You must recommend me very particularly to the Rt.

Rev.Bishop McCloskey; tell him the time of my taking the vows (Feast of St.
Teresa, October 15), and give him my humble request to remember me at that time in his prayers." On the feast of St.Teresa, October 15, 1846, therefore, the two American novices took their vows, and became members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

On the very morning of that event, at half-past eight, Brother Hecker wrote a letter to his mother, in which he goes over all of his trials and experiences in following the Divine guidance since he first quitted business.

He breathes intense affection in every word, and writes in a solemn mood.

We would give the letter to the reader entire, but that he has already learned what it narrates.