Chapter XVII: Liberty (2)

The infant figure is lying on its linen swaddling bands, in the straw; the countless tapers are flaming, amid clouds of sweetest incense, and shouts of triumph song. The little figure was charmingly lifelike—the head slightly raised, the hand also lifted, as if in blessing. In due order all present approached to kiss the sacred emblems of Incarnate Love. With long, lighted tapers they approached, and kneeling down, kissed the upraised hand. First the Abbot; then Fathers Theodore, Philip, and Drostan; after them Brothers Pancras, Oswald, Ethelred, and then Placidus. How pale the fair face of the young novice looks! How his hand is trembling, as he grasps the burning taper!… The novice has been longing for this moment—longing to press his burning lips upon that infant hand—longing to make his adoring confession of faith in Mary’s little Babe. ‘O my Jesus, my King, my God, let me come and adore Thee.…’ With words like these bursting from his heart, but all unheard by aught save Him for whom they all were uttered, Brother Placidus knelt to kiss the little hand. ‘Oh! oh!’ burst from the lips of the children, while the elder brothers fell involuntarily on their knees. Brother Placidus had kissed the holy Child, _and, as he did so, the figure became animated with life, and bowed its head, and returned the kiss, and the little hand had been laid on the novice’s head_. The taper dropped from his hand, and he fell into a deep swoon, on the floor, before the shrine of the Nativity” (pages 115-118).

[21] I almost tremble at allowing such blasphemy as this to appear; it is too shocking.—EDITOR.

[22] I have seen this charm in the shape of a dried piece of leaf. Miss Povey has one now in her possession.—EDITOR.

[23] God grant that it may never be revived, and that it will never be recognised as a part of the Church of England’s machinery!—EDITOR.

[24] I believe there are now in England, Wales, and Scotland, no less than 458 Roman Catholic convents. Besides, there are about 48 houses for Jesuits, and 171 monasteries. If the people of England make no protest against this system, which is so essentially un-English, if our Government do not enforce the existing laws against the entrance of Jesuits into this country and the setting up of monasteries, and if our Government refuse to listen to the wishes of thousands in our land for convents to be impartially inspected, will not the masses, though such a course must be deplored, ere long feel almost impelled, at least with some convents, to take the law in their own hands?—EDITOR.

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LIFE INSIDE THE CHURCH OF ROME.

By M. F. CLARE CUSACK, “The Nun of Kenmare.”

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

“Miss Cusack has a great deal to reveal, and she speaks with no
hesitating sound. The book before us is something more than a
revelation to the Protestant world; it is also a controversial
treatise, in popular form, in which the doctrinal errors of the
Papacy are considered from the highest standpoint—the written
Word of God. It is a book which should find a place on every
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ritualists.”—_City Press._

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system that enslaves them. Under the circumstances, that is
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accomplished; and Miss Cusack’s book would go far to bring it
about if the mass of Romanists could have the opportunity of
reading it.”—_Christian._