"We bring love," said Peter.
And Paul of Tarsus added,—"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass."
But the heart of the old Apostle was stirred by that soul in suffering, which, like a bird in a cage, was struggling toward air and the sun; hence, stretching his hand to Vinicius, he said,—"Whoso knocketh, to him will be opened. The favor and grace of God is upon thee; for this reason I bless thee, thy soul and thy love, in the name of the Redeemer of mankind."