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If while on Earth they safely walked the path that saints have trod,
Their souls, we know, are now at rest in Heaven, up with God.
An Appreciative Letter.
Shortly after the death of the lamented Dr. James Keogh, who died about a month after leaving St. Augustine, the Young Men's Association of the parish passed resolutions of regret at his loss and condolence with his friends in their dereavement, a copy of which was sent to his afflicted mother. Following it her reply:
"St. Xavier's, August 3, '70.
"Mr. E. R. Dunnegan and others:
"Gentlemen: I have received a copy of the preamble and resolutions adopted by your Society on the death of my son. I wish you to accept my warmest thanks for the same, and my assurance that I have been deeply touched and gratified by your act of sympathy. Coming from an Association, the welfare of which, I know lay to near to his heart during the last months of his life; and the establishment of which was some of his last work on earth, it is all the most prized by me. It is a solid comfort to know of the prayers and Masses you purpose offering for him, and again, I thank you from my heart.
"Wishing you all the success in your future for which he so earnestly labored, I remain, gentlemen,
"Very sincerely yours,
"Eliza Keogh."
The Christian Names Brigid and Bridget.
Notwithstanding the general belief that the Christian name Bridget is of Irish origin, as it is the name given by many of Irish blood to their daughters, it is of distinctively Swedish origin. St. Bridget, or Brigid, was the daughter of a Swedish prince named Birgid. St. Brigid was the daughter of a king of Leinster, an eastern kingdom in Ireland, in which the city of Dublin is situated. She was converted from Paganism by St. Patrick, from whom she received the veil, and she founded a convent of nuns. Her remains are interred with those of St. Patrick in one tomb, at Dounpatrick, in Ulster, which also contains the bones of
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