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 words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed (Luke ix. 26)."

"Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth" (Ex. xxiii. 2).

"But if you also suffer anything for justice sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, and be not troubled" (1 Peter iii. 14).

"For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men; they have been confounded, because God hath despised them" (Ps. Iii. 6).

"With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed" (Ecclus. i. 13).

St. Aloysius is the perfect model for all young men in regard to purity and manliness. Pope Benedict XIII named him patron of youth.

Father Rickaby, S.J. commenting on this in "Ye are Christ's," says: "Our Lord, we may say, has ratified and carried into effect the nomination of his Vicar. St. Aloysius has taken a strong hold on our boys. This seems to be some part of the reward given him of God even on earth, where he renounced so much. Then again every Catholic boy appreciates that virtue which is the chief ornament of his age, the virtue of which Aloysius is so brilliant an example, and whence he derives his name of Angelic. Many also are held to the saint by ties of gratitude; for his intercession on behalf of the young is singularly powerful with God. There are those who ascribe to some devotion done in his honor the settlement of their vocation. On the other