This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight--perhaps more wisdom than the
Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.
And sitting upon the pavement of his little cell, he sang, "Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost." "When he had named the
Holy Ghost he breathed his last, and departed to the heavenly kingdom."
There are no "Christ's Churches" in Rome, and no "Churches of the
Holy Ghost," that I can discover.
made me a knight of the Garter, and Queen Anne of Austria has given me the cordon of the
Holy Ghost. These are my only dignities."
Surely this is to bring down the
Holy Ghost, instead of the likeness of a dove, in the shape of a vulture or raven; and set, out of the bark of a Christian church, a flag of a bark of pirates, and assassins.
For Thou art the defense, the succor, and the victory of them that put their trust in Thee, and to Thee be all glory, to Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost, now and forever, world without end.
For gracious and merciful art Thou, our Lord, and glory be to Thee, the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost, now and ever shall be."
Girls and boys, the former on the right, the latter on the left-hand side of the church, filled the stalls of the choir; the priest stood beside the reading-desk; on one stained window of the side-aisle the
Holy Ghost hovered over the Virgin; on another one, Mary knelt before the Child Jesus, and behind the alter, a wooden group represented Saint Michael felling the dragon.
Then told'st her, doubting how these things could be To her a virgin, that on her should come The
Holy Ghost, and the power of the Highest O'ershadow her.
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host, Praise Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost. Amen."
In addition to the sword, there was a portrait representing a nobleman of the time of Henry III, dressed with the greatest elegance, and who wore the Order of the
Holy Ghost; and this portrait had certain resemblances of lines with Athos, certain family likenesses which indicated that this great noble, a knight of the Order of the King, was his ancestor.
He told me that as he had no consecrated chapel, nor proper things for the office, I should see he would do it in a manner that I should not know by it that he was a Roman Catholic myself, if I had not known it before; and so he did; for saying only some words over to himself in Latin, which I could not understand, he poured a whole dishful of water upon the woman's head, pronouncing in French, very loud, "Mary" (which was the name her husband desired me to give her, for I was her godfather), "I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost;" so that none could know anything by it what religion he was of.
Holy Ghost - the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost