such or such a favour. I will attain such a degree of elevation, and rise to such and such a height of fortune." The foolish rich man says in the gospel, "I will throw down, and I will build up ;"not thinking that he was forming plans on the very eve of his death.

II. The future is uncertain, and yet we wait for the future, to give ourselves to God.

You defer from day to day the total surrender of yourself to God. You are waiting, you say, until you reach a more advanced age. But will you arrive at that age? You are waiting until you grow old. But will you ever enjoy an old age? You are waiting for a perfect disengagement from a multitude of affairs in which you are engaged. But are you certain you will ever see an end of them? You are waiting for to-morrow. But will you ever see another day? "This very night I will demand an account of your soul," and if you die in your sin what will become of you?

APRIL 26.-On the Delay of Conversion.

I. Delay not, says the wise man to be converted to the Lord, and do not defer it from day to day, because you are not sure of time. When, in fact, will this time arrive at which you are resolved to change your life? Perhaps it will be much more encumbered by the cares and embarrassments of the world than that which you neglect; new ties, new difficulties, new obstacles, will be opposed to these projects of conversion which have no reality in them.

II. You are not sure of yourself.

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Man is inconstant for good, and constant for evil. You look on your conversion as a fruit which is not yet ripe, but which will ripen in time. You imagine that at that time your resolutions will be more firm, your passions more weak, your repugnances less strong, and your attachments less sensible. ceive yourself; this time may arrive, but you will not profit of it; it will be rather this pious inclination that you now feel, which will be weakened-it will be this desire of conversion that will disappear. You will feel a greater distaste for virtue, and a greater attachment to vice. You will no longer have the same sentiments for God and for your salvation. You will be the same only so far as the world and sin are concerned.

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THE FATHER TO HIS SON.

He pointed unto heaven; and "there,"

He said, "a band divine

Shall tend and train thy flower for thee,
Till it is fully grown;

Then come to heaven, aud it shall be
Eternally thine own.

RULES OF THE RELIGIOUS BOOK SOCIETY.

[FROM THE DIOCESAN STATUTES, PROMULGATED JULY, 1831.] Ist. The Book Society shall be composed of such members of the Confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament and Christian doctrine as wish to enter into it, and they shall be considered original members, on paying one shilling each at the time of their admis

sion.

2d. Every person of good character, who complies regularly with the duties of religion, may be admitted a member of this society on paying half-a-crown.

3d. Each member shall contribute two-pence each month, towards the object of this society, and, on omitting to do so for two months successively, shall cease to be a member.

4th. The object of this society is the diffusion of religious instruction. It shall be governed by the Parish Priest, or his Curate, as perpetual President, and by a Vice-President, a Secretary, or Librarian, a Treasurer, and a council of six, to be chosen each year by the members, in the chapel or sacristy, after Mass, on the Sunday following, the conversion of St. Paul, (the 25th of January) who is to be invoked as the Patron of the society.

5th. The Secretary shall write, and the President publish notice of the elections on the Sunday previous to their taking place. 6th. Not more than half the officers above mentioned can be re-elected, until after the lapse of one year, from the expiration of their office.

7th. The duty of the President, and, in his absence, of the Vice-President, is, on the first Sunday of each month, to convene the council, receive subscriptions, hear the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, and order such purchases or payments as may be necessary, as well as to make any rules or regulations which circumstances may require: also to appoint persons to read in the chapel.

8th. The duty of the Secretary or Librarian is, to provide a large case or box, with a lock and key, in which the books of the society are to be deposited-to purchase such books as the President and council may order to lend them out to the members of the society or others, on paying for the use of them, but at the recommendation and on the responsibility of a memberand to receive them back at the end of one month. The President and council are entitled to order the loan of the books gratis, when it may be necessary.

9th. The person detaining a book beyond the appointed time, is to be reported to the council, and may be fined. Should any book be injured, the injury is to be compensated by him who used it.

10th. The Secretary is to keep a written account of the num ber and titles of the books committed to his care; of the time and persons to whom they are lent; when and by whom they are returned; and of all the other transactions of the society. These accounts, as well as those of the Treasurer, are to be submitted twice a year to the council.

11th. All the money collected at first in the Chapel for the purchase of a stock of books, and afterwards contributed by the members, is to be deposited with the Treasurer, who must be a layman, and elected each year. He is not to pay any money unless by order of the President or Vice President, countersigned by the Secretary.

