OR, THE CONTEST OF THE SPIRITS.

A SONG OF THE CHURCH CATHOLIC.

BY THE AUTHOR OF CHRISTMAS BELLS AND OTHER POEMS," ETC., ETC.

Ii.c. John Walker Brown I

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"There was war in Heaven."-Rev. XII. 7.

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