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An immense gathering of people thronged around the foot of the monument which the inhabitants of Sillery, with a spirit of generosity that does them honor, have erected in memory of Ga nada's first missionary,— The Reverend Father Mass6 S. J. This imposing ceremony, the religious con- secration of the monument, was replete with the deepest interest for the spectators, recal- ling, as it did, the countless remembrances connected with the early days of the settlement. Impressed with the feeling that one stood in? presence of the earthly remains of Ganadft'© iirst apostle, it was impossible to prevent ^eT^ n^ ■ thoughts straying back to the heroic times of this missionary and his companions, who on the soil of La Nouvelle France^ set the model of every christian virtue. The feelings and emotions of all present found a happy interpreter in the very Reverend Vicar General Gazeau, whose remarkable ad- dress we publish below. M. Dobell also addressed the meeting in eloquent terms and v/ith a spirit of liberality beyond all praise. • Hon. M. Ghauveau next spoke He congra- tulated the inhabitants of Sillery upon their thus doing honor to the first missionary. He especially referred to the prevailing harmony between those of different religions in this Province. It was but last week, many Gatholics were present ^the consecration of the colors of the 69Lh Regiment by Protestant clergymen, and now Protestants were uniting with Catho- lics in handing down to posterity the memory of a reverend Catholic missionary. He conclud- ed by stating, that such harmony was all the more necessary in the present day. The speakers all paid a high tribute to the researches of the Revd. Abbes Laverdiere and Casgrain, through whose labors the resting place of the Revd. Pere Mass6 was discovered, and with whom origmated the idea of erecting this monument. The monument is plain but elegant, and altogether about twenty feet high. II is of cut- stone, with four marble tablets, surmounted 1 f + by a marble cross. One of the tablets bears the following inscription : The Inhabitants of Sillery Erected this Monument In Memory of Father Ennemond MassA, S. J., First Missionary in Canada, Buried in 1646, In the Church of Saint Michael, On the Residence of Saint Joseph of Sillery. On another tablet was inscribed : The Church of St. Michael, Which formerly stood on this Spot, Was built by Commander de Sillery, The Founder (in 1637) of the St. Joseph Residence. The ground upon which the monument stands was given by Mr. Lemesurier, and Mr. Dobell, who resides upon the property, has nobly assisted Messrs Laverdiere and Gasgrain in carrying out the project. The following is Mr. Gasgrain's address : Gentlemen. — ^The purpose of the ceremony for which we are now met, is that of fulfil- ling a duty of gratitude, which religion and patriotism alike dictate to us. Both should unite, with but one voice, to do honor to those courageous and devoted men who, at the cost of many toils and fatigues, came into the country, at its beginning, to make known to it the true God and to establish in it true civili- ..-■iN.i.-yTOj^t^ljjI.m^^iyHI^I jl ,l)tlH_Hl|, . — 4 — sation. Both likewise call upon us to pay a just tribute of admiration to the benevolent persons who, by their gifts and pecuniary sa- «rifices, have joined in this noble under- taking. We had already been reminded of this duty, nearly fifteen years ago, by the late M. Abbe Ferlandf, one of the men of whom Canada has most reason to* feel proud. On the 27th October 1855, he published m the Journal de Quebec^ an article intended to complete a work, entitled Notes sur Sillenj^ composed by a man, a friend of his country, whose name we regret we can- Hot give. After describing the places'oo which formerly stood the church of Sillery, the resi- dence of the missionarie»y tbe monastery of the Nuns and their hospital, M.Ferland ended his article with the following words : " The " memory of the first missionaries and of the " good nuns wlio sanctified Ihis spot by their '^ charity and their zeal for the salvation of '^ souls, is religiously preserved amongst the " present population, which is nearly all catho- " lie. Lut us hope that they may soon be able *' to erect some testimonial of their faith on " the ground where the beneficence of M. de '' Sillery caused to be built one of the first " chapels of New France. " I am very glad to be able to cite, before the honest parishioners of Sillery, these words of a priest who was well known to most of them, and who has left ammongst them such a ^blessed memory- for indeed from 18S0 to I \ % tr — 5 — #/ T * » Tsr m 1855 M. Ferland was fond of coming to exercise the ministry of souls for them in the modest chapel which is now replaced by the magnifi- cent church of Saint-Golomb ; he deemed it a pleasure to share in this manner the solicitude of his worthy friend and colleague Mr. Harkin, the respectable pastor of this parish. It was to realize the wish of M. Ferland that two priests, admirers of his, but who especially had inherited his zeal for clearing up the obscure portions of our history, undertook to verify the exact position of the places in Sillery which had been sanctified in former times by the presence of the heroic men and women, in the service of religion, who had been brougkt there by •' their charity and their zeal for the salvation of souls/' In making their researckes they had specially at heart to prepare the ways for the erection of a monument to per- petuate these pious remembrances. In this, Messrs. Laverdiere and Casgrain (they must pardon me for mentioning their names) were assisted with praiseworthy readiness by honor- able citizens of Sillery who comprehended, as they did, all the greatness and patriotism of thie undertaking. Let me here mentioh the name of M. Leme- surier, the proprietor of the ground on which the old church of Sillery stood, who placed at the disposal of these gentlemen all the land required for this monument of gratitude. M. Lemesurier has been for many years one of the men who contributed most to the prosperity 'Tiirru Tiiin iTi — 6 — of Sillery and although he has been for a considerable time, retired from business, his name is not the less loved and respected by all the inhabitants of the parish. I must also men- tion M. Dobell and his partner, M. Beckett, the worthy successors of M. Lemesurier, who not only did all in their power to assist Messrs. Laverdiere and Casgrain in their researches, but have contributed with generous liberality to the execution of their project. Nor must I forget the names of Messrs. Langlois andVezina, who also showed great zeal in this good work. I might name many others ; but I could not finish if I were to mention all those who, within the parish and outside of it, readily con- tributed by their gifts and acts of liberality. The monument which is now about to be consecrated is intended to call to mind three cherished recollections ; 1. that of the first church of Sillery ; that of the " Gommandeur de Sillery," founder of the mission ; 3. that of the Rev. Father Masse, the first Jesuit mis- sionary in Canada, whose earthly remains rest on the ground where we are now assembled. 1. The old Church of Sillery, the first perhaps that was built in Canada, after that of Notre- Dame de Recouvrance, was commenced shortly after the commencementof the Residence of Sil- lery and was finished in 1647. The mission had been founded with the view of attracting In- dians there and laboring to convert them. The building of a house of prayer was therefore cammenced, where they might meet to hear 1. I 7 — . ?! W I the divine word which was to enlighten them. Another object was to offer the French colonists a place of reunion, where they might seek con- solation in their exile, and courage to meet the numerous trials they had to encounter in their new country. At the present day, as it was at that distant period of our history, the house of God is still the most powerful means of en- couraging colonization, for indeed the Canadian settlers of our own days, imbued from infancy with the idea, so full of truth, that their hopes should tend higher than this world of pilgri- mage, never apply themselves with energy to the arduous work of clearing lands, until they have near them the temple of prayer, where religion teaches them to render them- selves worthy of heavenly rest. Attached to the church of Sillery was the residence of the Rev. Fathers of the Company of Jesuits who officiated in it. It was after pray- ing in this venerated sanctuary that these worthy successors of the apostles used to disper- se themselves among the savage naiiotis, over the vast extent of New France, to bear to them the light of faith and to bring them out of bar- barism. This was also the point of departure of the Lalemants, the Jogues, the Breboeufs and all those noble martyrs who shed their blood over the land they had come to purify. Therefore are their names honored amorg us as highly as those of the martyrs of the primi- tive church, fof they remind us of all the pro- digies of neroism, self denial and charity ' J| i lJ t W l»» -M — 8 — achieved by these new martyrs,in order to gain over souls to Jesus Christ. To the same church of Sillery was also attached a hospital attended by nuns of the Hotel Dieu, called Hospitallersof the Precious Blood. There likewise it was that these worthy spouses of Jesus Christ, bereft of all human consolation, went to seek the courage they needed in order to lavish their assistance, at the risk of their lives, on the multitude of poor In- dians who were attacked by contagious diseases which almost always led to inevitable death. 