Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The guard ground their halberds, and the trumpeters blew a blast to command silence. All eyes now turned to the dais, and at the same moment the burly form of Zoras- tro was seen to emerge quietly from behind the Burgraf’s chair. He was clad in his purple robe, and had a rich chain of gold about his neck. He was followed by a man who held himself stiff and erect, and who bore a long, straight sword in his hands. There was breathless silence as the two figures made their way slowly to the front, and stood before the assembly side by side. Zorastro held up his hand for silence, and then spoke. “ Burghers of Nuremberg, behold at my side Max Teufel, thy fellow-citizen. Thou knew’st him as he once was, disfigured and corrupted by a foul disease, which had been pronounced hopeless by his physicians. He stands here before thee to-day, by the grace of God, whole and sound in body once more. I claim no merit. Everything that happens takes place through the will of the Supreme, and the exercise of faith. Faith is a luminous star that leads the honest seeker into the