[SECTION V.]
HE.
Childhood and Early Education of Jesus.
CHAPTER 16.
The home of Joseph. Mary teaches her son. Jesus’ grandparents give a feast in his honor. Jesus has a dream. His grandmother’s interpretation. His birthday gift.
The home of Joseph was on Marmion Way in Nazareth; here Mary taught her son the lessons of Elihu and Salome.
2 And Jesus greatly loved the Vedic hymns and the Avesta; but more than all he loved to read the Psalms of David and the pungent words of Solomon.
3 The Jewish books of prophecy were his delight; and when he reached his seventh year he needed not the books to read, for he had fixed in memory every word.
4 Joachim and his wife, grandparents of child Jesus, made a feast in honor of the child, and all their near of kin were guests.
5 And Jesus stood before the guests and said, I had a dream, and in my dream I stood before a sea, upon a sandy beach.
6 The waves upon the sea were high; a storm was raging on the deep.
7 Some one above gave me a wand. I took the wand and touched the sand, and every grain of sand became a living thing; the beach was all a mass of beauty and of song.