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THE MOUNT CHRIST STILLING THE TEMPEST THE DUMB MAN POSSESSED CHRIST IN THE SYNAGOGUE THE DISCIPLES PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM JESUS AND THE TRIBUTE MONEY THE WIDOW'S MITE RAISING OF THE DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS THE GOOD SAMARITAN ARRIVAL OF THE SAMARITAN AT THE INN THE PRODIGAL SON LAZARUS AND THE RICH MAN THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA JESUS AND THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS MARY MAGDALENE THE LAST SUPPER THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN PRAYER OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF OLIVES THE BETRAYAL CHRIST FAINTING UNDER THE CROSS THE FLAGELLATION THE CRUCIFIXION CLOSE OF THE CRUCIFIXION THE BURIAL OF JESUS THE ANGEL AT THE SEPULCHER THE JOURNEY TO EMMAUS THE ASCENSION THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN SAUL'S CONVERSION THE DELIVERANCE OF ST. PETER PAUL AT EPHESUS PAUL MENACED BY THE JEWS PAUL'S SHIPWRECK DEATH ON THE PALE HORSE THE CREATION OF EVE. "And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helpmeet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh." Genesis ii, 18, 21-24. In these few words the Scriptures narrate the creation of the first mother of our race. In "Paradise Lost," the poetic genius of Milton, going more into detail, describes how Eve awoke to consciousness, and found herself reposing under a shade of flowers, much wondering what she was and whence she came. Wandering by the margin of a small lake, she sees her own form mirrored in the clear waters, at which she wonders more. But a voice is heard, leading her to him for whom she was made, who lies sleeping under a grateful shade. It is at this point the artist comes to interpret the poet's dream. Amid the varied and luxurious foliage of Eden, in the vague light of the early dawn, Eve is presented, coy and graceful, gazing on her sleeping Lord, while in the background is faintly outlined the mystic form of Him in whose image they were created. THE EXPULSION FR
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