have conquered death by death, and led captivity captive. Jesus, then, means Saviour, because, as St. Matthew says, " He saved the people from their sins." Saviour both in time and from eternity — Saviour of men and angels too, for, says tradition, " 'twas homage to the future Christ the Father chose, wherewith to test the angels' loyalty," and Luke relates His name was called Jesus — Saviour — which He was called by the angel ere He was conceived in the womb. Christ, then, was always Saviour, and Jesus is an. eternal name. Thus it is we soon forget our awe of the divinity hidden in the humble Saviour. He is one of us and His sacred name, on second thought, sounds sweet : " sweeter," as the Psalmist says, " than the honey and the honey-comb." The Canticle of Canticles compares the name of the Lord pronounced, to olive oil poured out. How beautiful are the scriptural figures! That sacred name like the oil lights and heats — lights us to God's truth and inflames us with His love. To learn that name, to be saturated with it as with oil, to be rendered inflammable by it ere the coming of the spirit of fire, was the pagan's first step towards Christianity. Like oil again that name is a spiritual food, nourishing and refreshing, and a wholesome condiment for every action of our lives. " Whatever ye do," says St. Paul, " in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." Again, it is, like oil, a lubricant, minimizing the bitter cares and the friction of this world. It is, besides, a healthful medicine. How many a poor, sorely-wounded
