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vent in their praises of St. John, and have left us a great many Hymns in his honour. Out of the number, we select only two; the first is the composition of Adam of Saint-Victor, and is the finest of the four written on St. John by the great lyric Poet of those times.

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Tis the Feast of St. John— let us rejoice ; Ict us sing his praise with glad hearts.

But, let our lips so speak his praise, that our hearts be not devoid of fervour, and so relish the hidden joy.

This is the Disciple the Beloved of Christ, who leaned on his sacred breast, and im- bibed wisdom.

"T'was to him that Jesus, dying on the Cross; left his Mother: John, the virgin, was guardian of the Virgin.

His heart was filled with burning charity ; his exterior, his miracles, his words, were a shining light,

As the fire of criminal pas- sion had never impaired his soul ; so did he come unhurt from the caldron of boiling oil,

He checked the power of poison; death, discase, and demons, fled at his bidding.

And yet, with all this hea- venly power, he was the ten- derest hearted friend to them that were in grief.

Seme precious stones had been broken; he miraculously brought the fragments to- gether, and thus pieced, gave them to the poor.

Gratulemur ad festivum, Jecundemur ad votivum Joannis preconium. Sie versetur laus in ore, Ne fraudetur cor sapore Quo degustet gaudium.

Hic est Christi preedilec- tus Qui reclinans supra pectus, Hausit sapientiam. Huic in cruce commen- davit Matrem Christus ; hic ser- vavit Virgo virl nesciam. Tntns ardens charitate, Foris lucens honestate, Signis et eloquio,

Ut ab estu criminali, Sic immunis a peenali, Produit ex dolio,

Vim yeneni superavit, Morti, morbis imperavit, Nec non ect demonibus. Sed vir tantz potestatis, Non minoris pietatis Erat tribulantibus.

Cum gemmarum partes fractas Solidasset, has distractas Tribuit pauperibus.