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 their fidelity  in  the  performance  of  the  Christian and social  duties. If they,  with  the  aid  of  God's grace,  achieved  such  victories,  why  should  not we, by  the  same  aid,  be  able  to  accomplish  the little desired  of  us ? God rewarded  His  victorious champions with  eternal  bliss;  the  same  crown  is prepared  for  us,  if  we  but  render  ourselves worthy of  it. God placed  the  seal  of  miracles  on the  intrepid  confession  of  His  servants;  and  a mind  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  faith  sees  nothing extraordinary therein,  because  our  divine  Saviour Himself said,  "Amen,  amen  I  say  to  you,  he  that believeth  in  Me,  the  works  that  I  do,  he  also  shall do,  and  greater  than  these  shall  he  do"  (John  xiv. 12),  In  all  the  miraculous  events  wrought  in  and by the  saints  appears  only  the  victorious  omnipotent power  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  living  faith  in which  His  servants  operated  in  virtue  of  this power. To obliterate  the  miracles  that  appear in the  lives  of  the  saints,  or  even  to  enfeeble  their import by  the  manner  of  relating  them,  would  rob these legends  of  their  intrinsic  value. If our  age is no  longer  robust  enough  to  acknowledge  the effects of  divine  omnipotence  and  grace,  it  does not follow  that  they  must  be  disavowed  or denied.