"Take we up the touching burden of November plaints,
Pleading for the holy souls, God's yet uncrowned saints.
Still unpaid to our departed is the debt we owe; Still unransomed, some are pining, sore oppressed with woe.
Friends we loved and vowed to cherish call us in their need:
Prove we now our love was real, true in word and deed.
'Rest eternal grant them, Lord !' full often let us pray —
Requiem ceternam dona eis, Domine!"
— From Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens.
Another point that merits the consideration of critical readers is this, that the book contains most of the latest additions to "The Raccolta" sanctioned by the present illustrious and saintly ruler of the Church, Pius X. Furthermore, it has been our aim to make "With God" a Vade Mecum for those who assist at Mass and receive holy communion daily or frequently, and to equip the same so lavishly with Eucharistic devotions as to make it a very pleasing and helpful Companion for Visits to Jesus in the Tabernacle, and in particular for the Holy Hour or the Hour of Adoration; it is, therefore, a Book for Frequent Communicants and for Fervent Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament. "With God," we trust, will also prove acceptable to the members of the Holy Name Society and to all who zealously venerate and render special honor to the Most Holy Name of Jesus. The
