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Author : Mary Mercer Schofield
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333065843
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book The Guidon, Vol. 3 written by Mary Mercer Schofield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Guidon, Vol. 3: Oct;-Nov;, 1906 There was no doubt in the minds of these people as to whether the Grail of the legend was the true cup. They accepted the statement without question, and told the story over and over again. The Holy Grail was the cup Christ used the last time He appeared as a man among His fellows. Later He was raised by His great sacrifice to a plane far above theirs. But when He used this cup, He sat at meat with them; John whom He loved lay on His bosom; all of the dis ciples talked freely to Him, and He taught the most spiritual truths. Then, too, He instituted forever a memorial of His death, and they drank from this cup the wine which symbolized His blood shed for their sins. Through the whole meal, they had a feeling that they were about to lose Him, and they treasured up in memory every word and look. The legends of the Grail were mingled with those of the loving-cup used by the knights. They used to pass a cup of wine from one to another at their feasts as a pledge of comradeship, and the people had a tender feeling for this custom also. It was little won der then that these Christians who needed tangible things in their religion came to look upon the Grail as a sacred thing. The early tradition of the cup is that it was brought to Glastonbury by Joseph of Arimathea. Many people were blessed by its presence, but wicked ness so ruled the land that it was taken away to heaven. When scandal broke out in the court of Arthur, one of the nuns, a most holy maiden, fasted and prayed that the Holy Grail might once more come among them to cleanse them from their sins. The cup returned, and she saw it face to face. She told her brother, Sir Percivale, of the vision, and begged that the knights would fast and pray that they, too. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.