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CHAPTER VIII. 



ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 



ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. CAPTIVITY AT TUNIS. TUTOR TO CARDINAL 



DE RETZ. CHANGES PLACES WITH A GALLEY SLAVE. SffiURS DE 



LA CHARITE. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OP CONSCIENCE. 

 SALPETRIERE. SENDS SUPPLIES TO LORRAINE. ENPANS TROUVES. 



HIS DEATH. FOUNDATION OF THE ORPHAN ASYLUM. ST. 



VINCENT IS CANONIZED BY THE POPE. 



"A favorite band, whom mercy mild, 

 God's best lov'd attribute, adorned; whose gate 

 Stood ever open to the stranger's call; 

 Who fed the hungry, to the thirsty lip 

 Reach'd the friendly cup; whose care benign 

 From the rude blast secur'd the pilgrim's side; 

 Who heard the widow's tender tale, and shook 

 The shackles from the prisoner's feet; 

 Who each endearing tye, each office knew, 

 Of meek-eyed, heaven-descended charity." 



HENRIETTA. 



ESTHER, what have you been reading this morning 1 ? 



ESTHER. 



A biography of St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the 

 Hopital des Enfans Trouves at Paris, and also of the Institu- 

 tion of the Sceurs de la Charite. 



HENRIETTA. 



I never heard of him before. Will you give me some ac- 

 count of his life? 



ESTHER. 



I was going to propose it for our amusement this afternoon, 



