Affairs in Italy [pp. 814-823]

Affairs in Italy.
"And is Jesus Christ an inspired
man, or is he God?"
"Jesus Christ is the Word of God,
and the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us," answered the bishop.
Lotis replied not. The bishop continued in a very low voice:
"In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things
were made by him: and without him
was not anything made that was
made. In him was life; and the
life was the light of men: and the
light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not." (St.
John i. 1-5.)
And Lotis fell on her knees, saying, "Lead me to him, to the Divine
Word, to Jesus Christ, for I will have
no other master."
"It is well, my child," said the
good bishop, laying his hand solemnly on her head. "It is well.
May he who has thus directed your
choice give you the further grace to
continue unto the end. But, Lotis,
you must learn the price of redemption; you must know who the Master is you have chosen."
And the venerable bishop, in a few
short but impressive words, traced
the history of the world from Adam's
fall, through the line of patriarchs,
through the perversion of morals
which called forth the deluge. He
spoke of the call of Abraham, of the
mission of Moses, of the succession
of the prophets unto John the Baptist; and finally, of the advent of
our Lord himself; of his coming to
his own, and of his own receiving
him not; of his life, miracles, and
crucifixion; of his death, resurrection,
and ascension; and finally, of the
descent of the Holy Spirit.
Lotis listened and believed, and
demanded to be washed firom her
sins, that she might understand. She,
yet a neophyte, seemed to comprehend that sin forms the darkness
which hinders the soul from contemplating God. "Wash me from my
sins," she said, "that I may see the
light."
TO BE CONTINUED.
AFFAIRS IN ITALY.
THOUGH the disgraceful part which
the Italian monarchy has played in
the late invasion of Rome by marauding bands is now a matter of
common notoriety, elaborate efforts
are still being made by a majority of
the Italian, and a certain portion of
the European, press to deny the wellknown facts of the case. These organs are, however, only following the
illustrious example set to them by
Victor Emmanuel and Count Mena
brea, whose official declarations that
the revolutionists had acted entirely
without the authority and knowledge
of the Italian government are certainly the most pitiful subterfuges to
which the king and the premier of a
great power could possibly have been
reduced. Indeed, we can hardly conceive a more humiliating spectacle
than that which the Italian government presents in solemnly assuring
the world that it had not been secret
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