APPENDIX.



It may be in that Heaven of blissful peace
  This scene he is permitted to review;
And make petition for a rich increase
Of blessings on Loretto old and new.

All those who call him father do rejoice
With that deep inward thrill hearts rarely know,
That speaking countenance needs but a voice,
Loretto understands and feels the glow
Of tidings from the past. Like star of night
Came Nerinckx to the clouded skies of yore,
Religious atmosphere, long softly bright,
Grows brilliant with his figure at the door.
                              SISTER M. WILFID LAMOTTE.



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