Chapter I: Front Matter

Protestant Children in the Convents and Nunneries 86-93
of Rome

CHAPTER XII.

Rome and Education—Why does the Church of Rome 94-117
hate the Common Schools of the United States,
and wants to destroy them?—Why does she object
to the reading of the Bible in the Schools?

CHAPTER XIII.

Theology of the Church of Rome: its Anti-Social 118-128
and Anti-Christian Character

CHAPTER XIV.

The Vow of Celibacy 129-140

CHAPTER XV.

The Impurities of the Theology of Rome 141-153

CHAPTER XVI.

The Priest of Rome and the Holy Fathers; or, how I 154-162
swore to give up the Word of God to follow the
word of Men

CHAPTER XVII.

The Roman Catholic Priesthood, or Ancient and 163-172
Modern Idolatry,

CHAPTER XVIII.

Nine Consequences of the Dogma of 173-182
Transubstantiation—The old Paganism under a
Christian name

CHAPTER XIX.

Vicarage, and Life at St. Charles, Rivierre Boyer 183-194

CHAPTER XX.

Papineau and the Patriots in 1833—The burning of 195-203
“Le Canadien” by the Curate of St. Charles

CHAPTER XXI.

Grand Dinner of the Priests—The Maniac sister of 204-215
Rev. Mr. Perras

CHAPTER XXII.

I am appointed Vicar of the Curate of 216-226
Charlesbourgh—The Piety, Lives and Deaths of
Fathers Bedard and Perras

CHAPTER XXIII.

The Cholera Morbus of 1834—Admirable courage and 227-235
self-denial of the Priests of Rome during the
epidemic

CHAPTER XXIV.

I am named a Vicar of St. Roch, Quebec City—The 236-241
Rev. Mr. Tetu—Tertullian—General Cargo—The Seal
Skins

CHAPTER XXV.

Simony—Strange and sacrilegious traffic in the 242-251
so-called Body and Blood of Christ—Enormous sums
of Money made by the sale of Masses—The Society
of three Masses abolished and the Society of one
Mass established

CHAPTER XXVI.

Continuation of the trade in Masses 252-260

CHAPTER XXVII.

Quebec Marine Hospital—The first time I carried 261-267
the “Bon Dieu” (the wafer god) in my vest
pocket—The Grand Oyster Soiree at Mr.
Buteau’s—The Rev. L. Parent and the “Bon Dieu”
at the Oyster Soiree

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Dr. Douglas—My First Lesson on Temperance—Study of 268-282
Anatomy—Working of Alcohol in the Human
Frame—The Murderess of her own Child—I forever
give up the use of Intoxicating Drinks

CHAPTER XXIX.

Conversions of Protestants to the Church of 283-293
Rome—Rev. Anthony Parent, Superior of the
Seminary of Quebec: His peculiar way of finding
access to the Protestants and bringing them to
the Catholic Church—How he spies the Protestants
through the Confessional—I persuade ninety-three
Families to become Catholics

CHAPTER XXX.

The Murders and Thefts in Quebec from 1835 to 294-303
1886—The night Excursion with two Thieves—The
Restitution—The Dawn of Light

CHAPTER XXXI.

Chambers and his Accomplices Condemned to 304-312
death—Asked me to prepare them for their
terrible Fate—A week in their Dungeon—Their
Sentence of Death changed to Deportation to
Botany Bay—Their Departure for exile—I meet one
of them a sincere Convert, very rich, in a high
and honorable position in Australia in 1878

CHAPTER XXXII.

The Miracles of Rome—Attack of Typhoid 318-334
Fever—Apparition of St. Anne and St.
Philomene—My Sudden Cure—The Curate of St. Anne
Du Nord, Mons. Ranvoise, almost a disguised
Protestant

CHAPTER XXXIII.

My Nomination as Curate of Beauport—Degradation 335-342
and Ruin of that place through Drunkenness—My
opposition to my nomination useless—Preparation
to Establish a Temperance Society—I write to
Father Mathew for advice

CHAPTER XXXIV.

The Hand of God in the establishment of a 343-350
Temperance Society in Beauport and Vicinity

CHAPTER XXXV.

Foundation of Temperance Societies in the 351-359
neighboring Parishes—Providential arrival of
Monsignor De Forbin Janson, Bishop of Nancy—He
publicly defends me against the Bishop of Quebec
and forever breaks the opposition of the Clergy

CHAPTER XXXVI.

