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wanderings of ignorance and the sarcasms of unbelief, patiently awaiting 
till the courses of ages shall acknowledge its truth, which existed before 
all ages.” 
“Divine philosophy! by whose pure light 
We first distinguish, then pursue, the right, 
Thy power the breast from every error frees, 
And w T eeds out all its vices by degrees.” 
— Gifford - 
Vju^tarel. 
A plant of the genus Sinapis. Its seed has 
a somewhat pungent taste. 
Fruitfulness, or Fertility of the Church. 
f HE mustard-seed, though small, grows in Pal¬ 
estine to be very high, spreads wide, and 
contains a very prolific power. In like manner 
the Church and doctrine of Christ, though at the beginning very small, in¬ 
creased so fast, and in time arrived at so large a growth as to surpass all 
other religions, so that the princes and wise men of the world sheltered 
themselves under the protection of Christianity, as the birds dwell under 
the branches of the tree.—(Matth. xiii, 31-33.) 
The signs and wonders which the confessors of Christ did, but, above 
all, the imperturbable serenity of mind and cheerfulness of heart with 
which they suffered the most cruel torments and the most painful deaths, 
convinced the pagans that only the God of the Christians could be the true 
God. And so it often happened that, whilst the Christians were suffering 
these most horrible tortures, many of the pagan spectators were heard to 
cry out: “We also are Christians; kill us together with them!” and thus 
