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perience.''
Yes. there is much tru.h in what you say.
resolution.
Nor is this ALL continued the physician
let us suppose that what is absurd, nav impos
neheis snd practices Of Christianity CO
IN some mysterious manner be com
m ma5icineS to TO-, mankind BY means; say Q
men take to fulfilling Christ's teachings, lovinl
| God and their neighbor and obeying the com
Im1 ma Even then submit. the way o
NE Ial down in their books wi not stand fai
criticism. There will be no life; life will cease
10 exist: Their teacher was an unmarried
sraInDInls followers will be, according to oul
| supposition, what their master was, and so will
/ the whole world. Those who are now alive will
| hVe on. but their chi dren will not or certainly
not more than one in ten OF the children VINO
would otherwise grow up to manhood. Accord
ing 10 their own doctrine the children should
and would be all equal, parents not prefe1ring
Now how, ask. will these children be tented
to, cared for, brought up and shielded
fro from ,-,., all the dangers with which
sionate love which nature has planted in the
mothers breast for her own offspring is scarcely
enough to preserve children from ruin and death.
II children fall like gras before the scythe now
that the conditions are most favorable to them,
what will 1t be when the only feeling left to
mothers WIN be equal pity for all children?
Whose child will woman bring up and educate :?
Who viii sit up wakeful night after night with
the sick, foul smelling child, not the mother
who gave 1t life? Nature provided the chile with
shield motherly love; they tear it awav and
put nothing in its place. Who is to teach the
child, to train it to penetrate to its very SOUL if
not Its own fatheTF Who viii ward off dangers
AMI suffering from il? All this is taken awav by
Chrlst anity-ray, life itself, mean the per-
pet9ation of the human race, ia taken away
mere; too, you are right" interrupted
julius. who was carried away by the PHYSICIANS
things.
No. my friend turn away from sll these wild
rawlings and live in accordance with the dictates
OF reason, especially at the present time, when
such noble, momentous and urgent duties still
weigh upon you. To fulfill thom is point of
honor: You have lived to enter upon this your
second period OF doubt aud now if you will only
march EDWARDS, all doubt will vanish. Your
nrst and most urgent obi alton is to undertake
tne education of your children, whom you have
hltherto sadly neglected. Your duty towards
them consists in making them worthy servants
Oh the commo wealth. The commonwealth has
conferred upon you erything you possess, and
now II Is your duty in return to give the common
wealth worthy servants in the persons of your
en- Another obligation you are under is
10 serve society. Failure has embittered and
disappointed you; this, however, is but a pass
Ing accident. Nothing worth having is ever
acquired except at the cost of efforts and strug-
giles; and 1t is only the hard won victory that
brings the Joy of triumph Leave 1t to your wife
to amuse herself with the idle gossip of Chris
a si"h man writer's asi 1t is your duty to be
children. Begin this WORK with The
consciousness that you are performing your
duty, and all your doubts will vanish into air
for they are but the symptoms and result of
your morbid state. Discharge your obligations
to the commonwealth by faithfully serving it
by and BY training up YOUR children to serve il:
make them independent, self-sacrifcing fit and
worthy to take your place, aud having done So
test. if you will, the life that so attracts YOU
but until then, you have no right to abandon
your present work, and if you did forsake it
you will find nothing but disappointment and
CHAPTER VIII.
Whether it was the effect OF the medicine or of |
ne conversation and advice, it is imoo ,sible to
saw, but Julius soon restored to his normal |
'tate OF health again. and all his former views |
ngs OF a mailman.
The physician after a short soiourn left the
'lty, and few days after his departure Julius
vas on his feet again, busy following his advice
md lnaugurating the new life he had outlined
or him. He engaged a teacher for his chi dren,
tut he reserved to himself the chief control of
heir education; all the rest of his time he en-
'loyed in the conduct of public affairs, in which
lis success was marked aud rapid and in very
mort space OF time he had acquired immense
influence in the city.
10 this way t" elvemonth passed away, dur
ng winch he was never troub ed by
thoughts about the Christians At the end Of
he year he was appointed Judge of the Chris
lans IN their town, which was not very far off
A representative of the Roman emperor had
ONE to Celicia for the purpose of stamping out !
hrlStienity. Julius had heard of the measures
ut In force against the Christians, but not sup
osing that they concerned the community in
Inch Pamphiiius lived, he never thought of his
rlend In connection with the matter. One day
5 he walking across the public square on his |
ay to the tribunal. shabbily dres sed old
ian. to all appearance stranger, came hurry
as Pamph1l1us. Psmphilius drew near and
tied him. How are you, friend, - he
lst to make, but do not know whether during
lis cruel persecution of the Christians you care
look upon me as a friend. whether you are |
RAID to lose your position by having dealings
18th me-
~ fear no man. answered julius. land
AT you NAV have no nisgivings on the sub
ct, would ask you to come along with me tn
y house. l win even let nv work stand over
order to have chat with you and to render s
n any service in my power. Come along 6
hose child is that?'' {
That's nv son.
But need not have inquired recognize i
ur traits In his face. also recognize those S
ne eyes Of his, and deem it superfuous to ask y
40 is your wife. 1t cannot be any one but tha, v
autiful girl whom 1 with you in Tar us i
any years ago Those are her eyes,
- Your guess is correct answered Pam q
illus Shortly after you and last parted i
e became my wife. - v
The two friends entered julius house. Julius c
lied his wife, conided the boy to her Gre Z
en- ushered in Pamphilius to his own luxurious t
artment, which was cons derable distance T.
I'M the other rooms, remsrking as they en- r
ed: Here you can talk to your hearts con- t
I, and nobody will be the wiser. You are out IL
the hearing OF all the world e
On. II IS not AFRAID OF being overheard | am. u
lie the reverse. Indeed, the request that 7 Il
We to make is not that the Christians who is
We been arrested and marked out for death | o.
ouid not be executed, but that permission a
,uld be accorded to them to make public tt
'fesslon of their faith W
md Pamphlllus narrated how the Christians | 81
o had been deprived of their berty by tho | b
horities had sent word of their arrest from | Ii
prisons in which they were confined to the a.
mbers of their com unity. Then Cyrel the | RI
er, aware of Pamphilius friendly relations tr
h julius, hsd commissioned him to come and al
lie that request tor the condemned Chris ia
rs. II
he prisoners did not ask to be psrdoned. m
y held it to be their mission in life to hear su
ness to the truth Of Christ's teachings. This OF
lmony they could give by q long eighty OF
rs life, or by understanding the w
rs of cruel death. 1t was quite immaterial es
hem in which of these two ways they full w
ID the main object of their existence; phvs- &c
death, which in the long run was inevita- pr
had no terrors for them, and it was quite as hr
come now as fifty years hence; but they co
e vehemently desi Gus that their lives should llI
We beneficial to their fellows, and to make OF
of this depu'ed Psmphilids to ask as a boon ar
their trial and execution should take place re-
he presence of the people. to-
Illus was astonished { Pamphilius' straupe sa
lest, but promised to do everything that de- By
ded on him to have it granted. oil
have promised you my mediation - Julius
/, from feeling of friendship for Yourself
from peculiar disposition to kindness
ch you always succeed in awakening within
At the same time, feel ought to tell Won
l consider your tenets in the last degree
avagant and mischievous. Ihaye right I
x, to form judgment upon the subject
ng that / sneak from | MI