The Spiritual Works of Mercy.

To admonish the sinner,
To instruct the ignorant,
To counsel the doubtful,
To comfort the sorrowful,

The Corporal

To feed the hungry,
To give drink to the thirsty,
To clothe the naked,
To ransom the captive,

To bear wrongs patiently,
To forgive all injuries,
To pray for the living and
the dead.

Works of Mercy.

To harbor the harborless,
To visit the sick,

To bury the dead.

The Eight Beatitudes.-Matt. v

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2. Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess the land.

3. Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice; for they shall be filled.

5. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

6. Blessed are the clean of heart; for they shall see God.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.

8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The Seven Deadly Sins, and the opposite Virtues.

Sins against the Holy Ghost.

Presumption of God's mercy-Despair-Impugning the known truth-Envy at another's spiritual goodObstinacy in sin—Final impenitence.

Sins Crying to Heaven for Vengeance.

Wilful murder-The sin of Sodom-Oppression of the poor-Defrauding laborers of their wages.

Nine Ways of being Accessory to another's Sin. By counsel-By command-By consent-By provocation-By praise or flattery-By concealment-By partaking-By silence-By defence of the ill done. Three Eminent good Works. Prayer-Fasting-Almsgiving.

The Evangelical Counsels.

Voluntary Poverty-Chastity-Obedience.
The Four Last Things to he Remembered.

Death-Judgment-Hell-Heaven.

Subjects for Daily Meditation.

Remember, Christian soul, that thou hast this day, and every day of thy life—

God to glorify,

Heaven to gain,

Jesus to imitate,

Eternity to prepare for,

The Angels and Saints to Time to profit by,

invoke,

A soul to save,

A body to mortify,
Sins to expiate,
Virtues to acquire,

Hell to avoid,

Neighbors to edify,
The world to despise,

Devils to combat,
Passions to subdue,

Death perhaps to suffer,
And Judgment to undergo.

Lay Baptism.

ROVIDED an infant is in danger of dying before a Priest can be procured, any other person, whether man, woman, or child, may baptize it in the following manner:

While pouring common water on the head or face of the infant, pronounce the words:

I BAPTIZE THEE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST.

and practice.

1. WHAT EVERY CHRISTIAN MUST BELIEVE.

VERY Christian must believe that
there is one God, and no more than
one God: that God is a pure Spirit,
the Lord and Maker of heaven and
earth, who has neither beginning nor
end, but is always the same; who is
everywhere present; knows and sees
all things; can do all things whatso- !
ever He pleases; and is infinite in all
perfections.

2. Every Christian is bound to believe that in one God there are three distinct Persons, perfectly equal, of the same substance, and having the same nature: the Father, who proceeds from no one; the Son, who is born of the Father before all ages; and the Holy Ghost, who proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son as from one principle; and that the three Persons are all equally eternal, equal in wisdom and power, and are all three one and the same Lord, one and the same God.

3. We must believe that God created the angels to be with Him for ever, and that one part of them fell

from God by sin, and became devils. That God also created Adam and Eve, the first parents of all mankind, and placed them in the earthly Paradise, from whence they were justly banished for the sin they committed in eating of the fruit of the forbidden tree; and that by this transgression of Adam we are all conceived and born in sin, and must have been lost for ever, if God had not sent us a Saviour.

4. We are bound to believe in the Saviour of all mankind, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, true God and true man; perfect God from all eternity, equal to His Father in all things; and perfect man, from the time of His coming down from heaven for us, having a body and soul like ours.

5. We must believe that Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who had been long foretold by the prophets, was, at God's appointed time, by the power of the Holy Ghost, without having any man for His father, conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary; whom God had prepared for this wonderful Maternity in a wonderful manner in that by a singular grace and privilege, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, she was in the first instant of her conception reserved free from every taint of original sin. Of her, who is Blessed among Women for evermore, was born our Lord-she still remaining a pure virgin. During the time of His mortal life Jesus Christ founded the Christian religion; and then offered Himself a Sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, by dying upon a cross, to obtain mercy, grace, and salvation for us; and that neither mercy, nor grace, nor salvation can, or ever could, since Adam's fall, be obtained except through the mediation of the Son of God.