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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 12

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12. It came to pass, after these things,

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that

the

death

of

that

old

man

,

the

pious

Joseph

,

and

his

departure

from

this

world

,

were

approaching

,

as

happens

to

other

men

who

owe

their

origin

to

this

earth

.

And

as

his

body

was

verging

on

dissolution

,

an

angel

of

the

Lord

informed

him

that

his

death

was

now

close

at

hand

.

Therefore

fear

and

great

perplexity

came

upon

him

.

So

he

rose

up

and

went

to

Jerusalem

;

and

going

into

the

temple

of

the

Lord

,

he

poured

out

his

prayers

there

before

the

sanctuary

,

and

said

: