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The Righteousness of God that is revealed in Romans

Our LORD
Who Becomes the
Righteousness
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The gospel of the water and the Spirit is God’s righteousness!

The words in this book will satisfy the thirst in your heart. Today’s Christians continue
to live while not knowing the true solution to the actual sins that they are committing
daily. Do you know what God’s righteousness is? I hope that you will ask yourself this
question and believe in God’s righteousness, which is revealed in this book.
God’s righteousness has been with the gospel of the water and the Spirit. However, like
a precious treasure, it has been kept hidden from the eyes of religious followers for a long
time. As a result, many people came to rely on and boast of their own righteousness
instead of believing in God’s righteousness. Therefore, Christian doctrines that don’t even
make sense came to be dominant beliefs in the hearts of believers, as if these doctrines
contained God’s righteousness.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Justification, and Incremental Sanctification are the
major Christian doctrines, which brought confusion and emptiness into the souls of
believers. But now, many Christians should newly come to know God, learn about His
righteousness and continue in the assured faith.
“Our Lord who becomes the righteousness of God” will provide your soul with a
great understanding and lead it to peace. The author wants you to possess the blessing of
knowing God’s righteousness. May God’s blessing be with you!

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The Righteousness of God that is revealed in Romans

Our LORD
Who Becomes the
Righteousness
of God Our LORD Who Becomes the Righteousness of God (I)
(I) Copyright © 2002 by The New Life Mission

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Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version.

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 Words of Gratitude who have been in charge of this publication. I
cannot thank Sangmin Lee enough for editing,
Yoonhee Hwang for translating, and Suzanne
Lee for her faithful proofreading.
Words are inadequate to express my heartfelt
gratitude to our Lord Jesus. He always provides
I owe all the glory to our Lord God who has
me with enough of His words to preach the
made us His children through the riches of His
gospel of the water and the Spirit worldwide, and
righteousness.
has encouraged me to write this book according
to His will.
Hallelujah!
I would like to thank all of the individuals PAUL C. JONG
involved in this publication. First of all, I owe a
debt of gratitude that cannot be repaid to all the
members of The New Life Mission. They have
been praying for and supporting this task with all
their hearts.

I express my special gratitude to my fellow

workers Rev. Samuel Kim and Rev. John Shin,

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Preface ----------------------------------------------- 9 Those Who Suppress the Truth in

Unrighteousness (Romans 1:18-25) -------- 86

CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Romans Chapter 1 ------------- 21 CHAPTER 2
Introduction to Romans Chapter 2 ------------ 112
The Righteousness of God That is Revealed
in the Gospel (Romans 1:16-17) ------------- 44
Those Who Ignore God’s Grace
(Romans 2:1-16) ----------------------------- 139
The Just Shall Live by Faith
(Romans 1:17) ---------------------------------- 62
Circumcision is That of the Heart
(Romans 2:17-29) ---------------------------- 155
The Just Live by Faith
(Romans 1:17-18) ---------------------------- 78

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CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 5
Introduction to Romans Chapter 3 ----------- 170 Introduction to Romans Chapter 5 ----------- 272

Salvation from Sins Only by Faith Through One Man (Romans 5:14) ----------- 290
(Romans 3:1-31) ----------------------------- 195

CHAPTER 6
Do You Thank God for the Lord?
(Romans 3:10-31) --------------------------- 224 Introduction to Romans Chapter 6 ------------ 320

CHAPTER 4 The True Meaning of Jesus’ Baptism

(Romans 6:1-8) ------------------------------ 332
Introduction to Romans Chapter 4 ------------ 238
Present Your Members as Instruments
Those Who Received Heavenly of Righteousness
Blessing by Faith (Romans 4:1-8) --------- 255 (Romans 6:12-19) --------------------------- 344

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9 Preface

Preface

If the Doctrine of Justification or the Doctrine

of Sanctification that prevails in Christianity
nowadays were really true, a lot of people
throughout the world would have already been
saved from their sins. However, the reality of it is
that this is not the case and as a result, no one has
been able to obtain deliverance from all his or
her sins through the doctrines.
To witness this reality is truly tantalizing.
Even though people are able to be saved from all
their sins by simply believing in the gospel of the
water and the Spirit written in the Bible, they are
neither willing to hear nor to believe in this truth,
therefore they are on the verge of destruction not
knowing God’s free gift contained in this truth. It
becomes clear that the reason for this

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phenomenon is due to the preachers, clergymen, down the false doctrines in Christianity today.
and leaders of today’s Christianity. We should be very thankful that there are true
God tells us to get rid of the false prophets. It servants of God during these last days.
is deplorable to see that though it is certainly true Those who possess the righteousness of God
that there are too many false prophets nowadays, are now shouting out the truth of the water and
most Christians do not perceive the prophets’ the Holy Spirit. This truth will be spread to every
false teachings as something false. However, part of this world, where it has not reached until
regardless of whom God raises and uses, He now. “For there is nothing hidden which will not
raises the servants of the gospel of the water and be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret
the Spirit and they shout it out. How many but that it should come to light” (Mark 4:22).
people in this world indeed are willing to listen The gospel of the water and the Spirit, together
to those who shout out the gospel of the water with God’s righteousness, will bear witness to
and the Holy Spirit, which God acknowledges? the only truth that allows all the people in this
The time has now arrived and God has world to receive the remission of sin.
revealed the truth of the water and the Spirit to Therefore, even though every believer in
the thirsty spirits all over the world through His God’s righteousness receive salvation from the
servants who are bearing witness to it. I hope that judgment and punishment of sin, those who don’t
you will be able to rebuild your faith, which has believe in it will receive the fatal condemnation
been ruined by the false teachers, by believing in of eternal death, which God sends down to
the true gospel after rooting out and throwing sinners.

