Page:The Faith as Unfolded by Many Prophets.djvu/13



There was a friendship like that of brothers between Havilah the son of Aram, and a man of another nation, to whom Havilah gave the name Eber. Yet Eber was a Christian, while Havilah was a follower of the Prophet. Havilah remembered how his father had early taught him to despise the Jews and Christians, and how he had hated them in his youth; yet he did not repent of his love for Eber.

Eber was not like many persons, whether Musselmen [sic], Jews, or Christians, who having known no men but those of their own country and their own religion, despise or fear all other