Having been permitted to stay in his mission, Schreiner will use the permission by writing Lefevere to exonerate himself from charges against him as contained in Lefevere's letter to him. If Lefevere is persuaded of the truth of the charges, then Schreiner can do nothing but accede to Lefevere's indignation. But Lefevere has no witnesses to the truth but has only hearsay, and therefore, he hopes Lefevere will hesitate to decline the charges until Lefevere hears the reply of the delinquent. Schreiner has obeyed commands of Father Joseph Kindekens. Even if Schreiner has never received from Lefevere or his Vicar General a copy of the Decrees of the Provincial Council of Baltimore, nor of Cincinnati, yet he knows well the Canon Law and Ecclesiastical custom as regards the use of a strange ritual, or protecting the Blessed Sacrament. Those who have accused him of ignorance paint "lying phantoms." He explains the circumstances of a certain mixed marriage. Schreiner thinks the false charges may be due to lack of fraternal understanding between him and Kindekens, for whom, although he honors him, he could not have the same feeling as he has for Father Vandendrist Louis Van Den Driessche. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.