Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-04-21

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sssy rex. sieA u alder. ssrrnuadei 81
N sspaisAa.ors II she gr.n.aess Pysc.
seaa oossssiss. The aissa Of the vsl.
ley shsesdsd the haas; While The clouSs
Of shs air airiisa tkis isolasd pe,k q
which was poised he sserei temple. IL
object Of hopeless a.p;r.ti"a. The idea
ga sd~irs'ly e,rrisd cut. .ad il Is to b.
regretted thar the exhibit,on Of the pic
sure vas no: delayed aaosh-r year; for
TIM IL vas comparatively m ohscurs
subject. whereas nou the Holy Grail il
household vori. Whascver criticisms
may have pas.ed-,dverss oe osherv;se
before T.snysoa's pnes, yet - mus.
al feel that in toss',iss anoa the San
grssl. BE has. - Il vese. opese4 The door
II sous long-csosed chamber. where rich
AID rare relics Of The past lie hid; they
we're there beiore. bss the modern poe,
has touched them with his life-xivins
vaad. ssd % hshold them in . new
light. One Of the earliest professions Of
Cations printing .press mas ~ edisim Of
Sir Th"m,s Mal"ry's r',.aance. called u.
"Morta d'Arshur." This vas il 1885.
and frca, tirpc to time the work has beer
rpublisheA Tas las, ~ called the GLIB
edition. 1853. and j. vail worth tho %
rsssl Of every one Interested 10 the Ar.
shurian legends. Malory's romaoee Is t.
e"mtilation: he drew his materials.
he says. FINN Old gesscs (s,ories) in
Welsh and many also IL Fr.oeh. aud
s'me in Engl;.h." In some respects be
departs from the orig;nsl. bus his work Is .
prose epic OF great intrinsic merit. Iiiseasy
~ see that in the ''l.iyils-of the King.
aud in his latest work, Mr.. r-nnysm ms
drawn hi. source. Of inspiration from ST.
Thomas Malnry's compilation. The San
graf forms IN important part Of Malo-
ry's prose works he describes It - CO...
stantly appearing to the Kuigbss Of the
Rood Table at least its pre.euee j.
made evident. th"ugh it 10 not aesu,ily
seen. In the old language they spak .a
the ''sehievemc"s VI the Sangreal". L,
is impos-ib.e not to DO attracts ed more and
more A. &c inquire into this antique le-
gepd /; it's moral significance IL Is true
nov ~ il vas 10 ,hr days Of the Celtic
b"rds or in the q. Of ohivairy. Its the
something brtser. purer. n"bicr than our
selves, which draws % Individually to as
pire after a higher life. There i. diver
s;ty Of opinion ~ 70 the originsl Of the
word or words Ssngrcal. for 20 II 10 gen
orally written in the cid books. Many
persons msinr ain that it comes from the
Latin ssuguis reals. aud the French "a.
ing real (irue blo"d). In tho co:"phou
or concluding paragraph OF C'xson's edi.
tin Of 1885 Of Nlal"rv's "J"yous Booke
entytled L. Morte TArthur". he speak.
Of the "marv. yll.us enquestcs and adv
lures" Of the knights searching for the
''Saugre.I," Others holl. aud amongst
them the learned critic R.quefort. tbs,
the word. mean "h"ly cop. Grail ,h"y
say com from the P"vencal grasal, and
the Latin graialis. kind Of dish. A,
B'ugcs there is a chapel Dedicated to tn.
",rue blood. SIN. drops Of which are
supposed to be crn,ained in = prcciou.
casket. But =, Genoa they claim the
actual possession Of the Holy Grail 'hrv
call 1t the sacro catino. aud their story IL
tha, it Is dish formed Of single emcr.
aid. aud that the Queen Of Sheba brought
1t as costly present. to King Solomon,
aud tn at later it was destined to hold the
Paschal lamb at the Last Supper. They
consider It 10 3e the sacred cup that j.
identified with the name of Joseph Of
Ar'ms.hea. but according to their accouu,
It was brought thi,her BY the Crusaders,
1t having formed part If the oe;y at the
sack OF CUsaria in A. D IDOL. It vas
exhibited to the faithful. with great ecre-
m"oy. twice 4 year. but may nov be .eeu
At any time on payment Of . fee. Not.
outstanding the jealous guardianship OF
Tie sscr" cstino. il Vas carried Of By Ma.
poieon. aud discovered u be only beau
uiully made Vessel II glass. Il was
brought back frum Paris 10 1915. Il is
Interesting 10 an ,ntiquc relic Of remark
able workmanship; but &C prefer I, rrl.
egase the beauii nj l.gend 10 the remote
past where its mythical proportions are
Jest seen. remember ~ have heard in
my cbiidh'od very graceful version o.
the existence Of the Holy Grail. 1t va
toid me that whore . rainbow touched tn
earth, there the sacred cup would be
found, 1t the seeker reached the spot be.
tore the brilliant coloss faded. In thu
West Of England there 10 . great deal of
local Interest ounectcd with the legend
Of the Holy Grail and it, many atteudan,
bellies. 1t is we'll known that there !.
~ oil legend tina, Joseph o: Aria,thes
Came " Britain about A. D. 63. AID
that. isnd,ng iu the British Ch.nuel. be
established himself in the Isle Of Ava.
ion", Of which the Laureate makes 'suci,
frequent mention. A. ,hi. plsee. which
We nov call Glastonbury. The built With
vsisles from the mar.h . little. lonely
church in days Of yors". This spot h.i
always been regarded nth peculiar rev.
ercncc sud il later time. arose that mag
ni6cens abbey ~h'ch vas the glory Of me-
d,nval days. aud is nov one Of the mos
picturesque ruins iu Ensland. Tenny.
son speaks Of
Glastonbury, where the winter thorn
Blossoms at Christmas, mindful Of our Lord
Almo-s every Que knows the tradition 9th.
holy thorn. Ii us believed to have bees
the sta6 which Ss. Joseph brsaghs fro.
Palestine. Weary With his jssrsey. b.
stuck il into the greuod in ,be plsee which
has ever since been called Wravy-a:l Hill