their (Muniuerois. The only crime <»f our heroic patriots \»as. that thoy thouKhl ii Wiis Itetter to (lie free men than to live slaves. has not noble I-n^^land. after die bloody days of St. Charles and Saint Hnstache. taken the defence of our i)atriots V Has shi^ not a|»pliMid<'d when her most elo(iuenl i)ai'lianient orators with lionl Itrouyham. Loi'd Durham, iVc. iVc. declared that the French-Cana- (linn patriots were amonj; the noblest men of owv aye : that they had fou^'ht and died for the defence of their rl.';hts -and to prove it. has not that noble I'njilish nation ^^ranted to us all the rl^lits and prlvilcfies for which those heroic countrymen fought and died ? Are you so blind and so Ignorant of the history of your own coun- try as to ignore those facts ? Anon;; the heroes who shed their blood 1)1 those days for you and for me. ther(> was one who was the bravest among the brave. The pa>;es of ohl and modern history have no Tecord of any more daring, brave and devoted a soldier of liberty than f'lienler. lUit why is it that the very name of Chenler still lllls your hearts with fear and rage ? Not satisfied with cursing that Fi'encli-Canadiau hero, in his life and in his deatli. yon Avant to degrade? liis memory, yon want Ids body to be l);iried In the open fields with the carcass of the brute auimaLs I \M\y so ? It is only because the name of that h(>roic patriot is forever mixed with the love of Liberty ! You h()i)e that by destroying the lirst. you will ni; ke the peoi)le forget the second. For It Is only on slaves you want and you can rule. Hut you are mistaken. Wherever there is a French Canadian heart on tlie borders of our grand St. liawrence rivt'r, it l)eats with a holy emotion at th(> spotless names of rai)ineau and Chenler. Every true French- Canadian, in spite of your fulmination. is i)rond of having had such an ehxiueiit Apostle of Liberty in the tirst, and such a heroic Martyr of I-ll)erty in llie second one. In spite of you, the seeds of fraternity, equ'ility and liberty, which Christ lias brought from heaven to save the oppressed nations from til.' hands of their oppressors and tyrants, are bearing tlieir bh'ssed fruits In (,'anada. When ytm liaiiiplf under your feet those sacred seeds of Liberty, (lie lidiir is (•(.iiiiii« fast wlieii tlie Frerieli-< 'aiiadian pec^ple. with the Holy Gospel ill hand, will settle their acc(Mints vvitli you. In that day your liljyh eltadi>ls will erunildo in Catiada as tlu'y li.ive eruinlded in Kn«iand, France, (Jerniany, Mexico. &c. 'i"!i;il day. tlie I^'rencii-CaiuidlMns will iieeepi (lie Word of (iod to Knide ilieiii : and that word will inals and Popes, is nothing els(> l)ut tliat Antichrist, that Man of Sin of wliicli the (Jos[)el speaks when it says :— " Lei no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there conies a falling away first, and that Man of Sin be revealed, the Son of Perdition, who oiiposcth and exalteth himself above all tliat is caUed iJod, or that is worshii)ped. So ♦liat lie as Cod sitteth in the temjdo of God, showing himself that he if (Jod. " ■ • . For lh(> mystery of iniquity d( lie wlio now letteih will let, tuitil he be tal "And then sliall that wicked be reve".k. coiisiuiH" with the Spirit of His mouth and bri;j;htness of His comin;?. " lOven liim whose eominj? is after the workin.;; o. l»ower and si;,'ns and lyinj? wonders. •'And with all decelvableness of nnriffhteousness in them that lierish ; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they mifrht bo saved. "And for lliis cause, (Jod shall send them stronj; delusions that they should ])elieve a lie. "'liiat they ;ill mi>;lit be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrij;rhteousness." 2 Thessalonians. ii., 3-12. Truly and resix'ctfully yours. (' CIIi.NKjrV. D.I).. Temperance Apostle of (.'anada. work. Only > way. • Lord shall ■ with the .n, with all EH