Excerpt from Mother Mabel Digby: A Biography of the Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart, 1835-1911 Thus, when we take up the lives of the Saints or of the saint-like, we are struck, on the one hand, with certain characteristics which are common to them all; while, on the other, they possess very individual qualities which make it impossible for us to mistake one for the other. The Life of the late mother-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart is a notable instance of the manner in which God prepares and fashions His chosen servants so that they shall render homage to Him in a way that belongs to each one alone. Doubtless the virtues of Mother Digby as a religious of the Society which she governed for so many years are to be found in the same, or, perhaps, even in a higher degree, among those who were her sisters, and, afterwards, her daughters in religion. The same spiritual training, the same exercises, the same duties, the identity of community life will have produced, and are daily producing, similar effects in countless souls called by God to the same way of life. But there are two aspects of Mother Digby's life which seem to mark her off as a specially chosen soul, appointed to give glory to God in a fashion not belonging to others. In the first place, the unfolding to her mind of the compelling truth of the claims of the Catholic Church was a manifestation of God's over-ruling Providence which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.