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ing when we consider their character and spirit. The study of the Holy Scriptures was the comfort and the solace of his life; and his writings show how copiously he drew from that sacred source. Indeed, in perusing them we forget the individual and see before us only a saintly prelate filled with the thought of God and His Divine truth, teaching and exhorting through the Scriptures. The more we examine his works, the more clearly do we see how appropriately they bear their unpretending, but expressive, title — The Sincere, Devout, and Pious Christian, instructed in the faith of Christ from the Written Word.
