I might call from then till now, and never a step would she come, or nurse me a bit.

It is no good care of hers that has brought me back alive and well: I tell you, Sister Agnes won't do for any but Catholics.' "Florry, is such charity akin to that taught by the Bible?
Catholics boast of their asylums; and by means of fairs and suppers, large amounts are annually collected for the support of these numerous institutions.

I have been told by a directress of a Protestant orphan asylum, that on one occasion a squalid woman, accompanied by two boys, presented herself and entreated that her children might be received into the asylum.

The unhappy mother informed the directress that she was a Roman Catholic, and had claimed the protection of her own sect; but, said she, tearfully, 'Indeed I had no money to pay for their entrance, and they refused to take my children.' "Such, Florry, is their boasted charity; and I might add, their lives are little in accordance with the spirit inculcated by our Saviour, who said, 'When ye do your alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth.' There are thousands who daily dispense charities of various kinds; yet they do not term themselves Sisters of Charity; neither promenade the streets in a garb so antiquated and peculiar as to excite attention, or elicit encomiums on their marvelously holy lives and charitable deeds.

Do not suppose, Florry, because I speak thus, that I doubt the sincerity of all who enroll themselves as Sisters.