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forfeit. of being f:.llthful. Iu their view it wa~
n thouSt'lnd timc.,,;better to go to prif'OU an~l to
death, with a cle.ar con~eicllee, tlwn fl(;Cept of
cJeli\-erance all condition of deceiving j and
thaI they jutlged wLqely i.; provetl by the
crowns they now wear, anu tbe harp:. they
now tunc.
COli~idl..'r, too, how it elu.:aks and ennoble.'i
onc, to stand fnst by the truth in the greatest
cmcrgcllcicf".. \\'hat else waR it than the luv~
of truth~ thr~t sustained the three Hebrew chil.
drcn when the fiery furnace W:L~ heated to
fievcu.folu intensity j that cnnbleu Daniel to
auswcr the king 00 tTanquill.y while ~ittillg
among the lions in their den j flml tbat filled
the Lleoscu Myiour with such cOlnlXJsure ill
the presence of Pilate? Truth lias often :stood
up, unattewlcd and alont', to rcbuk~ tile mad.
lle.'';'S of the people, tear ofr tlw \ l'il from the
(lc~igns of ue:-;po~, and reason of righteou~nc5S,
tcUlpcr3nCt:~ amI jUtlglltent to come, in the pr~s.
euce of pomp and power. In whatc\"er else
)"OU fail, nCYl~r, never SWerve from the truth.
Even a bad man, if known ne\'er to tell a lie,
will command n me3l3uro of resocct" But a