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The time has arrived for you to decide whether Now is the time for Christianity to discard the
you will believe in the false doctrines on false gospel, which does not contain God’s
justification or sanctification instead of believing righteousness, and return to His righteousness. In
in God’s righteousness, which lies inside the order to do so, we need to learn what God’s
gospel of the water and the Spirit. It is totally up righteousness really is and recover the true faith.
to you whether you believe in this truth or not. The time has arrived for us to know about God’s
However, it is you who will be bound to the righteousness through Romans.
results of the decision. You should not forget that Luther, one of the greatest religious reformers,
God gave you His righteousness as a gift was in need of God’s righteousness. He realized
together with the gospel of the water and the that one could not wash away one’s sins through
Spirit. It is not too late for you to believe in the virtuous deeds regardless of whether one
true righteousness of God. Only then will you be believed in God’s righteousness or not. God’s
able to obtain the eternal righteousness inside righteousness, which is talked about in the Bible,
God and live happily for an eternity. is not so called ‘the righteousness acquired by
In Romans, God’s righteousness is thought of faith’ that can be obtained by a doctrinal and
as most important and is preciously born witness incomplete faith and most Christians are
to. Therefore, we should learn about God’s supporting.
righteousness through Romans since the gospel People are trying to build up the moral
containing God’s righteousness brings this righteousness of human deeds in a state in which
righteousness to us. they have not truly realized what God’s

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righteousness really is. Therefore, innumerable It is arrogant for one to believe that one can go to
Christians have fallen into an ethical faith of Heaven even though one has sin by believing in
Christianity. In fact, we can nowadays often Jesus somehow. This is a self-justified faith that
witness that Christians compete with one another has sprung out from religion. We should discard
while trying to show off their own virtuous deeds. the false faith that says that one can go to Heaven
Though there are many who say that they have even when there is sin by only believing in Jesus.
obtained the remission of their sins by believing Isn’t God holy? Does God acknowledge one just
in Jesus, there are rarely those who truly know because he/she believes in the Doctrine of
the righteousness of God and believe in it. Many Justification that says that he/she has received
people believe in the Doctrine of Justification or salvation from his/her own sins even though
the Doctrine of Sanctification, which are the he/she has sin in his/her heart? Can one obtain
pivotal doctrines in today’s Christianity, and have the righteousness of the true God by believing in
fallen into ‘self-conceit’ of their faith while not forged doctrines on justification or
knowing God’s righteousness. They brag about sanctification? Certainly not.
themselves with their absurd and false faiths How could a person say that he/she is sinless
saying, “I will go to Heaven even though I have though there is evidently sin inside his/her heart?
sin, because I believe in Jesus!” Can one truly go Without knowing and believing in the
to Heaven when he/she possesses sin just righteousness of God written in His words, one
because he/she believes in Jesus somehow? cannot say that he/she is actually sinless in
Reconsider this question with your conscience. his/her conscience. The reason some people can

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say recklessly that they are able to go to Heaven baptism He received from John, His blood on the
is because they believe in the forged doctrines on Cross, and His resurrection. He gave it to all
justification or sanctification that prevail in those who believe in Him. Therefore, Paul said
today’s Christianity. Did your sins really clearly that in the gospel God’s righteousness is
disappear when you relied on these kinds of revealed from faith to faith (Romans 1:17).
doctrines? Is it possible? Only one who discovers There are many Christian leaders who are
and believes in God’s righteousness by believing outstanding in their ethical and moral standards.
in the words of the gospel of the water and the However, they teach their followers to pursue the
Spirit can say that he/she surely is sinless. human righteousness inside Christianity stirring
However, one who has faith in the Doctrine of up the human ethics and morals of Christians.
Justification, which is one of the principal They don’t even have the slightest idea about the
Christian doctrines, believes that he/she is sinless gospel of the water and the Spirit containing
only due to the reason that he/she believes in God’s righteousness.
Jesus somehow, though in truth he/she has sin. Therefore, they can’t teach their followers
You should know that the faiths of these kinds of about the righteousness of God. This is the
people are just like the tower of Babel, built by a reason why the true gospel in which God’s
human plot against God’s word. It is not hard to righteousness is revealed cannot be found inside
realize that it is impossible for one to escape the doctrines and teachings of Christianity
from all sins by doctrinal faith. The Lord Jesus nowadays. Christianity has not spread God’s
revealed God’s righteousness through the righteousness, which is revealed inside the

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gospel of the water and the Spirit and is water and the Spirit God has given. Therefore,
considered the most important by God, until now. anyone who makes up his/her mind to believe in
Therefore, no one is able to soundly encounter God’s righteousness can find and believe in it
God’s righteousness with Christian doctrines. right now.

Then where can God’s righteousness be What I want to tell you brethren is that one
found? It is revealed where one can obtain cannot know about God’s righteousness by a
salvation from all sin by discovering and doctrinal faith that still prevails inside
believing in God’s righteousness inside the Christianity. I tell you that this is only possible
baptism Jesus received and His blood on the by believing in the words of the water and the
Cross. The Bible explains God’s righteousness Holy Spirit, which contains God’s righteousness.
through the gospel of the water and the Spirit. However, most believers and theologians of
The faith believing in the baptism Jesus Christ today’s Christianity do not even wish to know
received from John the Baptist, His bloodshed on about God’s righteousness. Rather, they are not
the Cross, and the resurrection leads us to know able to know it. The reality is that they fear that
about God’s righteousness. the doctrinal faiths they had until now would be
If we wish to own the righteousness of God, deteriorated.
we should believe in the words of the gospel of However, God’s righteousness only can
the water and the Spirit. God’s righteousness is actually bring the remission of sin to all sinners.
abundantly revealed inside the gospel of the The reason these people are not able to accept the

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words containing God’s righteousness is that Moreover, we should be most concerned with the
they have been fed with ethical and moral salvation of our own souls. One can get clothed
teachings until now. Satan has turned the with God’s righteousness only after one’s soul
attention of people elsewhere so that they would has obtained eternal redemption from all the sins
not know about the righteousness God has given of his/her whole life.
to them. Right now, Christianity has departed itself
What Christian believers need at this time is from God and is running on a carriage of
not the ethical righteousness of religion, but to theoretical doctrines toward complete darkness.
have faith in God’s righteousness. Presently, The doctrinal faiths that theologians have forged
most people who say that they believe in Jesus as gave birth to human-centered religious faiths.
their Savior have not been able to equip Now, Christianity might at this moment seem to
themselves with the faith in God’s righteousness have obtained great success based on worldly
and are therefore on the verge of spiritual death. standards, but we see that there isn’t the slightest
Therefore, today’s Christian believers should be bit of God’s righteousness inside it. Rather we
clothed with God’s righteousness in their hearts. can find only human righteousness inside
This righteousness of God can only be Christianity, and it is human righteousness that
obtained when our souls believe in the gospel of blocks God’s blessings.
the water and the Spirit. In order to do that, we Right now, most Christian souls are about to
need to first discard the doctrinal faiths based on go to hell after death due to their spiritual
human logic and the false teachings on salvation. starvation and sins. They should realize and

