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of the living, actual present in testimony of the truth of this
great Catholic dogma. The Saints, the Fathers, the Doctors of the
Church in the ages of antiquity, and the prelates and priests of our own
day all speak the same language of undoubting faith, of solemn
conviction regarding Purgatory,--make the same earnest and eloquent
appeal to the faithful on behalf of the dear suffering souls. Even the
heathen nations and tribes of both hemispheres are brought forward as
witnesses to the existence of a middle state in the after life. Nor is
Protestantism itself wanting in this great and overwhelming mass of
evidence, as the reader will perceive that some of its most eminent
divines and secular writers have joined, with no hesitating or faltering
voice, in the grand Credo of the nations and the ages in regard to
Purgatory.
What remains for me to add except the earnest hope that this book may
have the effect it is intended to produce by bringing the faithful
children of the Church to think more and oftener of their departed
brethren who, having passed from the Militant to the Suffering Church,
are forever crying out to the living from their darksome prison--"Have

pity on us, have pity on us, at least you who were our friends, have pity
on us, for the hand of the Lord is heavy upon us!"

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

PART I.
DOCTRINAL AND DEVOTIONAL.
Doctrine of Suarez on Purgatory St. Catherine of Genoa on Purgatory
Extracts from the Fathers on Purgatory Verses from the Imitation
Thomas à Kempis. St. Augustine and his Mother, St. Monica St.
Gertrude and the Holy Souls St. Joseph's Intercession for the Faithful
Departed St. Francis de Sales on Purgatory Cardinal Gibbons on
Purgatory Archbishop Hughes on Purgatory Archbishop Lynch on
Purgatory Purgatory Surveyed Father Binet, S. J. Father Faber on
Devotion to the Holy Souls Why the Souls in Purgatory are called
"Poor" Mullcr. Appeal to all Classes for the Souls in Purgatory _By a
Paulist Father._ The Souls in Purgatory Rev. F. X. Weninger, S. J.
Popular View of Purgatory Rev. J. J. Moriarty. Extracts from "Catholic
Belief" Very Rev. Faá Di Bruno, D.D. Purgatory and the Feast of All
Souls Alban Butkr.

PART II.
ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS.
The Fruit of a Mass Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. Faith of a
Pious Lady Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. Pay what Thou Owest
Ave Maria. VIA CRUCIS Footsteps of Spirits. Strange Incidents

Footsteps of Spirits. True Story of the "De Profundis" Ave Maria.
Confidence Rewarded Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory Anecdote of
the "De Profundis" Strange Occurrence in a Persian Prison _Life of St.
John the Almoner_. A Swiss Protestant Converted by the Doctrine of
Purgatory Catechism in Examples. The Dead Hand Ave Maria. A
Beautiful Example Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. How to Pay
One's Debts Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. Faith Rewarded
Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. Apparition of a Citizen of Arles
Histoire des Spectres. Countess of Strafford Vie de Monsgr. de la
Mothe.
Marquis de Civrac _Une Commune Vendéenne. 183 Gratitude of the
Holy Souls Ave Maria. Strange Incident Ave Maria.

PART III.
HISTORICAL.
Doctrine of Purgatory amongst the Pagan Nations of Antiquity _Rev. A.
A. Lambing_. Devotion to the Dead amongst American Indians
Superstitious Belief amongst American Indians Remembrance, of the
Dead amongst the Egyptians Remembrance of the Dead throughout
Europe A. T. Sadlier.
Part I.
Remembrance of the Dead throughout Europe A. T. Sadlier.
Part II.
Prayer for the Dead in the Anglo-Saxon Church Dr. Lingard Singular
French Custom Voix de la Verité Devotion to the Holy Souls amongst
the Early English _A. T. Sadlier_ Doctrine of Purgatory in the Early
Irish Church Walsh Prince Napoleon's Prayer Helpers of the Holy Souls

Lady G. Fullerton The Mass in Relation to the Dead O'Brien Daniel
O'Connell, Funeral Oration on Rev. T. N. Burke, O.P. Indulgence of the
Portiuncula _Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory_. Catherine of
Cardona Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory. The Emperor Nicholas
Praying for his Mother _Anecdotes Chrétiennes_. Pius VI., Funeral
Oration on Rev. Arthur O'Leary, O.S.F. Rev. Arthur O'Leary, O.S.F.,
Funeral Oration on Rev. M. D'Arcy De Mortuis. Our Deceased Prelates.
Archbishop Corrigan

PART IV.
THOUGHTS OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON PURGATORY.
Purgatory Cardinal Newman Our Debt to the Dead Cardinal Manning
Purgatory Cardinal Wiseman Reply to some Misstatements about
Purgatory _Archbishop Spalding_ Count de Maistre on Purgatory What
the Saints thought of Purgatory Châteaubriand on Purgatory Mary and
the Faithful Departed Brother Azarias. Dr. Johnson on Prayer for the
Dead The Doctrine of Purgatory Burnett. Mallock on Purgatory
Boileau-Despréaux and Prayer for the Dead All Saints and All Souls
Mrs. Sadlier. Leibnitz on the Mass as a Propitiatory Sacrifice Extracts
from "A