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And Daniel, the just man, was cast to the lions, and Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael were flung into the furnace of fire, and they endured for God's sake.

With these words the mother of the seven encouraged every single one of her sons to die rather than transgress the ordinance of God; they themselves also knowing well that men dying for God live unto God, as live Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.

SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.

SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.

O mother, that together with thy seven sons didst break the tyrant's force, and bring to nought his evil devices, and gavest an example of the nobleness of faith.

And had it been lawful for us to paint, as might some artist, the tale of thy piety, would not the spectators have shuddered at the mother of seven sons suffering for righteousness' sake multitudinous tortures even unto death?

And indeed it were fitting to inscribe these words over their resting-place, speaking for a memorial to future generations of our people:

And indeed it were fitting to inscribe these words over their resting-place, speaking for a memorial to future generations of our people:

And righteousness won the victor and gave the crown to her athletes. Who but wondered at the athletes of the true Law?

For when the tyrant Antiochus saw the heroism of their virtue, and their endurance under the tortures, he publicly held up their endurance to his soldiers as an example; and he thus inspired his men with a sense of honour and heroism on the field of battle and in the labours of besieging, so that he plundered and overthrew all his enemies.

O Israelites, children born of the seed of Abraham, obey this Law, and be righteous in all ways, recognizing that Inspired Reason is lord over the passions, and over pains, not only from within, but from without ourselves; by which means those men, delivering up their bodies to the torture for righteousness' sake, not only won the admiration of mankind, but were deemed worthy of a divine inheritance.

For when he failed utterly to constrain the people of Jerusalem to live like Gentiles and abandon the customs of our fathers, he thereupon left Jerusalem and marched away against the Persians.

For when he failed utterly to constrain the people of Jerusalem to live like Gentiles and abandon the customs of our fathers, he thereupon left Jerusalem and marched away against the Persians.

Now these are the words that the mother of the seven sons, the righteous woman, spake to her children:

Who, while he was yet with us, taught you the Law and the prophets. He read to us of Abel who was slain by Cain, and of Isaac who was offered as a burnt-offering, and of Joseph in the prison.

And he spake to us of Phineas, the zealous priest, and he taught you the song of Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael in the fire.

And he glorified also Daniel in the den of lions, and blessed him; and he called to your minds the saying of Isaiah,

He sang to us the words of David the psalmist, "Many are the afflictions of the just."

He quoted to us the proverb of Solomon, "He is a tree of life to all them that do his will."

He quoted to us the proverb of Solomon, "He is a tree of life to all them that do his will."

Ah, cruel was the day, and yet not cruel, when the cruel tyrant of the Greeks set the fire blazing for his barbarous braziers, and with his passions boiling brought to the catapult and back again to his tortures the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham, and blinded the eyeballs of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and slew them with many kinds of torment.

Ah, cruel was the day, and yet not cruel, when the cruel tyrant of the Greeks set the fire blazing for his barbarous braziers, and with his passions boiling brought to the catapult and back again to his tortures the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham, and blinded the eyeballs of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and slew them with many kinds of torment.

But the sons of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are gathered together unto the place of their ancestors, having received pure and immortal souls from God, to whom be glory for ever and ever.

They wove for me a crown of truth, and it caused thy branches to bud in me.

For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me.

For who is able to distinguish love, except the one that is loved?

I have been united to I-run, for the Lover has found the Beloved,

For he that is joined to Him that is immortal, will also himself become immortal;

This is the Spirit of the Lord, which doth not lie, which teacheth the sons of men to know His ways.

Thou has given thy heart, O Lord, to thy believers: never wilt thou fail, nor be without fruits:

Distill thy dews upon us and open thy rich fountains that pour forth to us milk and honey:

And they shall have no light to see: they may not take hold upon me.

For thus it was from the beginning and will be to the end, that nothing should be His adversary, and nothing should stand up against Him.

The Lord has multiplied the knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace have been given to us.

For it flooded and broke up everything and it brought (water) to the Temple:

And the restrainers of the children of men were not able to restrain it, nor the arts of those whose business it is to restrain waters;

And the restrainers of the children of men were not able to restrain it, nor the arts of those whose business it is to restrain waters;

For it spread over the face of the whole earth, and filled everything: and all the thirsty upon earth were given to drink of it;

They gave strength for their feebleness and light to their eyes:

He hath caused me to know Himself, without grudging, by His simplicity: His kindness has humbled His greatness.

