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the heart of Eber receive gladly the wisdom of the Prophet.
So say the Christians of those who are called the Faithful, replied Eber. Why should we not both be of those who understand? The same God, the One, who spread out the firmament and the sea and the fruitful fields, who bade the lion roar in the desert, and the elephant hide himself in the forests, and the flocks gather round the dwellings of men, hath given to each of us, not only the heart to love, but the mind to understand. Let us therefore try to understand, and to learn wisdom, each of the other.
Yet, replied Havilah, did not Jesus, the son of Mary, command not to give that which is holy unto the dogs? How then may the Christians impart of their faith to those who will not receive it; to those who despise it, and who are therefore cast out as dogs?
If there be hope that they will cease to despise, the Christian looks on them, not as dogs but as brethren. This is the sign by which he knows them for brethren, — that they worship the same Father.
Havilah answered, I worship, saying 'God is One God; the eternal God, and there is not