The God of Rome eaten by Rats 360-367

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Visit of a Protestant stranger—He throws an Arrow 368-373
into my Priestly Soul never to be taken out

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Erection of the Column of Temperance—School 374-383
Buildings—A noble and touching act of the people
at Beauport

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Sent to succeed Rev. Mr Varin, Curate of 384-393
Kamouraska—Stern opposition of that Curate and
the surrounding Priests and People—Hours of
Desolation in Kamouraska—The good Master allays
the Tempest, and bids the Waves be still

CHAPTER XL.

Organization of Temperance Societies in Kamouraska 394-403
and surrounding Country—The Girl in the Garb of
a man in the service of the Curates of Quebec
and Eboulements—Frightened by the Scandals seen
everywhere—Give up my Parish of Kamouraska to
join the “Oblates of Mary Immaculate of
Longueuiel.”

CHAPTER XLI.

Perversions of Dr. Newman to the Church of Rome in 404-430
the light of his own explanations, Common Sense
and the Word of God

CHAPTER XLII.

Noviciate in the Monastery of the Oblates of Mary 431-449
Immaculate of Longueuiel—Some of the thousand
Acts of Folly and Idolatry which form the life
of a Monk—The Deplorable Fall of one of the
Fathers—Fall of the Grand Vicar Quiblier—Sick in
the Hotel Dieu of Montreal—Sister Urtubise, what
she says of Maria Monk—The two Missionaries to
the Lumbermen—Fall and Punishment of a Father
Oblate—What one of the best Father Oblates
thinks of the Monks and the Monastery

CHAPTER XLIII.

I accept the hospitality of the Rev. Mr. Brassard 450-456
of Longueuiel—I Give my reasons for leaving the
Oblates to Bishop Bourget—He presents me with a
splendid Crucifix blessed by his Holiness for
me, and accepts my services in the cause of
Temperance in the Diocese of Montreal

CHAPTER XLIV.

Preparation for the last Conflict—Wise Counsel, 457-469
Tears and Distress of Father Mathew—Longueuiel
the first to accept the great reform of
Temperance—The whole District of Montreal, St.
Hyacinthe and Three Rivers Conquered—The City of
Montreal with the Sulpicians take the
Pledge—Gold Medal—Officially named Apostle of
Temperance in Canada—Gift of £500 from
Parliament

CHAPTER XLV.

My Sermon on the Virgin Mary—Compliments of Bishop 470-483
Prince—Stormy Night—First serious doubts about
the Church of Rome—Faithful discussion with the
Bishop—The Holy Fathers opposed to the modern
Worship of the Virgin—The Branches of the Vine

CHAPTER XLVI.

The Holy Fathers—New mental troubles at not 484-496
finding the Doctrines of my Church in their
writings—Purgatory and the Sucking Pig of the
Poor Man of Varennes

CHAPTER XLVII.

Letter from the Rev. Bishop Vandeveld of 497-505
Chicago—Vast project of the Bishop of the United
States to take possession of the Rich Valley of
the Mississippi and the Prairies of the West, to
rule that Great Republic—They want to put me at
the head of the Work—My Lecture on Temperance at
Detroit—Intemperance of the Bishops and Priests
of that City

CHAPTER XLVIII.

My visit to Chicago in 1857—Bishop Vandeveld—His 506-521
Predecessor Poisoned—Magnificent Prairies of the
West—Return to Canada—Bad Feelings of Bishop
Bourget—I decline sending a rich Woman to the
Nunnery to enrich the Bishop—A Plot to Destroy
me

CHAPTER XLIX.

The Plot to Destroy me—The Interdict—The Retreat 522-534
at the Jesuits’ College—The Lost Girl, Employed
by the Bishop, retracts—The Bishop Confounded,
sees his Injustice, makes amends—Testimonial
Letters—The Chalice—The Benediction before I
leave Canada

CHAPTER L.

Address presented me at Longueuil—I arrive at 535-541
Chicago—I select the spot for my Colony—I build
the first Chapel—Jealousy and Opposition of the
Priests of Bourbonnais and Chicago—Great Success
of the Colony

CHAPTER LI.

Intrigues, Impostures, and Criminal life of the 542-553
Priests in Bourbonnais—Indignation of the
Bishop—The People ignominiously turn out the
Criminal Priests from their Parish—Frightful
Scandal—Faith in the Church of Rome seriously
Shaken

CHAPTER LII.

Correspondence with the Bishop 554-569

CHAPTER LIII.

The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary 570-579

CHAPTER LIV.

The Abomination of Auricular Confession 580-602

CHAPTER LV.

The Ecclesiastical Retreat—Conduct of the 603-616
Priests—The Bishop Forbids me to Distribute the
Bible

CHAPTER LVI.

