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"The blessed Virgin, for instance, is an object of contemplation so full of that which will naturally engage and engross our affections, that, under all circumstances, there is a certain danger, and, if she be looked upon as the sole channel of grace, then there is the most imminent danger, lest men allow their thoughts to rest finally on her, rather than through her, on God."

"How glorious is the sky!

The golden path of angel hosts that fling
Intensest radiance from each rapid wing,
And ever beaming eye;

Brighter than burning stars

That bind the heavens with their zone of light,

Are the broad tracks that mark their homeward flight,

Which not a vapour mars.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"In many a graceful fold

Masses of towering cloud on clouds are laid,
Like kingly thrones in gorgeous hues arrayed,
Of purple and of gold.

Thrones of the seraph train,

Who from their missions on the rugged earth,

To the bright land that saw their heavenly birth,
Seek their glad way again.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"The holy saints are there,

Who heeded not the world's contemptuous frown,

But sought through fiery paths the starry crown,
Like those the angels wear,

That decks their glorious brows,

Furrowed no more by grief or racking pain,
But bright with hues of early youth again,
Youth that no sadness knows.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"Oh! listen to the sound

Of angel harps, whose bright and trembling strings
Pour heavenly anthems to the King of kings,
That float their thrones around;

Song of the seraphim,

Sung long ere man fair Eden's garden trod,
Telling the glories of the Eternal God

In that unearthly hymn.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"For there was joy in heaven

To her of human race the lowliest,

Who bore the Saviour in her virgin breast,

A royal crown was given;

Upon that glorious day;

Light beams around her from the starry zones,

And countless angels on their golden thrones

Appear in bright array.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"And there was joy on earth,

For saints inspired beheld that glorious sight-
Crowned with bright treasures of effulgent light,
That maid of mortal birth,

Whose deep humility,

That loved life's lowly paths, so they were trod
In meek obedience to the will of God,

Enthroned her in the sky.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

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"Oh, precious Ark of Gold!

Mother of saints, the fainting mourner's stay!
How bright for thee arose that blissful day!
For then thou didst behold

Thy blessed Saviour's face,

Beaming in light above the glorious stars, Whose pitying hand unknits sin's rugged bars, That hide us from God's grace.

Hail mary! pray for us.

"As in that wondrous hour,

When breathed the Spirit on the gentle breast Where the Redeemer found His earthly rest,

Was blent the Triune Power,

The Holy Trinity

Blest the bright coronal that angels wove

For faith and meekness, and enduring love,
And crowned them all in thee.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"Pray for us, Heavenly Queen!

That sin's dark veil may dim our eyes no more, That Christ's most precious love may yet restore Those glories dimly seen,

To our unclouded eyes;

So we may see thee, who beheld thee not

Whilst scorn and bitter anguish were thy lot,
All-glorious in the skies.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"Oh, mother! pray that we,

With penitence and tears, and ceaseless sighs,

May win the grace that pity ne'er denies,

So it be asked by thee!

Pray that the moments given
To bind this garland of rude poesy,
May gather flowers for immortality,
Wreaths that may bloom in heaven.

Hail Mary! pray for us.

"Glory be to the Father," &c.

(The Coronation of our Blessed Lady, &c.) [From the Rosary of our Blessed Lady, by a "LAY-MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND." This work is dedicated "To those Bishops of the Church of God who, through weal and woe, and divers fiery trials, have kept the faith unbroken which was once delivered to the saints." Published by Richardson & Son, 172, Fleet Street, London, &c.]

"Mother of God." (An appellation often given by Tractarians to the Virgin Mary.)

Remarks.-Why was it our Saviour, when about leaving this world of sin and sorrow, told His disciples that he would not leave them comfortless, but would send the Holy Ghost to be with them and abide with them for ever, if the Virgin Mary, who was then to be with them, possessed the divine powers ascribed to her ? Surely, were it so that Romanism and Tractarianism taught aright, the void of an absent Saviour would have been fully filled by the all-prevailing Mediator left behind in the blessed Virgin!

What a marvellous fact that Romanists and Tractarians agree to worship her, who was in want of a Saviour for herself, as the dispenser of pardons; as the all-prevailing Mediator at God's right hand; as the crowned Queen of heaven. Can we call a religion such

as this CHRISTianity? O, no, let us designate it rightly-it is MARYanity!! If the spirits of the just can mourn, and if too they have vision to behold the transactions of earth-and the Virgin Mary be among their number, a sword must pierce through her heart perpetually, as she beholds the fearful dishonour -the repeated crucifying afresh, and putting to an open shame of the Saviour in whom her spirit rejoiced, by being herself made an object of gross idolatryworshipped as a goddess, and thus placed in a position so as to ECLIPSE the SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS, her Lord and her God. Methinks had she the power not only to see and mourn, but also to speak, as they bowed the knee before her, as they cast chaplets of flowerets at her feet; as they arrayed her in the royal purple; as they crowned her with the celestial diadem; as they placed the sceptre of universal dominion in her hands, she would whisper the whisper of inquiry (though from Abraham's bosom) loud enough to reach the ear of every of these idolaters "but" WHERE HAVE YOU LAID MY LORD ?!! The LORD HE is THE GOD-the LORD HE is THE GOD.

SEVENTH ENQUIRY.

Does Christ in His Word teach, that we may worship saints, and images, and relics?

No! for what says the Bible?

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