What memorable event occurred on one of your saints' days--the 24th of August, 1572?
At dead of night the signal was given, and the Papal ministers of France perpetrated the foulest deed that stains the page of history.
Thirty thousand Huguenots were butchered in their beds.

And what distinguished the murderer from the doomed victim?
A white cross on the hat of the former.

How did Imperial Rome receive the tidings of this massacre?
The cannons were discharged, the Pope ordered a jubilee and grand procession, and caused a _Te Deum_ to be chanted.

I ask you, Florry, was not this sanctioning crime?
Again, how died the great Henry IV?
The celebrated edict of Nantes sealed his doom, and the infamous Ravaillac, for the good of the Romish church, conveniently forgot the commandment of Jehovah, and meritoriously assassinated him.
Florry, I have myself heard a Papist say, 'that whatever her priest commanded, she would unhesitatingly perform.' Shocked at the broad assertion, I replied: 'You surely do not know what you are saying.
Obey the priest in all things! Why, you would not commit murder at his command ?' 'Certainly I would, if my priest bid me; for if I obey him, I cannot do wrong.' I know this to be true; and I ask you what is the inference?
You admit that you have been deceived.

Pious frauds were committed in the time of Ambrose and Chrysostom; yet hear what St.
Augustine says: 'Lying is the saying of one thing, and thinking of another;' and in all cases, even for most pious purposes, he excludes lying as unchristian and anti-scriptural." Florence was leaning with clasped hands on the table gazing intently at her cousin; while Mary knelt on the other side, her hand resting on the large family Bible.