iged, much against
his inclination, to acknowledge that they "were types of what the
real Saviour was to do and suffer." (Parkhurst, p.47.) An intimate
connection, if not identity, is thus shown between ancient and modern
belief--between the paganism of the past and the orthodoxy of the
present.

THE ZODIACAL SIGNS.

ARIES, the Ram: (marked [symbol for ARIES])--A northern constellation,
usually named as the first sign in the zodiac, into which, when the sun
enters at the vernal equinox in March, the days and nights are of equal
length. Aries has been regarded by the devout during many ages as the
celestial representative, visible in the heavens, of "the Lamb of God
that taketh away the sins of the world."

TAURUS, the Bull:(marked thus, [symbol for TAURUS])--The second sign in
the zodiac, which by the Arabians is called Ataur. This constellation
was worshipped for ages by the idolatrous Egyptians as the heavenly
representative of their god Osiris; and derives its name, according to
Grecian fable, from the bull into which Jupiter transformed himself
in order to carry Europa over into Crete; but the constellation was
probably so named by the Egyptians to designate that period of the year,
(April), in which cows mostly bring forth their young.

"The Rev. Mr. Maurice in his work on the antiquities of India, has shown
that the May-day festival and the May-pole of Great Britain with its
garlands, etc., are the remains of an ancient festival of Egypt and
India, and probably of Phoenicia, when these nations, in countries
very distant, and from times very remote, have all, with one consent,
celebrated the entrance of the sun into the sign of Taurus at the vernal
equinox."

GEMINI, the Twins: (marked thus, [symbol for GEMINI])--A zodiacal
constellation, visible in May, containing the two bright stars Castor
and Pollux, the fabled sons of Leda and Jupiter, who during their lives
had cleared the Hellespont and neighboring seas of pirates, and were
therefore deemed the protectors of navigators and sailors.

CANCER, the Crab: (marked thus, [symbol for CANCER])--Is the fourth
sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on the 21st day of June, and is
thence called the summer solstice. According to Grecian fable, the crab
was transported to heaven at the request of Juno, after it had been
slain by Hercules during his battle with the serpent Python, but the
evident design of the name is to represent the apparent backward motio