place the wool in the midst of thorns ? It is a type of Jesus set before the view of the Church. [They' place the wool among thorns], that any one who wishes to bear it away may find it necessary to suffer much, because the thorn is formidable, and thus obtain it only as the result of suffering. Thus also, says He, " Those who wish to behold Me, and lay hold of My king- dom, must through tribulation and suffering ob- tain Me."^