Almost, we cry, “Give back Gethsemane!”

THE PROXY SAINT.

Each for himself must do his Master’s work,

Or at his peril leave it all undone;

Witness the fate of one who sought to shirk

The Sanctuary service yet would shun

The penalty. A man of earthly aims

(So runs the apologue,) whose pious spouse

Would oft remind him of the Church’s claims,

Still answered thus, “Go, thou, and pay our vows