A Dazzling Argument
“You teach,” said the Emperor Tajan to Rabbi Joshua, “that your God is everywhere, and boast that He resides among your nation. I should like to see Him.” “God's presence is, indeed, everywhere,” replied Joshua; “suppose we try first to look at his ambassadors.” The Emperor consented. The Rabbi took him in the open air at noonday and bade him look at the sun in the meridian splendor. “I cannot,” said Trajan; “the light dazzles me.” “Thou art unable,” said Joshua, “to endure the light of one of His creatures, and canst thou expect to behold the resplendent glory of the Creator? Would not such a sight annihilate thee?”--Hebrew Tales.
Illustrative Anecdotes for
Preachers, Sunday School Teachers, and the Family Circle. Henry
M. Tyndall. 1925. #328 (Page 179).
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