{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">And as they stood together around the gate, those who\r\nseemed to be strong carried them, and they stooped down\r\nunder the corners of the stone; and the others stooped down\r\nunder the sides of the stones. And in this way they carried\r\nall the stones.<a id=\"r1748\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1748\"><sup>[1748]</sup></a> And they carried them through the gate as\r\nthey were commanded, and gave them to the men for the\r\ntower; and they took the stones and proceeded with the\r\nbuilding. Now the tower was built upon the great rock,\r\nand above the gate. Those ten stones were prepared as the\r\nfoundation for the building of the tower. And the rock and\r\ngate were the support of the whole of the tower. And after\r\nthe ten stones other twenty [five] came up out of the pit, and\r\nthese were fitted into the building of the tower, being carried\r\nby the virgins as before. And after these ascended thirty-five.\r\nAnd these in like manner were fitted into the tower.\r\nAnd after these other forty stones came up; and all these\r\nwere cast into the building of the tower, [and there were four\r\nrows in the foundation of the tower,<a id=\"r1749\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1749\"><sup>[1749]</sup></a>] and they ceased ascending\r\nfrom the pit. And the builders also ceased for a little.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_408\">408</span>And again the six men commanded the multitude of the\r\ncrowd to bear stones from the mountains for the building of\r\nthe tower. They were accordingly brought from all the\r\nmountains of various colours, and being hewn by the men\r\nwere given to the virgins; and the virgins carried them\r\nthrough the gate, and gave them for the building of the\r\ntower. And when the stones of various colours were placed\r\nin the building, they all became white alike, and lost their\r\ndifferent colours. And certain stones were given by the\r\nmen for the building, and these did not become shining; but\r\nas they were placed, such also were they found to remain:\r\nfor they were not given by the virgins, nor carried through\r\nthe gate. These stones, therefore, were not in keeping with\r\nthe others in the building of the tower. And the six men,\r\nseeing these unsuitable stones in the building, commanded\r\nthem to be taken away, and to be carried away down to their\r\nown place whence they had been taken; [and being removed\r\none by one, they were laid aside; and] they say to the men\r\nwho brought the stones, “Do not ye bring any stones at all\r\nfor the building, but lay them down beside the tower, that\r\nthe virgins may carry them through the gate, and may give\r\nthem for the building. For unless,” they said, “they be\r\ncarried through the gate by the hands of the virgins, they\r\ncannot change their colours: do not toil, therefore,” they\r\nsaid, “to no purpose.”</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-746"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d5a8ca294ab0e7ce0faeacf9159859b13cad0db7de566ec3832bdf32988a7033","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-f1749","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":"f1749","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1749\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1749\">1749</a>. </span>Omitted in Lips.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1749","text_sha256":"fd0922bd6e5879240998551297b2ccb3d142ff62b21ce8c10a44c88076acbf31","verified":false,"work_id":null}