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Show : , Catest irisb news . The Land of the West. (By Samuel Lover.) Oh: come to the West, love oh! come i there with me, ' ". 1 VTis a sweet land of verdure that springs from the wa; ; i j Where fair plenty smiles from her em , ' erald throne, i Oh, come to the Went, and I'll make ' ' thee my own! I'll guard thee, I'll tend thee, I'll love ' , thee the best. And you'll pay there's no land like the j ' ' ; land of the West! The south has its roses, and bright -! skies of .blue, ; ' : But ours are more sweet with love's ; , ' own changeful hue . . Half sunshine, half tears, like the girl 1 love best Oh! what is the south to the beautiful , West? Then come there with me, and the rose on thy mouth , Will be sweeter to me than the flow'rs of the south. The north has its snow-tow'rs of dazzling daz-zling array. All sparkling with gems in the ne'er-sotting ne'er-sotting day. There the storm king may dwell In the halls he loves best. But the soft-breathing zephyr he plays in the West Then come to the West, where no cold wind doth blow. And thy neck will seem fairer to me than the snow! The Sim in the gorgeous east chascth the light. j ' When he riseth refreshed in his glory ,i and might. But where doth he go when he seeks , his sweet rest? Oh! doth he not haste to the beautiful West? Then come there with me, 'tis the land I love best, Tis the land of my sires! 'tis my own darling West. ULSTER. The lord lieutenant has appointed Most Rev. John Tohill, bishop of Down and Connor, member of the Intermediate Intermedi-ate Education board for Ireland in the room of Archbishop of Dublin, resigned. Mr. Jeremiah Jordon, the veteran : Protestant Nationalist, has retained his seat in South Fermanagh with a majority ma-jority of 59G over his Unionist opponent, , r Air. Battersby, K. C. An attempt to cross the Irish Sea from Dublin to England in a balloon was tried on February 15 by John Dunviile and A. Pollick, two Belfast aeronauts. ! . The feat, which has been accomplished several times, is counted a dangerous undertaking. . There were great rejoicings in Cooks- town on Saturday night, January 28, over Mr. T. Kattle's victory in East Tyrone, and - -at gathering of Nationalists Na-tionalists v - a ;Jressed in the Foresters' Forest-ers' hall b. Mi ;nd Mrs. Kettle and Mr. Shane -5l..-. , Councillor am .-. Meehan has been elected mayor .f . "ommel. The new ' . mayor is a st.ui.g Nationalist, and is chairman of tht Co. Tipperary executive execu-tive of the Town Tenants' league. Clon-mel Clon-mel branch of the same league, Co. Tipperary Tip-perary board G. A. A., and was for years chief ranger, Clonmel I. N. F. The lord Teutenant has appointed Matthew Cassin, T. C, whose name was the first on the list of the three sub- ; mitted by the corporation to the office of high sheriff for the city of Water-ford Water-ford for the ensuing year. Mr. Gilhooly, who has represented the constituency since 1SS5, was returned re-turned for West Cork. Mr. J. J. O'Shee. the Nationalist candidate can-didate for the parliamentary representation representa-tion of West Waterford. was returned by an overwhelming majority, thus i proving that the poison of faction has j leen etamied out of the constituency. A large whale was washed ashore at Banna, near Ballyheigue. on January "8. The whale, about 55 feet and 7 feet high, came ashore dead. The teeth and enormous jaws were taken possession of by the residents. A number of people peo-ple from Tralee Journeyed to Banna to view the remains of the deep-sea mon-fter. mon-fter. LEINSTER. Councillor John J. Callan has been elected mayor of Drogheda by a unanimous unani-mous vote. Dr. G rattan Flood. K. S. G.. Mus. Doc. K. U. I., of Wexford, has received re-ceived the Ad Eundem degrees of Mus. Doc. from Oxford university in recog 1 nition of his many musical works and contributions to musical science. ' The lord lieutenant has appointed Councillor Robert Bradley, J. P., high . ' sheriff of the city of Dublin for the en suing year. The municipal council sent , forward three names for selection as high sheriff: Alderman Farrell, Councillor Coun-cillor Garrett Begg and Councillor Bradley. It will be noticed that the first two names have been passed over. Very Rev. Dean Kelly, St. Peter's, Athlone, has written an interesting letter let-ter to the Westmeath County council, asking that body to restore the historic residence of the Rev. Charles Gold-' Gold-' smith at Lissoy, the home of the child hood and boyhood of the great Oliver Goldsmith, and the suggestion has been approved of by the council. : , Mr. T. A. Abbott, Merchant's Quay, Dublin, well-known as an inventor of bee-hives, has perfected a method of conserving the heat In electric cooking ranges, which enables a large joint to be cooked for two hours at a cost of ! about a penny; a metal disc indicator regulates the temperature automat- ,'.'; ically. i CONNATJGHT. L '. . ; ! The Congested Districts board has '; , , completed negotiations for the purchase '.'