Our Fathers Have Told Us - Part 12
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Part 12

10. ST. BARTHOLOMEW.

A. Chast.i.ty.

B. l.u.s.t.

11. ST. THOMAS.

A. Wisdom.

B. Folly.

12. ST. JUDE.

A. Humility.

B. Pride.

Now, left-hand side again--the two outermost statues:

13. ISAIAH.

A. "I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne." vi. 1.

B. "Lo, this hath touched thy lips." vi. 7.

14. JEREMIAH.

A. The Burial of the Girdle. xiii. 4, 5.

B. The Breaking of the Yoke. xxviii. 10.

Right-hand side:

15. EZEKIEL.

A. Wheel within wheel. i. 16.

B. "Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem." xxi. 2.

16. DANIEL.

A. "He hath shut the lions' mouths." vi. 22.

B. "In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand." v. 5.

40. Now, beginning on the left-hand side (southern side) of the entire facade, and reading it straight across, not turning into the porches at all except for the paired quatrefoils:

17. HOSEA.

A. "So I bought her to me with fifteen pieces of silver." iii. 2.

B. "So will I also be for thee." iii. 3.

18. JOEL.

A. The Sun and Moon lightless. ii. 10.

B. The Fig-tree and Vine leafless. i. 7.

19. AMOS.

To The {A. "The Lord will cry from Zion." i. 2.

front {B. "The habitations of the shepherds shall mourn." i. 2.

Inside {C. The Lord with the mason's line. vii. 8.

porch {D. The place where it rained not. iv. 7.

20. OBADIAH.

Inside {A. "I hid them in a cave." 2 Kings xviii. 13.

porch {B. He fell on his face. xviii. 7.

To the {C. The captain of fifty.

front {D. The messenger.

21. JONAH.

A. Escaped from the sea.

B. Under the gourd.

22. MICAH.

To the {A. The Tower of the Flock. iv. 8.

front {B. Each shall rest, and "none shall make them afraid." iv. 4.

Inside {C. Swords into ploughshares. iv. 3.

porch {D. Spears into pruning-hooks. iv. 3.

23. NAHUM.

Inside {A. None shall look back. ii. 8.

porch {B. The burden of Nineveh. i. 1.

To the {C. Thy princes and thy great ones. iii. 17.

front {D. Untimely figs. iii. 12.

24. HABAKKUK.

A. "I will watch to see what he will say," ii. 1.

B. The ministry to Daniel.

25. ZEPHANIAH.

To the {A. The Lord strikes Ethiopia. ii. 12.

front {B. The Beasts in Nineveh. ii. 15.

Inside {C. The Lord visits Jerusalem. i. 12.

porch {D. The Hedgehog and Bittern.[60] ii. 14.