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 brethren; your Master calls for full fidelity to his example.”

A loud but solemn “Amen” followed this earnest exhortation, and the service, nearly the last in those regions for about a century and a half, closed with the following hymn:

This hymn, compiled chiefly through the preponderating Waldensian influence, happily presented and harmonized the meeting points of the various denominations. Pietro and Solomon met immediately after the ordinance. “I comprehend it all now,” exclaimed Ben Gerson; “and although I cannot participate in your creed, yet I sincerely pray for a blessing on your earnestness and philanthropy. We shall all blend in the great oneness whereof we are infinitesimal atoms.”