Hecker went to the church the day before expecting to find her there. He waited but no one came. Perhaps she did not intend to go there but he thought that was her purpose. He quotes St. Paul about purging out the "old man". She is to read God-Bible-Nature-sometimes Thomas a Kempis. He says seek God primary and in all things. There is such a thing as an intellectual as well as a moral prodigal. Unless a man is wholly withdrawn from creatures and entirely united to God, whatsoever he may know, or do, is not of great weight. Hecker read that in a Kempis 10 or 15 years ago and has not appropriated it yet. Note in handwriting of James F. Edwards —From Father Walter Elliott :: I-1-d A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.