Book V - Snyder Bible

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sorrow, not knowing whither to go or where to seek, went
down with me to the harbor, and began to ask of the sailors
whether any of them had seen or heard of the bodies of a
mother and two little children being cast ashore anywhere,
four years ago. At that time one told one story and another,
but nothing definite was disclosed to us searching in this
boundless sea. Yet my father, by reason of the great affection
that he bore to his wife and children, was fed with vain hopes,
until he thought of placing me under guardians and leaving me
at Rome, as I was now twelve years old, and himself going in
quest of them. Therefore he went down to the harbor weeping,
and going on board a ship, took his departure; and from
that time till now I have never received any letters from him,
nor do I know whether he is alive or dead. But I rather suspect
that he also has perished, either through a broken heart or by
shipwreck; for twenty years have now elapsed since then, and
no tid
Chapter XI: Different Effects of Suffering on Heathens and Believers
Kefa, hearing this, shed tears of sympathy, and said to his
Elohim had endured what this mans father has endured, immediately
men would assign his belief as the cause of his calamities;
but when these things come upon miserable Gentiles,
they charge their misfortunes upon fate. I call them miserable,
because they are both vexed with errors here, and are deprived
of future hope; whereas, when the worshippers of
Yahweh suffer these things, their patient endurance of them
contri
Chapter XII: Excursion to Aradus.
After this, one of those present began to ask Kefa that early
next day we should go to a neighboring island called Aradus,
which was not more than six furlongs three-fourths of a mile
off, to see a certain wonderful work that was in it, namely, vi-