On The Day, Therefore, When I Went

Standing Near The Door, We Dipped Our Fingers In The Holy Water, Crossed And Blessed Ourselves, And Proceeded Up To The Sleeping-room, In The Usual Order, Two By Two.

Great Dislike To The Bible Was Shown By Those Who Conversed With Me About It, And Several Have Remarked To Me, At Different Times, That If It Were Not For That Book, Catholics Would Never Be Led To Renounce Their Own Faith.

So Far As I Know, There Were No Pains Taken To Preserve Secrecy On This Subject; That Is, I Saw No Attempt Made To Keep Any Of The Inmates Of The Convent In Ignorance Of The Murder Of Children.

My Parents Were Both From Scotland, But Had Been Resident In Lower Canada Some Time Before Their Marriage, Which Took Place In Montreal; And In That City I Spent Most Of My Life.

I Have Hardly Detained The Reader Long Enough On The Subject, To Give Him A Just Impression Of The Stress Laid On Confession. It Is One Of The Great Points To Which Our Attention Was Constantly Directed.