CHAPTER IV.

Kmghts of Malta.

THE following passages of scripture are occa*
sfionaily rehearsed in encampments of Knights of
Malta.

Jets xxvin. I — (J. ^ And when they were es-
caped, then they knew that the island was called
Melita. And the barbarous peo{^e shewed us no
little kindness;: for they kmdled a fire, and re.
eeived us every one, because of the present rain,,
and because of the cold. And when Paul had
ipthiered a bundle of sticks, and laki them on the

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Aft, there came a Tiper cKit of the heat^ and fast-
ened on his hand. And when the barbarians saw
the venomous beast hang on bis hand^ tfoey aaid
■tnoiig themselves,. No doubt this man was a mur-
dereFj wbom> though he hath escaped the sea, yet
vengeance sufTereth not to live. And he -shook
off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Bow-
bcit they looked when he should have swoHen,.
or fallen down dead suddenly ; but after they faard-
looked a great whiie,. aiid:Mw no harm coToe to
him, (hey changed their minds, and said that be
Mras a god."

Si. John xix. ig. *« And Filate wrote a titie^
and put it on the cross. And the writing was,
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF
THE JEWS.'>

St. John XX. 24 — 28. « But Thomas, one of
the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them
when Je^us came. The other disciples, therefore,,
said unto him. We have seen the Lord. But be
said unto them. Except I shall see in bis hands tbe
print of the nails, and put my finger into the print
of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I
will not believe.^ And after ei^l days,, again hiS'
disciples were within, and Thomas with thenir
Then came Jesus, th« doors^ being shut, and stood
in the midst, and said. Peace be unto }H>it. Then-
saith he to Thomas^ Reach hither thy ftnger^ nfiA

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behold my hands: and reach hither thy hand^
and thrust it into my side ; and be not faithless;^
but believing. And Thomas answered^ and said
unto him^ My Lord and my God.>>