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- VOL. IX.
cal penance which they had not yet accomplished.
Q. Ifthe principal spiritual benefit of the Jubilee
consists ins plen vy indulgence, what greater ad-
vantage is derived from it, than from many acte of
piety, to whice a similar indulgence is annexed ?
A. 1. perform private acts of piety, to
which a plenary indulgence 4 is annexed, our hope o!
obtaining’ it, is found merely -on our in arin i.
ction of heart.’
. Jubilee, thousandsS&tens of thousands ofthe fail,
@ great
faithful servants’ and friends of God.’ Our weakness
ig strengthened, our confidence is animated, our Jove}
inflamed, and we fulfil the acts of religion and cbari-
ty to which the plenary indulgence i is attached with
greater fidelity and devotio
2. During the J ubileo, public instructions are
ore n 8-3 religious exercises are multiplied ;
alms distributed ; examples of penance, humility,
forgiveness of injuries, and ali other christian virtues |
daily witnessed. By these external means of’ salva-
tion, the just are excited to aim at'perfection ; sin-
ners aroused from their lethargy to asense of their
guilt; they forsake their evil ways, and returning to
God in r
an
e sincerity of their hearty consecrate to ti
da
t
his service the remainder of their
Q. e the necessary conditions s prescribed
by the sovercign ntiff, to obtain the benefit of the
plenary jadulgence granted in the Jubi lee ?
A. Whey ai To confess our sins with a pro-
found contrition, a and a firm purpose of amendment ,
2. To receive worthily the holy communion ; 3.—
To perform with fervor and fidelity the exercises o
piety, which the _pishors may Prescribe ir in their res-
pective dioces:
-Q. What other practices of piety are most ad-
_ Yiseable™ to those who wish to gain the Jubilee ?
sable conditions already
nes'
:.1. Serious meditations on the great
truths of religion ; on death, judgment, heaven a
hell; on the vanity of the world, the eno rmity of
a
cility to religious’ i
course to both vocal and mental prayer.
death. 5 To shun the society of worldings ; to
entertain towards all men even our encmies,
ments of christian charit:
Q. na person gain ‘the e.plenary indulgence ‘of
the Jubilee, if the retain an affection to any of his
venial aust
For r no sin, whatever, can be forgiven;
‘0 ‘which we do-not t duly t
as long as the quilt of sin
‘a
prnishnents which it deserves, cannot be remitted $0
‘by any indulgence.
Q. "What oUt a pions christian to do at the
conchaion io the Jubiles
A. He ought 1. To return fervent thanks to Al-
mighty G God, Tor having granted him so great and so
particular a favor. For the Jubilee, taking. place on-
ly on every twenty-five years, millions die without
partaking of its benefits. and cherish
the church with an increas
and so prom a
ile name and the salvation, of the souls committe ed
to his spiritual solicitude. ‘4. To implore divine
Providence to extend his protection upon all the na-
none of the cath and grant them the blessings of
commend in. special manner.
Preval all our brethren ¢
these United States. 6. To entreat “the infinite
mercy of God to bring into the bosom of his true
eburch, the vaoltitade of those who Jive ont of it; to
* dispel their prejudice: es and direct their attent jon to
f the enly eharnetérs,
rt divine origin.
sentiments that he once © participated if ‘the spiritual
ilty ‘conscience, the peace
¥ ce. oe. &. Do-|° ed policy
senti-|.
.
1
_ UNITED STATES CATHOLIC. MISCELLANY.
advantages’ of a Jubilee, and examine whether he
in the ‘resolution he then took of
has persevered
living a pious life ;. of frequenting the” svcrammeniss
and of never ahandoning any more the service of al
mig ty God, and the’ care. of the salvation of his
%
E
"@. Is it a reat happiness for a :christiat to ain
the Jubilee 8 Pp g
« Mosi sein since, by obtaining. the spirit-|
ual benefits of ‘the Jubilee; and preserving them
through life, he removes all obstacles to the imme-
diate enjoyment t of God after
-Q is tobe thought of those ‘christians; - who
neglect to’ vavail themselves of the advantages’ offer-
ed by the Jubilee ? ~
A. If this neglect proceeds from | contempt,, it
might argue that they have lost faith, and they can,
with difficulty, be excused from impiety.: ‘If it pro-
fi indifference, it shews that they are de-
rei of charity, both to themselves, in not endeavor-
ing to cancel the eno: ous debt, which they hav
contracted | by their sins ; “and to God, ‘y refusing to].
ffer the ment required by his justice, when} 9,
the means. of doing it are graciously offered by his|
mercy. .
. ED encase
. From the Catholic Pros,
THE C CANADI IAN PERVERT, .
ders will probably remember, that some-
end
lic, who from his ‘profound study of the Scriptures]
left the Romish persuasion and commenced walking
in marvellous Protestant light! !/°) When we read
the account of Reeves’ poste» our impression
as then, suchas it'is how, that he was'not the
thor of the letter, which appeared in fulf'in our 21th
which our readers
3 e wa ‘given con
viction it appears was correct, as will be seen by the
following document. We requested that some of
our Canadian friends would take the trouble of giv-
of calumniating - catholics has been- kep
, trath will come out at last. We shall give the
: translation of the original.
ANSLATION.}
‘To the Ediver of the * Catholic Pres” :
Hartford, Con .
