Range the whole thus: The Cross stands in the front, or first place; then follow three of the smaller beads, shut up between two larger. After which are three Tens, or Decades of small beads, each Decade terminated with a larger one.
ON THE LITTLE CROSS.
O Jesus! give us thy heart as a pledge of thy love, and as a place of refuge, that we may find therein a secure repose during our life, and a sweet comfort at the hour of our death. Amen.
ON THE GREAT BEADS.
Thee I adore, praise, and love, O Sacred Heart of my dear Jesus! penetrated with grief at the thought of so many offences, which have been hitherto committed against thee in the most holy sacrament of the altar. I offer up the most amiable heart of thy most beloved mother, with the merits of the saints, in satisfaction thereof. Amen.
