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On the other hand, where charity dwelleth, it maketh the weak strong and the uncomely beautiful; it sheddeth a glory about him who possesseth it, like that which did shine on the face of Moses, or that which did sit upon the countenance of Stephen, when his face was as the face of an angel.
"Hadassah," said the chief, addressing the widow with respect, "do you then require that we should trust this stranger, when if he prove false so many Hebrew lives will be the forfeit of confidence misplaced?" "I require that you should trust Him who hath said, Thou shalt do no murder; who hath ordained that whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.
In the same way, the Sun of Truth shineth out from and sheddeth its bounties through twelve stations of holiness, and by these heavenly signs are meant those stainless and unsullied personages who are the very well-springs of sanctity, and the dawning-points proclaiming the oneness of God.
Some whispered his death was by a subtle poison; others, that his murderer had sought him in the dead of night, and, instead of treacherously dealing the blow, had awakened him, and bade him confess his crimes one especially; and acknowledge that if the mandate of the Eternal, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed," were still to govern man, his death was but an act of justice which might not be eluded.
'Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen. ix, 3. "Revenge. 'Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Gen. ix, 6. "Drunkenness. 'And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. Gen. ix, 21. "Partiality. 'God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem and Canaan shall be his servant. Gen. ix, 27.
Supposing that this alluded to their own murders, some of their countrymen appeared startled, and cried out, "Ah! that is true, we are sinners, and old murderers; but we will never more carry concealed knives, either under our arms or under our clothes; and we shall never have bows and arrows hid in our kaiaks, because the Lord in heaven has said, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed.
Thy head ... and goeth round over thy feet. Rā-Khepera shineth upon thy body, when thou liest on thy bed in the form of Seker, so that he may drive away the darkness that shroudeth thee, and may infuse light in thy two eyes. He passeth a long period of time shining upon thee, and sheddeth tears over thee.
A few quotations amply show the Biblical approval of this doctrine: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Genesis 9;6. No expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Numbers 35;33. Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed, be known among the nations in our sight. Psalms 79;10.
So poor Elias moaned in his misery; and he was the more to be pitied because the sons of Israel are not bloodthirsty, and they know it is written in their law, "Whosoever sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed."
Send down upon her the breaths of Thy mercy, that she may be carried away wholly from herself, and be drawn entirely towards the seat which, resplendent with the glory of Thy face, sheddeth afar the radiance of Thy sovereignty, and is established as Thy throne. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.
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