which is shed for many
for the remission of sins. Matt.
xxvi. 28. Have mercy upon me,
O God ... according to the
multitude of Thy tender mercies,
blot out my transgressions. Wash
me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my
sin. Ps. li (l).

Thou to whose word is subject Bless the Lord, O my soul ...
The health and weakness of all, who healeth all thy diseases. Ps.
ciii (cii). 2, 3.

Do Thou heal us who are morally Create in me a clean heart, O
diseased, God, and renew a right spirit
Restoring us to virtue; within me. Ps. li. 10 (4.)
That when Thou, the Judge, shalt
appear in the end of the world,
Thou mayest grant us to be
partakers of eternal joy.

This would be a Christian prayer, a primitive prayer, a scriptural
prayer, a prayer well fitting mortal man to utter by his tongue and from
his heart, to the God who heareth prayer; and him who shall in sincere
faith offer such a prayer, Christ will never send empty away. But if
this prayer, fitted as it seems only to be addressed to God, be offered
to the soul of a departed saint--I will not talk of blasphemy, and
deadly sin, and idolatry,--I will only ask members of the Church of Rome
to weigh all these things well, one by one. These are not subjects for
crimination and recrimination. {268}

We have had far too much of those unholy weapons on both sides. Speaking
the truth in love, I should be verily guilty of a sin in my own
conscience were I, with my views of Christian worship, to offer this
prayer to the soul of a man however holy, however blessed, however
exalted.

The next part of our work will be given exclusively to the worship of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. {269}

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PART III.

CHAPTER I.

SECTION I.--THE VIRGIN MARY.

The worship of the blessed Virgin Mary is so highly exalted in the
Church of Rome, as to require the formation of a new name to express its
high character. Neither could the Latin language provide a word which
would give an adequate idea of its excellence, nor could any word
p