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NOTHING TO FEAR

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 12, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 11.

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NOTHING TO FEAR.

When Chrysostom was threatened with banishment by the Roman emperor, should he persist in adhering to the Christian faith, he replied, “The world is my Father’s house; thou canst not banish me.”
“But I will slay thee,” said the emperor.
“Thou canst not,” said the heroic man, “for my life is hid with Christ in God.”
“I will take away thy treasures.”
“Nay,” was the answer. “In the first place, I have none that thou knowest of. My treasure is in heaven, and my heart is there.”
“But I will drive thee away from thy friends.”
“Not so,” answered Chrysostom. “I have a Friend in heaven from whom thou canst not separate me. I defy thee; there is nothing thou canst do to hurt me.”—Ram’s Horn.