amid its clustered bells, and many a pictured ^ T 5^H S T X£ R 

 saint is ennobled by its presence. 



The lily is the chosen flower of Easter, and 

 what symbol more deeply true to the Easter 

 story? A bulb, no thing of beauty, is placed 

 in the earth, and forth comes a lily. 



But purest and truest as symbol is the Lily 

 of the Annunciation. The Holy Mother holds 

 to her breast a cluster as she listens to the mes- 

 sage of the angel. Chalice of silver for the 

 blood of the Christ! 



What dreams men have dreamed since — 



"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the 

 sea!" 



Here in my garden — 



"The lilies hold 

 Uplifted, each her chalice." 



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