Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-02-01

bring you tidiugs of great joy 'Th
Word Is made flesh and dwells among us
At once the mind (the understan ding
pierces the future, the object OF all this
and we beg that we may be made worth,
Of the promises Of Christ
IT'S COMPASS
"ln the devotion of the angelus we Civ,
expression to our belief in the most hol,
Trinity, to our reliance for salvation oI
the merits of God made man, to the neces
sity of good works that we may have
share in those merits. to the doctrine ot
the communion of saints, to the necessit,
Of grace. to frm hope that our prayer
will be heard through Christ our Lord Il
embraces acts Of faith. hope and charity
| II would be easy to show that 1t implie.
/ all things contained in the Apostles Greed
/ but space does not permit.
The holy Trinity is acknowledged and
houored by the opening and closing words
+ Ia the name of the Father etc. The
three strokes Of the bell refer to the same
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! devotion takes place. Thus at daybr.ak
/ we honor the heavenly Father. the On.
| who said Let there be light To Him we
owe the fact that there was light, and
also that there stiil is light. material and
/ spiritual. At noon We honor the second
person Of the blessed Trinity, Him who
said i am the light Of the world At
eve, when the light is about to depart from
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! will not leave you orphans Il will ask
the Father and He shall send YOU another
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cyrr'--'the Spirit % Truth whom | will
send Hence we now honor the HOLY
Ghost Who proceeds from the Fsther and
the Son. What though night is At hand +;
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peace, for the Holy Spri: of God is ever
wilh us and watches over us
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