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 and Marcia standing by her and with her hand on Mygdonia's cheek. And she said, "Mother, O that the remaining days of my life be shortened and all hours be like one hour, and I could leave this life to depart sooner and see that beautiful One of whom I heard from hearsay, the Living who gives life to all, that believe on him, go (thither) where there is neither day and night nor light and darkness, neither good and bad nor poor and rich, male and female, free or bond, not a proud and one neglecting the meek." And while she was thus speaking, the apostle came to her. And immediately she rose up and fell down before him. And Charis said to him, "Seest thou how she fears and honors thee, and willingly does what thou commandest?"

130. Having said this, Judas said to Mygdonia, "Obey, my daughter Mygdonia, what Brother Charis saith." And Mygdonia saith, "If thou couldst not express the thing by a word, how wilt thou force me to suffer the deed? For I heard thee say that this life is only a loan, and that this rest is only temporary and these possessions transient. And again thou didst say, that he who turns away from this life shall receive the everlasting, and whoever hates the light of the day and of the night shall see light which is not broken, and that he who despises these treasures shall find others, everlasting treasures. And now thou sayest this, because thou art afraid. Who changes a work which he has executed and in which he glories? < Who builds a tower and > destroys it again? Who covers again