TheVictory
“ThanksbeuntoGod，whogivethusthevictory。”1
Havenotmanyofus，inthewearywayoflife，felt，insomehours，howfareasieritweretodiethantolive？
Themartyr，whenfacedevenbyadeathofbodilyanguishandhorror，findsintheveryterrorofhisdoomastrongstimulantandtonic。Thereisavividexcitement，athrillandfervor，whichmaycarrythroughanycrisisofsufferingthatisthebirth-hourofeternalgloryandrest。
Buttolive，—towearon，dayafterday，ofmean，bitter，low，harassingservitude，everynervedampenedanddepressed，everypoweroffeelinggraduallysmothered，—thislongandwastingheart-martyrdom，thisslow，dailybleedingawayoftheinwardlife，dropbydrop，hourafterhour，—thisisthetruesearchingtestofwhattheremaybeinmanorwoman。