Philip Schaff

Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents, Homilies, Composed by Mar Jacob — Homily on Guria and Shamuna
Author: Philip Schaff

Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

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“Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents, Homilies, Composed by Mar Jacob — Homily on Guria and Shamuna”, published in 1885, is a work by Philip Schaff. It explores elements such as Shamuna, Guria and faith.

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ And the body was smitten, and endured stripes, and bore sufferings:
But overthrown was not their faith which was within their hearts.
The mouth betrayeth the soul to death when it speaks,
And with the tongue, as with a sword, worketh slaughter.
And from it spring up both life and death to men:
Denying a man dies, confessing he lives, and the mouth hath power over it.
Denial is death, and in confession is the soul’s life;
And power hath the mouth over them both, like a judge.
The word of the mouth openeth the door for death to enter in ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ Lo! tortures on thy body are set like gems of beryl,
And the sword on thy neck like a chain of choice gold.
Thy blood upon thy form is a robe of glory full of beauty,
And the scourging of thy back a vesture with which the sun may not compare.
Radiant thou art and comely by virtue of these thy sufferings, so abounding;
And resplendent are thy beauties, because of the pains which are so severe upon thee.
Shamuna, our riches, richer art thou than the rich:
For lo! the rich stand at thy door, that thou mayest relieve them. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ The Son of God slew death by His crucifixion;
And, inasmuch as death is slain, it caused no suffering to the martyrs.
With a wounded serpent one playeth without fear;
A slain lion even a coward will drag along:
The great serpent our Lord crushed by His crucifixion;
The dread lion did the Son of God slay by His sufferings.
Death bound He fast, and laid him prostrate and trampled on him at the gate of Hades;
And now whosoever will draweth near and mocketh at him, because he is slain.
These old men, Shamuna and Guria, mocked at death,
As at that lion which by the Son of God was slain. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ Shamuna and Guria came from villages that were not wealthy,
And lo! in a great city became they lords;
And its chief men, its judges also, stand before their doors,
And they solicit their charity to satisfy their wants.
From their confession of the faith of the Son of God
These blessed men acquired riches beyond compute.
Poor did He Himself become, and the poor made He rich;
And lo! enriched is the whole creation through His poverty.
The chosen martyrs did battle against error,
And in the confession of the Son of God stood they firm like valiant men. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ Take dust from thy threshold, as though it were the medicine of life.
The cross is rich, and to its worshippers increaseth riches;
And its poverty despiseth all the riches of the world.
Shamuna and Guria, sons of the poor, lo! at your doors
Bow down the rich, that they may receive from you supplies for their wants.
The Son of God in poverty and want
Showed to the world that all its riches are as nothing,
His disciples, all fishermen, all poor, all weak,
All men of little note, became illustrious through His faith. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ Afflicted was his body, but sound was his faith;
Bound fast was his person, but unfettered was his prayer over his deed.
For, prayer nothing whatsoever turneth aside,
And nothing hindereth it—not even sword, not even fire. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ This, too, calleth for life, and it beameth forth upon the man.
Even the robber by one word of faith
Won him the kingdom, and became heir of paradise, [6] all fraught with blessings.
The wicked judges too, from the martyrs, the sons of the right hand,
Demanded that by word of mouth only they should blaspheme;
But, like true men holding fast the faith,
They uttered not a word by which unbelief might be served.
Shamuna, beauty of our faith, who is adequate to tell of thee?
All too narrow is my mouth for thy praise, too mean for thee to be spoken of by it. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents… (1885)

“ And, if one turn but a little aside from it, a ditch receives him.
That dumb sign only is there between the right and the left,
And on “Yea” and “Nay” stand [14] sin and righteousness.
By a dumb sign only did the blessed men plainly signify that they would not sacrifice,
And in virtue of a single dumb sign did the path lead them to Eden ”

Philip Schaff

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