Benoni; Or, the Triumph of Christianity Over Judaism, from the Germ. by S. Jackson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856. Excerpt: ... Genesareth, sometimes lingering on its lovely banks, and then again proceeding forward, until the round summit of the Mount of Beatitudes appeared in view, and they then went on in an oblique direction, till they saw the city of Tiberias in the distance. And before they came thither, Peter called the disciples to him, seeing that he was the chief of them, and showed them a dog, which was dead, and which lay on the road. 'That dog has often barked at me, '--said he, --' but he will now do so no more.' Andrew, his brother, said, 'I have thrown many a stone at him: and most of them hit him, whilst the rest made him afraid, which was all he was good for.' But Bartholomew said, 'He had the mange and the worm.' Philip found fault with his reddish hair; James, with his ugly ears; James the Less, with his sneaking gait; Matthew with his hoarse bark; Jude, with his viciousness; and Judas Iscariot did not reckon his skin worth two farthings. Thomas thought that he perhaps only feigned himself dead, and was not really so. John said nothing, but his eyes were directed to his Master's lips. But the Lord, when all his disciples had spoken in severe terms of the dead dog's faults, defects, and mischievous tricks, pointed to the animal's mouth, and said, '. Are not his teeth as white as ivory?' So saying, he proceeded on his way; but the disciples took the words to heart, and commended the love which knows how to find something good even in an enemy, because it is love which gives eyes to see it. I have already informed you of Benoni's poverty on entering Paris. The torn and threadbare clothes he wore when the robbers attacked them and took away his little bundle with a small stock of linen, with a thorn-stick he had cut on the way, was all he brought with him to that sp...