.. of the Windsor estate, near Castlebr, on which there is a large number of graz-j graz-j ing farms, one farm held by Mr. Can ning, Ballyvary, containing 500 acres. Scenes of' an extraordinary nature took place in the village of Arva on , January 28. A landgrabber and a bail- ,lff from Gortermone met with a very hostile reception from the people. The 'bailiff passed through the town several times during the day, shouting: "No surrender," and "Remember Derry's AValls." i Alderman Daniel Boyle, of Manches- ; ter, the candidate selected by the chalr- ! man of the Irish party at the request of local Nationalists, has been returned for ; North Mayo with a majority of forty ; over Bernard Egan. ' , . v The solemn ceremony of. the reception of Miss Monica O'Flynn as a member of the Order, took place at the Convent of Mercy on January 27. Miss O'Flynn is daughter of Mr. Francis O'Flynn, j Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. Ocean as Mail Carrier. ; Halifox. Methods which were used years ago in establishing mail commu-' rication across the waters, when sealed casks containing letters were dropped from Ehips and the safe deliverance of the contents trusted to fate, are again I being tried by inhabitants of the Mag- . dalen islands, because the cable be- "i : tween the islands and Cape North is I I broken and will not be repaired until warm weather sets in. A barrel con- j : f tainlng between thirty and forty let- I j, ters. sealed in cans, was picked up on . I . the Cape Breton coast. The letters were ? ')' . ' ! :: I received by the postoffice authorities and sent to their addresses. The tides had carried the barrel from the Magdalen Magda-len islands sixty miles across the Gulf of St. Lawrence in ten days. The Utters Ut-ters were all in good condition. A Prominent Irish-Chilian. Signor Don Patrico Kenny, who was recently in Ireland on a special mission mis-sion for the government of Chile to inquire into the educational .system, is a native of Dublin. He has been 'or the last six years in Chile, and is professor pro-fessor of modern languages in the State University of Santiago. He was educated edu-cated at St. Mungret's colleg.?, imd obtained ob-tained high distinctions In the Intermediate Interme-diate and Royal university examinations. examina-tions. He left Dublin for Syria, and on receiving his appointment at Santiago, came to Dublin for a short stiy before setting out for his present iiom. He says that the number of Irishmen in Chile is not great, but they are all thought much of in the country, and the Chilians, who can not got on at all with English people, have a great liking for the Irish character. The first thing, he says, that strikes an Irishman on reaching the Chilian harbor, is the battleships. These engines en-gines of war bear such names as O'Hlggins, O'Brien, Lynch, and the elevating ele-vating effect on the mind of an Irishman Irish-man is impossible to realize until you have seen It. The people of Chile are, of course, of the Spanish race. But the liberator of Chile was an Irishman, and the statue of O'Higglns opposite the Senate house ranks as one of the finest pieces of modern art. Irishmen took a leading part in the war of independence, and their services are remembered with enthusiasm by the people. Irish World. One Irish Town. In the C. T. A. Advocate we find the following interesting item: "Bess-brook, "Bess-brook, a town in the north of Ireland, the oldest place in Ireland connected with the flax spinning and weaving trade, having about 4,000 persons employed, em-ployed, has no public house (saloon), no police force, no poorhouse, no paupers pau-pers and no pawnshops. "The people live happy and contented. con-tented. Churches and schools flourish. Intelligence and morality prevail to an unusual degree. Protestants and Catholics live in peace and harmony. There is never any of the ill-feeling that sometimes crop out in places where. drink and the public house are present to arouse men's prejudices and passions. "The people of Bessbrook have condemned con-demned the sale of strong drink by a vote of six to one." Nationalists and the Crisis. Of the Nationalist members who ran uccessfully in eleven constituencies against the official candidates, only one, Mr. O'Sullivan, of Kerry, was summoned sum-moned to the party meeting for the election elec-tion of a sessional chairman. Mr. Hea-ly Hea-ly sent a letter of protest to Mr. Redmond Red-mond on the grounds that the chairman had no right to exclude from the meeting meet-ing any Nationalist member who came prepared tq sign the pledge to sit, act and vote with the party. That pledge had been drawn by Mr. Healy and every member who accepted it was a juror on the acts of his colleagues. No chairman had a right to select the jury arbitrarily. However, the Party of 72 made the conditions more stringent, empowering em-powering a majority of a called meeting meet-ing to interpret the application of rules. Efforts have been made to settle the differences that hinder united action at such an important crisis, and the arbitration of Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Arch-bishop Walsh has been suggested, but Mr. O'Brien insists as a preliminary condition that what he calls the domination domi-nation of the Hibernian organization shall be eliminated. The insistence of Mr. Redmond that the Liberal cabinet shall first destroy the lords' veto or obtain a guarantee therefor as the price of his acceptance of the budget, may lead to an early dissolution, but his attitude is generally approved in Ireland, Ire-land, which eing admittedly overtaxed, is opposed to any increase, though it is in accord with the general principle of proportioning taxation to wealth. Partly owing to the growth of the temperance movement and partly to the incidence of the liquor tax, not only consumption of liquor has greatly decreased, but likewise the industry, spirit exporjrs having fallen at the rate of $4,000,000 a year. America. Relic of St. Rose. Peru has the distinction of having given to America its first canonised saint St. Rose who was born in Lima in 1586, and the Linianians have not forgotten their glorious fellow-citizens. fellow-citizens. The Santo Domingo church in Lima is very dear to all Peruvians, but especially to Limanlans. since it contains con-tains the relics of the "Pearl of the Indies In-dies and the Flower of Lima." This majestic temple and magnificent magnifi-cent convent was erected by the Dominicans Domin-icans on land given them by Pizarro on the founding of the city, which grant was afterward confirmed by the king of Spain. On the right aisle is the celebrated shrine of St. Rose, patroness of Lima, contained her relics, encased in a precious prec-ious urn placed above her altar; underneath under-neath which is the beautiful piece of sculpture sent by Pope Clement XII from Italy as a present to Lima in her honor. A fine photograph of Santo Domingo Domin-go church forms the frontspiece of "Peru Today," a magazine in English, published in Lima, and devoted to showing the possibilities of that great country. Germans and Irish Banquet Together Unique in two particulars was the Joint banquet held in Washington, D. C, Monday night by the United German Ger-man and the United Irish societies of the national capital in honor of George Washington's birthday. It was the first time in the history of the city that societies composed of the Irish and German races had sat down together at a big banquet. In the second place, there were two toastmasters. Dr. Vleck-ner, Vleck-ner, president of the German-American alliance in Washington, to introduce the German, and P. T. Moran, national director di-rector of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Hiber-nians, to intrduce the Irish speaker?. The speakers were Representatives Driscol (N. Y.), Bartholdt (Mo.). O'Con-nell O'Con-nell (Mass.), Kustermann (Wis.), Korb-ly Korb-ly (Ind.), Gill (Mo.), and Jamieson (la.). Pathetic Scene. A pathetic scene in the House of Commons is described Jn a London cablegram carried by the Associated Press in this way: "For the first time sinoe he was stricken with paralysis, years ago, Joseph Chamberlain appeared ap-peared in the House of Commons today and took the oath as a member of the new parliament. The advent of the tariff reformer afforded a dramatic surprise sur-prise for the officials and members who were being sworn in. Mr. Chamberlain Cham-berlain moved to the speaker's chair and shook hands with Mr. Lowther. after which he made his way slowly from the chamber within which so many stirring episodes of his life have occurred. The whole scene was painful pain-ful to those who recalled the vigor exhibited ex-hibited by the statesman on his last previous appearance in the house. Today To-day his frame was shrunken and his features ashen. He was unable to move without assistance and but haltingly whfspered the words of the oath after his son had spoken them in his ear. It was evident to those who witnessed the ev-ry evidence of extreme weakness that all hope of a recovery from physical infirmities must be abandoned. There was perfect silence throughout the trying ordeal. Commoner. In Accordance With Scripture. A Boer had sold to a mission Kaffir the carcass of an ox that had died from lung sickness. The missionary remonstrated with him, and threatened threat-ened to report him to the authorities. The Boer expressed his surprise at such language from a missionary, saying he had acted strictly according to scriptural precept. The missionary said he would not say another word if the Boer could justify his act from the Bible. The Boer thereupon asked for a Bible and, referring to Deut. 14:21, read as follows: "Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth. of itself; thou shalt give it to the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien." The Bishop's Choice. The celebrated Angelican divine, the late bishop of Rochester, who had been ailing for1 some time, decided to consult Sir Frederick Treves, the noted surgeon. sur-geon. After a careful examination Sir Frederick pronounced his verdict, and added: "Your lordship must go to Algiers or some winter resort on the Riviera." "Impossible." replied the bishop. "I have too much work to get through. "Well," said the doctor, "you must make your choice. It is either Algiers or heaven." "Dear me!" exclaimed the bishop, with a sigh, "then I suppose it must be Algiers." Los Angeles Herald. On Mixed Marriages. A local pastor recently published some startling figures of the most obvious results of mixed marriages. The proportion pro-portion of Catholic women married to non-Catholic men who keep up the practice of their religion was incredibly small, and the proportion of practical Catholics among Catholic men married to non-Catholic women was even less. These depressing statistics were for only one parish, and when it is estimated what the showing would be if a census of the results of mixed marriages were taken up In every parish in the country, it would perhaps be easier to understand under-stand why, with an annual record of 30,000 converts, with the natural increase in-crease and the yearly accretion of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, the total gain In the Catholic population popu-lation in this country for the year 1909 is officially given as only 111,576. Universe. Gladstone's Memory. Gladstone's power of memory was always al-ways one of his greatest assets. In his last years he often lamented that it was not what it had been; but even so, it came triumphantly out of some remarkable re-markable tests. In his eighty-third year he set himself to recall Manzoni's ode on the death of Napoleon, which, as a young man, he had translated into English. He had entirely forgotten forgot-ten his own version, but by dint of hard "digging" or "fishing up," as he called it, he wrote down 104 of the 108 Italian lines. Two years later he essayed to write from memorv a com plete list of all the men who had been his cabinet colleagues, and remembered sixty of the seventy. Shine Just Where You Are. Don't waste your time In longing For bright, impossible things; Don't sit supinely yearning For the swiftness of angel wings; Don't spurn to be a rushlight, Because you are not a star; But brighten some bit of darkness By" shining just where you are. There is need of the tiniest candle As well as the garrish sun; The humblest deed is ennobled When it is worthily done; You may never be called to brighten The darkened regions afar; So fill, for the day, your mission Ey shining just where you are. Just where you are, my brother, Just where God bids you stand, Though now in the deepest shadow, Instead of the sunlit land; You may carry as brightness with you That no gloom or darkness can mar, For the light of a Christlike spirit Will be shining, wherever you are. Centenary of Leo XIII. On the second of March, this year, will occur the centenary of the birth of Leo XIII. In Rome a committee has been foimed to prepare for its celebration. cel-ebration. Among others, it is planned to invite all labor organizations established estab-lished under his Pontificate to Rome and Carpineto, his birthplace. Historic Bridge Doomed. The Rialto bridge at Venice, famous in poetry and romanie, and one of the show places for tourists, is in danger of collapse. The main archway is threatened, and it will be necessary to give it additional support with chains. The bridge is nearly five hun-' dred years old. Helping the Minister. A Scotch preacher had in his congregation con-gregation an old woman who was deaf. In order to hear the sermon each Sunday, Sun-day, this old lady would seat herself at the foot of the pulpit stairs. One day the sermon was about Jonah, and the preacher became very rhetorical. "And when the sailors threw Jonah overboard," he said, "a big fish swallowed swal-lowed him up. Was it a shork that got 'im? Nay, my brethern, it was ne'er a shark. Was it a swordfish that eat him? Nay " "It was a whale," whispered the old lady, excitedly. "Hush, Biddie," said the preacher, in-dignantlsr. in-dignantlsr. "Would ye tak' th' word of God out o' yer ane meenister's mouth?" Success