For mark me, when thou wert sick and nigh to God and the holy saints, the evil spell could not come nigh thee, and thou didst yearn and cry continually for nought butHer.

Bewitched wert thou, master, in very soothand strove and fought with me, and wept as no man should weep, and all by reason of a vile enchantment which the sweet saints forfend.

It is more difficult to understand what he proposed to do with the Madonna and her two attendant saints.

" "I think you might put in a word for my bell," interposed Euschemon, a little squinting saint, very merry and friendly when not put out, as on the present occasion.

And the gods, when they saw that the demons were slain, with diverse speeches, glorified the mighty saint, and spake the following words.

" She received it with tears, shut herself up in the cold vault with the mortal remains of him she had loved so well; while Peter, that aged saint of consolation, pronounced the burial service with mingled tears and sobs.

" But Mademoiselle de Rochemont never seemed exactly of flesh and bloodshe was more like a marble female saint who had descended from her pedestal to walk upon the earth.

Hence the rise of Polytheism and local deities, which have overspread the face of the earth, under the different titles of guardian gods or tutelary saints.

Pray, when would Sheikh Tâhâr, that eminent Koordish saint, have become convinced that he was a great sinner, if they had not carried about the contribution-boxes in the little New England churches?

The light streamed in through vast windows, dark with the purple robes of royal saints, or blazing with yellow glories around the heads of earthly martyrs and heavenly messengers.

The ignorant country people coming to Mogador stopped to repeat prayers before it, believing it the tomb of some favourite saint.

Though it was a summer night, the evening fell damp and chill, the sea breeze blowing cold, and the pure-minded girls closed around the blazing hearth, each in turn to paint the glory of her favorite saint.

" Ye vintners a' your ingles mak clear, An brew us some punch our hearts a' to cheer, On November the thritie let's meet ilkie year To drink to the memory o' Andrew, To Andrew the auld Scottish saint.

But, most blessed and right potent saint, while I am at the ears of thee, fain would I crave thy aid on matter of vasty weight and import.

*** Soft, O virgin saint, and safe as soft, be thy slumbers!

Wait, ye saints, wait on our Lord, For from his tongue sweet mercy flows; Wait on his cross, wait on his word; Upon that tree redemption grows: He will redeem his Israel From sin and wrath, from death and hell.

Margaret Cousins (A); 11Jan72; R520816. Uncle Edward & the reluctant saint.

And men and snakes, celestial choristers, Yakshas and Kinnaras followed the magnanimous saints,desirous of witnessing that wonderful event.

For seven years they carried with them the body of St. Cuthbert; and it is said that the final choice of a resting place for the body of their beloved saint was indicated to them by supernatural means as they approached Durham.

Then follow matrons and virgins, babes and children, reformers and mediaeval saints with a convoy of angels, singing as they march.

MARLATT, EARL. Protestant saints.

But to return to the general narrative, which has been interrupted to introduce Cromwell to the reader, [Footnote 1: Cromwell tells us of one of them, Walton, the son of Colonel Walton, that in life he was a precious young man fit for God, and at his death, which was caused by a wound received in battle, became a glorious saint in heaven.

More calm is the imposing façade, with its mighty towers and lofty spires, tapering like a pyramid, with its round oriel window rich in beautiful tracery, and its wide portal with sculptured saints and martyrs.

Yet before his grave, invoking him as an unknown saint, the nobles of Chiltistan had knelt to pray for the destruction of such as he and the overthrow of the power which he had lived to represent.

SEE AMISS, JOHN M. MONRO, MARGARET T. A book of unlikely saints.