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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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