There was no display of arms, no rending of prison doors; but the healing of the sick, the preaching of the gospel, the uplifting of men's souls, testified to Christ's mission. Alone in the dungeon, seeing whither his path, like his Master's, tended, John accepted the trust--fellowship with Christ in sacrifice. Heaven's messengers attended him to the grave. The intelligences of the universe, fallen and unfallen, witnessed his vindication of unselfish service.

Johannes var alene i fængslet, og han så, hvorhen hans vej, ligesom hans Mesters, førte ham, men han tog mod sit betroede hverv: fællesskab med Kristus gennem selvopofrelse. Himmelens sendebud fulgte ham til graven, Universets åndevæsener, både de faldne og de ikke faldne, var vidne til hans uselviske tjeneste.