LE LONG DU SENTIER 



is rendered to the Eoman Catholic 

 church in Quebec, that the priests spirit- 

 ually dragoon their people in thought 

 and action, are inclined to forget cer- 

 tain manifestations of a very healthy 

 and downright independence. Rather 

 marked political instances could be 

 cited : mine has to do with a lesser group 

 of interests. 



From time to time an officer is elected 

 who has important lay duties in connec- 

 tion with the church of the parish. It 

 is very convenient for the cure, that this 

 individual should be of one mind with 

 him upon all questions that relate to 

 church management, and it is not 

 strange that he should use influence to 

 secure the man of his choice. A sharp 

 division of opinion developed in an im- 

 portant country parish about (as I re- 

 call it) the acquisition of a new, and the 

 disposition of an old graveyard. The 

 cure made no secret of his wish in the 

 matter, in fact he worked openly and 



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