Wadhams must not scold him for not entering religion. McMaster says that he had and still has a great desire to enter religion but according to the Novice-Master he did not have a vocation for the Redemptorists. McMaster and his directors think it would be dangerous for him to enter any of the religious order or to become a secular priest. It is his duty to become editor of a religious journal or professor in some Catholic College, and he is waiting for God to present him with one or the other. McMaster thinks it probable that he may be occupied as an editor. He does not believe that the discipline at St. Mary's was too strict for Wadhams, but that it was too external. McMaster says that if Wadhams had been in a Novitiate instead of a Seminary he never would have left. McMaster prefers Sulpician Seminary to one conducted by Jesuits. The Sulpicians propose an admirable end but do not give all of the benefits that are provided by the Redemptorists. McMaster did not write the latter from Belgium in a spirit of proselytism but rather because he thought Wadhams would find life with them more agreeable than his at present. The graces and aids that make the life in religion easier than the secular are known and felt only by experience. Ultimately Wadhams' director must decide. McMaster says that he does not object to Wadhams showing the former's letters to the latter's director. He explains the general tone of expression found in his letters. McMaster has not seen the McVikars and believes the reason is the trouble he caused among them last year. He does not know where Henry McVikar is at the present. He expresses his desire to see Wadhams, and wants to know the most difficult thing in his life at St. Mary's and he will help him with sympathy and prayer. He trusts that Wadhams has confidence and devotion to the Holy Mother of God, which is of great help and comfort. McMaster asks him if he read "The Glories of Mary" by St. Alphonse. He tells Wadhams to be faithful to his vocation and to obey his directors. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.