parted My garments amongst them, and upon My vesture they cast lots " (Psalms xxi. 17, 19).

15. The draught of vinegar. "They gave Me gall for My food and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink" (Psalms lxviii. 22).

16. The signs at His death. "It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day" (Amos viii. 9, 10).

17. The piercing of His side. Me, whom they have pierced” 18. His resurrection.

"They shall look upon (Zacharias xii. 10). "Thou wilt not leave My soul

in hell: nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption" (Psalms xv. 10).

19. His glory among the heathens. "In that day shall be the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of people, Him the Gentiles shall beseech, and His sepulcher shall be glorious" (Isaias xi. 10).

SECOND ARTICLE OF THE CREED.

"And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord."

I. "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON."MEANING OF THE NAME JESUS CHRIST.

AFTER having been instructed, in the first article of the Apostles' Creed, to know God and to recognize Him as Our Father who has made all things and maintains them, we learn in the second article of the same

Creed that the Redeemer whom God promised to us and whom He has sent is the only-begotten Son of God the Father, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Thus He who appeared in the fulness of time is "Jesus who is called Christ" (Matthew i. 16). The two names, Jesus and Christ, borne by Our Saviour, show forth the grace and mercy obtained by Him for us, and signify what He is and what He shall continue to be for us.

They are also names indicative of His character and mission, for Jesus means Redeemer and Saviour, and Christ means anointed. Thus the name Jesus Christ signifies the Saviour, who is the Anointed.

The name Jesus was given to Our Saviour not by human chance; it was assigned to Him by God's decree and command, as the angel declared to St. Joseph in his dream, "Thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins " (Matthew i. 21).

In the Old Law several persons bore the name Jesus. One of these was the son of Nun, who succeeded Moses and led the people of Israel into the Promised Land, for Josue is the same word as Jesus. A second was the high priest Josue, the son of Josedec, who, together with Zorobabel, brought the Jews back from the Babylonian captivity and helped to restore the Temple. A third was the son of Sirach, who has left us splendid lessons of wisdom. These three men are figures of the Redeemer, who is really our Jesus or Saviour. Like Josue, He led us out of the desert of a sin-laden world into the promised land of redemption, introduced the true worship of God by establishing the holy Catholic Church, and left to us the lessons of salvation. It is becoming, therefore, that He should bear the name of Jesus who, like His three prototypes, is at once our figure, leader, and priest.

Jesus has for surname Christ, the anointed one, a

name, among the Jews, expressive of the highest dignity. For among that people anointing was accepted as a sign of God's choosing. Only those persons were anointed whom God had chosen for some special office. Thus Aaron, the first high priest, was anointed by God's special command, "Thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head, and by this rite shall he be consecrated" (Exodus xxix. 7). In this way the sons of Aaron were ordained priests. Indeed, in the Old Dispensation, no person could be anointed with holy oil who had not been specially chosen by God.

As the kings were the representatives and ambassadors of God they were anointed, as Saul was anointed by Samuel, at the express command of God. David, after the dethronement of Saul, was also anointed by Samuel, and by the men of Juda after Saul's death. The prophets, too, were anointed as the mouthpieces of God, as, for instance, Eliseus was anointed by Elias.

The very person of such an anointed one was sacred and inviolable, for the Psalmist says, "Touch ye not My anointed." For far greater reasons, therefore, He who was one day, according to the predictions of the prophets, to redeem the people of Israel, was termed the anointed of the Lord, as Isaias makes the future Saviour say, "The spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because the Lord hath anointed Me (Isaias lxi. 1).

The Redeemer who was to come was also called the Messias. Now this Messias was considered by most of the Jews to be a king who, descended from the family of David, was to unite the Jews under his rule and to free them from their enemies. Even when St. John the Baptist appeared many questioned as to whether he was not the Christ. Now as it is right and proper that He be called Jesus who is really our helper, so it is right and proper that He be called Christ

who is our only veritable High Priest, our King and our Teacher, from whom all priests, all kings, and all teachers have their mission, and of whom David says, "Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore, O God, Thy God hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness" (Psalms xliv. 8).

II. THE POWER OF THE HOLY NAME OF

JESUS.

Passages from the Scriptures and from the Fathers.

1. THE Saviour Himself declared and described the power of His own sacred name in these words: "In My name they shall cast out devils: they shall speak with new tongues: they shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them they shall lay their hands upon the sick and they shall recover" (Mark xvi. 17, 18).

"If you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it you" (John xvi. 23). "Every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for My name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting" (Matthew xix. 29).

2. In this name, as St. John writes, we shall have life through faith, for "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved" (Acts ii. 21).

3. St. Peter assures that in the holy name there is contained something wonderful, mysterious, and powerful, for, after curing the lame man through the name of Christ, he preached to the Jews, "In the faith of His name, this man whom you have seen and know, hath His name strengthened" (Acts iii.

16). From this name proceedeth sanctification and salvation, "for there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be saved" (Acts iv. 12). To this name are due profoundest reverence and worship, for "God hath given Him a name which is above all names: that in the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth" (Philippians ii. 9, 10). In this name the Christian should do all things. "Whatsoever you do in word or in work, all things do ye in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" (Colossians iii. 17).

4. "When, in the name of Jesus, we struggle with Satan and his minions Jesus combats along with us, in us, and for us; and the enemies flee as soon as they hear that name" (Justin).

"All our power and dominion over the evil spirits lie in the invocation of the name of Jesus" (Tertullian).

"When you are troubled with vicious or desponding thoughts, when you are overwhelmed with fear, anguish, or despair, when the pangs of sickness bear you down, in all circumstances of danger and anxiety pronounce this sacred name with heartfelt devotion and you will find consolation, aye, very great sweetness. For this name has power to rejoice the heart, to strengthen the mind, to increase devotion and to arouse the soul to happiness in God" (St. Lawrence Justinian).

“The name of Jesus is a sign that places before our eyes all that God has done for our salvation. How much, O Jesus, has it cost Thee to be Jesus!” (St. Bernard).

"The name of Jesus had such great power over the devil that it sometimes has a salutary effect even when uttered by the lips of the wicked" (Origen).