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	==24 November 1843 - Father Joseph Chevron to Father Jean-Claude Colin, Tonga==		==24 November 1843 - Father Joseph Chevron to Father Jean-Claude Colin, Tonga==

	~~== 24 November 1843 — Joseph Chevron to Fr Jean-Claude Colin ==~~

	~~=== Manuscript Description ===~~
	Feuillet, papier «Bath», plié pour former quatre pages dont deux écrites, la troisième restée en blanc, la quatrième ne portant que l’adresse et l’annotation de Poupinel. Dans le registre des lettres (ED 2), portait le numéro 34.

	~~;[Address]: Monsieur Colin, supérieur~~
	~~;[Poupinel]: Tonga, 24 novembre 1843 ¤ Le père Chevron~~

	~~---~~

	~~== Text ==~~

	~~''J(esu)s M(ary) J(oseph)''~~
	~~Tonga, 24 November 1843~~

	~~Mon très révérend père,~~

	~~---~~

	;[1]: The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. He had been appointed coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon (titular Bishop of Enos and Apostolic Vicar of Central Oceania), consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842, and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the ''Uranie'' with several missionaries. After stops in the Marquesas, the group left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the ''Bucéphale'' and arrived at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself guilty if I did not say a word to you.

	:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of Monsieur the commander<ref>Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant de vaisseau, commander of the French warship ''Bucéphale''.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.

	:Our task, I believe, will be ''evellere et destruere''; others will come to complete and to ''aedificare et plantare''.<ref>Allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “to uproot and to destroy… to build and to plant.”</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been cast by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	:[p. 2] I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word very large; without remedies among Protestants, no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must take first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.

	~~---~~

	;[2]: A well-equipped sacristy, pictures, and a chapel well adorned with fine ornaments would produce a wonderful effect. I believe that efforts are made here to make us sweat under the weight of our cassocks; we have also lacked shoes.

	~~:I am obliged to finish here abruptly in order to be able to send greetings to my relatives. My respects and affection to our dear confrères.~~

	~~---~~

	~~;[3]: Receive the assurance of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be,~~
	~~my very Reverend Father,~~

	~~your most obedient~~
	~~son,~~

	~~J(oseph) Chevron~~

	~~---~~

	~~=== Notes === <references/>~~

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	==24 November 1843 - Father Joseph Chevron to Father Jean-Claude Colin, Tonga==		==24 November 1843 - Father Joseph Chevron to Father Jean-Claude Colin, Tonga==

			== 24 November 1843 — Joseph Chevron to Fr Jean-Claude Colin ==

			=== Manuscript Description ===
			Feuillet, papier «Bath», plié pour former quatre pages dont deux écrites, la troisième restée en blanc, la quatrième ne portant que l’adresse et l’annotation de Poupinel. Dans le registre des lettres (ED 2), portait le numéro 34.

			;[Address]: Monsieur Colin, supérieur
			;[Poupinel]: Tonga, 24 novembre 1843 ¤ Le père Chevron

			---

			== Text ==

			''J(esu)s M(ary) J(oseph)''
			Tonga, 24 November 1843

			Mon très révérend père,

			---

			;[1]: The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. He had been appointed coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon (titular Bishop of Enos and Apostolic Vicar of Central Oceania), consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842, and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the ''Uranie'' with several missionaries. After stops in the Marquesas, the group left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the ''Bucéphale'' and arrived at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself guilty if I did not say a word to you.

			:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of Monsieur the commander<ref>Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant de vaisseau, commander of the French warship ''Bucéphale''.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.

			:Our task, I believe, will be ''evellere et destruere''; others will come to complete and to ''aedificare et plantare''.<ref>Allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “to uproot and to destroy… to build and to plant.”</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been cast by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

			:[p. 2] I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word very large; without remedies among Protestants, no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must take first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.

			---

			;[2]: A well-equipped sacristy, pictures, and a chapel well adorned with fine ornaments would produce a wonderful effect. I believe that efforts are made here to make us sweat under the weight of our cassocks; we have also lacked shoes.

			:I am obliged to finish here abruptly in order to be able to send greetings to my relatives. My respects and affection to our dear confrères.

