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of the deceased brethren; and in their other prayers and devotions they should often remember and recommend to God, both this and the other associations of the Sacred Heart, and endeavour all they can to draw on each one a large share of those blessings and graces which flow continually from this adorable heart.

8. Finally, let every one of this association make it his chief business and endeavour to draw from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a most reverential and tender affection towards our dear Lord and Saviour in the holy Eucharist, an efficacious desire of his own proper sanctification, and a well-governed zeal and solicitude for that of his neighbour, united with him in the same, devotion, and under the same bonds and rules of charity, promoting, according to bis power, but with prudence and discernment, the same holy practices to the greater glory of the sacred and adorable heart of Jesus Christ, inflamed with an ardent zeal for the honour of his eternal Father, and the salvation of mankind.