Whose love is infinitely great,
My tongue will even friends defame,
And flashing eyes oft tell of hate,—
Alas, alas, that some, through me,
May, hopeless, face eternity!
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Offerings—See [Love’s Acceptable Offering].
OFFERINGS, EXTRAVAGANT
When Alexander was a young man, he was one day present at the offering of sacrifices, and Leonnatus, one of his teachers, who was standing by, thought he was rather profuse in his consumption of frankincense and myrrh, for he was taking it up by handfuls and throwing it on the fire. Leonnatus reproved him for his extravagance, adding that when he became master of the countries where these costly gums were procured he might be as prodigal of them as he pleased. Alexander remembered the reproof years later, and finding vast stores of these gums in Gaza, he sent to Leonnatus large quantities of them, telling him that he might not have occasion to be so sparing for the future in his sacrifice to the gods. (Text.)
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