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"He"when"We"IS APPOINTED ViCAIRE OF ECL LLY. 39*rhen the long-desired and often-delayed moment can>efor the completion of the sacrifice. We can guess it onlyby the burning words which would escape him when hespoke of the surpassing dignity, the unspeakable blessedness, and withal the tremendous responsibility, of theoffice then laid upon him.CHAPTER IV.He is appointed Vicaireof Ecully Death of M. Bailey M. Vianneyis nominated Cure of Ars His labours for the reformation andsanctification of his parish.M. VIANNEY was ordained priest on the 9th of August1815, at the age of twenty-nine. It is not known wherehe said his first Mass. It was probably, however, atEcully; and he was certainly assisted by M. Bailey, whohad asked and obtained his favourite pupil as his vicaire.Great was the mutual joy of master and scholar in beingthus associated together, and great was the rejoicingamong the good people of Ecully. loved him,"saidhe was a student among us; he edified usthey,then by the holiness of his life. What will it be now thathe is a priest?"Nor were they disappointed. He wassoon in possession of the confidence of all around him,and Lis confessional was continually surrounded.The firstconfession he ever received was that of his beloved masterM. Bailey, who chose him at once for his confessor. Onthe eve of great feasts he passed the day and part of thenight in his confessional, leaving himself scarcely time tosay Mass, recite his Office, and snatch his single andscanty meal.had not," says M. Monnin, two weights or twomeasures ;he made the perfection which he preachedtr