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He beheld, shouted, kindled, carried thence with him the madness which should goad him to return not only with them who first drew him thither, but also before them, yea and to draw in others. Yet thence didst Thou with a most strong and most merciful hand pluck him, and taughtest him to have confidence not in himself, but in Thee. But this was after.
For the sake of our fathers who trusted in Thee, And Thou taughtest them the statutes of life, Have mercy upon us, and teach us. Enlighten our eyes in Thy law; Cause our hearts to cleave to Thy commandments: Unite our hearts to love and fear Thy Name, And we shall not be put to shame, world without end. Amen." Then all the congregation repeated their Creed in unison.
During the long pause that ensued Catherine leaned forward and passed something adroitly from her own lap under her daughter's apron who sat next her. "Presently thinking, all in a whirl, of all that ever passed between us, and taking leave of all those pleasant hours, I called to mind how one day at Sevenbergen thou taughtest me to make a rope of straw. Mindest thou?
I forsake also all Daeva like beings, witches, wizards, and the like. I belong to the Mazdaist religion, and will support it to my dying day. There is no joy of virtue but has come from Ahura-Mazda. The importance and value of the Ahuna-Vairya prayer, said Zarathustra to Ahura-Mazda "O holiest and best of beings, what words taughtest thou me before the world was, or human life began its history?"
Shade of my mother! is it that I have listened to these men that I have, to win my husband's love, tried to forget that which thou taughtest, even when a child at thy feet that faith which our forefathers for thousands of years lived and died in that creed proved by works, and obedience to the prophet's will is it for this that I am punished? Tell me, mother oh! tell me in my dreams."
Shade of my mother! is it that I have listened to these men that I have to win my husband's love, tried to forget that which thou taughtest, even when a child at thy feet that faith which our forefathers for thousands of years lived and died in that creed proved by works, and obedience to the prophet's willis it for this that I am punished? Tell me, mother oh! tell me in my dreams."
"Hag! thou hast passed the limits to which, remembering who thou art, my forbearance gave thee licence. I had well-nigh forgot that thou hadst assumed my part I am the Accuser! Woman! the boy! shrink not! equivocate not! lie not! thou wert the thief!" "I was. Thou taughtest me the lesson how to steal a "
I felt however that another sort of people were suspicious even of truth, and refused to assent to it, if delivered in a smooth and copious discourse. But Thou, O my God, hadst already taught me by wonderful and secret ways, and therefore I believe that Thou taughtest me, because it is truth, nor is there besides Thee any teacher of truth, where or whencesoever it may shine upon us.
I know myself, nor did I learn so much of myself what while I sojourned at Paris as thou taughtest me in one single night of thine.
'Thou knowest that, like many holy men of old, I am no scholar, and knew not even the Greek tongue, till thou, out of thy brotherly kindness, taughtest it to me. But hast thou never heard what Anthony said to a certain Pagan who reproached him with his ignorance of books? "Which is first," he asked, "spirit, or letter? Spirit, sayest thou? Then know, the healthy spirit needs no letters.
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