e."

"Here," said Marcellus, pausing, "is something that seems adapted to my
condition. It sounds prophetic. Perhaps I too may be called upon to give
my testimony for Christ: may I then be found faithful!"

IN CHRIST, IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR ADRIAN, MARIUS, A YOUNG
MILITARY OFFICER, WHO LIVED LONG ENOUGH, AS HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR
CHRIST, AND DIED IN PEACE. HIS FRIENDS SET UP THIS WITH TEARS AND IN
FEAR.

"'In this world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world.' Thus Christ assures us; but while he warns us of
evil, he consoles us with his promise of support. In him we can find
grace sufficient for us."

"May the example of this young officer be for me," said Marcellus. "I
may shed my blood for Christ like him. May I die as faithfully! To lie
here among my brethren with such an epitaph, would be higher honor for
me than a mausoleum like that of Caecilia Metella."

They walked on as before.

"How sweet," said Marcellus, "is the death of the Christian! Its horror
has fled. To him it is a blessed sleep, and death, instead of awakening
terror, is associated with thoughts of rest or of victory."

THE SLEEPING PLACE OF ELPIS.

ZOTICUS LAID HERE TO SLEEP.

ASELUS SLEEPS IN CHRIST.

MARTYRIA IN PEACE.

VIDALIA IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST.

NICEPHORUS, A SWEET SOUL, IN THE PLACE OF REFRESMENT.

"Some of those inscriptions tell of the characters of the departed
brethren," said Honorius. "Look at these."

MAXIMIUS, WHO LIVED TWENTY-THREE YEARS, FRIEND OF ALL MEN.

IN CHRIST, ON THE FIFTH KALENDS OF NOVEMBER, SLEPT GORGONIUS, FRIEND
OF ALL, AND ENEMY TO NONE.

"And here too," he continued, "are others which tell of their private
lives and domestic experiences."

CAECILIUS THE HUSBAND, TO CAECILIA PLACIDINA, MY WIFE, OF EXCELLETT
MEMORY, WITH WHOM I LIVED TEN YEARS WITHOUT ANY QUARREL, IN JESUS
CHRIST, SON OF GOD, THE SAVIOUR.

SACRED TO CHRIST THE SUPREME GOD. VITALIS, BURIED ON SATURDAY,
KALENDS OF AUGUST, AGED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS. SHE
LIVED WITH HER HUSBAND TEN YEARS AND THIRTY DAYS. IN CHRIST THE
FIRST AND THE LAST.

TO DOMNINA, MY SWEETEST AND MOST INNOCENT WIFE, WHO LIVED SIXTEEN
YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS, AND WAS MARRIED TWO YEARS FOUR MONTHS AND
NINE DAYS: WITH WHOM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO LIVE, ON ACCOUNT OF MY
TRAVELING, MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, DURING WHICH TIME I SHEW