| Page. | |
| Title | 1 |
| Dedication | 3-7 |
| Preface to Third Edition | 8 |
| Chapter I. | |
| The Bible and the Priest of Rome | 9-13 |
| Chapter II. | |
| My first school-days at St. Thomas—The Monk and Celibacy | 14-21 |
| Chapter III. | |
| The Confession of Children | 22-30 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| The Shepherd whipped by his Sheep | 31-40 |
| Chapter V. | |
| The Priest, Purgatory, and the poor Widow’s Cow | 41-48 |
| Chapter VI. | |
| Festivities in a Parsonage | 49-56 |
| Chapter VII. | |
| Preparation for the First Communion—Initiation to Idolatry | 57-60 |
| Chapter VIII. | |
| The First Communion | 61-65 |
| Chapter IX. | |
| Intellectual Education in the Roman Catholic College | 66-74 |
| Chapter X. | |
| Moral and Religious Instruction in the Roman Catholic Colleges | 75-85 |
| Chapter XI. | |
| Protestant Children in the Convents and Nunneries of Rome | 86-93 |
| Chapter XII. | |
| Rome and Education—Why does the Church of Rome 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? | 94-117 |
| Chapter XIII. | |
| Theology of the Church of Rome: its Anti-Social and Anti-Christian Character | 118-128 |
| 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 swore to give up the Word of God to follow the word of Men | 154-162 |
| Chapter XVII. | |
| The Roman Catholic Priesthood, or Ancient and Modern Idolatry, | 163-172 |
| Chapter XVIII. | |
| Nine Consequences of the Dogma of Transubstantiation—The old Paganism under a Christian name | 173-182 |
| Chapter XIX. | |
| Vicarage, and Life at St. Charles, Rivierre Boyer | 183-194 |
| Chapter XX. | |
| Papineau and the Patriots in 1833—The burning of “Le Canadien” by the Curate of St. Charles | 195-203 |
| Chapter XXI. | |
| Grand Dinner of the Priests—The Maniac sister of Rev. Mr. Perras | 204-215 |
| Chapter XXII. | |
| I am appointed Vicar of the Curate of Charlesbourgh—The Piety, Lives and Deaths of Fathers Bedard and Perras | 216-226 |
| Chapter XXIII. | |
| The Cholera Morbus of 1834—Admirable courage and self-denial of the Priests of Rome during the epidemic | 227-235 |
| Chapter XXIV. | |
| I am named a Vicar of St. Roch, Quebec City—The Rev. Mr. Tetu—Tertullian—General Cargo—The Seal Skins | 236-241 |
| Chapter XXV. | |
| Simony—Strange and sacrilegious traffic in the 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 | 242-251 |
| Chapter XXVI. | |
| Continuation of the trade in Masses | 252-260 |
| Chapter XXVII. | |
| Quebec Marine Hospital—The first time I carried 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 | 261-267 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | |
| Dr. Douglas—My First Lesson on Temperance—Study of Anatomy—Working of Alcohol in the Human Frame—The Murderess of her own Child—I forever give up the use of Intoxicating Drinks | 268-282 |
| Chapter XXIX. | |
| Conversions of Protestants to the Church of 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 | 283-293 |
| Chapter XXX. | |
| The Murders and Thefts in Quebec from 1835 to 1886—The night Excursion with two Thieves—The Restitution—The Dawn of Light | 294-303 |
| Chapter XXXI. | |
| Chambers and his Accomplices Condemned to 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 | 304-312 |
| Chapter XXXII. | |
| The Miracles of Rome—Attack of Typhoid Fever—Apparition of St. Anne and St. Philomene—My Sudden Cure—The Curate of St. Anne Du Nord, Mons. Ranvoise, almost a disguised Protestant | 318-334 |
| Chapter XXXIII. | |
| My Nomination as Curate of Beauport—Degradation 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 | 335-342 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | |
| The Hand of God in the establishment of a Temperance Society in Beauport and Vicinity | 343-350 |
| Chapter XXXV. | |
| Foundation of Temperance Societies in the 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 | 351-359 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | |
| The God of Rome eaten by Rats | 360-367 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | |
| Visit of a Protestant stranger—He throws an Arrow into my Priestly Soul never to be taken out | 368-373 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | |
| Erection of the Column of Temperance—School Buildings—A noble and touching act of the people at Beauport | 374-383 |
| Chapter XXXIX. | |
| Sent to succeed Rev. Mr Varin, Curate of 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 | 384-393 |
| Chapter XL. | |
| Organization of Temperance Societies in Kamouraska 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.” | 394-403 |
| Chapter XLI. | |
| Perversions of Dr. Newman to the Church of Rome in the light of his own explanations, Common Sense and the Word of God | 404-430 |
| Chapter XLII. | |
| Noviciate in the Monastery of the Oblates of Mary 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 | 431-449 |
| Chapter XLIII. | |
| I accept the hospitality of the Rev. Mr. Brassard 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 | 450-456 |
| Chapter XLIV. | |
| Preparation for the last Conflict—Wise Counsel, 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 | 457-469 |
| Chapter XLV. | |
| My Sermon on the Virgin Mary—Compliments of Bishop 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 | 470-483 |
| Chapter XLVI. | |
| The Holy Fathers—New mental troubles at not finding the Doctrines of my Church in their writings—Purgatory and the Sucking Pig of the Poor Man of Varennes | 484-496 |
| Chapter XLVII. | |
| Letter from the Rev. Bishop Vandeveld of 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 | 497-505 |
| Chapter XLVIII. | |
| My visit to Chicago in 1857—Bishop Vandeveld—His 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 | 506-521 |
| Chapter XLIX. | |
| The Plot to Destroy me—The Interdict—The Retreat 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 | 522-534 |
| Chapter L. | |
| Address presented me at Longueuil—I arrive at 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 | 535-541 |
| Chapter LI. | |
| Intrigues, Impostures, and Criminal life of the 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 | 542-553 |
| 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 Priests—The Bishop Forbids me to Distribute the Bible | 603-616 |
| Chapter LVI. | |
| Public Acts of Simony—Thefts and Brigandage of 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 | 617-629 |
| Chapter LVII. | |
| Bishop O’Regan sells the Parsonage of the French 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 | 630-642 |
| Chapter LVIII. | |
| Address from my People, asking me to remain—I am 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 | 643-667 |
| Chapter LIX. | |
| A moment of Interruption in the Thread of my “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 | 668-687 |
| Chapter LX. | |
| The Fundamental Principals of the Constitution of 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 | 688-710 |
| Chapter LXI. | |
| Abraham Lincoln a true man of God, and a true 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 | 711-735 |
| Chapter LXII. | |
| Deputation of two Priests sent by the People and 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 | 736-750 |
| Chapter LXIII. | |
| Mr. Desaulnier is named Vicar General of Chicago 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 | 751-773 |
| Chapter LXIV. | |
| I write to the Pope Pius IX, and to Napoleon, 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 | 774-783 |
| Chapter LXV. | |
| Excellent testimonial from my Bishop—My 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 | 784-800 |
| Chapter LXVI. | |
| The Solemn Responsibilities of my New Position—We 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 | 801-817 |
| Chapter LXVII. | |
| Bird’s-eye View of the Principal Events from my Conversion to this day—My Narrow Escapes—The end of the Voyage through the Desert to the Promised Land | 818-832 |