The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disciple. The things which thou hast heard and learned from John concerning Jesus are true. Believe them, cling to them, and hold fast the profession of that Christianity which thou hast embraced, and conform thy habits and life to thy profession. Now I will come in com- pany with John to visit thee, and those that are with thee. Stand fast in the faith,912 and show thyself a man; nor let the fierceness of persecution move thee, but let thy spirit be strong and rejoice in God thy Saviour.913 Amen. 912 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 913 Luke i. 47. The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disciple. 352 The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disc…