. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . e summed up in a few ascetic spirit; his constant assertion of the unbounded power of the Church; absence ofausterity; the terms of even affectionate intercourse with which he lived not only with thelowest but witli the higliest temporal dignitaries of the countries where he lived ; his profoundhumihty; his extraordinary power of conciliating all classes and the facility of access to hisperson, all marked him out as a man among men. Take heed ofyourselves, he sa
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . e summed up in a few ascetic spirit; his constant assertion of the unbounded power of the Church; absence ofausterity; the terms of even affectionate intercourse with which he lived not only with thelowest but witli the higliest temporal dignitaries of the countries where he lived ; his profoundhumihty; his extraordinary power of conciliating all classes and the facility of access to hisperson, all marked him out as a man among men. Take heed ofyourselves, he said, Takeheed ofyourselves, my dearest brethren. .Many ministers of the Gospel who have opened theway of heaven to others are tormented in hell for want of true humility, and from beingcarried away by a vain opinion of themselves; while on the contrary there is not found inhell one single soul which was sincerely humble. Zeal for the glory of God and the love ofhis fellow creatures were the animating influences of his life as of his death. Authorities: Life of St. Francis Xavier, by M. H. McClean; H. J. Coleridge. 45 Q. V^.-i High Laiimkr. Dravn atiti cn^ra^ed by 11, B. Hall.
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