MARTIN RATTLER. 97

son, the Emperor Don Pedro IL. Padre Caramuru lost
a beloved and only brother. He was quite a youth,
and had joined the army only a few months previ-
ously at the desire of his elder brother the padre, who
was so overwhelmed by the blow that he ceased to
take an active part in church or political affairs, and
buried himself in a retired part of his native valley,
Here he sought relief and comfort in the study of
the beauties of nature by which he was surrounded,
but found none. Then he turned his mind to the
doctrines of his church, and took pleasure in verifying
them from the Bible. But as he proceeded he found,
to his great surprise, that these doctrines were, many
of them, not to be found there; nay, further, that
some of them were absolutely contradicted by the
Word of God.

“Padve Caramuru had been in the habit of com-
manding his people not to listen to the Bible when
any one offered to read it; but in the Bible itself he
found these words, ‘Search the Scriptures. He had
been in the habit of praying to the V irgin Mary, and
begging her to intercede with God for him ; but in the
Bible he found these words: ‘There is one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.’ These
things perplexed him much. But while he was thus

searching, as it were, for silver, the ignorant padre found

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