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when he resigned it to them for their convent. 

 Could you have seen him as he passed that round, 

 watching to catch but one expression of satisfaction 

 upon the countenances of the Sisters, you would 

 have pitied him had it not been given. That night 

 he did not retire at all : his anxiety banished sleep 

 from his eyelids; for he feared that they might be 

 disappointed at not finding things in better order 

 for their coming. Next morning, however, while 

 seated conversing with their superioress, he heard 

 in their community-room the joyous laugh, which 

 could come only from the contented heart: clasping 

 his hands as he rose from his seat, he exclaimed: 

 "Now indeed I am satisfied; that laugh could not 

 have come from the dissatisfied." 



Dear Bishop Quarter, could there have been one 

 around thee that had witnessed thy self-denial, — 

 thy willing poverty, for Christ's sake, — thy patience, 

 thy meekness, thy anxious efforts in behalf of the 

 people committed to thy charge, and have been 

 unwilling to have divided with thee the dry bread 

 that was at times thy only sustenance — that would 

 not have been willing to have shared with thee a 

 poverty that left thee but one dime to be called thy 

 own, on that day when God summoned thee to 

 himself? 



The schools of the Sisters of Mercy were at once 

 opened, and well attended; and already the good 

 effects of the wise policy of Bishop Quarter are 

 beginning to be experienced. Who can estimate the 

 incalculable benefits that will result from this 



