168 ROMAN CATHOLIC ERRORS. 



Indeed they do. I once witnessed the ceremony myself; 

 and it is melancholy to see the eagerness with which the 

 Neapolitans crowd round the altar and kiss this relic of the 

 saint, which is enclosed in a richly chased case, with a glass 

 on each side of it, something like a double watch-case, the 

 bottle containing the blood, being placed in the centre, and 

 viewed through the glasses. 



HENRIETTA. 



Poor creatures! how shocking it is to think of their super- 

 stition. 



But it should excite our sorrow rather than our indignation 

 for " they do err, not knowing Scriptures." 



ESTHER. 



As Keble beautifully expresses it, in one of his hymns,* 

 alluding to the Roman and Protestant Churches, 



c< She mourns that tender hearts should bend 



Before a meaner shrine, 

 And upon saint or angel spend 

 The love that should be Thine. 



* _ * * * * 



"And O! by all the pangs and fears 



Fraternal spirits know, 

 When for an elder's shame the tears 

 Of wakeful anguish flow, 



" Speak gently of our sister's fall; 



Who knows but gentle love 



May win her at our patient call, 



The surer way to prove. " 



MRS. F. 

 Let such reflections, therefore, rather excite in our mind 



* Gunpowder Treason. 