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believe that only the abundance of God’s more than the religious doctrines that have been
righteousness can save them from hell. Therefore, concocted by human thought. There is not a
we should deliver the abundant truth of God’s single person whose sins were perfectly
righteousness to all the sinners who still do not eliminated by believing in these doctrines!
know about it. The Doctrine of Sanctification is the same as
Now we will learn and come to know what the doctrine that worldly religions teach on
God’s righteousness is. If we don’t believe in His virtuous deeds. It is impossible to obtain the
righteousness, even though we know about it, we righteousness of God, which is talked about in
will receive eternal destruction, but we will the Bible, with these kinds of doctrinal faiths.
surely enjoy the spiritual blessings of Heaven if Most Christians regard the doctrinal
we do believe in it. righteousness in the same light with God’s
righteousness, and that is a false teaching from
Christianity today has degraded itself into a Satan. One who blocks people from believing in
worldly religion due to the Doctrine of God’s righteousness will remain as a great enemy
Justification and the Doctrine of Sanctification. to God. Therefore, God can’t allow people to
This religion is like ‘the great harlot’ in the Bible. obtain His righteousness inside worldly religions
The Doctrine of Justification and the Doctrine of because it has only been allowed by the gospel of
Sanctification that theologians have invented the water and the Spirit.
inside Christianity are causing a favorable All of those who eagerly long for God’s
reaction among people, though they are nothing righteousness! I hope you will obtain the

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remission of sin and eternal life by believing that receive salvation from sin in the last days by
Jesus Christ came to this world, took over your believing in God’s righteousness. He believed
sins by the baptism He received from John, died that since God did not break the promise that He
on the Cross, and resurrected on the third day. would save the Israelites from sin, God would
God’s righteousness will bring eternal life and work in the last days and save them from sin.
the blessing of becoming God’s children to all God always works consistently according to His
those who believe in His righteousness. God’s will. He wants to save all humankind. There is no
righteousness is different from the human one from any historical time period who has been
righteousness that can be obtained by keeping the left out from the blessing that can be obtained by
law. God’s righteousness allows the eternal believing in God’s righteousness, just because
remission of sin to all sinners at once. he/she was not a Jew.
Nothing in heaven or on earth can separate It is really unfortunate that there are people
those who possess the faith in God’s who reject the gospel of the water and the Spirit
righteousness from God’s love that is revealed without knowing that God’s love and His
inside Jesus Christ. The faith in God’s righteousness are hidden inside it. We should
righteousness is true and should be appreciated remember and keep in our hearts the fact that
inside Christianity. God’s righteousness can be there is only human righteousness remaining for
obtained only by believing in the gospel of the those who say that they believe in Jesus without
water and the Spirit. knowing the abundance of God’s righteousness.
Paul asserted that even the Israelites would The salvation from sin God has given to mankind

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can only be acquired by believing in the should believe in the abundance of God’s
righteousness of God. righteousness. We should all obtain the
In conclusion, a person gets saved from sin abundance of His righteousness that He has
not by his/her own efforts, but by believing in the given to all humanity by believing in the words
abundance of God’s righteousness that is of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. God
revealed inside the gospel of the water and the blessed us so that we could praise Him for
Spirit. God did not abandon the Jews or leave out eternity by believing in His righteousness, which
the Gentiles from the blessing of being clothed never changes.
with His righteousness. God allowed His
righteousness, which can be obtained by the faith I am sure that this book will be “the bunker-
in Jesus’ baptism and His blood of the Cross, to buster” to Christianity’s false teachers and their
be given to both the Israelites and the Gentiles. followers in today’s world. They are the
perpetrators of Satan who have made deep caves
Iniquities are prevailing in the present of Christian doctrines and dwelt in them. They
generation we live in. Therefore, we can only are so well adapted to the dark caves of Satan
receive the remission of sin by believing in that they are unable to see God’s life-giving light,
God’s righteousness right now. Paul the Apostle unless the bunkers were to be blown out. When
said, “In it (the gospel of Christ) the these sinners lose their old habitats through this
righteousness of God is revealed from faith to “bunker-buster,” they will be blessed abundantly
faith” (Romans 1:17). Now is the time we all with the righteousness of God.

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Let us give thanks and praise to the Holy

Triune God─ God the Father, Jesus Christ the
Son, and the Holy Spirit who has saved us from
all the sins in this world through His
righteousness.

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1

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Introduction to Romans Who is the man, Paul?

Chapter 1 Let’s read Romans 1:1-7 first. “Paul, a
bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an
Apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He
“The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the promised before through His prophets in the Holy
Romans” can be referred to as the treasure of the Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our
Bible. It mainly deals with how one can obtain Lord, who was born of the seed of David
God’s righteousness by believing in the gospel of according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son
the water and the Spirit. Comparing Romans to of God with power according to the Spirit of
the Epistle of James, someone defined the former holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
as ‘the word of treasures’ and the latter as ‘the Through Him we have received grace and
words of straw.’ However, James is the word of Apostleship for obedience to the faith among all
God just as Romans is. The only difference is nations for His name, among whom you also are
that Romans is precious because it provides a the called of Jesus Christ: To all who are in
general overview of the Bible, whereas James is Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace
precious for it is the word that makes the to you and peace from God our Father and the
righteous live by God’s will. Lord Jesus Christ.”
These passages may be counted for “Paul’s
greetings to Christians in Rome.” Paul greets

