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PROLEGOMENA. 



But we must turn from scenes so revolting to 

 the contemplation of our own enlivening doctrines, 

 and while we perform the pleasing office of pray- 

 ing that All Souls, both the catholic and the in- 

 vincibly ignorant, may be loosed from the bond of 

 their sins, let us thank God that we still preserve 

 our faith, the belief that we are assisted by All the 

 vSaints reigning together in glory. — Watchful in 

 austerity, at the same time, lest slumbering, we 

 should, like St. Peter, be surprised by the crow- 

 ing of the cock. 



Gardening furnishes an abundant source of 

 holy aspirations, while its history shows the 

 value of aniient Catholic piety. 



On entering a parterre of flowers, it will 

 perhaps strike us that it was in a garden that 

 the fall of man began, as well as his redemption. 

 The serpent first corrupted Eve in the garden 



