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offends: " It is related of Jesus (on him be peace) that he once went out to pray for rain and when the people gathered together Jesus said to them, Whosoever of you hath committed a sin let him turn back/ so they all turned away and there was no one left in the cave with him save one. And Jesus said unto him, Have you any sin? He replied: By God, I do not know of any except that one day when I was praying a woman passed by me and I looked upon her with this eye and when she had passed I put my finger in my eye and plucked it out and followed her to ask her pardon. Then Jesus said to him, Call upon God that I may believe in your sincerity/ Then the man prayed and the heavens were covered with clouds and the rain poured down." (Vol. II, p. 217.)

The following stories are related of the miracle working Christ: " Said the disciples to Jesus: What do you think of the ^war-piece (money)? They said: We think it is good/ He said: But as for me I value it and ashes the same/ (Vol. Ill, p. 161.) "It was said to the Prophet that Jesus (upon him be peace) used to walk upon the water. He replied: * Had he still more striven after holiness, he would have walked on the air/ * (Vol. IV, p. 71.) "It is related that a certain robber waylaid travellers among the children of Israel for forty years. Jesus passed by that way and behind him walked a saint of the worshippers of the people of Israel, one of his disciples. Said