52 FLORIDA DAYS.

 time lost in proving who was the best marks-
 man and the most devoted Christian. For very
 many years this was the custom upon that Sat-
 urday which lies between a dark day and a
 shining day, that pause between death and life,
 while the dead Christ waited in the Cathedral.
 On Easter ve the joyousness began again,
, and young me went bout the city singing
 the story of Jesus and e Resurrection. The
 musical Spanish and the starlight were wor-
 ship in themselves. The singers knew the
 words by heart; so who stopped to wonder,
 or to search for deeper meaning in them?

 Let us leave off mourning' -
 so the English runs, -

 "Let us sing with joy,
 Let us go and give
 Our salutation to Mary,
 0 Mary !

 "And at midnight
 She, gave birth to a child,
 The infinite God,
 In a stable.,
 At mid-day