Sin—As it appears, you have demanded,’ in one 2 of
your papers, some’ information from Canady res-
7 puspel.
pecting James Reeves ‘and his history, which made
86 much noise in your country, more than they me-
rited ; I have endeavoured to procure some intelli-
gence-of him though not without much difficulty, i in
consequence . of the Broat ebycurity in which he} ©
ighborhoo ut I have
succee in - ‘discovering ‘him, and have received
€ Setcile on ‘which you may rely, as they are from
cour authority.
was born about 53 yeara ago inthe icin of
Montreal, of Catholic parents, -who g'
education ; so that he is not capable of writing wo
sentences, even
cular tongue, never. having m
than that of his awl and ends whieh engaged hitn as
ashoe-maker, when he could get employme:
e was married in‘ Quebec, A. D. 1804 to a pie |®
ous christian, who was.a means.of keeping him, as
long.as she lived, in the catholic faith, of which
&
for'some time, which rendered -him
a is Metho-
distical: Jersey neighbours, established at Faux
Bourg, 's, Quebec, who furnished him with
a stove, some wood to warm himself, and work in
hig line of business as shoe-maker ; this, rather than
the Bible which he was not sufficiently capable of
reading so as to: understa
cause of his Protesta
n- the days of Pheodrus, ‘shoe-makers: wanting
emtoy became dactors for a livelihood :-—
~The wretched shoe-maker when all thinigs lick
-Willin some: place unknown become a quack.
But in our days, they become mintsters-of the| ai
‘Associated to the’ Jers ey Methodists,
ffeeves aitempicd in his section. for some time, to
make a traflic of street preaching , > but soon n per.
[eeiving that he gninod potting. from the
nor from him
| but scoffs cand | pootings, he imposed silence on him-
self-;.-and found.as well as others that it proved much
hatter for him. ©
n Episcopalian -minist
er whose name I have not
y writing under his name the motives of his pre-
tended coaversion, though Reeves did nat belong to
his sect ; and such js the zeal of the: English bishop ~*
re Quebec, that on bis return from U
w
me the ephemeral tract amongst the good people
t the transaction. Hen
shifts our English ¢
Any one for them provided he be nota catholic. ”
ertain writer here, perhaps rather
malignantly, ascribed another. motive for Reeve
apostacy, insinuating that he would become a goo od
© | protestant for the sake of the cup, used.at the (Lord ah
supper ;. but my author has not furnished
any thin ng certain on that point ; Jam therefore
more charitably inclined to: attribute hig apostacy to
unger than to thirst.—I° assure you that‘he is re-
perceive to what
5 | fess as.heretofore, the catholic religion.
~| honor to be, Sir, your very humble are ape ‘ser-
*l ofan inch i in dia
always made profession ; but after the death of this m
; respectable woman, he fell into poverty, kept a can-
tine of grocery tha,
: still poorer, be was reduced at | length to extreme in-
igenc
nd it. was the probable
0 his, daughte
| wished to exhibit in the fatee, she always lived j ‘in the
| house with her fatber, where she, continues to pro-
ant. A DIAN.
Montreal, Penge 2 aith.- 1830, .
ARIS
Royal Society. —The President in the chai
The first part of a paper on chromate telescopes .
by Mr. ‘Tully, was read.. In library, the Che-
valier Aldini, of Milan, éxhibited his apparatus ‘and
material intended to preserve. persons from injury
who are exposed to flames: Chevalier Aldini, it is
stated, has, by perseverence, mee able to spin and
weave abesten the clothes pi d from it are nof
of very close texture, the thine de being about 1-50th
3a nsiderablé strength,
This m of metalic
venti
put on ® glove ‘composed srheetos and fitmly grasp-
ed the'red-hot.end of a large poker, w which he held ~
fora considerable time’ without appearing to expe-
‘rie ience; one or two of t pe
nce any inconveni
lows of the Society performed the same feat. .
Life Restored. —Among other curious inquiries
carried on by the savans of Par e were lately.
struck by the details of success which had attended -
the experiment of inflating the lungs of a still-born
child, by blowing into them. A case was. reported
of a still-born infant, which was taken to M. Portal,
who, when about to dissect it, conceived the idea of
blowing into its mouth... At the end-of t
ninutes, warmth returned, the heart began to beat,
and the child ‘was sent back again to its parents.
A similar thing was stated to have occurred to a sur-
geon at Lyons, who communicated it at the time to
.|M: Porta
ECREE AGAINST DUELLIN
a recentidecree of the Elector of lose against .
ducing no° officer in None ta is: to be allowed t
end or'to except a challenge, but when insulted, he
¢| lonour 5 3 whoever sendsa challenge is liable to im-
prisonment in a fortress, for not less than three, ner
able to imprigonment
88 sthan 1 yea
and one of the parties kitled, the survivor is to be.
punished as guilty of murder; if neither iskilled, both
ed of their letters ‘of nobility, ned to be imprisoned
ina fortress for notless than t
many otd er equally severe regulations for duels i ine
ene!
oe company has beon formed at Rome. for the pur-
e of recovering the antiquities, supposed to be
buried i inthe Tiber:. Most of the members oft ie
new association.aré rich and scientific foreigners.
in was “erected i in 1152, int
ELAND, —Dubl oan
Tre
archbishopri. and
secrated the first archbishep o a ted
into a bishop in 1082. Donal oO Haingly wore
the first mit
331,-
passers-by, /
It is seals a short time since, that —
yo .
ergy " betake theniselves here :
Thave the
1 gause to to intercept fa flame, forms the Chevaliers pre- :
must submit his complaint to. a military tribunal of +
or
. Ifa duel is really. foupht,. :
are to be expelled the service—-if noble to be depriv-
ye
learned, fyas undertaken to trumpet Reeves’ fame, .
of our section, who aoe pe refrain from laughing
two orthree | ..