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   "For those under the law, and dwelling in Judea, the Baptist was, as it   
   were, a lamp, preceding Christ; and God so spake before of him; `I have   
   prepared a lamp for My Christ.' And the law also typified him in the lamp,   
   which in the first tabernacle it commanded should be ever kept alight. But   
   the Jews, after being for a short time pleased with him, flocking to his   
   baptism, and admiring his mode of life, quickly made him sleep in death,   
   doing their best to quench the ever-burning lamp. For this reason the   
   Savior also spake concerning him, `He was a burning and shining lamp, and   
   ye were willing a little to rejoice for a season in his light.'"   
      
   St. Cyril of Jerusalem.   
      
   "Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat,   
   lest I make my brother stumble."  1 Corinthians 8:13   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)