‘A Pilgrimage to the Holy h n d

This small but fervent company waited in Jeru- salem till August the 24th-until the heat should be somewhat less intense. Meanwhile the pilgrims re- visited the holy places in Jerusalem and its vicinity, passing two further vigils in the Holy Sepulchre. How far Brydenbach’s visits extended is uncertain. It is extremely improbable that he visited even Nazareth, where he tells us that the church of the Annunciation, on the site of the holy Mouse, was deserted and ruinous.

EDWARD IKGRAM WATKIN.

TO ANY FRIAR PREACHER

I d o not crave fame’s tinselled aureole To crown your life from fairy-land exiled, But this-that though time’s road be many miled.

You still may keep t h e boyhood of your soul, And where the tumults of dark waters roll,

May find a halcyon solitude enisled, A child a t play with the Eternal Child,

And happy truant from harsh care’s control.

God keep your heart high t o believe the best- And still t h e best, through troths that prove untrue,--

Your soul responsive t o the joyous jest, Alert to catch creation’s undertones Of laughter through the travail and the groans :

This, son of Dominic, I wish for you.

SISTER Af.4RY BEWESUTA, 0 . P .

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