while, but one sigh was all that Sertorius allowed himself at the sight of the Lipari Isles, and a Christian man must not indulge in dreams which a Roman soldier denied himself. Our life has two divisions-during the first we are occupied in girding on our armour, during the second in using it. Remember, the strife must continue till your death, and that from first to last it is a strife against principalities and powers. Yet do not be discouraged; the worst of your toil is over, for henceforth you will know who are your enemies, and upon whom you must depend for succour. You have learnt that we are not men unless we are free, and that we are not free unless we are living in subjection to the law which made us so. Keep these truths constantly in your heart, and you are safe; but the only proof that they are there is, that you are acting

"I fear you will think this language harsh, but you must excuse a sincere friend's jealousy for you. And if I tell you of your responsibility, I will tell you also of your happiness. I will remind you that you have had hitherto to buffet with mies alone it was with yourself you were fighting, and what friend could be a witness or a partaker of the conflict? But in all the disappointments of your future warfare, in all its triumph,

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you will have one to sympathize with you, one to warn you when you are strong, one to help you when you are weak,-one who will think with you, hope with you, fear with you, love with you, -a counsellor, a friend, a wife."

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