Addison, Joseph, 187 AUTHORS O'Meara, Kathleen, 120 O'Neill, Rev. Arthur Barry, C.S. C., 210 O'Reilly, John Boyle, 74 O'Sullivan, Mary Blanche, 180 Pierpont, John, 106 Preston, Margaret J., 65 Shaw, David T., 55 Starr, Eliza Allen, 112 Stoddard, Charles Warren, 127 Taylor, Benjamin F., 24 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 32, 254 Walsh, Ellen, 88 Waggaman, Mary T., 148 Warner, Charles Dudley, 184 Wilberforce, Rev. Bertrand, O. P., 201 Woodworth, Samuel, 104 LIST OF PICTURES PAGE St. Cecilia..... Raphael...... Frontispiece John Faed......Title Page Palma Vecchio. Columbus on the Deck of the Santa Maria. Carl Piloty.. Washington at Trenton.. St. Barbara. A Good Story. St. Michael.. The Worship of the Magi.. Landing of Columbus... 17 27 Taking Possession of the New World.. Declaration of Independence... Surrender of General Burgoyne. St. Catherine of Alexandria.. Surrender of Cornwallis... Washington Resigning his Commission. De Soto Discovering the Mississippi..... Group of Angels... The Balloon... Pilgrims Before Rome... Near the Coast. First Reading of the Emancipation.. Jeanne d'Arc.. Copernicus.. At the Brookside. Feeding her Pets. Spring.... ...... THE BEGGAR AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE A poor lame man was this Beggar who lived in Jerusa lem. Some of his neighbors carried him each day to the gate called "Beautiful," where came the strangers who tarried in the city; and here they left him until the sun grew low in the west. He was sad and sore distressed, and as he extended his hand for alms, many hurriedly dropped coins on his palm and hastened on. One day Peter and John came by the way. They were conversing of Jesus and returning thanks because of all the favors which the Lord God had bestowed upon them. Suddenly their attention was directed to the lame beggar who sat by the "Beautiful Gate," and who, with hand extended and with eyes beseeching, seemed to beg of them an alms. Peter turned to him and said, with voice of loving tenderness: "Silver and gold I have none, but what I have I give thee. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, arise and walk.” Taking the beggar by the right hand, Peter raised him up on his feet. For a moment he stood, astonished; then he began to leap and walk, and then ran into the Temple, and, in a loud voice, praised God. When the people saw him moving about and without halt or lameness, they were surprised; for they knew that from the time of his birth he had been unable to walk; and thev ran to the porch to see the Apostles Peter and John. -Adapted from the Bible," Acts," c. 2. OUR FLAG There are many flags in many lands, There are flags of every hue, But there is no flag in any land Like our own Red, White, and Blue. How to get them here, I could make a flag I would cut a piece from the evening sky Then I want a part of a fleecy cloud Then "Hurrah for the Flag!" our country's flag, Its stripes and white stars, too; There is no flag in any land Like our own "Red, White, and Blue." -Anon. THE NAMES OF OUR LADY ADELAIDE A. PROCTER ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER, an English poet, was born in London, October 30, 1825; died in London, February 3, 1864. She was a daughter of the writer Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall). Her poetry is popular and some of her poems have been translated into several languages. Her first published articles appeared in a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. In the year 1851 she became a Catholic, and from that time on her writings show her bent of mind, the desire to do all things possible for God. Through the wide world thy children raise Calm are the nights and bright the days Around thy starry crown are wreathed So many names divine; Which is the dearest to my heart, Star of the Sea! we kneel and pray Help of the Christian! in our need |