...annoyance of children. They say that when this life is ended, all is ended ; and they add that even St. Paul, who wrought with his own hands, should teach...attest it, without passion, and on our conscience. " I Sister Anna Teresa Merlini, Madre di Consiglio. I Sister Rosa Peraccini, Madre di Consiglio. I...

...practice of mental prayer, and they preach nothing but the pleasures of this life. The sistere who li ve according to their maxims are extolled by them and...attest it, without passion, and on our conscience. " I Sister Anna Teresa Merlini, Madre di Consiglio. I Sister Rosa Peraccini, Madre di Consiglio. I...

...come into the convent during the night, which they have spent in the most dissipated manner." * * * " The sisters who live according to their maxims, are...every extravagance ; and the others must either go in the stream, heedless of conscience, or live in a state of warfare,* as is actually the case with...

...who wrought with his own hands, should teach us, that we should not hesitate to take our pleasures. The sisters, who live according to their maxims, are extolled by them, and indulged with everys extravagance, and the others must either go with the stream, heedless of conscience, or...

...every kind of indecency to go on in the parlour. Though often warned by us, they do not break oft' the dangerous intimacies that are formed ; and hence...perpetual warfare, as is actually the case with us now. * Secrets of Female Convents, pp. 69, 70. VOL. II.— 29 " This is the real truth. We the undersigned...