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He called on him, and requested that he might have it, but the Canadian objected, saying, that as his wife was a Protestant, she wished to read it. He then asked to borrow it, promising to return the Testament in a few days, and took it home with him. I had written on the inside of the cover The man's name. From the British and Foreign Bible Society. "Sondez les Ecritures." St. Jean, v. 39.

John West - The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American: Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

Matth. xviii. 17; adding the following observations: "Dans ce livre, on ne dit pas un mot de la penitence qui afflige le corps. Cependant il est de foi qu'elle est absolument necessaire au salut aprés le péché, c'est a l'Eglise de J. C. qu'il appartient de determiner le sens des Ecritures."

John West - The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American: Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

Over the above text, the Catholic priest wrote, "Lisez avee soin les Ecritures, mais ne les explicuez point d'apres vos lumieres," and immediately following my name, which I had put at the bottom of the cover: "Si quelquun nécoute pas l'Eglise regardez le comme un Paién, et un Publicain."

John West - The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American: Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.