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The Holy Cross.
" Ce rain tant montepliera , Que une crois faicte en sera , Ou la vie recovrera mort , Qui aus ames donra confort , " says an old French mystery . According to another legend , an Angel ives Seth three kernels from an apple of the
g tree of life , of which , having first made an oil from them to anoint his father ' s body , he p laces one in his father ' s mouth , and the two others in his nostrils . From these , or from the branch according to the other legend , sprung the tree from which the Cross was made . There is a representation of this legend in one of the stained glass windows of St .
Neot ' s church in Cornwall , where Seth is seen placing the grains under his father's tongue , with the inscription " Hie Seth ponit tria grana sub lingua Ada . '" This church is well worth visiting by those Brethren who take an interest in such subjects ; all the windows are of stained lasswhich were restored a few years since by the
g , munificence of the then patron , the late Rev . Richard Gerveys Grylls , whose son , the Rev . Henry Grylls , the Grand Chaplain for Cornwall , and a zealous Mason , is now the vicar .
From the above mentioned tree , according to some of the Rabbinical traditions , the rod of Moses , with which he performed his miracles , was taken ; and also the wood with which he cured the bitter waters ; as well as the pole on which the brazen serpent was elevated . At the time of the building of Solomon ' s temple , the tree was cut down
for the purpose of being used ; but , when required , it always proved too long , or too short , or too narrow ; it was therefore at last thrown aside as useless for the temple , and employed as a bridge ; which , however , the Queen of Sheba , at the time of her visit to Solomon , refused to cross ; stating that it would prove the ruin of the Jews . Being used also
as a seat , the Sybil would not sit upon it , predicting that the Redeemer of mankind would die triumphantly thereon . It afterwards laid in the pool of Bethesda , from whence it was taken to form the Cross . So that from Adam , in whom we all die , sprung , according to the legend , the tree , bmeans of our Saviour ' s sacrifice whereonall men
y , receive life eternal . It is stated in one account , amongst other minutiae , that the smith who was desired to make the nails , feigned sickness to avoid doing so , but his wife came forward and did the work . After the death of our Saviour , the cross , which , with its accompanying imple-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Holy Cross.
" Ce rain tant montepliera , Que une crois faicte en sera , Ou la vie recovrera mort , Qui aus ames donra confort , " says an old French mystery . According to another legend , an Angel ives Seth three kernels from an apple of the
g tree of life , of which , having first made an oil from them to anoint his father ' s body , he p laces one in his father ' s mouth , and the two others in his nostrils . From these , or from the branch according to the other legend , sprung the tree from which the Cross was made . There is a representation of this legend in one of the stained glass windows of St .
Neot ' s church in Cornwall , where Seth is seen placing the grains under his father's tongue , with the inscription " Hie Seth ponit tria grana sub lingua Ada . '" This church is well worth visiting by those Brethren who take an interest in such subjects ; all the windows are of stained lasswhich were restored a few years since by the
g , munificence of the then patron , the late Rev . Richard Gerveys Grylls , whose son , the Rev . Henry Grylls , the Grand Chaplain for Cornwall , and a zealous Mason , is now the vicar .
From the above mentioned tree , according to some of the Rabbinical traditions , the rod of Moses , with which he performed his miracles , was taken ; and also the wood with which he cured the bitter waters ; as well as the pole on which the brazen serpent was elevated . At the time of the building of Solomon ' s temple , the tree was cut down
for the purpose of being used ; but , when required , it always proved too long , or too short , or too narrow ; it was therefore at last thrown aside as useless for the temple , and employed as a bridge ; which , however , the Queen of Sheba , at the time of her visit to Solomon , refused to cross ; stating that it would prove the ruin of the Jews . Being used also
as a seat , the Sybil would not sit upon it , predicting that the Redeemer of mankind would die triumphantly thereon . It afterwards laid in the pool of Bethesda , from whence it was taken to form the Cross . So that from Adam , in whom we all die , sprung , according to the legend , the tree , bmeans of our Saviour ' s sacrifice whereonall men
y , receive life eternal . It is stated in one account , amongst other minutiae , that the smith who was desired to make the nails , feigned sickness to avoid doing so , but his wife came forward and did the work . After the death of our Saviour , the cross , which , with its accompanying imple-