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natural and supernatural mysteries is, that the former may be known to 
us by our own reason, whereas the latter are admitted on the authority of 
God, who, being Infinite Truth, can neither deceive nor he deceived. 
Unlettered men, relying on the authority of scientists, may receive 
scientific truths which they do not understand, such as the fact of the earth 
revolving around the sun, the distance of the sun from the earth, etc. ITow 
much more, then, may we admit truths manifested to us by God Himself! 
Dante says, therefore, in regard to the light, the blessed shall receive 
in the life to come, just as truthfully as consolingly, 
“There will be seen what we receive by faith; 
Not demonstrated, but self-evident 
In guise of the first truth that man believes.” 
—Paradise, ii. 43-45. 
©l^ry^opra^e. 
Chrysoprase* is an apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by 
nickel oxide; sometimes used as a gem. 
Thoughts of Heaven. 
¥ HAT joy for a captive when he recovers his liberty, and emerges from 
his unhappy slavery! What joy for a prisoner who has for a long 
time been immured in the horrors of a dismal dungeon, when he beholds 
again the light of day! What joy to a man who made a long voyage 
upon a tempestuous sea, amid storms and sunken rocks, where he was a 
thousand times in danger of perishing, to reach at length the port of safety ! 
—a weak and very imperfect image of the joy, the consolation, and happi¬ 
ness of a soul who, after its captivity, its sad exile, its long suffering in 
this vale of tears, enters at length into the happy haven of salvation, into 
^Derived from the Greek ypucro 7 rpacros, ypixro?, go’d and 7 rpaaov leek. 
