162 DISCOURSES OF FATHER HYACINTHE. 



leads me to believe that God has received him in mercy." 

 It was to tlie hands of M. de Frayssinous that he com- 

 mitted that translation of Tibnllns, sacrificed by him to 

 no vain scruple of conscience, but to a faith at once 

 enlightened and profound ; — a translation which would 

 have won him literary glory, but which would have 

 done the wrong of introducing into Christian literature 

 what is out of place anywhere else tlian among the 

 heathen. 



The secret of such a life and such a death, is to be 

 looked for in his cradle. A child of the people— of that 

 people which lias ever been faithful to sound and genu- 

 ine popular traditions and instincts, he has himself 

 shown us the double sanctuary of his education in his 

 father's house and the parish churcli. 



** The humble shop where thirty years they toiled 

 In poverty, to earn our daily breach""^ 

 * ^- * * w -K- * * 



" O sacred place ! With waxen light in hand, 

 The mystic sign of innocence and love, 

 Hither we children came when welcomed first 

 By the old pastor's venerable lips, 

 Unto the heavenly banquet." s| 



But in order to come at a more intimate personal 

 knowledge of his Christian fiiith, founded, as all true 

 Christian faith is, on living demonstration rather than 

 on discussions and tlieories, wo must read a touching 



* Voilù l"hiiin1)le atelier où mes pauvres parents 

 Pour nourrir leur famille, ont travaillé trente ans. 



******* 

 Voi:?-tu ce lieu sacré ? C'est là qu'un cierge on main, 

 Signe mystérieux d'amour et d'innocence, 

 Pour la première fois au celeste festin, 

 Un pasteur vénérable accueillit notre enfance. 



Lifi ^'ouvtnhs de r Enfance. 



