Lectures and sermons . e nationsblood were poured out upon it; that fire burns to-day; andthat fire will yet illumine Ireland. 396 The National Music of Ireland. I will conclude with one word. Even as King Lirs lonelydaughter, Fionnuala, sighed for the beaming of the day-star, sodo I sigh. When shall that day-star of freedom, mildly spring-ing, light and warm our isle with peace and love ? When shallthe bell of sacred liberty ringing, call every Irish heart from outthe grave of slavery—from out the long, miserable night of ser-vitude—to walk in the full blaze of our national freedom andour nat
Lectures and sermons . e nationsblood were poured out upon it; that fire burns to-day; andthat fire will yet illumine Ireland. 396 The National Music of Ireland. I will conclude with one word. Even as King Lirs lonelydaughter, Fionnuala, sighed for the beaming of the day-star, sodo I sigh. When shall that day-star of freedom, mildly spring-ing, light and warm our isle with peace and love ? When shallthe bell of sacred liberty ringing, call every Irish heart from outthe grave of slavery—from out the long, miserable night of ser-vitude—to walk in the full blaze of our national freedom andour national glory? Oh, may it come! O God, make our causethy cause ! I speak as a priest as well as an Irishman ; I claim,in my prayer, to that God to whom my people have been sofaithful—to give us not only that crown of eternity to which welook forward in the Christians hope—but, Oh, to give us, inHis justice, that crown of national liberty and glory to whichwe have established our right by so many ages of THE RESURRECTION. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother cfJames and Silome, bought sweet spices, that, coming, they might anoint Jesus. AndTery early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulchre, theran being now risen. And they said one to another, Who shall roll us back theitone from the door of the sepulchre ? And, looking, they saw the stone rolled back ;for it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre they saw a young man sittingon the right side, clothed with a white robe. And they were astonished. And hesaid to them: Be not affrighted. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. Heis risen, He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him. But, go ; tell Hisdisciples, and Peter, that He goeth before you into Galilee. There you shall see Him,as He told you.
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