Her instructor had often before suggested her obligation to consecrate herself to the task of healing the feud; but never had he so solemnly warned her, and never had she seen her duty so clearly.
"Be calm, my child," continued the missionary; "you can compose yourself in the church, while I prepare for the service.

Prostrate yourself before the infinite majesty and goodness of God, and invoke His assistance, with a determination to accept with resignation whatever trial He may send.

And forget not to supplicate the intercession of the Blessed Mary.

Open your heart to her; beg her to discover and obtain its pious wants.

_She_ whom Jesus obeyed on earth, will not ask in vain in His eternal kingdom: God, who made her the medium of salvation to man while she remained a poor Jewish virgin, cannot deem her unworthy of being the channel of His choicest graces to us, now that she stands beatified in heaven!" The Lady Margaret passed into the church and knelt before the altar.
There she remained until the psalms were sung and the evening hymn was over.