The Professorial stalls have for the cresting the emblems of the Seven Virtues, viz. the four cardinal virtues of the Philosophers, and the three celestial virtues, or Graces of the Theologians. The sequence is:-- {1. Justice, symbolised by the Scales and Balance. {2. Courage " " Thistle. {3. Temperance " " Bridle. {4. Prudence " " Compasses (Mariner's and Carpenter's). {5. Faith " " Pillar with Wreath of Victory. {6. Hope " " Anchor. {7. Love " " Flaming Heart. They are repeated in such order on both sides, and the four Cardinal Virtues are towards the west or exterior; the three Theological Virtues toward the east or interior of the apse. On the stall forming the eighth on the south side, there is the monogram of the Alpha and Omega. On the panels of the stalls, "the leading idea sought to be maintained was the representation in sequence of the various emblems of Christ and the Christian life, as drawn from the cornu copiae of Nature, in the fruits and flowers of the vegetable world, that unfallen portion of creation which the Divine Teacher honoured by drawing from it, and from it alone, His similes and parables. They are severally as follows, commencing from the west:-- 1. The Lily.} 2. The Palm.} 3. The Rose.} 4. The Trefoil. 5. The Vine and Grapes.} 6. The Olive. } 7. The Wheat-ears." } At the eighth panel on the south side, under the [Greek: Alpha] and [Greek: Omega] of the cresting, stands the Pot of Lilies as a symbol of the Virgin. We have given an account of the late learned Principal's paper as appropriate to this history. It shows how art can both express the spirit of the place and become a servant of religion. It illustrates Professor Flint's declaration:--"God as the perfectly good is not only Absolute Truth and Absolute Holiness, but also Absolute Beauty. He is the source, the author, the giver of all beautiful things and qualities. All the beauties of earth and sea and sky, of life and mind and spirit, are rays from His beauty. The powers by which they are perceived are conferred by Him. The light in which they are seen is His light."[239] _Roslin (Mid-Lothian)._--The church was founded in 1450 by Sir William St. Clair, Baron of Roslin and third Earl of Orkney. It was dedicated to St. Matthew, and founded for a provost, six prebendaries, and two choristers. In the quaint language of Father Hay:--