There is not one but is ready to bid me good day and shake my hand or kiss my dress.

Many a one has come to me in tears and left me happy .-- By the great Zeus! no one ever accused me of being soft-hearted, but I could wish this day that I were harder; and my blood turns to gall as I ask--What is all this for--to what possible end ?" "For the sake and honor of the faith, Demetrius; for the eternal salvation of our people." "Indeed!" retorted Demetrius with a drawl, "I know better.

If that and that alone were intended you would build churches and chapels and send us worthy priests--Eusebius and the like--and would try to win men's hearts to your Lord by the love you are always talking so much about.
That was my advice to your mother, only this morning.

I believe the end might be attained by those means, among us as elsewhere; ultimately it will, no doubt, be gained--but not to-day nor to-morrow.

A peasant, when he had become accustomed to the church and grasped a trust in the new God, would of his own accord give up the old gods and their sanctuaries; I could count you off a dozen such instances.