The book, Saint Vincent de Paul is concise and easy to read. Its author, Father Raymond de Thomas de Saint-Laurent wrote it with the same simplicity and benevolence characteristic of Saint Vincent de Paul himself. He shows how Saint Vincent was a person who disciplined his thoughts and actions, subjecting them to the guidance of Divine Providence. He always waited for Providence to answer his requests and humbled himself by not doing his own will, but rather, the will of God.