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pray frequently for the dying and fbr the souls in
purgatory.'
T MORTWS est;" "And he died." With thi;
record ends every life - even the longest life.
One day it shall be said of me: "he is dead," "she is
dead."
"See then how matters stand with thee." savs the
gentle Thomas d Kempis; "a man is here 'to-d& and
to-morrow he is vanished.
"And when he is taken away from the sight he is
quickly also out of mind.
"Oh, the dulness and hardness of man's heart,
which only thinks of what is present, and looks not
forward to things to come.
"If thou hadst a good conscience tho; wouldst not
much fear death.
"If thou art not prepared to-day, how shalt thou be
to-morrow.
"To-morrow is an uncertain day; how dost thou
know that thou shalt be alive to-morrow?
"Blessed is he that has always the hour of death
before his e es and every day disposes himself to die.
"Many & suddenly and when they little think of
it: 'Because al what hmu you know not the Son of Man
wiU come' (Matt. xxiv. 44).
"How happy and prudent is he, who strives to be
&iring all his life and especially now as he desires to
be found at his death.
See, The Secret of Sanctity, According to St. Francis
of Sales and Father Crasset, S. J.
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