The public life of early Christians was persecution above ground; his private life was prayer underground. The principal device, scratched on slabs, carved on utensils and rings, and seen almost everywhere, is the Good Shepherd, surrounded by his flock and carrying a lamb. Bust most striking of all, he is found with a goat on his shoulder; which teaches us that even the wicked were at that early date regarded as the objects of the Savior's solicitude, after departing from this life!
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