I have seen the risen Lord!"
Influential is such a life on the home group of Quintus. With his
pride of birth and his great properties, Marcus becomes a believer.
A conversion it is which is the surprise of Rome. The rare
Lucretia, as well, receives the truth. At times, before she has
called herself a disciple, Quintus escorts her to the worship of
the Roman Christians. Their captivating speech, their holy love
for one another, their rapturous faces move her deepest heart.
Till, one day, when Quintus has been telling her of the womanhood
in Judaea which the Christ has ennobled, she replies:
"I believe it all, O Quintus. Of late into my heart an untold
peace has come. All things are changed for me. The sunlight is on
the hills!" It is her open confession. Lucretia is thenceforth
enrolled among the Roman saints of whom the world was not worthy,
and who looked for the life to come.
In the fellowship of the Roman church--already founded and rapidly
enlarging--Quintus finds his pleasure. A few are Jews from the
ghetto beyond the Tiber, till the persecution of Claudius drives
them forth.
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