Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1918 — Lily Dedicated to the Virgin. [ARTICLE]

Lily Dedicated to the Virgin.

The white lily has in the symbolism of the Church been dedicated to the Virgin because of its purity. The lily was used by the Angel of the Annunci-

ntion. There Is a legend that when the Blessed Virgin was walking In the garden of Zacharias. whither she used to go to meditate on £he message of the angel, she touched a flower that hitherto had no fragrance. Thereafter, it gave forth a sweet perfume. It was these “Madonna lilies” thnt burst Into bloom at Easter dawn. After her as sumption her tomb, according to pious legend, was filled with lilies and rose* to allay the doubts of St. Thcmas.