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 which every  knee  in  heaven  and  on  earth  and  in  hell shall bend — than  which  there  is  no  other  name  under heaven  given  to  man  whereby  we  must  be saved  " — the  sacred  name  of  Jesus.  Yet,  they  say, you  Catholics  deify  Mary  and  relegate  the  Father, Son,  and  Holy  Ghost  to  the  position  of  lesser  divinities. Nay,  more;  they  accuse  us  of  taking  to  ourselves a  graven  thing — a  few  beads  strung  on  a  wire — a  monkish  invention — and  making  them  the  talisman of  hope,  the  idol  of  men's  love.  As  for  the prayers  themselves — why,  they  ask,  why  this  monotonous mummery?  Why  this  eternal  repetition  of the  selfsame  prayer?  Why  indeed,  if  not  that  the  devotion of  the  Rosary  is  essentially  Catholic,  and therefore  essentially  wrong.

Brethren, when  we  Catholics  desire  direction  in the  practice  of  our  religion  we  are  not  likely  to  appeal to  our  Protestant  brethren  for  instruction. Of them are  true  the  words  of  St.  Paul,  that  "  they  understand not  either  the  things  they  say  or  whereof they  affirm." In fact,  making  due  allowance  for  prejudice, what  they  deny  is  generally  true,  and  what  they affirm is  to  be  denied. We do  not  deify  Mary,  neither do we  adore  her,  but  we  honor  her,  first  as  the  Mother of our  God  and  again  for  her  own  transcendent  virtues. So transcendent  indeed  that  the  Son  of  God Himself, like  another  Solomon,  stepped  down  from His royal  throne  to  raise  her  to  a  place  by  His  side. Aye! and we  hear  Him  address  her  in  Solomon's words:  "  Speak,  Mother,  for  I  cannot  refuse  thy petition." Therefore when  we  appeal  to  the  throne