SCRIPTURE.
Tobias, xii. 12. “The angel Raphael says to Tobias : When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the deadI offered thy prayer to the Lord.”--2 Machab. xv. 12, 13, 14. Judas relates a vision, in which he saw the late High-Priest Oniah,—whom he describes as he appeared to him - stretching out his arms, and praying for the whole of the Jews. He then mentions another personage, whom he saw, of whom Oniah says: “ This is the lover of the brethren and of the people of Israel : This is Jeremiah the prophet of God, who prays much for the people, and for the holy city.” Luke, xv. 7, 10. “I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.-So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.”—Apocal. v. 8. “And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty ancients, fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of Saints.
