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men and children open´ hearted�察�and willing to be taught�察�and to him who
uses what he has got�察�He gives more and more day by day。 So these
Greeks grew wise and powerful�察�and wrote poems which will live till the
world's end�察�which you must read for yourselves some day�察�in English at
least�察 �if not in Greek。 And they learnt to carve statues�察 �and build
temples�察 �which are still among the wonders of the world�察 �and many
another wondrous thing God taught them�察 �for which we are the wiser
this day。
For you must not fancy�察�children�察�that because these old Greeks were
heathens�察�therefore God did not care for them�察 �and taught them nothing。
The Bible tells us that it was not so�察�but that God's mercy is over all
His works�察�and that He understands the hearts of all people�察�and fashions
all their works。 And St。 Paul told these old Greeks in after times�察�when
they had grown wicked and fallen low�察 �that they ought to have known
better�察�because they were God's offspring�察�as their own poets had said�察�
and that the good God had put them where they were�察�to seek the Lord�察�
and feel after Him�察�and find Him�察�though He was not far from any one of
them。 And Clement of Alexandria�察�a great Father of the Church�察�who
was as wise as he was good�察�said that God had sent down Philosophy to
the Greeks from heaven�察 �as He sent down the Gospel to the Jews。
For Jesus Christ�察�remember�察�is the Light who lights every man who
comes into the world。 And no one can think a right thought�察�or feel a
right feeling�察�or understand the real truth of anything in earth and heaven�察�
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unless the good Lord Jesus teaches him by His Spirit�察�which gives man
understanding。
But these Greeks�察�as St。 Paul told them�察�forgot what God had taught
them�察�and�察�though they were God's offspring�察 �worshipped idols of wood
and stone�察�and fell at last into sin and shame�察�and then�察�of course�察�into
cowardice and slavery�察 �till they perished out of that beautiful land which
God had given them for so many years。
For�察�like all nations who have left anything behind them�察 �beside mere
mounds of earth�察�they believed at first in the One True God who made
all heaven and earth。 But after a while�察�like all other nations�察�they began
to worship other gods�察�or rather angels and spirits�察�who ��so they fancied��
lived about their land。 Zeus�察 �the Father of gods and men ��who was
some dim remembrance of the blessed true God���察�and Hera his wife�察�and
Phoebus Apollo the Sun´god�察�and Pallas Athene who taught men wisdom
and useful arts�察 �and Aphrodite the Queen of Beauty�察 �and Poseidon the
Ruler of the Sea�察�and Hephaistos the King of the Fire�察�who taught men to
work in metals。 And they honoured the Gods of the Rivers�察 �and the
Nymph´maids�察 �who they fancied lived in the caves�察 �and the fountains�察�
and the glens of the forest�察 �and all beautiful wild places。 And they
honoured the Erinnues�察�the dreadful sisters�察�who�察�they thought�察�haunted
guilty men until their sins were purged away。 And many other dreams
they had�察�which parted the One God into many�察�and they said�察�too�察�that
these gods did things which would be a shame and sin for any man to
do。 And when their philosophers arose�察 �and told them that God was
One�察�they would not listen�察�but loved their idols�察 �and their wicked idol
feasts�察�till they all came to ruin。 But we will talk of such sad things no
more。
But�察�at the time of which this little book speaks�察�they had not fallen
as low as that。 They worshipped no idols�察�as far as I can find�察�and they
still believed in the last six of the ten commandments�察 �and knew well
what was right and what was wrong。 And they believed ��and that was
what gave them courage�� that the gods loved men�察�and taught them�察�and
that without the gods men were sure to come to ruin。 And in that they
were right enough�察�as we know ´ more right even than they thought�察�for
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without God we can do nothing�察�and all wisdom comes from Him。
Now�察�you must not think of them in this book as learned men�察 �living
in great cities�察�such as they were afterwards�察�when they wrought all their
beautiful works�察 �but as country people�察 �living in farms and walled
villages�察�in a simple�察 �hard´working way�察 �so that the greatest kings and
heroes cooked their own meals�察 �and thought it no shame�察 �and made
their own ships and weapons�察�and fed and harnessed their own horses�察�
and the queens worked with their maid´servants�察�and did all the business
of the house�察 �and spun�察 �and wove�察 �and embroidered�察 �and made their
husbands' clothes and their own。 So that a man was honoured among
them�察�not because he happened to be rich�察�but according to his skill�察�and
his strength�察�and courage�察�and the number of things which he could do。
For they were but grown´up children�察 �though they were right noble
children too�察�and it was with them as it is now at school ´ the strongest
and cleverest boy�察�though he be poor�察�leads all the rest。
Now�察 �while they were young and simple they loved fairy tales�察�as
you do now。 All nations do so when they are young�此 �our old
forefathers did�察�and called their stories 'Sagas。' I will read you some of
them some day ´ some of the Eddas�察�and the Volusp*�察�and Beowulf�察�and
the noble old Romances。 The old Arabs�察�again�察�had their tales�察�which
we now call the 'Arabian Nights。' The old Romans had theirs�察�and they
called them 'Fabulae��' from which our word 'fable' comes�察�but the old
Hellens called theirs 'Muthoi��' from which our new word 'myth' is taken。
But next to those old Romances�察 �which were written in the Christian
middle age�察�there are no
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