My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

I& Be CareH in tlze Choice of Yow Bboks
extended devotional treatises will keep alive the piety
of those for whom they are suitable. But dl Catholics,
whatever their condition, should make use of spiritual
reading. It is impossible to exaggerate the effect on
the lives amd characters of Christians of the words of
holy men, of the heroic acts of the martyrs, of the example
of the lovers of Jesus in every age, of the contemp!ation
of our Lady's progatives aad goodness,
and, above all, of the story of Our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. The "Following of Christ," and other
books of a like nature, are at once a guide to virtue, an
encouragement to prayer, and an influence drawing
the heart daily nearer to God. The reading of Holy
Scripture, of the sermons and conferences of distinguished
preachers, and of the penetrating devotionat
books in which our language is by no means deficient,
is adapted to sanctify the house, and to keep out of it,
to a greater or less degree, that flood of objectionable
printed matter which overflows the land at the present
moment.
" Priests and laity can not do more for souls than to
encourage by every means in their power good and
cheap Catholic literature -&strzrction, devotion, hks,
and $Priodicals -and to bring it within the reach of
every class of the faithful. All read; they must read,
and they will read. Let us strive to check the evils
of bad reading by the dissemination of that which is
good."
If you wish to keep yourself informed in regard to
current Catholic literature, write for the publications
of the Catholic Truth Society and for the "Catholic
Rook News," a monthly review of Catholic puMmtions
issued by Benziger Brothers. This same fim
solicits correspondence in regard to their plan for
Private Use Only