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He, a stranger, unoffending, without enemies! who should shed his blood but one of those who feared his witness? Who might fear that testimony the most? Arbaces, the Egyptian! 'You hear him! said Arbaces; 'you hear him! he blasphemes! Ask him if he believes in Isis! 'Do I believe in an evil demon? returned Olinthus, boldly. A groan and shudder passed through the assembly.
'Since thou leftst me so abruptly, said Olinthus, 'hast thou been happy? has thy heart found contentment under these priestly robes? hast thou, still yearning for the voice of God, heard it whisper comfort to thee from the oracles of Isis? That sigh, that averted countenance, give me the answer my soul predicted.
FLAVEL, "Pneumatologia; or, Treatise of the Soul," I. 290. SIR M. HALE, "Primitive Origination of Mankind," p. 309. Compare Heb. 12: 9; Num. 16: 22; 27: 16; Zech. 12: 1; Luke 23: 43, 46; Acts 7: 59; Eccles. 12: 7; 2 Cor. 5: 8; James 2: 26; Luke 24: 39; John 10: 25; John 5: 24. DR. OLINTHUS GREGORY, "Life of Hall," Works, VI. 26.
He crept nearer towards Olinthus; for the Italians, fierce in some points, were not unnecessarily cruel in others; they spared the separate cell and the superfluous chain, and allowed the victims of the arena the sad comfort of such freedom and such companionship as the prison would afford.
Were I to embrace thy creed, and cast down my father's gods, should I not be bribed by thy promise of heaven, or awed by thy threats of hell? Olinthus, no! Think we of each other with equal charity I honoring thy sincerity thou pitying my blindness or my obdurate courage.
'At the next solemn consultation of the oracle, said Olinthus, as he proceeded in the warmth of his address, 'advance yourself to the railing, proclaim aloud to the people the deception they endure, invite them to enter, to be themselves the witness of the gross but artful mechanism of imposture thou hast described to me.
Taking Nydia by the hand, Glaucus hurried across the passages; he gained the den of the Christian! He found Olinthus kneeling and in prayer. 'Arise! arise! my friend, he cried. 'Save thyself, and fly! See!
But in the present instance the experienced Pansa thought better that the sanguinary drama should advance, not decrease, in interest; and accordingly the execution of Olinthus and Glaucus was reserved for the last.
He passed the more populous streets; and, pursuing mechanically the way to Ione's house, he traversed a more deserted quarter, and entered now the lonely grove of Cybele, in which Apaecides had held his interview with Olinthus.
Content with the soft lips that love us, This music, this wine, and this mirth, boys, We care not for gods up above us We know there's no god for this earth, boys! They were in earnest conversation, and did not seem to notice or heed the gladiator as they moved on. 'O horror on horrors! said one; 'Olinthus is snatched from us! our right arm is lopped away!
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