THE APOSTLE OF YOUTH
testimony was rendered in the other Institutes which he governed during his long and active life, Mornese and especially Monferrato, "where the Venerable in order to imbue with his spirit the new-born Institute of the Daughters of Our Lady Help of Christians, intrusted its direction to Don Lemoyne, confident of the most happy success."
And yet during all these busy years his pen never ceased its labour of love in portraying the heroic virtues, the daily sacrifices, the great and the lowly deeds, the lofty teachings, the miracles and the prophecies of his beloved Founder. He had questioned the cherished "Mamma Margaret," and the childhood years of her favorite John are painted with simple beauty and minute detail. And on, on through the saintly career he dogs the steps of his revered hero—nothing escapes his keen eye and loving heart. God so approved of the beautiful task to which he had set himself that His Providence often brought the dear chronicler, apparently by chance, into the presence of Don Bosco when he wrought some of his greatest miracles or uttered some of his most striking prophecies.
The continual recurrence of the personal element on almost every page; the precious contact with a saint every day and hour for such lengthened periods; a Father limned for us in such entrancing, heavenly colors by Love's brush, give the wonderful "Memorie Biografiche di Don Bosco", a
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