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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 24

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24. Now his body was lying prostrate and bloodless;

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wherefore

I

reached

forth

my

hand

,

and

put

right

his

eyes

and

shut

his

mouth

,

and

said

to

the

virgin

Mary

:

O

my

mother

,

where

is

the

skill

which

he

showed

in

all

the

time

that

he

lived

in

this

world

?

Lo

!

it

has

perished

,

as

if

it

had

never

existed

.

And

when

his

children

heard

me

speaking

with

my

mother

,

the

pure

virgin

,

they

knew

that

he

had

already

breathed

his

last

,

and

they

shed

tears

,

and

lamented

.

But

I

said

to

them

:

Assuredly

the

death

of

your

father

is

not

death

,

but

life

everlasting

:

for

he

has

been

freed

from

the

troubles

of

this

life

,

and

has

passed

to

perpetual

and

everlasting

rest

.

When

they

heard

these

words

,

they

rent

their

clothes

,

and

wept

.