Little lives of the great saints (1880) (14580196359)

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Title: Little lives of the great saints
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Murray, John O'Kane, 1847-1885
Subjects: Christian saints
Publisher: New York, P. J. Kenedy
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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HAT land has not been blessed by thelabors, what person has not heard of theSister of Charity ?— Who once was a lady of honor and wealth ;Bright glowed on her features the roses of health ;Her vesture was blended of silk and of gold,And her motion shook perfume from every fold ;Joy revelled around her, love shone at her side,And gay was her smile as the glance of a bride,And light was her step in the mirth-sounding hall,When she heard of the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul But now— Unshrinking where pestilence scatters his breath,Like an angel she moves mid the vapor of death ;Where rings the loud musket and flashes the sword,Unfearing she walks, for she follows the Lord.How sweetly she bends oer each plague-tainted faceWith looks that are lighted with holiest grace !How kindly she dresses each suffering limb,For she sees in the wounded the image of Him / The noble woman, the Daughter of Charity, 468
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Little Lives of the Great Saints. 469 whose heroism is thus pictured by the poets pen,honors Vincent1 de Paul as the father and founderof her society. Let us glance at the career ofthat immortal benefactor of humanity. He was born at a little village in the south ofFrance, not far from the shadow of the famousPyrenees Mountains, in the year 1576. His pa-rents were good, simple country people, whoowned a small farm. Vincent was the third of afamily of four sons and two daughters, who werebrought up in innocence and inured to hard labor.He was a bright, thoughtful boy, and gave suchearly promise of greatness that his father, at muchsacrifice, determined to give him a superior edu-cation. But after some time he resolved to be no longera burden to his poor parents, and, with that manlyenergy which usually accompanies true genius,he took the matter into his own hands. At twen-ty years of age we find Vincent entering the Uni-versit)^ of Toulouse, where, after a long course ofstudy, he gradu