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them as a bondservant of Jesus Christ, who and the Spirit based on the sacrificial system in
becomes the righteousness of God. the Old Testament. Moreover, verse 2 indicates
Verse 1 talks about the question ‘Who is that Paul was chosen to do the work of the gospel.
Paul?’ He was a Jew who met the resurrected The phrase ‘through His prophets in the Holy
Lord on the road to Damascus, and who was a Scriptures’ implies God’s promises to send Jesus
chosen vessel of the Lord (Acts 9:15) to spread Christ, who appears in the sacrificial system or
the gospel to the Gentiles. the prophecies in the Old Testament. All of the
prophets of the Old Testament, including Moses,
Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Daniel, bore
Paul spread the true gospel based on witness to the fact that Jesus Christ would come
the sacrificial system and the into this world and die on the Cross after taking
over the sins of the world.
prophecies of the Old Testament
What is the gospel that Paul the Apostle
delivered like? He preached the gospel of the
In verse 2, Paul the Apostle was spreading the
water and the Spirit that spoke about the Son of
gospel based on the words of the Old Testament.
God, Jesus Christ.
He defined “the gospel of God” as “which He
Some people say that the words of the Old
promised before through His prophets in the Holy
Testament have already ended, and others insist
Scriptures.” Through this verse, we can see that
on the same point, providing the words of
Paul the Apostle preached the gospel of the water
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evangelists even ignore the entire part of the Old Old Testament. Only then will people come to
Testament. believe that the gospel of the water and the Spirit
However, God made a promise to us through is the truth, and that the New Testament is the
the Old Testament and He has fulfilled this fulfillment of the words of promise of the Old
promise through Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Testament. Therefore, in the world of faith, the
New Testament cannot exist without the Old From the beginning of the New Testament, we
Testament, and in the same way, the words of the can find that an emphasis was put on the baptism
Old Testament cannot be fulfilled without the Jesus received from John and His blood on the
words of the New Testament. Cross. While in the kernel of the Old Testament,
there was the sacrificial system, which was the
Paul the Apostle was chosen for God’s gospel. redeeming way for a sinner. He/she had to pass
Well then, the question is, “What kind of gospel over his/her sin by laying his/her hands on the
did he preach?” He preached the fact that Jesus head of a sin offering and making it bleed to
Christ came to this world and saved us from all death in order to be forgiven for the sin.
our sins through the gospel of the water and the Then, if there were the laying on of hands and
Spirit, based on the Old Testament. Therefore, the blood of the sacrificial animals for the
whenever we are preaching the gospel of the remission of sin in the Old Testament, what was
water and the Spirit, we should do so based on there in the New Testament? There was the
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Cross. Moreover, the High Priest mentioned in seminaries, people insist that they have to accept
the Old Testament (Leviticus 16:21) was exorcism, Buddhism, Catholicism and all the
equivalent to John the Baptist in the New other religions in this world. This so-called
Testament. Liberal Theology or the New Theology says that
Verses 3 and 4 talk about the question, “What everything should be paid respect to, and
kind of a Person was Jesus?” The verses explain therefore, all humans have to unite and become
His generic character. Jesus Christ was ‘one’.
physically born of David’s family and by the However, it was clearly said in the Bible that
Spirit of holiness, he was recognized as the Son in the beginning, God created the heavens and
of God by His power of resurrection from the the earth. Then, who’s this God? It is Jesus Christ.
dead. Therefore, He became the Savior by giving The name ‘Christ’ means having been anointed
the water and the blood to those who believed in with oil. In the Old Testament, a king or a
Him. Jesus Christ became the God of salvation, prophet was anointed on their heads from the
the King of kings, and eternal High Priest of High Priest. Therefore, Jesus is referred to as the
Heaven to those who believed. King of kings. A person who denies Jesus as God
In some Christian theologies, the divinity of is not a believer in God.
Jesus has been denied. These theologies say, “He Nowadays, the faiths of the people throughout
was just an outstanding youth.” Moreover, the world are turning back to the Ecumenicalism
according to the New Theology, “There is based on religious pluralism. They praise and
salvation in all religions.” Therefore, in liberal give worship while combining all kinds of

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elements from heathenish religions such as What kind of authority did Paul
Buddhism and Confucianism. At certain times, the Apostle have?
the congregation worships a Buddhist way, and at
other times they do it in a Christian way. Well, As it is written in verse 7, Paul the Apostle
there may be a delicious fusion of food. However, had the authority to bless believers in Jesus by
when it comes to faith, the purer the better. God’s name. The authority of an Apostle means
Therefore, the answer to the question in verses the spiritual power of being able to bless all the
3 and 4, ‘Who is Jesus?’ is that He is the one who people by the name of Jesus Christ.
has been acknowledged as the Son of God by His Therefore, Paul could say, “Grace to you and
power of resurrection from the dead. Christ peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
became the Lord and Savior to us. Christ.”
Verses 5 and 6 talk about how Paul became an Here, I would like to think a little bit more
Apostle through God. He became a witness to about this benediction. It seemed that Paul the
preach the gospel to the Gentiles so that they Apostle had the authority to make benedictions
could receive salvation by believing in Jesus for people, and whenever we end worship
Christ. services on Sundays, we close up with
benedictions. “God wishes to give out this kind
of blessing to the saints.” The original words of
blessing are as follows.
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spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to Aaron and his Paul had the authority to give blessings to
sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the God’s people. This authority was not given out to
children of Israel. Say to them: The Lord bless all Christian ministers. Instead, it was given only
you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine to God’s servants. When God’s servants make
upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift benedictions saying that they truly wish to give
up His countenance upon you, and give you out blessings, then God grants them these
peace.’” blessings actually according to the benediction.
Aaron the High Priest and his sons were told, God gives heavenly authority not only to His
“This is the way you shall bless the children of servants, but also to all the born-again saints.
Israel.” If they would bless the Israelites in this God says, “If you forgive the sins of any, they are
way, God would actually bless them as said in forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they
the Scripture. When we take a look at all the are retained” (John 20:23). He grants that kind
Pauline Epistles, we can see that he often said, of authority to all the righteous. Therefore, one
“The grace of our Lord be with you.” This should take heed not to confront the born-again
indicated that it was not himself that would give saints or His servants, because it is the same as
out blessings, but it was God who would do it. confronting God. For God has granted the
Therefore, Paul the Apostle always gave blessing authority of blessing and cursing to His Apostles
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Paul the Apostle who wishes to them, the gospel was preached to the other
impart the spiritual gift to the saints people.

