. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the Trinity—in religion Sister St. Claire—that bright vision of charity flashing continually before usduring the long ride of agony in the barn near Rezonville. Your holy limbs are now resting in an unknown cor-ner of Lforraine^—no longer your dear France—but yourblessed memory will live forever in the grateful hearts ofthose you have died for! VI. LORD NAPIERS TESTIMONY. Lord Napier, who held a diplomatic position underLord Stratford de Redcliffe, in Constantinople, during theCrimean War,
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the Trinity—in religion Sister St. Claire—that bright vision of charity flashing continually before usduring the long ride of agony in the barn near Rezonville. Your holy limbs are now resting in an unknown cor-ner of Lforraine^—no longer your dear France—but yourblessed memory will live forever in the grateful hearts ofthose you have died for! VI. LORD NAPIERS TESTIMONY. Lord Napier, who held a diplomatic position underLord Stratford de Redcliffe, in Constantinople, during theCrimean War, gives the following testimony to the worthof the Sisters of Mercy: During the distress of the Crimean war the Ambas-sador called me in one morning and said: ^Co down tothe port; you will find a ship there loaded with Jewish ex-iles, Russian subjects from the Crimea. It is jour duty todisembark them. The Turks will give you a house inwhich they may be placed. I turn them over entirely toyou. I went down to the shore and received about 200persons, the most miserable objects that could be wit-. APPENDIX. 331 nessed, most of them old men, women and children, sunkin the lowest depths of indigence and despair. I placedthem in the cold, ruinous lodging allocated to them bythe Ottoman authorities. I went back to the Ambassa-dor and said: Your Excellency, those people are cold andI have no fuel or blankets; they are hungry, and I haveno food; they are very dirty, and I have no soap; theirhair is in an undesirable condition and I have no am I to do with these people? Do? said the iim-bassador; get a couple of Sisters of Mercy; they will putall to rights in a moment. I went, saw the Mother Su-perior and explained the case. I asked for two were at once sent. They were ladies of refinementand intellect. I was a stranger and a Protestant, and I in-voked their assistance for the benefit of Jews. Yet thesetwo women made up their bundles and followed methrough t
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