He believed indeed firmly and absolutely, with a tranquil godliness, never having known a struggle, endowed as he was with the ready faith of a child who is unacquainted with human passions.

And ever since the Virgin at Lourdes had cured him of a disease of the eyes, by a famous miracle which folks still talked about, his belief had become yet more absolute and tender, as though impregnated with divine gratitude.
"I am pleased that you are with us, my friend," he gently said; "for there is much in these pilgrimages for young priests to profit by.

I am told that some of them at times experience a feeling of rebellion.

Well, you will see all these poor people praying,--it is a sight which will make you weep.

How can one do otherwise than place oneself in God's hands, on seeing so much suffering cured or consoled ?" The old priest himself was accompanying a patient; and he pointed to a first-class compartment, at the door of which hung a placard bearing the inscription: "M.