Vanpaemel hastens to make known his decision about the offer Lefevere made to him. He spent almost a whole day at Niles, Michigan and got all the information he could about it. He thinks a priest is needed there, though great difficulties would await him. There is no priest's house either in Niles or in Bertrand, Michigan. Father Flinn F. Flinn of South Bend, Indiana who attended Niles had to pay from his own for the church, and Father J. A. Lebel did not succeed much better. Still if Lefevere will tell Vanpaemel to go, he will go#x2014;there or elsewhere#x2014;whatever sacrifices it may cost. Vanpaemel recounts some sacrifices he made in coming to this country, finding it necessary to mention them because he heard of slanderous language used against him. The accusation that he loaned money at interest is false. He makes a statement of the money he possesses at present and the amount coming to him. The priests at Grand Rapids did not receive as much as is thought in Detroit, and they made more improvements than is supposed. He himself has done as much or more than anyone else with the same authority. He mentions his work at Sand Creek, Michigan, Berlin, Michigan, Town of Croton on the Muskegon River, Muskegon, Michigan, the German church Grand Rapids, Polkton, Michigan, Grand Haven, Michigan, in his own church Grand Rapids. He never spoke before of what he had done and he does so now only because he thinks it necessary to justify himself. If other accusations have been made, he asks Lefevere to let him know. He is not afraid or ashamed of what he has done during these four years. If Lefevere will tell him to stay in Grand Rapids, he will do so#x2014;there may be a better chance for agreeing since Father Cornelius Moutard left. They would agree better yet if Father F. Van Erp had control of all the temporal affairs of the church. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo. 15