THE APOSTLE OF YOUTH
Margaret Bosco's age was only fifty-eight; in ten years she had fulfilled the sacred mission to which she had been called by the Divine Heart of Jesus. "Suffer the little children to come unto me," had met with an ardent and persevering response from her great heart. The stories told of her sweetness and charity and sacrifice are multitudinous, all permeated with the deep affection of the narrators. Her prudence and management always forestalled the desires of Don Bosco, and many were trained by her to the various employments of the house. As the Society grew, these places were filled by boys who, not called to the priesthood, yet would not leave Don Bosco, but remained as coadjutor Brethren to serve the others and supply the temporal wants of the great household.
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