OF CHRISTIANITY UPON OTHER RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS. 4? 



If thou desires t mercj, shew mercy to the tearful : 

 If thou desirest mercy, be merciful to the feeble." (Cf. 

 Matthew v, 7.) 



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" Whosoever has a soul pure from lusts, 

 Soon seeth he the Majesty of the Pure Hall " (i.e., G-od). 

 (Matthew v, 8.) 



" By His grace He rendereth each senseless thing intelli- 

 gent : 



His wrath hath rendered the wise blind." (Luke x, 21.) 



" N"o leaf f alleth from a tree 

 Without the decree and bidding of that Kuler of the 

 Throne." (Luke xii, 7.) 



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" Since that Eighteous Man is the Word of Truth (i.e., God), 



(John i, 1), 

 His hand in doings is the Hand of God." 



" If there be thousands of snares in a step, 

 When Thou art with us there is no grief." (Komans viii, 31.) 



" One word lays waste a world ; 

 It makes dead foxes lions." (James iii, 5, 6.) 



These are but a very few passages, selected almost at random, 

 out of a large number which occur in the Masnavi. Sometimes 