12th. The society may make rules for the relief of any of its members, when in distress, and for having Masses offered for their souls when deceased.

N. B. These rules are to be written in large characters, framed, and hung up in a conspicuous place in the Chapel or sacristy, where all the members can have access to them.

LAITY'S DIRECTORY FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.

April 20.-SUNDAY, 3d after Easter. Mass of the patronage of St. Joseph. Commem. of the Sunday. Gospel of the Sunday at the end.White.

In the diocese of Leighlin, commem. of St. Laserian.

April 21.-MONDAY. Mass of St. Anselm, B. C. and Doctor. Creed. White.

In the D. of Leighlin,

April 22.-TUESDAY.

commem. of St. Laserian.

Mass of SS. Soter and Caius, PP. and MM.

2d oration, Concede. 3d for the Church or Pope.-Red. In the D. of Leighlin,

2d oration of St. Laserian. 3d Concede.

April 23.-WEDNESDAY. Mass of St. George, M. 2d and 3d orations

as yesterday.-Red.

In the D. of Cork, 4th oration for Right Rev. John

the anniversary of his consecration.

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In the D. of Leighlin. commem. &c. as yesterday.

Murphy, this being

April 24.-THURSDAY. Mass of St. Fidelis, of Sigmaringa, M.-Red In the D. of Leighlin, commem. of St. Laserian.

April 25.-FRIDAY. Mass of St. Mark Evangelist. Creed, Pref. of Apostles.-Red.

The Litany of Saints and subsequent prayers and orations are said before Mass.

In D. of Leighlin, commem. of St. Laserian.

April 26.-Saturday. Mass of SS. Cletus and Marcellinus, MM. 2d and 3d orations as on the 22d inst.--Red.

DUBLIN:-Stereotyped, Printed and Published, by T. & J. COLDWELL, 50, Capel-street Sold also by the Catholic Book Society, 5, Essex-Bridge; R. Coyne, 4, Capel-street! R. Grace and Son, 45, Capel-street; J. Coyne, 4, Cook-street; Willmer and Smith, Liverpool; J. O'Donnell, Edinburgh; D. Kennedy, Glasgow, &c. &c.

THE

PUBLISHED WEEKLY,

UNDER THE INSPECTION OF CATHOLIC DIVINES.

No. 11.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1834.

VOL. I.

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITHOUT, FRANCIS-STREET, DUBLIN.

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITHOUT,

FRANCIS-STREET, DUBLIN.

THIS Church is erected on the site of the old Franciscan Friary, part of the walls of which formed the late parish chapel.

When the present edifice was commenced, it was merely intended as an addition to the then existing building, but on the completion of the East or altar wall, and North and South transepts the Rev. M. Flanagan, P.P. was induced to prostrate the remainder of the old walls, and form a new pile altogether, which by his unwearied exertions and zeal, aided by the generous contributions of his parishioners, he has nearly completed.

The elevation consists of four fluted columns of the Ionic order, arranged in pairs, resting on a continued sub-plinth, and supporting an entablature which is continued along, lateral or wing additions, and finished by an attic. The centre door, which is approached by an ascent of four steps, opens into the vestibule to the gallery staircases, over which is a dove and rays exictured in alto relievo. The campanile, or bell tower, is square on its plan, ornamented on each face with coupled Corinthian pilasters, surmounted by a regular entablature and pediment, terminated by a figure of Faith. The centre interpilaster is perforated by circular headed openings, for the emission of sound, and dressed with Ionic semi-pilasters, architrave and archivol moldings, &c.

The height of the exterior, from the pavement to the head of the figure is 96 feet.

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MY COMMON-PLACE BOOK.

APPLICATION OF A PASSAGE FROM ANACREON.

AMONG the young religious, whom the Abbot Eusebius was forming to habits of piety, there was one named Felix, who had a highly cultivated mind, and who, while in the world, had taken great delight in reading profane poets. The remembrance of what he had read would sometimes disturb him in his solitude. Father Pantimus, his head master, not being able to succeed in removing from the mind of his scholar, the remains of a Pagan education, sent him before the abbot, that he might expel him from the monastery, as incorrigible. The abbot, a prudent man, seeing Felix bathed in tears, was moved with compassion. He comforted and encouraged him, and told him, that, though he could not expel from his mind such verses, he should, at least, try to apply them to some subject of piety and devotion; and that then, the distraction would be changed into a good thought, and become useful to him. Felix followed this advice, and was very comfortable for some time. But one day, not being able to spiritualize some