Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1859

pg 352       lips.  The dear little Brother in vain urged him to take it: the 
             glass remained on the table until he had report in the infirmary 
             the refusal of F. Superior; and having thereupon examined his 
             flasks and discovered his mistake, the dear good Brother returned 
             breathless, and cried out when he saw the glass on the table, "Oh! 
             how glad I am that you did not take those bitters!  The Blessed 
             Virgin has doubtless watched over the life which may still be 
             useful to her work of the Lake."
                  It was an additional proof of the uncertainty of life and of 
             the necessity for a religious as well as for any other Christian 
             to be always prepared.
                  The first quarter of this year was an almost unbroken series 
             of trials of all kinds:  their number and gravity for a long time 
             prevent the author of them from being suspected.
                  The demon had asked for power to sift the Congregation in 
             France, in Bengal, and doubtless also in the United States.  F.