Let’s read Romans 1:8-12. “First, I thank my In verses 9 and 10, one could ask the question,
God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your “Why did Paul the Apostle want to go to Rome
faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. during his mission trip?” The reason for this was
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my because if the gospel of the water and the Spirit
spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without were preached in Rome at that time, it would
ceasing I make mention of you always in my have been spread out to the entire world. Just as
prayers, making request if, by some means, now the whole world today looks to America, in the
at last I may find a way in the will of God to ancient times, Rome was the center of the world
come to you. For I long to see you, that I may as there was the saying, “All roads lead to
impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may Rome.”
be established─that is, that I may be encouraged We are doing a lot of work of preaching the
together with you by the mutual faith both of you gospel in America. If we spread this gospel of the
and me.” water and the Holy Spirit in America, many
missionaries will come to rise and walk out into
First of all, for what did the Apostle Paul the world to preach this beautiful gospel to others.
thank God? He thanked God for the Christians in Therefore, Paul so wished to go to Rome.
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The spiritual gift Paul talks about Paul the Apostle’s saying that he would want
to be encouraged together with them by mutual
In verse 11, it is written, “For I long to see faiths shows that he longed to preach the gospel
you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, of the water and the Holy Spirit once again to the
so that you may be established.” Roman Church. Now, all of our church members
What does Paul the Apostle mean by understand and believe concretely in the gospel
imparting some spiritual gift so that people may of the water and the Spirit, but there may appear
be established? The spiritual gift he talks about is to be some nominal Christians who do not
the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which we believe in the true gospel with the passage of
are preaching. In verse 12, it is written, “that is, time. Like this, the Church in Rome might be in
that I may be encouraged together with you by need of refreshing the gospel.
the mutual faith both of you and me.” Saying that Therefore, Paul the Apostle said that he might
some spiritual gift would be imparted to people have been encouraged by the mutual faiths in
to allow them to be established and to encourage him. In fact, we receive comfort before God’s
the people with the mutual faiths of both Paul presence and our hearts can rest in peace thanks
and them, was because by delivering the gospel to the faith in the gospel of the water and the
of the water and the Spirit, Paul wanted to let Spirit. We would not be able to rest in peace
people rest, get comfort, receive blessings, and to without the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
have fellowship within the same kind of faith. Moreover, it is written, “I may impart to you
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established.” This spiritual gift is the gospel of be encouraged through his own faith. So he said,
the water and the Spirit. One can become a child “that is, that I may be encouraged together with
of God and receive blessings only when he/she you by the mutual faith both of you and me.”
believes in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Therefore, Paul the Apostle had to preach the
However, what use is it for people to live true gospel to all the congregation of the church
virtuously or faithfully by giving up smoking and to let them have faith, so they could be
drinking and without doing any wrongdoings if established by his own faith in the gospel of the
they don’t know the gospel of the water and the water and the Spirit. He had to deliver the
Spirit, even though they believe in Jesus believers of the church in Rome the gospel of the
somehow? Their doings have nothing to do with water and the Holy Spirit and teach them what it
God’s righteousness. The righteousness of God is really was.
much greater than that of human beings. It is This is what made Paul the Apostle different
easy to draw in people to a church, but it is more from the other evangelists in today’s world. In
important to preach the gospel of the water and the Epistle to the Roman Church, Paul the
the Spirit to these new believers so that they can Apostle said that he wanted to let people be
be forgiven for all their sins and become God’s established by imparting some spiritual gift, and
children by being clothed in the spiritual to encourage them by the mutual faiths of both
blessings of Heaven. the people and him. This is what all the preachers
of the existing churches of today should learn
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preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit with The reason the churches of Europe, Asia, and
which one could discern true brethrens from the all over the world became distant from God’s
false ones. righteousness is because they chase after human
These days, churches let a group of new righteousness. Nowadays, even in Korea, or the
participants receive the doctrinal teachings for a so-called ‘Jerusalem of Asia,’ the population of
period of 6 months, and within a year, they Christians is declining. Now, the time has arrived
finally get baptized. That’s it. They get baptized in which no one wants to come to church unless
regardless of whether they know about the gospel there is a special event held inside the church,
of the water and the Spirit that Jesus has fulfilled such as a praising festival or a pop concert. Even
or not. In other words, even though people have if people come, the ordinary sermons that are
become members of a church, they have not been given to the youth contain themes such as, ‘Don’t
able to become God’s children who have smoke, live a virtuous life, keep the Holy
obtained His righteousness. The only thing the Sundays and do a lot of volunteer work,’ have
ministers of today’s churches ask their new nothing to do with God’s righteousness.
believers to do is to memorize the Ten Because a human is swift to sin and too fragile
Commandments and the Apostle’s Creed. If the to quit sinning, he/she has to rely on the Lord.
new believers pass the memorizing test, then Therefore, when people come into the church of
they are asked, “Are you going to stop drinking? God, we should deliver them the gospel of the
Quit smoking? Are you going to offer your tithe water and the Spirit so that they can obtain God’s
every month? Will you lead a good life?” righteousness. To them, we should really pass on

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God’s righteousness that says that you and I have prophesying, talking of other tongues, or healing
been made sinless even though we are still diseases as the gifts.
insufficient. However, these things are not the spiritual
Be sure to keep this in mind. One can only gifts from Heaven. Seeing visions while making
live according to God’s will after he/she has prayers is definitely not a spiritual gift. A person
become sinless by believing in God’s wildly screaming or a person in a cave going
righteousness. One can preach the gospel once crazy whenever he/she hears strange sounds
his/her own problems of sin have been settled. while not being able to sleep for three nights, are
Our work of spreading the gospel to others not of God’s gift. One who claims that he is able
should not precede the settlement of our own to speak other tongues and falls unconsciously to
problems of sin. One can never preach the true the floor after shouting out strange words ‘la-la-
gospel to others unless his/her own problems of la-la’ with a twisted tongue is not a sight of one
sin have been solved. receiving the Holy Spirit. Instead, it’s similar to
mentally unstable patients in a mental institution
It is said that Paul the Apostle did truly impart going wild. However, there are so called
some spiritual gift to others. The gift Paul talked ‘charismatic revivalists’ who insist that they can
about is not the gift of strange tongues or healing teach Christians how to speak other tongues or
talked about in the Pentecostal Movement in the how to receive the Holy Spirit. They are doing
present Christianity. Most Christians regard some something very wrong and the faiths they possess
strange phenomena such as seeing visions, are definitely not right.

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The living water of the Holy Spirit flows out obtain the spiritual gift.
from our hearts when we faithfully do God’s
spiritual work and follow the Lord. The water of Let’s read verses 13 to 17. “Now I do not want
the Holy Spirit will overflow in our hearts when you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned
we lessen the carnal deeds and follow the to come to you (but was hindered until now), that
spiritual deeds instead. I might have some fruit among you also, just as
Christians should obtain the spiritual gift of among the other Gentiles. I am a debtor both to
the remission of sin by believing in the gospel of Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to
the water and the Spirit. Someone says that unwise. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to
numerous Christians are right now heading preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
toward hell through the chairs of today’s For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for
churches. This indicates that today’s churches it is the power of God to salvation for everyone
encourage human righteousness instead of who believes, for the Jew first and also for the
preaching God’s righteousness. Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is
Brethren, even if one has piled up a lot of revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The
human righteousness after attending church, this just shall live by faith.’”
doesn’t mean that he/she can receive the spiritual Paul the Apostle wished to go to Rome.
gift by such deeds. We should take in God’s However, he couldn’t do so because he had been
righteousness into our hearts by the faith in the hindered. Therefore, he had to pray asking for the
gospel of the water and the Spirit so that we can door of his missionary work to be opened.

