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GERASIMAS CONVERSES WITH THE SAINTS. 569<br />

"his soul, and straightway he taketh that soul and<br />

"carrieth it up into heaven; and we watch the<br />

"soul until it disappeareth and then we lay dust<br />

"upon his dust. And thus do we do in the matter<br />

"of our wives also—now no child dieth before<br />

"he hath grown up—and then we return to our<br />

"houses without sorrow and without weeping."<br />

And Saint Gerasimas answered and said untoproph<br />

lecies<br />

them, "God Almighty hath given unto you<br />

concerning<br />

a Christ by<br />

"spiritual mystery; how have ye learnt to know '""""''*'<br />

"our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?" And they<br />

said unto him, "We know [Him] by reason of<br />

"what our father Jeremiah spake unto us, saying,<br />

"'Behold, a Saviour of the world shall come, and<br />

"ye shall see Him with your eyes;' and this which<br />

"we heard from our father Jeremiah we believed<br />

"before our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ came.<br />

"And we saw Him with our eyes, and the Prophets<br />

"prophesied concerning His coming. And Moses<br />

"said unto the children of Israel, [p. 366] 'Behold<br />

"God Almighty shall raise up to you from among Moses an<br />

"your brethren a prophet like unto myself; hearken<br />

"ye unto him,'' And again Joshua, the son of<br />

"Nun, prophesied concerning the coming of the<br />

"Saviour of the world when the Amalekites, a<br />

"foreign nation, rose up against the children of<br />

"Israel.^ And Moses rose up and stood before<br />

"God Almighty, and prayed, saying, 'O Lord God<br />

' Deuteronomy xviii. 15, 18.<br />

^ Exodus xvii. 8ff.<br />

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