TO THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM. "OH MARY, CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN, PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE Recourse to theE." LITTLE BABE OF Bethlehem, hAIL! Gently folded and caress'd, Welcome to thy new-born bride,— Welcome to the martyred crowd, Welcome! (tho' not welcomed so) For the blood which thou didst shed, In the desert till they died, And whose hearts within them burned In our sorrow and our shame, LITTLE BABE, we humbly pray O'er Thee, when her heart did melt, And the happy humbleness That the shepherds' souls did bless. But, alas! we sinners are, Nor to ask such things we dare; Only venture we to crave That in mercy Thou wouldst save, And that we may linger near To thy Virgin Mother dear, And in sad sweet tears may stay At thy manger all the day; Sins and sorrows to deplore, Promising to sin no more, And to say with soul sincere, BABE OF BETHLEHEM, WELCOME HERE! Feast of St. Winefride, V.M. END OF VOL. II. M. C. A. INDEX TO VOL. II. ANGELUS, The, 107 Anglican Self-Delusions, 110 Aquinas, Rhythm to the Holy Eucharist of St. Thomas, 125 Africa, Moffat's Southern, 86, 135 An Anglican Protest, 198 Agnes, St., 248 Angels, Song of the, 258 Annals of the Propagation of the Faith, 268 Bethlehem, To the Babe of, 350 Catholic Institute, Annual Meeting of the, 57 Church of England, and Crimes of, 1; Note to the same, 207 Church Music, 60 Church, Nave of the, Chapter IV. 129; Chapter V. 280; Chapter VI. 337 Crudities of National Character, 181 Catholic Religion in France, 232 Catholic Spirit of Shakespeare, 251 Catholic Parish Priest, The, 260 Crucifixion, On the, 279 Diary, Extracts from an Unpublished, 213 Dante, Fragments from, 265 Delusions, Anglican Self, 110 England, Church and Crimes of, 1; Note to the same, 207 Elizabeth of Hungary, Life of St., 38, 303 Fasts and Festivals of the Catholic Church, The, 327 Fragments from the Holy Fathers of the Eastern Church, 49, 65 Free Kirk and Erastian Kirk, 62 Feast of the Transfiguration, 105 St. Michael the Archangel, Hymn at Lauds, 160 All Saints, 211 the Most Holy Trinity, 215, 287 Florentinus, Life of Dom, 175, 274 Fragments from the "Inferno" of Dante, 265 Génévieve, Life of St., 216 Garden, The Enclosed, 288, 323 Golden Treatise of Mental Prayer, Notice of, 294 Hymn, The Matin, 206 Hymn, Lucis Creator Optime, 287 Holy Readings, Notice of, 294 Institute, Annual Meeting of the Catholic, 57 Kirk, The Free and Erastian, 62 Lady, To our Blessed, 347 Life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 38, 303 Legal Sketches, No. 1-Joining Circuit, 71 No. 2-The Old Bailey, 145 Laurence, Reflections suggested by the Feast of St., 156 Life of Dom Florentius, 175, 274 Life of St. Génévieve, 216 Life and Virtues of Mary, Mother of GOD, 241, 297 Loire, Notes by the, 312 Lucis Creator Optime, Translation of, 287 Moffat's Southern Africa, 86, 135 Michael the Archangel, Feast of, 160 Magdalen, The, 185 Matin Hymn, 206 Mary, Mother of GOD, Life and Virtues of, 241, 297 Menzies, of Pitfodels, Death of John Music, Church, 60 Music, Sacred, 318 Nave of the Church, Chapter IV. 129; Chapter V. 280; Chapter VI. 337 National Character, Crudities of, 181 Oak, in Battle, Sussex, Traditions of an Ancient, 336 Painting of Christ by Correggio, On a, 342 Prayers for the Conversion of England, 31 Prodigal's, The, Address to his Home, 42 Protest, An Anglican, 198 Pilgrim, Extract from an unpublished Diary of a, 213 Presentation of our Lord, On the, 258 Propagation of the Faith, Annals of, 268 Parish Priest, The Catholic, 260 Reflections suggested by the Feast of St. Laurence, 156 |