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Tnexhaustum fert thesau- Tum, Qui de virgis fecit aurum, Gemmas de lapidibus. Invitatur ab amico Convivari ; Christum dico Visum cum discipulis.

De sepulcro quo descendit Redivivus sic asccndit, Frui summis epulis.

Testem habes populum, Immo, si vis, oculum, Quod ad ejus tumulum Manna scatet, epulum De Christi convivio.

Scribens Evangelium, Aquile fert proprium, Cernens solis radium, Seilicet Principium Verbum in Principio.

Hujus signis est conversa Gens gentilis, gens perversa,

Gens totius Asie.

Huyjus seriptisillustratur,

Illustrata solidatur Unitas Ecclesiz.

Salve, salvyi vas pudoris, Vas ceelestis plenum roris, Mundum intus, clarum

foris, Nobile per omnia !

Fac nos sequi sanctita-

tem ; Fac, per meutis puritatem, Contemplari Trinitatem, In una substantia, men,

He was a living treasure, for he changed the branches of a tree into gold, and stones into vems.

He is invited to a banquct by a Friend ; that Friend was Jesus, surrounded by his Dis- ciples :

rom the tomb wherein he had been laid, he then came forth alive, and ascended to enjoy the infinite feast,

Innumerable witnesses will tell thee, (though thyself may see it, if thou wult,) that round his tomb there falls a Manna, the symbol of that: Banquet which Jesus gave him,

The Eagle is the emblem of this Evangelist, for he looks stedfastly at the Sun, that is, at the Eternal Word in the Bosom of the Eternal Father.

By his miracles, the gentile world, a stubborn world, the world of Asia, was converted.

His writings enlighten, and, by their light, confirm the one true Church.

Hail, then, vessel of unsul- lied chastity ! vessel filled with heavenly dew! pure within, fair without, and neble in every part.

Oh! pray for us, that we may follow the path of holi- ness, and by the cleanliness of our hearts, be rewarded with the vision of the Tri-une God.

Amen,

Our second Sequence is taken from the ancient Missals of the Churches of Germany, and is extremely beautiful,