And I trembled not when I saw Him: because He was gracious to me:

Wherefore He pitied me in His abundant grace: and granted me to ask from Him and to receive from His sacrifice:

Wherefore He pitied me in His abundant grace: and granted me to ask from Him and to receive from His sacrifice:

He hath given Him to be seen of them that are His, in order that they may recognize Him that made them: and that they might not suppose that they came of themselves:

For knowledge He hath appointed as its way, He hath widened it and extended it; and brought to all perfection;

And set over it the traces of His light, and I walked therein from the beginning even to the end.

And the Most High shall be known in His Saints, to announce to those that have songs of the coming of the Lord;

And the Most High shall be known in His Saints, to announce to those that have songs of the coming of the Lord;

That they may go forth to meet Him, and may sing to Him with joy and with the harp of many tones:

That they may go forth to meet Him, and may sing to Him with joy and with the harp of many tones:

For He hath given a mouth to His creation, to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, to praise Him:

For He hath given a mouth to His creation, to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, to praise Him:

For He hath given a mouth to His creation, to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, to praise Him:

Open ye, open ye your hearts to the exultation of the Lord:

And let your love be multiplied from the heart and even to the lips,

To bring forth fruit to the Lord [fruit], holy [fruit], and to talk with watchfulness in His light.

To bring forth fruit to the Lord [fruit], holy [fruit], and to talk with watchfulness in His light.

To bring forth fruit to the Lord [fruit], holy [fruit], and to talk with watchfulness in His light.

Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you.

Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you.

Who then shall rise up against my handiwork, or who is there that is not subject to them?

And ye shall be found incorrupt in all ages to the name of your Father. Hallelujah.

Open your ears and I will speak to you. Give me your souls that I may also give you my soul,

For I announce to you peace, to you His saints;

For I announce to you peace, to you His saints;

And righteousness hath taken it and hath given it to you.

The Lord hath directed my mouth by His word: and He hath opened my heart by His light: and He hath caused to dwell in me His deathless life;

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

And it became to me for the praise of the Most High, and of God my Father.

My heart was cloven and its flower appeared; and grace sprang up in it: and it brought forth fruit to the Lord,

From the beginning and even to the end I acquired His knowledge:

And my inebriation was not one without knowledge, but I forsook vanity and turned to the Most High my God,

And He carried me to His Paradise; where is the abundance of the pleasure of the Lord;

And they grow by the fruits of the trees. And they have changed from darkness to light.

Behold! all thy servants are fair, who do good works, and turn away from wickedness to the pleasantness that is thine:

But everything is filled with fruit; glory be to thee, O God, the delight of Paradise for ever. Hallelujah.

And He has caused His knowledge to abound in me, because the mouth of the Lord is the true Word, and the door of His light;

And the Most High hath given it to His words, which are the interpreters of His own beauty, and the repeaters of His praise, and the confessors of His counsel, and the heralds of His thought, and the chasteners of His servants.

And by it the worlds talk one to the other; and in the Word there were those that were silent;

And from it came love and concord; and they spake one to the other whatever was theirs; and they were penetrated by the Word;

And they knew Him who made them, because they were in concord; for the mouth of the Most High spake to them; and His explanation ran by means of it:

And tell forth praise to His spirit: and wipe off the filth from your face: and love His holiness and clothe yourselves therewith:

As the eyes of a son to his father, so are my eyes, O Lord, at all times towards thee.

Stretch out to me, O Lord, at all times thy right hand: and be my guide even unto the end, according to thy good pleasure.

Stretch out to me, O Lord, at all times thy right hand: and be my guide even unto the end, according to thy good pleasure.

And open to me the harp of thy Holy Spirit, that with all its notes I may praise thee, O Lord.

And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, so thou shalt give to me; and hasten to grant our petitions; and thou art able for all our needs. Hallelujah.

And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, so thou shalt give to me; and hasten to grant our petitions; and thou art able for all our needs. Hallelujah.

And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, so thou shalt give to me; and hasten to grant our petitions; and thou art able for all our needs. Hallelujah.

As the sun is the joy to them that seek for its daybreak, so is my joy the Lord;

And according to His bounty He hath given to me, and according to His excellent beauty He hath made me.

And according to His bounty He hath given to me, and according to His excellent beauty He hath made me.

And according to His bounty He hath given to me, and according to His excellent beauty He hath made me.

And it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

And it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

Because His love bath nourished my heart, and even to my lips His fruits He poured out.

And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word.