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The golden chalice at the high altar contains the blood of the Lamb; the

Cardinal Francesco Albani performs the holy office He has the blessed

host, and under his consecrated hand will now be effected thethe wine into the blood of Christ!

And Cardinal Albani lays the golden tube in the cup, and another

cardinal passes the other end of the tube to the pope

Through this sacred tube will he sip the consecrated wine, the blood of

the Redeeh office, the tru, the organ rattles its

song of jubilee, the troreatest,put the golden

tube to his lips, sips the wine changed into blood

While the pope drinks the two cardinals who to-day are on service

approach the sacred throne They hold a torch in the right hand and a

s to the custoht flauished, and a small,

almost imperceptible quantity of ashes floats froloria lory of the world!)

exclaimed Francesco Albani, with proud presulances, while with an expression of savage triuloriavoice

The bells ring, the hy; the

audience are on their knees in prayer A bustle arises, a suppressed

murmur--the holy father of Christendom has fainted upon his throne like

any common mortal man