*The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disciple.*
The things which you have heard and learned from John concerning Jesus are true. Believe them, cling to them, and hold fast the profession of that Christianity which you have embraced, and conform your habits and life to your profession. Now I will come in company with John to visit you, and those who are with you. Stand fast in the faith, and show thyself a man; nor let the fierceness of persecution move you, but let your spirit be strong and rejoice in God your Savior. Amen.
01 Cor. xvi. 13.
0Luke i. 47.