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"€ that the Oblate Fathers are the same yesterday, to-day and farever. in their fervor and charity ; that they ‘are true to their trust, and faithful to their charge, now as in times past.

To you, Very Reverend Sir. we tender a particulgr homage. nn

a prist of exalted. position.lear ing

. and piety. The Church is threatenedr and even the sacred person ofChrist's vicar is not free from insult, On

this western .continent, malice and”

mendacity have conspired to place Catholics without the pale of their just rights as citizens..lt is at such a time that WE hail an opportunity testifying devotion to that enlightened Holy Pontiff Pope Leo XIII.

and ‘of assuring you that in your person we gladly reverence the presthood which has ever shown itself the protector of the people.

CHas. McDoxoucn,

P. O. BiLopeau.

J. M. McDonarn.

‘M. HAYEs,