Magazine. Tribute to Catholic Missions. The Churchman (Protestant Episcopal) Episco-pal) prints in a recent issue the following fol-lowing article on Catholic missions in India: "The activity and success of the Catholic missions in India are often passed over by Anglican and Evengeli-can Evengeli-can authorities. It is pleasant, therefore, there-fore, to find the archdeacon of Madras (Angelican) doing full justice to the work accomplished by the Catholic church communion. Out of a population popu-lation of 294,000,000, which includes the inhabitants of India proper with Baluchistan and Burma, less than one hundredth part, to be exact, 2,900,000, are Christians. Of these 1,525,000 are Catholics, 470,000 Angelicans, while about 658,000 are members of various evangelical bodies. "At the beginning of the nineteenth century the Indian Catholic missions, which had been founded by St. Francis Fran-cis Xavier, were in feeble condition. The great work of expansion has chiefly chief-ly taken place since 1830. A large number of new sees have been established; estab-lished; thirty-nine districts in all are now organized, each administration by a resident bishop. The Jesuits and the Christian Brothers have admirable educational edu-cational institutions. The archdeacons of Madras think they are rapidly becoming be-coming the leading educational bodies In India because of the zeal, tenacity and large forethought with which they prosecute their high and simple-hearted purpose. Their schools, like the others, receive government grants, and besides are most economically administered. They keep fully abreast of the ever-enlarging ever-enlarging government requirements and frequently charge smaller fees than i v the Anglecan schools do. There is an active religious press also. "In regard' to evangelization, the archdeacon reports that many convert are made from Protestantism, and in their work among the heathen the success suc-cess of the Catholic missionaries is due to the fact that they rely much more than others do upon the natural instincts in-stincts of Oriental races." Let Yesterday Alone. If you made mistakes yesterday forget for-get them. No strength was ever built upon continued regret. Today is the result of yesterday, but it is more important im-portant to remember that tomorrow is the result of today. The result of the actions of today we can determine, but no amount of dwelling upon yesterday's yester-day's regret will reshape today. If we fell yesterday, there is nothing to do but pick ourselves up, shake off the dust and start afresh. Rise above yesterday. It is hard work to hold up the head and live down a black yesterday, yester-day, but the blacker the yesterday the greater the need of rising above It, the higher the head must be held. Yesterday has passed. Let it rest in j peace. Don't keep dragging it out on parade. Do not waste energy in what cannot be undone. Let yesterday alone. The Busy Woman. If you want to get a favor done By some obliging friend. And want a promise, safe and sure, On which you may depend. Don't go to her who always has Much leisure time to plan, But if you want your favor done, Ask the busy woman. The girl with leisure never has A moment she can spare, She's always "putting off" until Her friends are in despair. But she whose every waking hour Is crowded full of work, Forgets the art of wasting time, She cannot stop to shirk. So when you want a favor done, And want it right away. Go to the girl who constantly Works fourteen hours a day, She'll find a moment, sure, somewhere. That has no other use, And help you, while the idle one Is framing an excuse. Tablet. Portuguese Ambassador's Illness. The state of health of Senor Martino d'Antas, ambassador of Portugal to the Holy See, has become so grave that a crisis is anticipated within a short time on account of the advanced age of the well known diplomatist. Frequent Fre-quent periods of collapse have done much to weaken his frame, while eminent emi-nent medical talent has not succeeded in improving the patient's state. The last sacraments have been administered to Senor d'Antas, who, it may be added, add-ed, comes of one of the oldest and most fervent Catholic families in Portugal. Unnecessary. A new qualified judge in one of the small towns of the south was trying one of his first criminal cases. The accused was an old darky who was charged with robbing a hencoop. He had been in court before on a similar charge and was then acquitted. "Well, TJom," began the judge, "I see you're in trouble again." "Yes, sah,"' replied the darky, "the last time, jedge, you was ma lawyer." "Where, is your lawyer this time?" asked the judge. "I ain't got no lawyer this time," answered Tom. "I'm goin' to tell the truth." Baltimore American. "Te Deum" for the German Emperor. In