The clock hung in the Paulist sacristy for about ten years.

Then, for some reason, it was taken to the country house of Mr.George Hecker, where it was accidentally destroyed by fire: "There were points of resemblance in my own and my boy maker's nature.

In him, regularity, order, and obedience were fixed principles; and with us both, Time represented Eternity.

As the days of his young manhood came his pursuits and tastes in life changed.
Deep thought took possession of his mind, and with it a tender love for souls and a heart-hungriness for a further knowledge of what man was given a soul for, and the way in which he was to save it.

As these thoughts were maturing in his mind I often noticed his troubled look.