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Brotherly Love.
the national faith , but remained a member of the Lutheran faith , and was constant in her attendance at the chapel where my rival officiated , in the environs of the metropolis . This opposition to my will , excited not only anger , but jealousy , and from that hour I vowed to persecute my former Inend even to death , should he cross my path . I knew that his sole dependence was on his flockbut still
, I determined to drive him from Paris X soon found that I had sufficient influence to effect this , and to dry up Ms present source of income . Reli gious intolerance is not peculiar to ' any torn ot faith—it is common to all , at least to the unreasoning and bigoted of every denomination , and it has been frequentl y found an efficient agent m gratifying other desires than
that of establishing any peculiar religious dogmas . Ihis chapel was ordered to be closed , and he was interdicted Irani practising his ministry in Paris under severe penalties . If all forms or the Ohnstian creed are tainted with intolerance , so have ail of them members , whose sincerity cannot be denied , and as the one will tempt to persecute so will the other
nerve them to suffer for the faith that is in them My wal was one of the latter . He did not openly infringe the law , but he did so secretly , by celebrating the simple rite ' s of his religion in the private dwellings of some members of his little congregation . In this he was detected and thrown into prison , where he languished for some
However through the persuasion of his flock he was induced to promise tiiat lie would depart immediately , and on this condition he was liberated i saw my wife was getting into bad health , and I fancied it was from sympathy with the sufferings of her former lover . This incensed me more than ever against him , but I rested satisfied with having accomplished my immediate ob She
ject . was ordered change of air , and a new source of attection for her was disclosed—she was about becoming a mother . I had - no doubt of her fidelity , she was too pure for such suspicion . It was for that warmth of affection which I thought she at one time had for my rival that Tln ° pr 0 fs f m attacliment could elicit
W I °° y . We left Pans , and went to reside in the country . The change had a beneficial effect on both of us , and I began to feel a serenity that I had never experienced since our marriage . Even some of my resentment to my persecuted friend abated , and I felt greived at the length to ivhich I had earned my resentment . But my former feelings were soon revived m all their former force
. Riding out in the direction of a small town in the neighbourhood , we encountered the object of my aversion . He was clad m the attire of a peasant . He recognised me , and raised his hat deferentiall y , and I perceived that he had grown quite grey . I looked at rny wile , she coloured deeply and sighed , I immediately instituted inquiries and ascertained that
, he was officiating in the neighbouring town and earned a scanty subsistence . I felt I could not rest until I had ° driven ium from the spot , and I again succeeded . "My wife shortl y afterwards became very ill , and died in giving birth prematurel y to a child . In her last moments she besought me to be leconcded to my early friend , and desired me to read a letter in her escritoire , it was addressed to her b y him a short time previous to our
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brotherly Love.
the national faith , but remained a member of the Lutheran faith , and was constant in her attendance at the chapel where my rival officiated , in the environs of the metropolis . This opposition to my will , excited not only anger , but jealousy , and from that hour I vowed to persecute my former Inend even to death , should he cross my path . I knew that his sole dependence was on his flockbut still
, I determined to drive him from Paris X soon found that I had sufficient influence to effect this , and to dry up Ms present source of income . Reli gious intolerance is not peculiar to ' any torn ot faith—it is common to all , at least to the unreasoning and bigoted of every denomination , and it has been frequentl y found an efficient agent m gratifying other desires than
that of establishing any peculiar religious dogmas . Ihis chapel was ordered to be closed , and he was interdicted Irani practising his ministry in Paris under severe penalties . If all forms or the Ohnstian creed are tainted with intolerance , so have ail of them members , whose sincerity cannot be denied , and as the one will tempt to persecute so will the other
nerve them to suffer for the faith that is in them My wal was one of the latter . He did not openly infringe the law , but he did so secretly , by celebrating the simple rite ' s of his religion in the private dwellings of some members of his little congregation . In this he was detected and thrown into prison , where he languished for some
However through the persuasion of his flock he was induced to promise tiiat lie would depart immediately , and on this condition he was liberated i saw my wife was getting into bad health , and I fancied it was from sympathy with the sufferings of her former lover . This incensed me more than ever against him , but I rested satisfied with having accomplished my immediate ob She
ject . was ordered change of air , and a new source of attection for her was disclosed—she was about becoming a mother . I had - no doubt of her fidelity , she was too pure for such suspicion . It was for that warmth of affection which I thought she at one time had for my rival that Tln ° pr 0 fs f m attacliment could elicit
W I °° y . We left Pans , and went to reside in the country . The change had a beneficial effect on both of us , and I began to feel a serenity that I had never experienced since our marriage . Even some of my resentment to my persecuted friend abated , and I felt greived at the length to ivhich I had earned my resentment . But my former feelings were soon revived m all their former force
. Riding out in the direction of a small town in the neighbourhood , we encountered the object of my aversion . He was clad m the attire of a peasant . He recognised me , and raised his hat deferentiall y , and I perceived that he had grown quite grey . I looked at rny wile , she coloured deeply and sighed , I immediately instituted inquiries and ascertained that
, he was officiating in the neighbouring town and earned a scanty subsistence . I felt I could not rest until I had ° driven ium from the spot , and I again succeeded . "My wife shortl y afterwards became very ill , and died in giving birth prematurel y to a child . In her last moments she besought me to be leconcded to my early friend , and desired me to read a letter in her escritoire , it was addressed to her b y him a short time previous to our