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ond signing of the people with both paten and chalice, after 

 which the priest consumes all the remaining species, saying 

 afterwards the prayers at the purification and ablution. The 

 prayer of blessing and protection is said, and the people and 

 choir sing : "Alleluia ! Alleluia ! I have fed upon Thy Body 

 and by Thy living Blood I am reconciled, and I have sought 

 refuge in Thy Cross ! Through these may I please Thee, O 

 Good Lord, and grant Thou mercy to the sinners who call 

 upon Thee !" Then they sing the final hymn of praise, which 

 in this anaphora contains the words : "By the prayers of 

 Simon Peter, Rome was made the royal city, and she shall not 

 be shaken!" Then the people all say or sing the Lord's 

 Prayer; when it is finished, the final benediction is given, and 

 the priest, coming again to the foot of the altar, takes oflE his 

 sacred vestments and proceeds to make his thanksgiving. 



Maronites in America. — The Maronites are chiefly from the 

 various districts of Mount Lebanon and from the city of Bei- 

 rut, and were at first hardly distinguishable from the other 

 Syrians and Arabic-speaking persons who came to America. 

 At first they were merely peddlers and small traders, chiefly in 

 religious and devotional articles, but they soon got into other 

 lines of business and at present possess many well-established 

 business enterprises. Not only are they established in the 

 United States, but they have also spread to Mexico and Can- 

 ada, and have several fairly large colonies in Brazil, Argen- 

 tine and Uruguay. Their numbers in the United States are 

 variously estimated from 100,000 to 120,000, including the 

 native-born. Many of them have become prosperous mer- 

 chants and are now American citizens. Several Maronite 

 families of title (Emir) have emigrated and made their homes 

 in the United States ; among them are the Emirs Al-Kazen, 

 Al-Khouri, Abi-Saab and others. There is also the well-known 

 Arabic novelist of the present day, Madame Karam Hanna 

 (Afifa Karam) of Shreveport, Louisiana, formerly of Amshid, 

 Mount Lebanon, who not only writes entertaining fiction, but 

 touches on educational topics and even women's rights. Na- 

 hum Mokarzel, a graduate of the Jesuit College of Beirut, is 

 a clever writer both in Arabic and English. The Maronites 

 are established in New York, the New England States, Penn- 

 sylvania, Minnesota and Alabama. The first Maronite priest 

 to visit the United States was Rev. Joseph Mokarzel, who 



