Madame Calderon de la Barca, in her _Life in Mexico_ (_pub. 1843_), says that the symbol of the Cross was known to the Indians before the arrival of Cortez. In the island of Cozumel, near Yucatan, there were several; and in Yucatan[10] itself there was a stone cross. And there an Indian, considered a prophet among his countrymen, had declared that a nation bearing the same as a symbol should arrive from a distant country. More extraordinary still was a temple dedicated to the Holy Cross by the Toltec nation in the city of Cholula. Near Tulansingo there is also a cross engraved on a rock with various characters. In Oajaca there was a cross which the Indians from time immemorial had been accustomed to consider as a divine symbol. By order of Bishop Cervantes it was placed in a chapel in the cathedral. Information concerning its discovery, together with a small cup, cut out of its wood, was sent to Rome to Paul V., who received it on his knees, singing the hymn _Vexilla regis. etc._ Footnote 10: See also Prescott’s _Conquest of Mexico_, Vol. I. Bk. II. Chap. 4; and Stephens’ _Incidents of Travel in Yucatan_, Vol. II. Chap. 20. The Lord’s Prayer. _The Lord’s Prayer alone is an evidence of the truth of Christianity,—so admirably is that prayer accommodated to all our wants._—§Lord Wellington.§ THY AND US. The two divisions of the Lord’s Prayer—the former relating to the glory of God, the latter to the wants of man—appear very evident on a slight transposition of the personal pronouns:— _Thy_ name be hallowed. _Thy_ kingdom come. _Thy_ will be done, &c. _Us_ give this day our daily bread. _Us_ forgive our debts, &c. _Us_ lead not into temptation. _Us_ deliver from evil. SPIRIT OF THE LORD’S PRAYER. The spirit of the Lord’s Prayer is beautiful. This form of petition breathes:— A _filial_ spirit—Father. A _catholic_ spirit—Our Father. A _reverential_ spirit—Hallowed be Thy name. A _missionary_ spirit—Thy kingdom come. An _obedient_ spirit—Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. A _dependent_ spirit—Give us this day our daily bread. A _forgiving spirit_—And forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors. A _cautious_ spirit—And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. A _confidential_ and _adoring_ spirit—For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. GOTHIC VERSION. Ulphilas, who lived between the years 310 and 388, was bishop of the Western Goths, and translated the greater part of the Scriptures into the Gothic language. The following is his rendering of the Lord’s Prayer:—