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''" Brethren,  know  that  it  is  now  the  hour  to  rise  from  sleep." — Rom. xiii. n.

Ex.: Analysis  of  Epistle. I. Evil. II. Argument. III. Exhortation.

I. Evil :  i.  Busy  throng. 2. Various  comparisons. 3. Nature's reminders.

II. Argument: 1. Morning. 2. Salvation  nearer. 3. Advent and Christmas.

III. Exhortation: Victim  of  1. Many mortal  sins. 2. One. mortal sin. 3. Venial  sins. Per.: Prayer  regarding  Christ's  immediate  and  final  coming.

Brethren, the  Epistle  of  to-day's  Mass  is  an  admirable little  sermon  preached  by  St.  Paul  to  the Romans. After showing  them  the  evil  he  wishes them to  correct,  he  proceeds  to  convince  them  with argument, and  finally  persuades  them  by  a  practical exhortation. The crying  evil  of  those  days,  he  says, — and I  may  add,  the  crying  evil  of  to-day — is  a  forgetfulness  of  the  main  issue. " Brethren,"  he  says, "it is  now  the  hour  for  us  to  rise  from  sleep." The