2. This monument is also intended to recall the memory of the illustrious man who has given his name to the mission of Sillery.— Noel Brulai't de Sillery, was born at Paris, on the 25th of December 1677, of noble and virtuous parents, from whom he inherited a great name and a considerable fortune. I will not under- take to give you lengtly details of his life ; let it suffice for me to say that, after having held a!l the offices which could satisfy human am- bition, he becahie finally convinced of the vanity and nothingness of that glory to which he had been perhaps too much attached. In the midst of all the pomp he displayed as the ambassador of his sovereign at Madrid and at Rome, he used, nevertheless, to spend a consi- derable portion of his wealth in deeds of cha- nty. But he felt that God required more from him,andthathe ought thenceforward to employ his great riches solely to the* acquiring of treasures of merit for heaven. It was in obe- t> i^ tt^ T w^ tt^ — 9 — dience to the will r f God, iii this respect, that he completely renounced the world, and even entered holy orders, though he was fifty years , of age, in order to render in a manner insur- m.ountable the barrier by which he separated himself from everything worldly. As the state of the colony of Canada and the conversion of the Indians tilling its forests, had at this epoch awakened a profound interest in France, persons interested in its welfare found it an easy task to induce Mr. de Sillery to engage in this religious work. To set its pros- perity on a surer footing he wished to found, in the vicinity of Quebec, a settlement to con- tain a church, a residence for the missionaries, an hospital for the sick, dwellings for the new converts, and even a fort to protect the village against the fierce Iroquois, whose deadly in- roads a terrible experience had taught them to dread. He took upon himself the cost of carry- ing out this project, destined to be of such importance for the welfare of the rising colony. Such, then, was the origin of the mission at Sillery, which in a short time became a small christian community wherein flourished the fervent piety of the earliest ages of the church. Mr. de Sillery did not return to Canada, being detained in France by numerous other works requiring his presence there. He became in a measure, the fellow laborer of Saint Vin- cent de Paul, that priest after God's own heart, to whom no work of charity was unknov/n, and who afterwards had the sad pleasure of pro- — 10 — nouncing the funeral oration of the worthy priest who had so ably seconded his cherished views. But if it was not given to Mr. Siilery to return to La Nouvelle France^ where the year- nings of his heart to do good doubtless im- ^'Ia i^^' ^^^ "^"^^ ^^^^ "®^^^ ^^i^ ^ Jt)e che- rished there in profound veneration as one of Us most illustrious benefactors. 30 It remains for me now to speak a few words of the Reverend Father Masse, to whose memory our monument is erected. Bom at Lyons in 1574, he entered the Society of Jesus at an early age. Scarcely had he received holy orders when he was associated with Father Coton, who was tnen confessor and preacher to King Henry the Great. Judging from human motives the Court might seem a theatre well worthy his admiration, but his views were higher and more noble. Filled with self denial, and thirsting only for the glory of the master whose hvery he wore, he chose for the scene ot his labors the wild forests of Canada, where he longed to car-y the glad tidings of salvation to poor savages buried in the depths of bar- barism and having, so to speak, only thy name of men. On his first arrival in Acadia with Father liiard in 1611, he had to put up with much sutleri ng from those very r^ersons to whom he should have looked for protection. Being taken prisoner, along with his companion, by pirates, his patience and charity filled them with admi' ration, and he was released upon their vessel i i — 11 — reaching Europe. We learn from the Relations des Jesuites Ihat this worthy religious, on re- turning to France, sighed only for the trials and crosses of the New World, and obtaining leave to return there, reached Quebec on the 19th of June 1625. The capture of this city by the English for years later compelled him to renounce, at least for the time being, the trials he had so eagerly longed to embrace, and he returned to France to await the moment when divine providence would allow him to follow his vocation anew. He had vowed to use all his efforts to resume the crosses and sufferings which he had been obhged to aban- don. His prayer was heard. Upon the close of the treaty between England and France, he was allowed to return in 1633 to his beloved Canada, where he passed the last thirteen years