The Sweet Miracle
The Sweet Miracle
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An old man of long white beard, crowned with laurel leaves, clothed in a saffron tunic and holding a shor t three-stringed lyre, was gravely awaiting the rising of the sun on the marble steps. Down below, the soldiers waved a branch of olive and shouted to the priest. Did he know a new Prophet who had arisen in Galilee and who was so clever in miracles that he raised 2. S THE S^)/EET MIRACLE the dead to life, and changed water into wine ? Quietly extend- ing his arms, the serene old man cried o...ut over the dewy verdure of the valley — "Ye Romans, believe ye that prophets appear working miracles in Galilee or Judea? How can [a barbarian alter the order established by Zeus ? Magi- cians and soothsayers are pedlars who murmur empty words to snatch an alms from simple folk. "Without the permission of the Immortals, not a withered branch can fall from the tree, not a dry leaf be shaken. There are no prophets, no miracles. . . . The Delphic Apollo alone knoweth the secret of things ! " Slowly then, with heads cast down as after a defeat, the soldiers returned to the fortress of Cesarea, 29 THE SWEET MIRACLE and great was the despair of Septimus because his daughter was dying, and no complaint did she utter, but gazed as she lay there at the Tyrian Sea, and all the while the fame of Jesus, the healer of lingering maladies, grew ever fresher and more consoling, like the afternoon breeze that blows from Hermon and revives and lifts the drooping lilies in the gardens.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
An old man of long white beard, crowned with laurel leaves, clothed in a saffron tunic and holding a shor t three-stringed lyre, was gravely awaiting the rising of the sun on the marble steps. Down below, the soldiers waved a branch of olive and shouted to the priest. Did he know a new Prophet who had arisen in Galilee and who was so clever in miracles that he raised 2. S THE S^)/EET MIRACLE the dead to life, and changed water into wine ? Quietly extend- ing his arms, the serene old man cried o...ut over the dewy verdure of the valley — "Ye Romans, believe ye that prophets appear working miracles in Galilee or Judea? How can [a barbarian alter the order established by Zeus ? Magi- cians and soothsayers are pedlars who murmur empty words to snatch an alms from simple folk. "Without the permission of the Immortals, not a withered branch can fall from the tree, not a dry leaf be shaken. There are no prophets, no miracles. . . . The Delphic Apollo alone knoweth the secret of things ! " Slowly then, with heads cast down as after a defeat, the soldiers returned to the fortress of Cesarea, 29 THE SWEET MIRACLE and great was the despair of Septimus because his daughter was dying, and no complaint did she utter, but gazed as she lay there at the Tyrian Sea, and all the while the fame of Jesus, the healer of lingering maladies, grew ever fresher and more consoling, like the afternoon breeze that blows from Hermon and revives and lifts the drooping lilies in the gardens.
What to read after The Sweet Miracle?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ea De Queirs to read onlineMoreLess
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