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Emblems of our Lord 



liever as the ' little fish ' caught by those whom our 

 Lord appointed to be fishers of men." 



The Dove is the emblem of the Holy Spirit, and 

 anciently represented innocence. Cant. vi. 9. 



The Anchor is the emblem of hope. Heb. vi. 19. 



The Palm and Olive Branches are respectively 

 held to be the emblems of victory and peace. 



Agnus Del S. John i. 29. 



The Pelican is the emblem of the Body and 

 Blood of our Lord, and of His atoning sacrifice, from 

 the popular tradition that she feeds her young with 

 her blood j but a more wonderful purpose was anciently 

 ascribed to the bird, which we find related in a book 

 printed in the year 1685, called "The Magick of Ki- 

 rani, King of Persia," in which it says : — " 'Pa/xc^tos is 

 a bird^ by the river Nile, which is called a pelican, 

 and lives in the fens of ^gypt. She loves her brood 

 extremely well j when, therefore, the young ones are 

 hatched, and grown a little, they continually beat the 

 old ones in the face ; but they, not being able to 

 endure it, cuff their young ones, and kill them ; then. 



