From out those depths divine.”
In the rendering of the Veni Sancte Spiritus the last verse, which prays for the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost, is struck out, the editor probably objecting to those gifts for some reason of his own. In “Christmas Night” the pretty chorus is mutilated for the purpose of throwing out the name of Mary. The original reads:
“All hail, Eternal Child!
Dear Mary’s little Flower
God hardly born an hour,
Sweet Babe of Bethlehem!
Hail Mary’s Little One,
Hail God’s Eternal Son,
Sweet Babe of Bethlehem,
Sweet Babe of Bethlehem!”