The above are some of the remarkable combina- CHAPTER VII. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS. THE Name of the Beast is +", and the Mark of the Name is +, the sign of the Cross. Now it is remarkable that the services of the ROMAN Church are in the ROMAN or LATIN language; and that, as the name ROMAN and the number of the name 666 pass upon them all, so the mark of the name, +, the sign of the Cross, is found in them all; and the more Popish the service, the more frequent the mark. How repeatedly is the sign of the Cross made in the ritual of the Mass ! When the Priest approaches the Altar, he signs himself with his right hand from the forehead to the breast with the sign of the Cross +. When the Priest blesses himself, he turns to himself the palm of his right-hand and with all his fingers joined and stretched out, he makes the sign of the Cross from the forehead to the breast, and from the left shoulder to the right. When he blesses others, or anything, he turns his little finger to that which he blesses, He and in blessing he extends his whole right-hand, with all his fingers joined and extended, which is observed in every benediction. The Priest signs himself again with the sign of the Cross +, drawing his right-hand from the forehead to the breast, saying, Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. again makes the sign of the Cross +, drawing his right-hand from his forehead to his breast, saying, Indulgentiam, &c. Joining his hands and placing them on the altar, with his right thumb over his left in the form of a Cross +, he says in secret Oramus te, Domine. Making the sign + from his forehead to his breast, he begins the Introit. He makes another sign + from the forehead to the breast, when he says, Cum sancto Spiritu. At the Gloria in excelsis he puts his right thumb over the left in the form of a Cross +. If it be high Mass he blesses the incense making another sign +. He then blesses the deacon in the name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Ghost. The deacon then makes four signs of the Cross, + + +, one over the Gospel, another upon his forehead, another upon his mouth, and another upon his breast. At the close of the Belief another sign + is made from the forehead to the breast. The sign + is made again with the paten, and another sign + over the jar of water. Another sign is made at the end of the Offerimus, &c. and another at the benediction of the Host and Chalice. If it is high Mass another sign + is made at the benediction of the Incense. The censer is waved over the Chalice and Host three times in the + form of a Cross, once + at the words, Incensum istud, again + at the words A te benedictum, and a third time at the words Ascendat a te, Domine. The sign is again made from the forehead to the breast at the words, Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. The priest now comes to the Canon of the Mass, in which he makes the sign of the Cross three times over the Host and the Chalice at the words Hæc dona, hæc + numera, hæc + sancta sacrificia, and thrice at the words Bene + dictam, ascri + ptam, ra + tam; once over the Host and once over the Chalice at the words, ut nobis Cor + pus et San → guis fiat, &c. once over the Host at the words bene + dixit, fregit, &c. ; once over the Chalice at the words bene + dixit, deditque, &c. three times over the Host and Chalice together, saying, hostiam + puram, hostiam + sanctam, hostiam + immaculatam; once over the Host and once over the Chalice, saying, panem sanctum vitæ æternæ, et calicem + salutis perpetuæ; once over the Host and once over the Chalice, saying, Corpus et Sanguinem sumpserimus; once upon himself from the forehead to the breast, saying, omni benedictione, &c. ; thrice over the Host and the Chalice together, saying, sanc + tificas, vivi + ficas, bene dicis; thrice over the Chalice, saying, Per ip + sum, et cum ip + so, et in ip + + so; twice with the Host between himself and the Chalice, saying, Patri + omnipotenti, in unitate Spiritus + sancti. Having repeated the Lord's prayer and made mention of the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, Mother of God, Ever-Virgin, and the blessed Apostles Peter, and Paul, and Andrew, and all the saints, the priest makes the sign upon himself with the Paten from the forehead to the breast. With a particle of the Host he makes the sign thrice over the Cup, saying, Pax + Domini sit + semper robis + cum. When he takes the Host into his hands, saying, Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam meam in vitam æternam, he signs himself with the sign +. He signs himself again + when he takes the Cup. When he pronounces the Benediction, he makes three more signs, saying, Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus Pa + ter, et Fi + lius, et Spiritus + Sanctus. With his right thumb he signs with the sign + the altar or the book; then his forehead with another sign +; with a third + his mouth; and with a fourth his breast. He then reads the Gospel. Let us now add all these Crosses together, and see the amount. What a comment have we here on the Name and |