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crossing themselves; the Brothers chanted out the sonorous response: 



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                       THE GATHERING OF BROTHER HILARIUS 



       〃Et lux perpetua luceat eis。〃 

       As they reached the open gate; the little band they waited for came 

slowly down the forest pathway。 

     Four Brothers; only four; and lo! on their shoulders they bore a rude 

bier of pine…branches。 

     This   was   the   gathering   of   Brother   Hilarius。   Sweet…scented   boughs 

for his last bed; Mary's lilies aglow for tapers tall; the censer of the forest 

swung by sun and wind; and the glory of the face of the Lord。 

     He had called his children to him in the late night…watches; and having 

kissed and blessed them; he bade them turn him to the east; for his time 

had come; and they obeyed in sore grief and perplexed。 Prior Hilarius lay 

and watched   for the  light; and   as dawn parted night's veil   with the  long 

foregleam of the coming day; he shut his eyes like a tired child and went 

home。 

     It  was    his  heart;  Brother    Simon     thought;    but  the  Sub…Prior     cried 

through his tears:… 

     〃Nay; nay; it was God a…hungered for His dear son。〃 

     They  bore   the   Prior into   the   white…clad   Church;   and   laid   him  on   his 

forest…bed under the great Christ; and the novices; seeing the tender smile 

on the beautiful face; whispered one to another; 〃The Prior hath found his 

little   maid。〃   And   the   Convent   made   Hilarius   a   wondrous   fair   tomb   of 

alabaster inlaid with gold; and carved him lying thereon with Mary's lilies 

across his breast。 



     End   of   The   Project    Gutenberg   Etext     of   The  Gathering   of    Brother 

Hilarius 



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