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represented as a Pope with a triple crown, and with a dove behind him. Above these four there follow, on the left as we look at the window:St. Elphege, Elphegus, or Alphege, an Englishman of noble birth, who was consecrated Bishop of Winchester by St. Dunstan in 984, was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1006, and was stoned about six or seven years afterwards by the Danes, dying a martyr's death in the fifty-ninth year of his aged. On the right, bearing a pastoral staff, St. Aldhelm, or Adhelm, the son of Kenten, who was born in 639, was instructed by the learned Abbot Adrian, and became a most learned as well as a most holy man, being described as "Vir undecunque doctissimus et... omnino. Christo deditus." He wrote many works, which have been collected. and published by Dr. Giles under the title, Sancti Aldhelmi ... Opera (Oxonii, Parker, 1844), to which are appended memoirs of this Saint. He is said to have been "very well skilled in the learning of the Holy Scriptures." He was made Abbot of Malmesbury in 675, and consecrated first Bishop of Sherborne by Archbishop Berthwald in 705. He died suddenly at Doulting, in Somersetshire, in 709, while “engaged in the duties of visiting his diocese." On the spot where he died, a church

See Collier, bk. ii. vol. i. p. 143; Butler, vol. i. p. 332; Wheatly "On Common Prayer," p. 58.

d See Milner, vol. i. p. 130; Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 12; Butler, vol. i. p. 488.

• See Collier, bk. ii. vol. i. p. 282; Butler, vol. i. p. 668: Aldhelm signifies 'Old Hermit.' "The Bishop's of Sarum sete was a long time at Shirburne." Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 253. See also Spelman's "History and Fate of Sacrelege," p. 89, (Masters, 1846):— "By... Osmond's gift the lands of Sherborne continued in the possession of his successors, the Bishops of Sarum, until the reign of King Stephen." Butler, vol. ii. p. 979: "This see was first erected at Shireburne, in the reign of Ina."

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was erected by the piety of the inhabitants, and it is still the parish church of Doulting. It is said that from him was named the promontory on the Dorsetshire coast, in the Isle of Purbeck, not far from Bournemouth, usually called St. Alban's Head, sometimes called St. Aldham's Head, or more correctly St. Aldhelm's Head: the name having been given probably by the sailors who held him in great veneration . Lastly, as the central figure of this compartment of the window, bearing a cross, comes St. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury, called "Apostle of the English," who was sent to this country by St. Gregory, in 597, and had the privilege of converting King Ethelbert and many of his subjects to Christianity 1.

Thus we have in this gorgeous window no less than fifty-six figures, or portions of figures, including those of our Blessed Lord, the four Angels, and the Seraphin. The four large lights form a beautiful illustration of the words in the Te Deum :—

I. "The glorious company of the Apostles: praise Thee."

II. "The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise Thee."

III. "The noble army of Martyrs: praise Thee."

IV. "The Holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge Thee."

In each of the groups there are scrolls, with the words :-Te Deum Laudamus. And at the bottom of the window (in one line running throughout all four compartments) there is the following inscription :—

See his life by Faricius in the above-mentioned work, p. 366–384.

↳ See Collier, bk. ii. vol. i. p. 149-182; Butler, vol. i. p. 680; St. Bernard, i. 433: “Augustinus à beato Gregorio destinatus, formam fidei tradidit Anglis." Wheatly, p. 68.

JOHN KEBLE FELL ASLEEP, MAUNDAY THURSDAY. CHARLOTTE KEBLE FELL ASLEEP ON THE MORROW OF THE ASCENSION, 1866. DAY BY DAY WE MAGNIFY THEE!. The last sentence is under the compartment containing the figure of Mr. KEBLE.

It will be noticed that many English Saints, especially those locally connected with the neighbourhood, have been chosen for representation in this window, particularly in the last compartment. The window was erected by subscription, and cost £200. A key to this window is given in the "Vale of Avon and Bournemouth Magazine" for March, 1867, which has been consulted by the writer of these notes.

The following is a summary of the contents of this window :

I. First light, the twelve Apostles.

II. Second light, at the bottom, Jacob, Jonah, Job; then Moses, David, Elijah, and Samuel; above these, the four major Prophets.

III. Third light, St. Oswald, St. Barbara, St. Agnes, St. Stephen, St. John the Baptist, St. George, St. Alban, St. Cecilia, St. Katharine, St. Margaret, St. Thomas à Becket.

IV. Fourth light, St. Edward, St. Aidan, St. Cuthbert, Mr. KEBLE, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, St. Aldhelm, St. Elphege, St. Augustine of Canterbury.

The spelling of the word Maunday instead of Maundy is given in Butler, vol. i. p. 447 : but Wheatly says, "This day is called (Dies Mandati) Mandate or Maundy Thursday, from the commandment which our Saviour gave His Apostles to commemorate the Sacrament of His Supper, which He this day instituted, . . .... or... from that new commandment which He gave them to love one another, after He had washed their feet."-(Wheatly on Common Prayer, p. 220.) For a fuller account of the Legends of the Saints represented in this window, see Mrs. Jameson's "Sacred and Legendary Art," vol. ii. pp. 78—112, 130–136, 201-229, &c., (Longmans, 1848); also "Annals of Virgin Saints," pp. 20-30, 74-81, &c., (Masters, 1846).

"How bright these glorious Spirits shine!

Whence all their white array ?

How came they to the blissful seats

Of everlasting day?

"Lo! these are they, from sufferings great,
Who came to realms of light:

And in the blood of Christ have washed
Those robes which shine so bright.

"Now with triumphal palms they stand Before the throne on high,

And serve the God they love amidst

The glories of the sky."

(Cameron and Watts, from the Book of Praise.)

'Spirits of the good,

Come round him on the Heaven-descended stair!

Martyrs and Fathers old, and Saints be there!
He of the ancient wisdom, good and true,

From th' Eucharistic springs hath drunk with you:

But here on earth it is but solitude."

(Thoughts in Past Years, p. 122.)

"Te nunc Redemptor, quæsumus,

Ut ipsorum consortio

Jungas precantes servulos

In sempiterna sæcula."

(Ibid., p. 345.)

See the Poem by J. F. in memory of Mr. KEBLE.

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