Anonymous

“ Nay, the very creature that was prepared to torture him—the boiling oil—stood wondering at his feeling not its cruel power to pain.
Nature is obedient to him. He bids the stones be gems, and they obey: he bids the branch of a tree turn its pliant fibres into the precious metal of gold, and it obeys. ”

“ John sprang up amidst those true rivulets, which, from the commencement, flowed from the True Fountain; he has made the whole world drink of that life-giving nectar, that flows from the throne of God. ”