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thee into thy darkne .’” In S.W. Gaul Ste. Foy is still worshiped as a martyr of 300 A.c, Her image, as Sancta Fides, was of gold, 3 ft. high, with a crown of gems and enamel, on which were represented Jupiter, Mars, Apollo, and Diana; so that this “holy faith ” owes its image to a pagan idol, probably of Byzantine workmanship. It came to Conques, on the Garonne, from Agen about 874, and a fine basilica was built for it in 942-984 a.c. which has ever attracted pilgrims. Yet faith is but as the sand in which the ostrich hides its head, awaiting its doom: “ We know” means that we dimly feel what we cannot explain. One brother as cardinal is satisfied with the authority of priests and fathers—entangled in the Roman net—the other (Francis Newman) stands up to seek Truth, and to reason out its problems, content to rest in hope when he touches on the unknown. 115