{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The glorious man, the lord of the whole tower, having\r\naccordingly finished these alterations, called to him the\r\nShepherd, and delivered to him all the stones that were\r\nlying beside the tower, that had been rejected from the\r\nbuilding, and said to him, “Carefully clean all these stones,\r\nand put aside such for the building of the tower as may\r\nharmonize with the others; and those that do not, throw far\r\naway from the tower.” [Having given these orders to the\r\nShepherd, he departed from the tower<a id=\"r1755\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1755\"><sup>[1755]</sup></a>], with all those with\r\nwhom he had come. Now the virgins were standing around\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_411\">411</span>the tower, keeping it. I said again to the Shepherd, “Can\r\nthese stones return to the building of the tower, after being\r\nrejected?” He answered me, and said, “Do you see these\r\nstones?” “I see them, sir,” I replied. “The greater part of\r\nthese stones,” he said, “I will hew, and put into the building,\r\nand they will harmonize with the others.” “How, sir,” I said,\r\n“can they, after being cut all round about, fill up the same\r\nspace?” He answered, “Those that shall be found small will\r\nbe thrown into the middle of the building, and those that are\r\nlarger will be placed on the outside, and they will hold them\r\ntogether.” Having spoken these words, he said to me, “Let\r\nus go, and after two days let us come and clean these stones,\r\nand cast them into the building; for all things around the\r\ntower must be cleaned, lest the Master come suddenly, and\r\nfind the places about the tower dirty, and be displeased, and\r\nthese stones be not returned for the building of the tower,\r\nand I also shall seem to be neglectful towards the Master.”\r\nAnd after two days we came to the tower, and he said to me,\r\n“Let us examine all the stones, and ascertain those which\r\nmay return to the building.” I said to him, “Sir, let us\r\nexamine them!”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE NINTH. The great mysteries in the building of the militant and triumphant church."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-749"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"1a849a414a5575cebb164ab394aa73445f21b8b52862d3b78de656a44a649733","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1755","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1755","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1755\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1755\">1755</a>. </span>Omitted in Lips. The text in all the translations.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1755","text_sha256":"af78a31433f6bdec1cf1e325185c23f3136ce1e24c23e7516d1f0f644a8f656d","verified":false,"work_id":null}