AN GAOḊAL.
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TRANSLATION OF DR. GALLAGHER'S SER¬
MONS of this and last issue.
We read in the Book of Kings that Bethsabee
went to ask a favor of her son Solomon, son of
David. When the king had learned that she was
coming, he went with great gladness to meet her ;
he paid her obeisance and honor, and placed her at
his right hand on a royal throne, and desired her to
ask with confidence every request she wanted to
make, and that he would not refuse her anything
which she would ask. Ask, oh, my mother, for it is
not right that I should turn thy face from me with-
out being satisfied.
Mary, the Queen-mother of Jesus, spent her term
in like manner in this world. And her only son
desirous that she should be along with Himself in
Paradise, came on the occasion of her Assumption,
accompanied by all the hosts of Heaven to meet Her.
Her Divine Son raised her, both body and soul. up
to heaven. Christ put her sitting at His right hand,
and He gave to her, next in order after Himself, all
power in heaven and on earth. He promised that
there is no request she would ask that she should
not obtain.
It is on the wonderfnl exaltation to Paradise that
took place in regard to Mary ; and again on the great
graces which she pours down on us I purpose this
day to treat ; and for this purpose I divide the sub-
ject of the discourse into two points :
The exaltation of Mary to the region of Paradise
was wonderful and extraordinary — that is the first
point ; she is intercessor and queen advocate stand-
ing between us and her only son — that is the second
point.
Let us ask of God light and grace, &c., &c.
THE FIRST POINT.
When a Queen comes for the first time to a realm
or to a city, every person feels a desire and longing
to see her; the lowly and the noble, the weak and
the strong ; the poor and the rich, go forth to meet
her and to bid her welcome ; nothing is to be seen
but feasting and rejoicings; wines poured out in
abundance ; cannons firing salutes ; harps and organs
giving out melodious strains ; gifts and presents of
great value bestowed on the princess, in a word, every
kind of festivity and of pleasurable joy is indulged
in on the occasion of either a prince or a princess
coming to take possession of the crown.
This is what takes place, I say, in regard to princes
of this world. But anything — even the most superb
and solemn display which can be performed on earth
— is not worth counting, or worth being narrated, in
comparison with the grand solemnization, and exuber-
ance of joy which was felt in the abode of the blessed
on the occasion of the Queen of Heaven entering to
take possession of the crown of glory. The nine
orders of angels came out to meet her, singing as
they came, harmonious songs and canticles of praise.
The prophets in like manner came out to meet
her. The patriarchs, too, and those apostles who
had been before her ; and all the saints, men and
women, of that heavenly home came forth to bid her
welcome. The whole court of heaven were of one
acclaim in chanting songs of joy and welcome, in
sounding the praises of Mary, Queen of Paradise.
AN EPITAPH TO THE LATE ARCHBI-
SHOP MacHALE.
FEART-LAOIḊ. —
A leic fed' ċom, go fann, a g-cré tá 'n
t-úġdar,
A n-diaḋaċd ba ṫrom, a meaḃair 'sa
léiġean, is fionntar;
Leis dob' annsa gaċ am an Ġaeḋilge
sgrúdaḋ —
Taca na teangan dá saoraḋ ó ṁúċaḋ.
B' é an diaḋaire b-feárr é air ċlár na
h-Éirionn,
Ag tagairt a g-cáis dá ċineaḋ a n-geiṁ¬
eann;
Ḃí ġuṫ agus a láṁ, gaċ lá gan staonaḋ,
Ann aġaiḋ na Sacson, na sladaiġṫe
daora.
Mo ċúṁaḋ-sa a ḃ-feart é, ceap na
cléire,
Agus cúṁaḋ gan ceal, mar ċaill é,
Éire;
Cúṁaḋ fós, na neart, na lag, is na
n-aosda,
Go doilḃ air lár é, SEÁĠAN McÉile.
AOḊ BEAG.
A FEW QUESTIONS, for IRISH NATIONAL¬
ISTS to ANSWER
Gentlemen — If you sow a crop of cockle do you
expect to reap a crop of wheat ? Do you not ex¬
pect to reap of that which you sow ? Certainly.
If you sow and cultivate a crop of English lit-
erature, and therewith English sentiment, (for
both are inseparable) ; do you expect to reap a
crop of Irish nationalism? If you do your expecta-
tions are diametrically opposed to common sense,
and to the immutable law of nature. The politici¬
ans of conquering nations follow this natural law
in this respect, and leave nothing undone to sub-
stitute their own language for that of the conquer-
ed. We do not intend to insult the ordinary intel-
ligence of man by dwelling at greater length on
the foregoing truism.
We, then, appeal to Irish nationalists to culti-
vate Irish literature. We appeal to the clergy,
