Yet you would not insinuate that these rely on the efficacy of such mummery as that we have just witnessed ?" replied Florence, fixing her eyes inquiringly upon her cousin's face.
"Allow me to ask one question ere I reply.

Florry, do you believe the days of miracles have passed away, or do you suppose that the laws of nature are still constantly infringed, the harmony of cause and effect destroyed, and wonderful phenomena still vouchsafed to favored Europeans ?" "Of course I do not advocate the theory that miracles occur at the present day.

It is too preposterous to advance in this enlightened age.

There are perhaps natural phenomena, only to be explained by scientific research; yet in the common acceptation of the term miracle, I unhesitatingly declared that I believe none have occurred since the days of Christ and the Apostles." "Then, Florry, your position is untenable, for Romish prelates of the present day do most unquestionably defend the theory of the annual occurrence of miracles.

Bishop -- --, whose intellectual endowments are the constant theme of encomiums, has recently visited Italy.