THE MAKERS OF CANADA: BISHOP LAVAL ***
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_THE MAKERS OF CANADA_
BISHOP LAVAL
BY
A. LEBLOND DE BRUMATH
TORONTO
MORANG & CO., LIMITED
1912
_Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1906 by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture._
CONTENTS
Page _CHAPTER I_ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA 1
_CHAPTER II_ THE EARLY YEARS OF FRANÇOIS DE LAVAL 15
_CHAPTER III_ THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL 31
_CHAPTER IV_ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEMINARY 47
_CHAPTER V_ MGR. DE LAVAL AND THE SAVAGES 61
_CHAPTER VI_ SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY 77
_CHAPTER VII_ THE SMALLER SEMINARY 97
_CHAPTER VIII_ THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY 113
_CHAPTER IX_ BECOMES BISHOP OF QUEBEC 129
_CHAPTER X_ FRONTENAC IS APPOINTED GOVERNOR 143
_CHAPTER XI_ A TROUBLED ADMINISTRATION 157
_CHAPTER XII_ THIRD VOYAGE TO FRANCE 169
_CHAPTER XIII_ LAVAL RETURNS TO CANADA 181
_CHAPTER XIV_ RESIGNATION OF MGR. DE LAVAL 195
_CHAPTER XV_ MGR. DE LAVAL COMES FOR THE LAST TIME TO CANADA 211
_CHAPTER XVI_ MASSACRE OF LACHINE 223
_CHAPTER XVII_ THE LABOURS OF OLD AGE 235
_CHAPTER XVIII_ LAST DAYS OF MGR. DE LAVAL 249
_CHAPTER XIX_ DEATH OF MGR. DE LAVAL 261
INDEX 271
CHAPTER I
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA
If, standing upon the threshold of the twentieth century, we cast a look behind us to note the road traversed, the victories gained by the great army of Christ, we discover everywhere marvels of abnegation and sacrifice; everywhere we see rising before us the dazzling figures of apostles, of doctors of the Church and of martyrs who arouse our admiration and command our respect. There is no epoch, no generation, even, which has not given to the Church its phalanx of heroes, its quota of deeds of devotion, whether they have become illustrious or have remained unknown.
Born barely three centuries ago, the Christianity of New France has enriched history with pages no less glorious than those in which are enshrined the lofty deeds of her elders. To the list, already long, of workers for the gospel she has added the names of the Récollets and of the Jesuits, of the Sulpicians and of the Oblate Fathers, who crossed the seas to plant the faith among the hordes of barbarians who inhabited the immense regions to-day known as the Dominion of Canada.
And what daring was necessary, in the early days of the colony, to plunge into the vast forests of North America! Incessant toil, sacrifice, pain and death in its most terrible forms were the price that was gladly paid in the service of God by men who turned their backs upon the comforts of civilized France to carry the faith into the unknown wilderness.
