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 advantage. Let your  constant  practice  be  to offer  yourself  to  God,  that  He  may  do  with  you what He  pleases."  God  can  not  be  deceived and  we  may  rest  assured  that  what  He  determines will  be  best  for  us.  Can  there  be  a  better prayer  than  this?

"All that  is  bitter,"  says  St.  Ignatius  Loyola, 'as well  as  all  that  is  sweet  in  this  life,  comes from the  love  of  God  for  us.'"

HEN a  socialistic  pamphlet  is  intended  for  distribution  among the working  classes,  the  author  frequently depicts their  misery  in  harrowing  terms. It Is true  that  the  lot  of  the  laboring  man  is  a hard  one,  and  the  modern,  impious  socialist tells him  this  over  and  over  again,  but  hear what sort  of  comfort  he  offers  him.

Your Church  points  you,  as  a  Catholic, to a  better  life  than  this,  to  a  life  where  you will find  rest  after  your  toil,  if  you,  while  on earth,  have  served  God  with  a  clean  heart, and have  applied  yourself  to  your  daily  tasks with a  pure  intention. But the  writer  of  a pamphlet  such  as  I  allude  to,  leaves  the unfortunate laborer,  whose  lot  upon  earth is so  full  of  hardship,  in  doubt  whether  there is any  resurrection  and  recognition,  any "Wiedersehen" of  our  loved  ones,  any  better life. Who is  right,  you  with  your  blissful hope, or  this  newspaper  writer  with  his  cold and  miserable   comfort  —  despair? The