Public Acts of Simony—Thefts and Brigandage of 617-629
Bishop O’Regan—General Cry of Indignation—I
determine to resist him to his face—He employs
Mr. Spink again to send me to Gaol, and he
fails—Drags me as a Prisoner to Urbana in the
Spring of 1856 and fails again—Abraham Lincoln
defends me—My dear Bible becomes more than ever
my Light and my Counselor

CHAPTER LVII.

Bishop O’Regan sells the Parsonage of the French 630-642
Canadians of Chicago, pockets the money, and
turns them out when they come to complain—He
determines to turn me out of my Colony and send
me to Kahokia—He forgets it next day and
publishes that he has Interdicted me—My People
send a Deputation to the Bishop—His Answers—The
Sham Excommunication by three drunken Priests

CHAPTER LVIII.

Address from my People, asking me to remain—I am 643-667
again dragged as a prisoner by the Sheriff to
Urbana—Abraham Lincoln’s anxiety about the issue
of the Prosecution—My Distress—The Rescue—Miss
Philomena Moffat sent by God to save
me—LeBelle’s Confession and Distress—My
Innocence acknowledged—Noble Words and Conduct
of Abraham Lincoln—The Oath of Miss Philomena
Moffat

CHAPTER LIX.

A moment of Interruption in the Thread of my 668-687
“Fifty Years in the Church of Rome,” to see how
my sad Previsions about my defender, Abraham
Lincoln, were to be realized—Rome the Implacable
Enemy of the United States

CHAPTER LX.

The Fundamental Principals of the Constitution of 688-710
the United States drawn from the Gospel of
Christ—My first visit to Abraham Lincoln to warn
him of the Plots I knew against his Life—The
Priests circulate the news that Lincoln was born
in the Church of Rome—Letter of the Pope to Jeff
Davis—My last visit to the President—His
admirable reference to Moses—His willingness to
die for his Nation’s Sake

CHAPTER LXI.

Abraham Lincoln a true man of God, and a true 711-735
Disciple of the Gospel—The Assassination by
Booth—The tool of the Priests—John Surratt’s
house—The Rendezvous and Dwelling Place of the
Priests—John Surratt Secreted by the Priests
after the murder of Lincoln—The Assassination of
Lincoln known and published in the town three
hours before its occurrence

CHAPTER LXII.

Deputation of two Priests sent by the People and 736-750
the Bishops of Canada to persuade us to submit
to the will of the Bishop—The Deputies
acknowledge publicly that the Bishop is wrong
and that we are right—For peace sake, I consent
to withdraw from the contest on certain
conditions accepted by the Deputies—One of the
Deputies turns false to his promise, and betrays
us, to be put at the head of my Colony—My last
interview with him and Mr. Brassard

CHAPTER LXIII.

Mr. Desaulnier is named Vicar General of Chicago 751-773
to crush us—Our People more united than ever to
defend their rights—Letters of the Bishops of
Montreal against me, and my answer—Mr. Brassard
forced, against his conscience, to condemn us—My
answer to Mr. Brassard—He writes to beg my
pardon

CHAPTER LXIV.

I write to the Pope Pius IX, and to Napoleon, 774-783
Emperor of France, and send them the Legal and
Public Documents proving the bad conduct of
Bishop O’Regan—Grand Vicar Dunn sent to tell me
of my victory at Rome, and the end of our
trouble—I go to Dubuque to offer my submission
to the Bishop—The peace sealed and publicly
proclaimed by Grand Vicar Dunn the 28th of
March, 1858

CHAPTER LXV.

Excellent testimonial from my Bishop—My 784-800
Retreat—Grand Vicar Saurin and his assistant,
Rev. M. Granger—Grand Vicar Dunn writes me about
the new storm prepared by the
Jesuits—Vision—Christ offers Himself as a Gift—I
am forgiven, rich, happy and saved—Back to my
People

CHAPTER LXVI.

The Solemn Responsibilities of my New Position—We 801-817
give up the Name of Roman Catholic to call
ourselves Christian Catholics—Dismay of the
Roman Catholic Bishops—My Lord Duggan, Coadjutor
of St. Louis, hurried to Chicago—He comes to St.
Anne to persuade the People to submit to his
Authority—He is ignominiously turned out, and
runs away in the midst of the Cries of the
People

CHAPTER LXVII.

Bird’s-eye View of the Principal Events from my 818-832
Conversion to this day—My Narrow Escapes—The end
of the Voyage through the Desert to the Promised
Land