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 would call  their  attention  to  it,  in  the  hope  that they will  derive  from  its  use  encouragement  and consolation in  the  practices  of  the  spiritual  life.

And if  our  Lord  should  deign  to  bless  this little book,  and  enable  it  to  increase  the  piety  of those  who  will  adopt  it,  and  smooth  for  them the path  of  Christian  virtue  or  of  religious  perfection, we  shall  be  more  than  repaid  for  our labor in  its  compilation.

Nazareth, Ky.,  ''May  30th,  1875.