[SECTION IV.]
DALETH.
Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger.
CHAPTER 13.
Elizabeth in Engedi. Teaches her son. John becomes the pupil of Matheno, who reveals to him the meaning of sin and the law of forgiveness.
Elizabeth was blest; she spent her time with John, and gave to him the lessons that Elihu and Salome had given her.
2 And John delighted in the wildness of his home and in the lessons that he learned.
3 Now in the hills were many caves. The cave of David was a-near in which the Hermit of Engedi lived.
4 This hermit was Matheno, priest of Egypt, master from the temple of Sakara.
5 When John was seven years of age Matheno took him to the wilderness and in the cave of David they abode.
6 Matheno taught, and John was thrilled with what the master said, and day by day Matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life.