of his life, working zealously in teaching the Algonquins and Montagnais, who came to gather from his lips the words of life. This venerable priest who died on the 12th of May 1646, at the age of seventy two years, is the only one buried in Sillery church, for at those times his companion being called to distant parts to fulfil the duties of their apos- tieship had seldom the consolation of yielding their last sigh in the house from which they had set forth. The remains of this holy mis- sionary were fortunately discovered last au- tumn. You, gentlemen, have witnessed the respect paid them by the people of Sillery without distinction of creed. All have instinc- — 12 — lively given way to their feelings of admira- tion for those chosen souls w^ho shrink from no sacrifice that duty may require. And now, gentlemen, religion is about to impress its character of stability on the monu- ment I am going to bless in its name, that it may hand down the precious memories I have endeavoured, though imperfectly, to recall to you. I must at the same time invoke the bles- smg of Heaven on all those who have taken part in its erection. The duty they have ful- filled IS one pleasing in the eyes of God who allows no work of virtue to go unrewarded. This monument will suffer from the effects of time, perhaps will it even crumble beneath its cruel ravages ; but the future inhabitants of Siilery, inheriting the noble sentiments of their fore- fathers will hold it a sacred k-ust left upon them to repair or renew it if need be, that it may keep aUve the remembrance of the privi- leged favors conferred on their parish in the early days of its settlement, and the memory of the heroic and devoted benefactors to whom they owe them. R. R. Dobell, Esq., also addressed the assem- blage. He said : My Friends,— -It is with no little diffidence that I stand up this afternoon to speak before such a large concourse of people as I see ga- thered around me. I feel this more, because I am not accustomed to it, and because I know well that there are many amongst you whose t> m i- a I- t e — 13 — learning and experience fit them much better for the office, but still more especially, because I have just heard the complete and eloquent oration which you have listened to from his reverence the Vicar-General. However, when my reveiend friend the Abbe Gasgram told me that it was the wish of some of you that I should say a few woi*ds on this occa- sion, I gave my ready acquiescence, feeling sure of your kind consideration, and wishing also very much to express to you the pleasure it has given both Mr. Becket and myself, to have the opportunity of co-operating with you all in the work, the result of which we are to inaugurate this day. The lives this mo- nument is erected to perpetuate the memory of, deserve the loftiest strains of praise. - They from no ordinary type of the valiant christian soldier, and embody much of that pure spirit of Ghristianity which should ani- mate us alL To appreciate fully the sacrifices which these men made, and the self denial they im- posed upon themselves, we shotld take a glimpse of the glittering prospects of life they abandoned, and contrast them with the thorny and humble path they chose instead. One of the names engraved on the tablet of this monument is in memory of a careei' full of interest. France, at the period he entered life, was occupying the 'centre of chi- valric glory. A few years previously liarl seen, ujjwn her soil, four of the most powerful sove- -*-is hearers ^ /ere a few scattered In- dians of the Huron tribe. It was here the first i ( — 16 — church in Canada was built and it was here that Father Ennemond Masse spoke of a Sa;- viour for the Indians— The flag he raised we may all rally around, and if we adhere to it, I believe, we shall all meet again. On it was ins- cribed these words : Ad majorem Dei Gioriam ^'For the greater glory of God"— His fellow missionaries who worked with him, record that they were determined mined to await or dare any thing to suffer or die. He died on the 12th May 1646 and was buried in the little church of St. Joseph Sillery— On the ruins of this church we now erect a monu- ment, and before closing, I would tender our warmest thanks, for the great assistance we have received from our friends, Mons. the Abbe Laverdiere and the Abbe Casgrain. They fu'st made the discovery, and without them, we : hould have fallen behind in our work. To you also, men of Sillery I would again offer congratulations. It is nearly twelve months since, that we met to discuss what should be done with the mor- tal remains found here, and you then came forward, and took the responsibility of build- ing this monument. We have to thank many outside friends for much assistance r but to you belongs the credit of the erection of this beautiful monument.