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THE ANGEL'S HISTORY OF THE CREATION. 25<br />

"saying, 'O Lord God, of the creatures which Thou<br />

"hast made by Thy power, which is able to dwell<br />

"on this land which quaketh and [p. 143] shaketh<br />

"like unto this?' Now when God heard this He<br />

"spake with His blessed and holy voice, and we<br />

"were all terrified thereat exceedingly, and we fell<br />

"upon our faces and looked at the earth, and be-<br />

"hold He had made this mountain to surround the<br />

"ends of the earth; and straightway He fixed it<br />

"firmly so that it might not be moved. This<br />

"mountain is the father of all the mountains which The parent<br />

mountain.<br />

"are upon the earth, and the glorious God estab-'<br />

"lished for it roots and outlets, and from it all<br />

"mountains grow into being. All the mountains<br />

"which thou seest, and the stones, and the rivers,<br />

"are subject unto God Almighty, but they derive<br />

"their origin from' this mountain, even as the origin<br />

"of the children of Adam is derived from their<br />

"father Adam. And God in His strength and might<br />

"hath given unto me power and might, such<br />

"as He hath not given unto any other of the<br />

"angels who have care and charge over the<br />

"earth, for He hath ordered me to hold fast this<br />

"mountain which surroundeth the whole earth that<br />

"man may neither move it nor sink it into the<br />

"ground, and He, the glorious God, holdeth it<br />

"fast by His power and by His creative voice.<br />

"And, moreover, observe, O man, that He hath<br />

"made all the mountains which are in the world<br />

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