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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 42

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XLII.

Come, ye saints, who disciplined yourselves in mountains and

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caves

and

dens

of

the

earth

,

who

honoured

my

name

by

continence

and

prayer

and

virginity

.

Come

,

ye

maidens

,

who

desired

my

bride

-

chamber

,

and

loved

no

other

bridegroom

than

me

,

who

by

your

testimony

and

habit

of

life

were

wedded

to

me

,

the

immortal

and

incorruptible

Bridegroom

.

Come

,

ye

friends

of

the

poor

and

the

stranger

.

Come

,

ye

who

kept

my

love

,

as

I

am

love

.

Come

,

ye

who

possess

peace

,

for

I

own

that

peace

.

Come

,

ye

blessed

of

my

Father

,

inherit

the

kingdom

prepared

for

you

,

ye

who

esteemed

not

riches

,

ye

who

had

compassion

on

the

poor

,

who

aided

the

orphans

,

who

helped

the

widows

,

who

gave

drink

to

the

thirsty

,

who

fed

the

hungry

,

who

received

strangers

,

who

clothed

the

naked

,

who

visited

the

sick

,

who

comforted

those

in

prison

,

who

helped

the

blind

,

who

kept

the

seal

of

the

faith

inviolate

,

who

assembled

yourselves

together

in

the

churches

,

who

listened

to

my

Scriptures

,

who

longed

for

my

words

,

who

observed

my

law

day

and

night

,

who

endured

hardness

with

me

like

good

soldiers

,

seeking

to

please

me

,

your

heavenly

King

.

Come

,

inherit

the

kingdom

prepared

for

you

from

the

foundation

of

the

world

.

Behold

,

my

kingdom

is

made

ready

;

behold

,

paradise

is

opened

;

behold

,

my

immortality

is

shown

in

its

beauty

.

Come

all

,

inherit

the

kingdom

prepared

for

you

from

the

foundation

of

the

world

.

Notes

1
κεκαλλώπισται. [Isa. xxxiii. 17.]