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Likewise, we should give the same kind of these people in Rome as best as he could.
prayers while preaching the gospel worldwide Therefore, the purpose of Paul the Apostle
through literature ministries. Only when we pray writing to the church was to deliver the true
will God’s heart be moved and only when God gospel. He found that even in the hearts of the
opens up the door and the path for us will we be people inside the church in Rome, the gospel of
able to deliver the gospel of the water and the the water and the Spirit did not stand firm by
Spirit worldwide. faith, and thus he referred to the gospel as the
spiritual gift. Therefore, he preached the gospel
of the water and the Spirit even to those who
Paul who owed a debt to were already inside the church, as well as all the
all the people people of the world. He said that he was a debtor
to the wise, the unwise, the Greeks, and all
To whom did Paul the Apostle say that he had barbarians.
owed a debt and what kind of debt did he mean What kind of a debt did Paul owe? He owed
in verses 14 and 15? He said that he had become the debt of having to preach the gospel of the
a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, water and the Holy Spirit to all the people in the
and that he owed them the preaching of the world. He insisted on delivering all of the debt he
gospel of the water and the Spirit. He added that owed to the people in the world. Like this, even
he was a debtor both to the wise and the unwise. the people now who have the gospel of the water
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The debt they have to pay is the work of When Christians are asked whether they
spreading the gospel. This is the reason why we possess sin or not, they think of this question
have to spread the gospel of the water and the itself as being useless and disregarding their
Spirit to the whole world at this time. personalities. However, this question is in fact of
People mistakenly think that only the blood of great importance and enormous value. If humans
the Cross is all of salvation. However, the are destined to go to hell due to their sins, who is
heavenly gospel the Bible bears witness to is the there to ask them this kind of question and
gospel of the water and the Spirit, which Paul the provide them with a solution? Only a person who
Apostle also testified to. Therefore, in Romans is sinless in his/her heart after having been born
chapter 6, Paul said that he was baptized into again by the gospel of the water and the Spirit
Christ Jesus and also into His death. Because can ask that kind of question and also give the
there were nominal Christians in the Church in correct answer to people. Only the born again
Rome who believed only in the blood of the saints can make sinners to be born again by
Cross, Paul wanted to deliver them the hidden delivering the sound gospel, that is, the gospel of
secret of the baptism Jesus had received. Just like the water and the Holy Spirit, which sinners have
this, we should preach the gospel of the water never heard before.
and the Spirit to those who have not been able to
hear it, though they have long been inside the Brethren, even if one believes in Jesus, but has
church. not been born again of the water and the Holy
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Kingdom. Therefore, be thankful when you meet barrier of sin that divides all mankind from God.
people who allow sinners to receive the Would the washing away of sin be possible if
remission of sin by delivering you the gospel of people believed only in the gospel of the blood of
the water and the Spirit. You will then receive a the Cross? It is seemingly possible to wash away
great blessing. the sins committed until now with this kind of
faith but it is impossible to cleanse our future sin.
Therefore, people with this kind of faith try to
The gospel Paul was not ashamed wash away their sins by saying prayers of
about repentance everyday. They confess that their
hearts are filled only with sins and that they are
In verse 16, what was the gospel Paul the inevitable sinners. These Christian sinners who
Apostle was not ashamed about like? It was the possess sin cannot talk about the gospel sincerely
gospel of the water and the Spirit. Because this to others, because ‘the gospel’ they have is no
gospel is God’s power to salvation for everyone more ‘the good news’ to them.
who believes, Paul called it as “my gospel” The gospel is ‘euaggelion’ in Greek, in other
(Romans 2:16, 16:25), and he regarded it to be words, the gospel that has the ability of blowing
proud and great instead of being ashamed of it. away all the sins in this world. The only true
The reason he was not ashamed of the gospel of gospel is like dynamite. It is this true gospel that
the water and the Spirit was because this gospel eliminates all of the sins in this world. Therefore,
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the water and the Spirit that has the ability to salvation to people, that is to say, it tells people
eliminate sin, was not ashamed of it. Nowadays, that it only eliminates their original sin and thus
even Christians seem to be ashamed of preaching their additional transgressions have to be washed
the gospel. However, those who possess God’s away by saying daily repentance prayers. It
righteousness are people that stand out more with leaves an aftertaste of sin to its listeners.
dignity and glory when they are preaching the Did Jesus only take away a partial amount of
gospel. sin because His power was not good enough?
Paul the Apostle did not even have the Since Jesus knew humans so well, He did not
slightest bit of shame while preaching the gospel. leave behind any kind of sin. He took with Him
It was because the gospel he was preaching was all of the sins with the water, blood and the Holy
the gospel of the water and the Spirit. It was Spirit. I believe that this beautiful gospel gives
because this beautiful gospel was God’s power to complete salvation from sin to everyone who
salvation for everyone who believes. hears and believes the gospel of Jesus’ baptism
This gospel is the powerful gospel that allows and His bloodshed on the Cross.
anyone who believes in it to get his/her sins
remitted, no matter who has delivered it to Therefore, the gospel has the same power to
him/her. The sins of the world get completely everyone including the Jews and the Greeks. The
washed away if the listener takes in the gospel gospel of the water and the Spirit allows the
with his/her heart. However, the gospel of only same salvation from sin to everyone who
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them. On the other hand, when one delivers that He took over all our sins by getting baptized
something other than the gospel of the water and by John, and that He received the judgment for
the Spirit, he/she will receive the wrath of God. our sins by dying on the Cross.
So Paul said, “But even if we, or an angel from Therefore, Paul the Apostle was not ashamed
heaven, preach any other gospel to you than of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Even
what we have preached to you, let him be though the gospel only of the Cross must be a
accursed” (Galatians 1:8). Paul the Apostle shameful gospel, the gospel of the water and the
clearly said that there is only the gospel of the Spirit cannot be shameful at all; but a sound and
water and the Spirit that is true out of all the powerful gospel that overflows with pride and
other gospels. dignity. Anyone who believes in this gospel
Regardless of whether one is a Gentile or a receives the fullness of the Holy Spirit by the
Jew, or whether one believes in Islam, faith in the fact that he/she has become a child of
Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, the sun god or God. Again I say to you that the beautiful gospel
anything else, every single person gets the of the water and the Holy Spirit can never be a
chance to hear the gospel. Moreover, this gospel shameful gospel. However, the gospel that
of the water and the Holy Spirit provides them believes only in the blood of the Cross is
the chance of getting saved from all their sins. So, shameful.
we should deliver that Jesus Christ is God, that
He created the Universe, that He came to this Christians, were you ashamed whenever you
world in the likeness of human flesh to save us, had to preach the gospel of only the blood of the

