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Peter Rendl as Saint John

Johann Zwink as Judas

Rosa Lang as Mary

"Ecce Homo!"

A Record of Junípero Serra

Mission of San Antonio de Pádua

Mission of San Antonio de Pádua--Interior of Chapel

Mission of San Antonio de Pádua--Side of Chapel, with the Old Pear-trees

The Great Saint Bernard

Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard

Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard--in Winter

Jupitère (Great Saint Bernard Dog)

Monks of the Great Saint Bernard

Saint Bernard and the Demon

John Brown

The John Brown Homestead, North Elba, N. Y.

John Brown's Grave

Ulrich Von Hutten

Ulrich Zwingli

_Men told me, Lord, it was a vale of tears

Where Thou hast placed me, wickedness and woe

My twain companions whereso I might go;

That I through ten and threescore weary years

Should stumble on beset by pains and fears,

Fierce conflict round me, passions hot within,

Enjoyment brief and fatal but in sin.

When all was ended then should I demand

Full compensation from thine austere hand:

For, 'tis thy pleasure, all temptation past,

To be not just but generous at last._

_Lord, here am I, my threescore years and ten

All counted to the full; I've fought thy fight,

Crossed thy dark valleys, scaled thy rocks' harsh height,

Borne all the burdens Thou dost lay on men

With hand unsparing threescore years and ten.

Before Thee now I make my claim, O Lord,--

What shall I pray Thee as a meet reward?_

_I ask for nothing. Let the balance fall!

All that I am or know or may confess

But swells the weight of mine indebtedness;

Burdens and sorrows stand transfigured all;

Thy hand's rude buffet turns to a caress,

For Love, with all the rest. Thou gavest me here,

And Love is Heaven's very atmosphere,

Lo, I have dwelt with Thee, Lord. Let me die.

I could no more through all eternity._