the Teutonic church of S. Maria del Anima on Thursday a solemn "Te Deum" was sung by the ecclesiastics and laymen of the German speaking colony in Rome on the occasion of the German emperor's fiftieth birthday. Among those present were His Eminence Emin-ence Cardinal Ferrata, the Austrian ambassador, and the ministers of Prussia Prus-sia and Bavaria to the Holy See; the Right Rev. Bishop Doebbing, and a number of German prelates. At a banquet ban-quet given by Baron Von Muehlberg, Prussian minister to the Vatican, at which a large number of German prelates, prel-ates, priests and diplomatists were present, the healths of His Holiness Pius X and His Majesty William II of Germany were enthusiastically drunk. Mr. Healy's Election Expenses. The supporters of Mr. T. M. Healy in North Louth have started an indenN nity to recoup him for the expense of the recent election. At the first meeting meet-ing subscriptions to the amount of 200 pounds were handed in. Alt lough Mr. Healy is a wealthy man, his admirers are evidently determined that he shall not be out of pocket by the most hotly contested struggle that took place in Ireland during the general election. Older Still. An old gentleman was proudly exhibiting ex-hibiting some of his most valued possessions pos-sessions to a friend who had called to see him. "That table," he said, with the pride of a connoisseur, "is 500 years old." "That's nothing," came the startling reply from the visitor's son, who was accompanying his father; "we have one at home which is 3,000 years old." "Impossible, my dear boy impossible. What kind of a table is it?" said the old gentleman.' "The multiplication table." Roosevelt Will Visit the Pope The report that ex-President Theo dore Roosevelt has promised to take part in the Methodist church services in Rome is discredited by Msgr. Bisleti, the Papal Major Domo. He says: "Mr. Roosevelt has notified the Vatican Vati-can of his intention to visit the Pope; therefore it is taken for granted that he is prepared to abstain from acts likely to hurt the Pontiff's susceptibilities. "When told of the reasons which rendered ren-dered a papal audience impossible, Mr. Fairbanks admitted that they were fully Justified, and regretted that he did not know of them in advance. "Anti-clericals in Rome have used the Fairbanks incident as a pretext for an attack on the Vatican, exaggerating the importance of the affair and making it almost a breach of courtesy against an American who had occupied the second highest position in his government. Mr., Fairbanks, however, deplores the publicity pub-licity and undue importance given to the case, which he admits was due to his lack of foresight." There is no danger of ex-President Roosevelt repeating Fairbanks' mistake in Rome. Even had the warning of Fairbanks' fate not been given, Mr. Roosevelt would not have been inveigled in-veigled into the trap into which the Indiana statesman fell. Strong Words. ' A New York business man of wide experience in dealing with boys, recently recent-ly said: "I'd rather have a thief, in the shape of a boy, than a liar. You can detect a thief and get rid of him; you can have him locked up or sent home to his parents; but when a boy lies once, you never know when to believe him again. A boy who will do a thing, and lie about it, is the very worst sort of boy. Those boys who own up to their mischievous, annoying jokes and tricks, always come out all right; but the liar, never." These are very strong words, but they bear out the experience of all who have charge of youth. Things Worth Remembering. Plain colors and light tints in decorations decora-tions make a room look larger. Everything used in serving mutton should be hot. It is not good taste to have scented note paper. Success in cake baking depends more upon the baking than upon the making. A simple way of hanging curtains and draperies is the best taste. Learn to save gas by never lighting the range until everything is ready to cook. The afternoon nap is a wonderful in-vigorator in-vigorator and promoter of longevity. Cold Cream. Oil of almond one pound; white wax four ounces; melt gently together in an earthen vessel, and when nearly cold stir in gradually twelve ounces of rose water; still well and it is ready for use. A Candlemas Pr.ophecy. If Candlemas Day no sunshine bring. Six weeks from Candleme.s will be spring; If Candlemas Day your shadow you see, Six weeks from Candlemas Wintry will be; But whether you find on Candlemas Day, The golden sky or the sky of gray, Spring is, at most, seven weeks away. Gold. It is a fine thing in friendship to know when to be silent. George Mac-Donald. Mac-Donald. i A known enemy is better than a treacherous friend. I am astonished that man can be- j lieve God to be God and yet serve Him so badly. St. Albert. ' v I |