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Cross? You felt ashamed when you delivered and converses with another.
believed in the gospel of only the blood that does
not contain Jesus’ baptism. Because you were
ashamed to preach that kind of useless gospel, What is said about the gospel of
you always had to cry out for the Lord or give God’s righteousness?
fanatic prayers in other tongues to fill up your
feelings before you went out to the streets to In verse 17, what is said to be revealed in the
shout out “Believe in Jesus. Believe in Jesus!” gospel of Christ? It is said that “the
This is something one can just do with righteousness of God” is revealed in the gospel
overflowing feelings but something one would of God. God’s righteousness is fully revealed in
never be able to do with a sober mind. That is the true gospel. Therefore, it is said that God’s
why those who believe only in the blood of the righteousness is revealed in it from faith to faith
Cross shout tumultuously and cause disturbances and that the just shall live only by faith. The
whenever they are out in the streets for gospel that delivers only the blood of the Cross
evangelism. Having the megaphone close to their does not contain God’s righteousness.
mouths, they only shout out the words, “Jesus, to Brethren, if it is said that one has to give
Heaven, disbelief, to hell.” However, a believer prayers of repentance everyday for his/her daily
in the gospel of the water and the Spirit delivers sins even though he/she has already gotten
the gospel in a very gentlemanlike fashion; while his/her original sin forgiven, and that one can
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become a perfectly righteous person, then does given them freely, but instead enjoy wearing the
this kind of faith contain God’s righteousness? coverings of the leaves of a fig tree.
This is not something in which God’s Jesus’ blood on the Cross was the result of
righteousness is revealed. Something that reveals Jesus’ baptism, and it was not the bloodshed on
God’s righteousness talks about perfect things. the Cross by which Jesus was able to take over
The gospel of the water and the Holy Spirit talks our sins. He took over our sins at the time He got
about the perfect gospel from the beginning till baptized, then came to the Cross bearing all the
the end. sins of the world, and died to atone the sins of
You people offer daily repentance prayers the world. Therefore, the Cross was the result of
because you are committing sins everyday as if the baptism He had received. Since Jesus had
you have to make new coverings out of the taken over our sins through His baptism, the
leaves of a fig tree to cover your shameful sides bloodshed at the Cross was His final deed to
everyday, or maybe every week or month. A atone all our sins. Jesus received all of the curses
person repeatedly becoming a sinner by saying of sin at the Cross because He had gotten
daily repentance prayers is like covering up baptized.
his/her own shameful body with the leaves of a
fig tree. This is the state of religious lives of Then how can we obtain God’s righteousness?
those who believe in the gospel of only the blood We can acquire it by knowing and believing in
of the Cross. They are the foolish ones who don’t the gospel of the water and the Spirit. You would
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the water and the Spirit?” Then I can answer righteousness, is false.
immediately and clearly ‘Yes’ to this question. God’s righteousness refers to the sound gospel
The secret to obtaining God’s righteousness is to of the water and the Spirit He has given. The Old
believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. and New Testament as a pair save us from our
The reason for this is because the gospel of the sins. The Old Testament prepares for the New
water and the Spirit is the truth and because it Testament and the New Testament fulfills the
reveals God’s love and His righteousness. It is words of promise contained in the Old Testament.
also because the gospel of the water and the God saved us from the sins of the world by
Spirit contains the remission of sin God has giving us the true gospel in which His
given to mankind freely, the way to becoming righteousness is fully revealed. Thus He saved
His children, the blessing of eternal life by which mankind from all sin.
one can receive the Holy Spirit, and the physical Right now, the whole world should return to
and spiritual blessings on earth. the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The only
Paul the Apostle said that God’s righteousness gospel that saves people from sin is the original
was fully revealed in the gospel of the water and gospel of the water and the Spirit. Brethren, the
the Spirit that he was preaching. Therefore, whole world must return to the gospel of the
putting up human righteousness without knowing water and the blood. They have to return to this
God’s righteousness is like sinning before God. gospel of the water and the Spirit, which contains
Moreover, a gospel that believes in only the God’s righteousness.
blood of the Cross, but does not contain God’s The reason for this is because the gospel of the

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water and the Spirit is the only truth that can save of sin offerings without blemish in the Old
us from sin. Only the gospel containing God’s Testament (Leviticus 16:21). Jesus’ death on the
righteousness can save us, make us sinless and Cross was a result of having taken over the sins
turn us into God’s children. Moreover, the Holy onto His body, and it parallels with the sin
Spirit inside our hearts protect God’s people and offering shedding blood and dying after going
this Holy Spirit prays for us, blesses us, always through the imposition of hands.
stays with us and gives us eternal lives as a gift. Because this gospel of the water and the Holy
It is very tantalizing to see that there are so Spirit has been mentioned in both the Old and
many people who don’t even pay attention to this New Testaments, anyone who believes in the
gospel. I hope for everyone to believe in this other gospel while leaving out any part of the
gospel of the water and the Holy Spirit by having original one has a wrong faith. The most
clear understanding of Jesus’ baptism. The important and the very first thing Jesus did when
baptism Jesus received from John is not He came to this world was to get baptized by
something that Jesus accepted because He was John. It is very wrong for you to believe that His
modest. The reason He got baptized was in order baptism is only a symbol and to think that Jesus
to bearing all the sins of this world. John, who got baptized out of His modesty.
was the greatest man among those born of What kind of a person is a heretic? In Titus
women, laid his hands on Jesus’ head when he 3:10, it is written, “Reject a divisive man after
baptized Jesus. This forms a parallel to the the first and second admonition, knowing that
imposition of the High Priest’s hands on the head such a person is warped and sinning, being self-

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condemned.” A divisive man is a person who is to hell.

self-condemned. A self-condemned person means Some Christians attach a sticker on the back of
one who admits and confesses that he/she their cars that says, ‘It’s my fault.’ This seems
possesses sin. Therefore, a Christian who says, like such a kind and warm saying when viewed
“I’m a sinner” is a divisive man, that is, a heretic. by human eyes, but in truth, it means that since
It is written, “Reject a divisive man after the first it’s all one’s own fault, such matters as going to
and second admonition.” hell, becoming a divisive man, and getting cursed
Because this kind of a Christian is warped and is all up to one’s own fault. ‘It’s my fault’ is a
rotten, a sinless saint should not go near such a paradoxical saying that one is going to live
heretic. He is one who is self-condemned virtuously. However, saying that a supporter of
because his own faith and religious life has rotted such a slogan, who thinks he/she can live
away. A person who commits unforgivable sins virtuously, is directly challenging God’s words
before God is one who does not want to be that defines humans as seeds of iniquity. Those
sinless by believing in the gospel of the water who chase that kind of human thought will
and the Spirit, but instead continues to sin of eventually receive all kinds of curses.
rejecting His absolute salvation before God while
saying that he/she is still a sinner. One who self- Are there by any chance people among you
condemns while thinking that even though he/she who are self-condemned? Then you should once
believes in Jesus, he/she has sin and therefore again listen carefully to my sermon on Romans
calls himself/herself a sinner, is a heretic heading chapter 3 that states that the remission of sin does

