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the mansions of wealth — every place where duty called 

 him. Yes, there he was, amid pestilence and death, 

 holding the cup of refreshment to the parched lips 

 of the sufferer, when the nearest and the dearest had 

 forsaken him; "wiping away the clammy sweat from 

 his sunken brow, fixing the dimmed eye on the sign 

 of salvation, and turning its expiring glance to 

 heaven;" or fortifying the departing spirit for its 

 gloomy passage through the gates of death, with the 

 last sacraments of that Church, whose faith fortified 

 his heart and strengthened him, encouraging him 

 onward in the path of his hard duty, inspiring him 

 with a bravery far greater than was ever exhibited 

 by warrior on any battle-field. Truly has it been 

 said, that the enthusiasm of genius has made poets 

 and orators; the enthusiasm of glory, conquerors; 

 but the enthusiasm of charity inspires the humble 

 ministers of the faith taught to the fishermen — of 

 charity, which is their morning and evening sacrifice, 

 which is the labour and happiness of their entire lives. 

 Besides devoting himself to the victims of disease, 

 he gathered together the children of the dead mem- 

 bers of his flock to the number of about sixty, and 

 placing them under the charge of the Sisters of 

 Charity, freely gave all the means he possessed for 

 their support. O ! how many blessings would not the 

 pure prayers of these little innocents, rescued from 

 starvation and death, or from a fate worse than death, 

 which might have overtaken them had they been cast 

 out upon a wicked world ; how many blessings would 

 not the prayers of these, I say, call down upon the 



