OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST. 



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A short time after it was returned, the Cana- 

 dian shewed me the remarks which the priest 

 had written, and gave me the Testament/ at my 

 request, in exchange for a Bible. 



Over the above text, the Catholic priest 

 wrote, u Lisez avec soin les Ecritures, mais ne 

 les explicuez point d'apres vos lumieres," and 

 immediately following my name, which I had 

 put at the bottom of the cover : " Si quelquun 

 necoute pas l'Eglise regardez le comme un 

 Paien, et un Publicain." Matth. xviii. 17; 

 adding the following observations : u Dans ce 

 livre, on ne dit pas un mot de la penitence qui 

 afflige le corps. Cependant il est de foi qu elle 

 est absolument necessaire au salut apres le 

 peche, c'est a V Eglise de J. C. qu'il appartient 

 de determiner le sens des Ecritures." 



The prejudices which the Canadian priests at 

 the Colony express against Catholics marrying 

 Protestants must tend to weaken the religious 

 and moral obligation of the marriage contract, 

 as entered into between them. I have known 

 the priests refuse to marry the parties of the 

 above different persuasions, at the time that 

 they were co-habiting together, as though it 

 were better for them to live in fornication, 

 than that they should violate the rigid statutes 

 of the Papal see. 



