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From this issued Ormuzd, the good, the light, the creator of all. Opposite to Ormuzd is Ahriman, the bad, the dark, the deformer of all. Between these two great deities comes Mithra, the Mediator, who is the Reconciler of all things to God, who is one with Ormuzd, although distinct from him.
To refuse his hand was, however, impossible; still, he found courage to reply: "I can but obey your desire, holy Father; but, at the same time, I do not know whether it becomes the son to grasp the hand of the foe who was not to be appeased even by Death, the reconciler who grossly insulted the father, the noblest of men, and, in him, the son too, at the grave itself."
The 'Chow Le' tells us of a provision made against the evil consequences of the principle by the appointment of a minister called 'The Reconciler. The provision is very inferior to the cities of refuge which were set apart by Moses for the manslayer to flee to from the fury of the avenger.
The human mind stands ever in perplexity, demanding intellect, demanding sanctity, impatient equally of each without the other. The reconciler has not yet appeared. If we tire of the saints, Shakespeare is our city of refuge. Yet the instincts presently teach, that the problem of essence must take precedence of all others, the questions of Whence?
In death are quenched The fires of rage; and hatred owns subdued, The mighty reconciler. Pity bends An angel form above the funeral urn, With weeping, dear embrace. Then to the tomb Stay not my passage: Oh, forbid me not, Thus with atoning sacrifice to quell The curse of heaven. ISABELLA. All Christendom is rich In shrines of mercy, where the troubled heart May find repose.
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