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THE AGONIZING HEART OF JESUS.

a much larger but less devoted body. Their salutary influence will soon be seen in their own families and in the neighborhood, more particularly if a system of visiting the sick and dying can be organized. Much good may be done by this means, not merely to the sufferers, but to their relations, many of whom are perhaps living without God. Can there be a more favorable opportunity of speaking of God, of giving good counsel to one who neglects religion, or warning a young person who is led astray by love of pleasure, than these visits of charity afford? The words spoken by your pious Associates to the sick and dying, to sorrowing parents, to desolate widows or bereaved children, may have a greater efficacy than all the eloquence of the preacher.

And do not say, "I have so many works on hand. So many associations are already established in my parish." O, dear bro- there, I should perhaps say so too, did I not know that even the best parishes are tainted with the impiety and corruption of the pre- sent day. The heart of a priest is full of compassion, like the Heart of Jesus; can it fail to be deeply moved at the thought that among the eighty thousand who are dying