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him lifeless and mangled. Thou wert near, and methought thou didst resemble him. Thy voice had his very tone, as it cried "father, father!" My heart yearned to be as a father to thee. And I have led thee hither through blood and death. Poor child be comforted, and lift up thy soul to God."
"Was it not very strange, that a Catholic should be so good?"
"There are good men among every sect of Christians, my child. We should never condemn those who differ from us in opinion, if their lives are according to the gospel. This ecclesiastic was a man of true benevolence. Nothing could exceed his kindness to him whose life he had saved. It was ascertained that he