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unworthy of his Master. To him that day was

fulfilled the promise of God to the first

disciples: “Ye shall be brought before

governors and kings for My sake.... But when

they deliver you up, take no thought how or

what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you

in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it

is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your

Father which speaketh in you.” Matthew

10:18-20.

The words of Jerome excited astonishment

and admiration, even in his enemies. For a

whole year he had been immured in a

dungeon, unable to read or even to see, in

great physical suffering and mental anxiety.

Yet his arguments were presented with as

much clearness and power as if he had had

undisturbed opportunity for study. He

pointed his hearers to the long line of holy