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ever, struggling and much embarassed, and he knew 

 not how he could obtain his object." On consulta- 

 tion with the trustees, though they did not oppose 

 him, yet they advised him to lay aside his purpose 

 until some future day, since the expenses thus neces- 

 sarily to be added would be beyond their means. 



Bishop Bubois, whom he consulted respecting the 

 introduction of the Sisters, advised the same course, 

 owing to the observations of the trustees with respect 

 to their straitened circumstances. But when did 

 ordinary difficulties or obstructions deter Rev. 

 William Quarter from undertaking and accomplish- 

 ing anything, if he saw clearly that it was for the 

 advancement of the holy cause to which he had 

 consecrated his life? Difficulties that would affright 

 ordinary men only stimulated him to more energetic 

 action. When any measure was for the benefit of 

 religion, he fearlessly undertook it, confident that God 

 would watch over and favour the issue. In this 

 matter, the conviction that his present purpose must 

 be accomplished at his own risk, did not deter him; 

 but he with that spirit of self-sacrifice which ever 

 characterized him, resolved to make the experiment 

 even at that risk. With the consent of his Bishop, 

 he therefore commenced on his own responsibility a 

 correspondence with the Mother Superior of the 

 Sisters of Charity at Emmetsburg, the result of 

 which was, that on the first of September, 1833, three 

 of the ladies of this community arrived in New- York 

 to take charge of the free-school of St. Mary's. 



