The Hymn of the Robe of Glory (Echoes

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born of tne mortal womb
rlYMN Ur ^ AT AT / \ -ir ,_
THE ROBE / *V- (/^w.) and of spermatic ichor,
OF GLORY, yea of this ichor, which at Thy Hands to
day hath undergone the transmutation of
re-birth [or birth from Above] one,
from so many tens of thousands, trans
formed to immortality in this same hour,
by God s good pleasure, of God tran
scendent Good , [a man, I say] presumes
to worship Thee, and supplicates with
whatsoever power a mortal hath."
Compare this with the ancient reading
of the Great Utterance at the Mystical
Baptism Rite :
Thou art my Beloved Son ;
have I begotten thee "
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this day
The lodging is, literally, a lodgingplace
for travellers that is to say, an
inn, or caravanserai. The Greek has
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"den
simply or "hole." And here we
may call to mind the following paragraph
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