The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . ^ not eulogize with their lips, a Christianfirm in persecution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant in death. I find Christian men in all professions and occupations and I find themrespected and honored, and successful. John Frederick Oberlin alleviating igno-rance and distress; John Howard passing from dungeon to lazaretto, with healingfor the body and soul; Elizabeth Fry coming to the profligate
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . ^ not eulogize with their lips, a Christianfirm in persecution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant in death. I find Christian men in all professions and occupations and I find themrespected and honored, and successful. John Frederick Oberlin alleviating igno-rance and distress; John Howard passing from dungeon to lazaretto, with healingfor the body and soul; Elizabeth Fry coming to the profligates of Newgate Prison (383) 384 THE PATHWAY OF to shake down their obduracy, as the angel came to the prison at Phihppi, drivingopen the doors and snapping locks and chains, as well as the lives of thousandsof the followers of Jesus who have devoted themselves to the temporal and spiritual. ELIZABETH FRY PLEADING EOR THE PARDON OF CONVERTED CRIMINALS. From the Painting by Eviile Wauters. welfare of the race, are monuments of the Christian religion that shall not crumblewhile the world lasts. A man in the cars said: I would like to become a Christian if I only knewwhat religion is. But if this lying and cheating, and bad behavior among menwho profess to be good, is religion, I want none of it. But, my readers, if I aman artist in Rome, and a man comes to me and asks what the art of painting is, Imust not show him the daub of some mere pretender. I will take him to the THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. 385 Raphaels and the Michael Angelos. It is most unfair and dishonest to take theignominious failures in Christian profession instead of the glorious successes. PERSECUTIONS BRING ABOUT VICTORIES. I go into another department and I find that those great denominations ofChristians which have been most abused have spread the most rapidl}-. No goodman was ever more vilelymaltreated than Joh
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