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NOTE.--It is not from any time-marked Hebrew roll that this story
of Quintus is now taken. He was of Roman blood, and his record is,
rather, to be found in the Latin literature of his time. Well it
is when some new leaf is discovered among the musty folios,
reciting the saintly character and the triumphs of those who lived
when Christianity was new. This record shows the worth of
consecrated life and service in the days when the luxurious Roman
state most needed a Christian citizenship. But the lesson is none
the less for these last days, when the hope of the world is in the
creed of Quintus.
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By the side of Quintus is his fellow soldier Aulus. They had spent
their boyhood together among the scenes of Rome; now they are
companions still, on this last Roman expedition to the district of
Judaea. While the common soldiery are throwing their dice in
the camp thoroughfare, these are speaking of more serious things.
The picture on which they look from lofty Scopus includes the
shining roofs of Jerusalem, the wooded Mount of Olives, and the far
landscape to the south and west; its undulations and brilliant
colorings no Roman artist might put upon the canvas.
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