And an Arian was just as good as an infidel.

An Arian robbed Christ of His supreme deity, and since he did not worship the Trinity in the orthodox sense he must worship a false god.

He was an idolater therefore, and it was a sin to be yoked together with such an one.
Many men more learned than the callow but pious and sincere Brother Hall have left us in print just such deductions.
When this decision was communicated to the scrupulous Cynthy Ann, she folded her hopes as one lays away the garment of a dead friend; she west to her little room and prayed; she offered a sacrifice to God not less costly than Abraham's, and in a like sublime spirit.

She watered the plant In the old cracked blue-and-white tea-pot, she noticed that it was just about to bloom, and then she dropped one tear upon it, and because it suggested Jonas in some way, she threw it away, resolved not to have any idols in her heart.

And, doubtless, God received the sacrifice, mistaken and needless as it was, a token of the faithfulness of her heart to her duty as she understood it.
[Illustration: CYNTHY ANN'S SACRIFICE.] Cynthy Ann explained it all to Jonas in a severe and irrevocable way.
Jonas looked at her a moment, stunned.
"Did Brother Goshorn venture to send me any of his wisdom, in the way of advice, layin' round loose, like counterfeit small change, cheap as dirt ?" "Well, yes," said Cynthy Ann, hesitating.
"I'll bet the heft of my fortin', to be paid on receipt of the amount, that I kin tell to a T what the good Christian wanted me to do." "Don't be oncharitable, Jonas.