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 echoed throughout  France  in  1794;  but faithful Catholics  alone  were  excluded  from this liberty  and  equality;  they  were  outlawed. Under the  dominion  of  "liberty and  equality,"  they  met  with  the  same  fate which fell  to  the  lot  of  the  early  Christians under the  tyranny  of  Nero. Therefore the objection that  the  Church  is  a  tyrant  is  completely disposed  of. The very  opposite  is true:  If  ever  tyranny  was  practised,  it  was practised by  the  foes  of  the  Church.

6. You  may  at  times  be  tempted,  my friend,  when  it  is  your  duty  to  make  a  sacrifice required  by  obedience  to  the  Church, to cloak  your  want  of  courage  in  regard  to making  this  sacrifice,  by  putting  forward  such foolish objections. But I  entreat  you,  for  the sake of  both  your  temporal  and  eternal  happiness, to  beware  of  yielding  to  this  temptation!

Be true  to  your  faith;  true  to  your  convictions!

I will  never  forsake  thee;  I  never  will  be, O Church  of  the  saints,  an  apostate  from  thee

Lead thou  me  on;  "I'll  follow  thee   To  the  last  gasp  with  faith  and  loyalty."

HERE true  faith  reigns,  there  also exists, like  an  impregnable  wall,  the recognition of  the  authority  of  the  State,  the  duty of obeying  the  civil  powers. This, obedience