			---

			;[3]: Receive the assurance of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be,
			my very Reverend Father,

			your most obedient
			son,

			J(oseph) Chevron

			---

			=== Notes === <references/>

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	;[1]:The 'Bucéphale', a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>''Guillaume Douarre'', titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the 'Uranie' with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the 'Bucéphale', arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.		;[1]:The ''Bucéphale'', a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>'''Guillaume Douarre''', titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the ''Uranie'' with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the ''Bucéphale'', arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

	:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander<ref>''Julien-Laferrière'', lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship 'Bucéphale'.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives. '		:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander<ref>'''Julien-Laferrière''', lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship ''Bucéphale''.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives. '
	:Our task, I think, will be 'to uproot and to destroy'; others will come to complete and to 'build and plant'.<ref>Biblical allusion to ''Jeremiah 1:10'': '“I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”'</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.		:Our task, I think, will be 'to uproot and to destroy'; others will come to complete and to 'build and plant'.<ref>Biblical allusion to '''Jeremiah 1:10''': ''“I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”''</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.		:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.
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	::your most obedient son,		::your most obedient son,

	::::J(oseph) Chevron**		::::J(oseph) Chevron

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	Letter written on “Bath” paper, folded to form four pages, of which two are written, the third blank, and the fourth containing only the address and Poupinel’s annotation. In the register of letters (ED 2), it bore number 34.		Letter written on “Bath” paper, folded to form four pages, of which two are written, the third blank, and the fourth containing only the address and Poupinel’s annotation. In the register of letters (ED 2), it bore number 34.

	Address: Monsieur Colin, Superior		;[Address]: Monsieur Colin, Superior
	Annotation (Poupinel): Tonga, 24 November 1843 — Father Chevron		;[Annotation (Poupinel)]: Tonga, 24 November 1843 — Father Chevron

	== Text ==		== Text ==
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	;[1]:The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the Uranie with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the Bucéphale, arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.		;[1]:The 'Bucéphale', a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>''Guillaume Douarre'', titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the 'Uranie' with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the 'Bucéphale', arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

	:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander<ref>Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.		:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander<ref>''Julien-Laferrière'', lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship 'Bucéphale'.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives. '
			:Our task, I think, will be 'to uproot and to destroy'; others will come to complete and to 'build and plant'.<ref>Biblical allusion to ''Jeremiah 1:10'': '“I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”'</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.
	:Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.<ref>Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.		:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.

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	== Notes ==		=== Notes ===
			<references/>

	1. Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the Uranie with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the Bucéphale, arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.

	~~2. Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.~~

	3. Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”

	~~---~~

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			;[1]:The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.<ref>Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the Uranie with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the Bucéphale, arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.</ref> In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

	~~;[1]~~:The Bucéphale, a ~~French government vessel, has just brought us~~ Monsignor ~~d’Amata.¹ In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you~~.		:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander<ref>Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.</ref> and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.

	:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander² and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.		:Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.<ref>Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”</ref> In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	:Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.³ In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.		:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.
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	2. Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.		2. Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.

	3. Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10:		3. Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10: “I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”
	“I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”

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	''Informs Colin of arrival of Bishop Guillaume Douarre, en route for Wallis as co-adjutor to Bataillon. The arrival of the French naval vessel carrying Douarre, and the goodness of the captain and crew have had a remarkable effect on the Tongans, turning them much more favourably to the Catholic Church. The material needs of the Tongan mission are very great: a list is given.''		''Informs Colin of arrival of Bishop Guillaume Douarre, en route for Wallis as co-adjutor to Bataillon. The arrival of the French naval vessel carrying Douarre, and the goodness of the captain and crew have had a remarkable effect on the Tongans, turning them much more favourably to the Catholic Church. The material needs of the Tongan mission are very great: a list is given.''

	~~== Document 285 — 24 November 1843 ==~~
	~~=== Joseph Chevron to Jean-Claude Colin ===~~

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	Address: Monsieur Colin, Superior		Address: Monsieur Colin, Superior
	Annotation (Poupinel): Tonga, 24 November 1843 — Father Chevron		Annotation (Poupinel): Tonga, 24 November 1843 — Father Chevron

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	== Text ==		== Text ==

	J(esu)s M(ary) J(oseph)		:J(esu)s M(ary) J(oseph)
	Tonga, 24 November 1843		:Tonga, 24 November 1843

	~~My very Reverend Father,~~

	~~---~~

	~~[1]~~
	The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.¹ In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

	~~The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only~~, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander² and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.		:My very Reverend Father,

	Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.³ In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	~~---~~

	[p. 2]		;[1]:The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.¹ In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

	~~I hear it said here that money~~ is ~~being requested~~ in ~~France; I do not know~~ the ~~mission~~ of ~~New Zealand~~, ~~but for~~ the ~~mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is~~ the ~~principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels,~~ and ~~other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants~~, ~~there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive~~ a ~~severe blow from the lack of medicines~~. ~~Calomel must hold first place because~~ of the ~~innumerable ulcers with which the~~ natives ~~are covered~~.		:The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander² and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.

	~~---~~		:Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.³ In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

	~~[2]~~		:I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.
	~~A well-equipped sacristy~~, ~~pictures~~, and a ~~chapel well adorned with fine ornaments would produce~~ a ~~wonderful effect~~. ~~I believe that efforts~~ are ~~made here to make us sweat under the weight of our cassocks; we have also lacked shoes~~.

