THE APOSTLE OF YOUTH
eighteen more years, he left the written material all prepared."
The world owes an immense debt of gratitude to the gifted Salesian. His great unfinished work is still in the original Italian; and the volumes are limited to the possession of the Salesian houses until the Church shall have pronounced definitively on the marvels related therein.
When that moment comes we trust a gifted pen will present us an English translation worthy of the great author.
Don Lemoyne's death was like his life calm and serene, his soul sweetly united with God under the protecting mantle of Mary, Help of Christians, during those last solemn hours on the Cross with his Crucified Master.
"On the morning of the Feast of the Exaltation, the Holy Viaticum was brought to him solemnly and he received for the last time with fervent recollection the dear Jesus he had so ardently loved and made others love. At his bedside was His Eminence Cardinal Cagliero, suggesting pious aspirations; and surrounding him in prayer were his Superiors and brethren who held him in their hearts' affections as the dearest relic of their departed Founder, the beloved Don Bosco. Extreme Unction was administered and the papal blessing given; his agony lasted till 6:40 P. M. when his soul passed peacefully to its eternal rest.
"And now his blessed body reposes in the
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