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The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
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And Issa replied to them : "If your idols and animals are powerful and really possess a supernatural power, let them annihilate me on the spot."
"Perform a miracle," the priests answered him, “and let thy God confound ours if they inspire him with disgust.”...;
But Issa answered : “The miracles of our God began with the creation of the universe, they take place now every day, every moment, and whosoever does not see them is deprived of one of the most beautiful gifts of life.”
"And it is not upon pieces of inanimate stone or metal or wood that the anger of God will fall, but it will fall upon men, who must for their own safety destroy all the idols which they have made."
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"Just as a stone and grain of sand which are as nothing before men, wait with resignation the time when he will utilize and make of them something useful and beautiful."
“Just so man nudist waits for the great favour which God will accord-him in honouring him with a decision."
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"But alas for you, opponents of men! if it is not the favour but the wrath of Divinity that you await; woe unto you if you wait for Him to show His power by miracles!"
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"For it is not the idols which he shall destroy in his wrath, but these who have erected them; their hearts shall be a prey to
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