	I ~~am obliged to finish~~ here ~~abruptly in order to be able to send greetings to my relatives. My respects and affection~~ to our ~~dear confrères~~.		;[2]:A well-equipped sacristy, pictures, and a chapel well adorned with fine ornaments would produce a wonderful effect. I believe that efforts are made here to make us sweat under the weight of our cassocks; we have also lacked shoes.

	~~---~~		:I am obliged to finish here abruptly in order to be able to send greetings to my relatives. My respects and affection to our dear confrères.

	[3]		;[3]:
	Receive the assurance of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be,		:Receive the assurance of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be, my very Reverend Father,
	my very Reverend Father,		::your most obedient son,

	~~your most obedient~~		::::J(oseph) Chevron**
	~~son,~~

	~~J(oseph) Chevron~~

	~~---~~

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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			== Document 285 — 24 November 1843 ==
			=== Joseph Chevron to Jean-Claude Colin ===

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			=== Editorial Note ===
			Letter written on “Bath” paper, folded to form four pages, of which two are written, the third blank, and the fourth containing only the address and Poupinel’s annotation. In the register of letters (ED 2), it bore number 34.

			Address: Monsieur Colin, Superior
			Annotation (Poupinel): Tonga, 24 November 1843 — Father Chevron

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			== Text ==

			J(esu)s M(ary) J(oseph)
			Tonga, 24 November 1843

			My very Reverend Father,

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			[1]
			The Bucéphale, a French government vessel, has just brought us Monsignor d’Amata.¹ In a few moments it will depart again; nevertheless I should consider myself at fault if I did not say a word to you.

			The mission is absolutely in the state which my last letter indicated to you. Only, the good seems to be strengthening from day to day. The arrival of the government vessel, the kindness of the commander² and of the officers, produces a wonderful effect. The arrival of Monsignor greatly stirs the Protestant and unbelieving natives.

			Our task, I think, will be to uproot and to destroy; others will come to complete and to build and plant.³ In any case, our mission here will soon be finished, I hope. The paths into which we have been thrown by circumstances—which it would be too long to recall here, but which I believe I made known to you in my letter of last June or July—these paths are not naturally sustainable. I am even astonished that we are still at our post. God be blessed, and His holy Mother. This mission here is especially hers; otherwise it would be a mission without a shepherd. Pray for us, my Reverend Father, and pray much.

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			[p. 2]

			I hear it said here that money is being requested in France; I do not know the mission of New Zealand, but for the mission here, one may say: here, furniture is useless; many tools—that is the principal thing—especially spades, good axes, saws, plane irons, chisels, and other similar objects; then also a pharmacy—I wish I could write this word in very large letters; without remedies among Protestants, there is no mission. Thus the mission will receive a severe blow from the lack of medicines. Calomel must hold first place because of the innumerable ulcers with which the natives are covered.

			---

			[2]
			A well-equipped sacristy, pictures, and a chapel well adorned with fine ornaments would produce a wonderful effect. I believe that efforts are made here to make us sweat under the weight of our cassocks; we have also lacked shoes.

			I am obliged to finish here abruptly in order to be able to send greetings to my relatives. My respects and affection to our dear confrères.

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			[3]
			Receive the assurance of the profound respect with which I have the honour to be,
			my very Reverend Father,

			your most obedient
			son,

			J(oseph) Chevron

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			== Notes ==

			1. Guillaume Douarre, titular Bishop of Amata, en route to Wallis. On 8 September 1842, the day of his religious profession, he received from Jean-Claude Colin the papal bulls appointing him bishop and coadjutor to Pierre Bataillon, who was himself appointed apostolic vicar of Central Oceania (titular Bishop of Enos). Douarre was consecrated at Lyon on 18 October 1842 and departed Toulon on 4 May 1843 aboard the Uranie with Fathers Charles-Eugène Mathieu, Gilbert Roudaire, and Pierre Rougeyron; Brothers Blaise Marmoiton and Jean Taragnat; and seminarian Isidore Grézel. After stops in the Marquesas, they left Nuku Hiva on 1 November 1843 aboard the Bucéphale, arriving at Tongatapu on 22 November 1843.

			2. Julien-Laferrière, lieutenant of the navy, commander of the French warship Bucéphale.

			3. Biblical allusion to Jeremiah 1:10:
			“I have set thee this day over the nations… to root out and to pull down, and to destroy… to build and to plant.”

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''Informs Colin of arrival of Bishop Guillaume Douarre, en route for Wallis as co-adjutor to Bataillon. The arrival of the French naval vessel carrying Douarre, and the goodness of the captain and crew have had a remarkable effect on the Tongans, turning them much more favourably to the Catholic Church. The material needs of the Tongan mission are very great: a list is given.''