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not refer to the Doctrine of Justification. Romans I hope that even if right at the moment,
talks about this in great detail. Paul the Apostle people’s faiths are not complete, their faiths will
knew in advance what people would say eventually reach perfection while they lend an
someday and therefore said beforehand that ear to the words of the water and the Spirit
becoming sinless is to become truly without sin through the born again church. Please, learn
and is not just calling a sinner righteous. He also more about the gospel of the water and the Spirit
clearly testified that only the gospel of the water through these sermons and confirm the words of
and the Spirit is the truth. Therefore, it is natural truth.
that those who believe only in the blood of the I believe that God will endow us with the
Cross will become ignorant and dumb while riches of heavenly blessings.
reading Romans.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans
is such a great Scripture because it testifies the
gospel of the water and the Spirit. One should
become righteous after believing in Jesus even if
he/she was originally a sinner before coming to
believe. One should truly become a righteous
person who possesses no sin in one’s heart. This
is how one gets to possess the right kind of faith.

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The Righteousness of God gospel of Christ. He stately testified the gospel.

However, one of the reasons many people weep
That is Revealed in the though they believe in Jesus is because of their
Gospel sins. It is also due to their ignorance in
acknowledging the righteousness of God. We can
be saved by believing in God’s righteousness and
< Romans 1:16-17 > by giving up our own righteousness.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Why was Paul the Apostle not ashamed of the
Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation gospel? First of all, it was because the
for everyone who believes, for the Jew first righteousness of God was revealed in it.
and also for the Greek. For in it the The gospel, ‘euaggelion’ in Greek, means
righteousness of God is revealed from faith to ‘good news’. When Jesus Christ was born in
faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by Bethlehem, God’s angel appeared and told the
faith.’” shepherds who were keeping watch over their
flock at night, “Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward men!” (Luke
We must receive the righteousness 2:14) It was good news─‘peace, good will
of God toward men.’ The gospel of the Lord saved us
from all sins and washed away the sins of the
Paul the Apostle was not ashamed of the world. Jesus washed away all our sins. He,

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Himself, washed away all the sins of those who of God. They say, “Believe in Jesus and you will
squirmed like maggots in dunghills and who be saved and become rich.” However, these are
sinned in the mud. not the teachings of the gospel of God’s
Firstly, Paul the Apostle said that the righteousness. The gospel seems to be more
righteousness of God was revealed in the gospel. popular than anything, but most people are
God’s righteousness was revealed in the gospel ignorant and do not understand the gospel. It is
that blotted out all our sins. The righteousness of similar to the fact that the Bible is a bestseller,
God allowed us to become the saints and the but people still don’t know its contents actually.
righteous. It also permitted us to obtain eternal The most precious and beneficial thing in this
lives and be sinless. world is the gospel, which God has given us.
What is the righteousness of human beings? “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed
We people like to show ourselves off before God from faith to faith.” The gospel of God is like an
when we have something to brag about. Piling oasis in the desert. Jesus came to those sinners
one’s own pride by doing good deeds portrays who had committed many sins and washed all of
human righteousness. However, Jesus’ righteous their sins away. However, people have rejected
act that saved us from all our sins allowed God’s the gift of His righteousness, which has washed
righteousness to be revealed in the gospel. This is away the sins of the world, while trying to
the righteousness of God. establish their own righteousness. People who
These days, most Christians preach the gospel put up their own efforts (service, dedication, zeal,
without knowing the gospel of the righteousness offering, prayer of repentance, fasting prayer,

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keeping the Lord’s day, translating God’s word man’ and ‘the righteousness of God.’ Genesis 3:7
into practice and so on), and refuse God’s gift, said, “They sewed fig leaves together and made
are those who reject His righteousness. One can themselves coverings.” Have you ever plaited
receive the righteousness of God only when radish leaves? We Koreans cut off radish leaves
one’s own righteousness is given up. from radishes and plait them together with rice-
straws to dry them. We cook bean paste stew
with them in the winter. It is very delicious!
They sewed fig-leaves together, Adam and Eve plaited fig leaves together and
and made themselves clothing made garments after they had sinned. This sort of
acts─good deeds, self-trial and self-
In Genesis 3:21, it is written, “Also for Adam sacrifice─constitute human righteousness. It is
and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, self-righteousness, not the righteousness of God.
and clothed them.” The fact that they made their own garments with
The first man, Adam, sinned against God by fig leaves shows the sin of pride by trying to hide
falling into the trickery of Satan. What Adam and their sins with their good deeds before God.
Eve did right after they sinned was to sew fig Plaiting one’s righteousness–one’s devotions,
leaves together and make themselves clothing. self-offerings, self-trials, services, and prayers of
The garments made of sewed fig leaves forms a repentance into a garment, and covering the sins
striking contrast to the tunics made of skins. It in one’s mind with it is ‘idolatry,’ which accrues
was the difference between ‘the righteousness of one’s pride before God.

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Can we hide our sins in our hearts before God hide himself/herself among people. He/she likes
by sewing fig leaves together to make garments? to take a seat in the middle, not sitting too far
Can we hide our sins by our good deeds? Never. back or in the front of the church where many
The leaves would begin to fall in a day, and on people gather together. Why? Because he/she
the third day, all the leaves would fall finally. wants to hide himself/herself among people.
Garments made of vegetables don’t last long. However, he/she cannot hide his/her sins
People who sew fig leaves together and make before God. He/she must be forgiven of his/her
garments, namely, those who try to be righteous sins by giving up his/her own righteousness and
by serving God well with their own deeds, by believing in the righteousness of the Lord.
cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. We Those who have vague faiths and who don’t
cannot receive the forgiveness of sins by the believe in the truth also want to enter into the
righteousness of our own deeds. Kingdom of Heaven, hiding themselves among
When Adam and Eve tried to hide their sins by the same kind of people, but they will end up in
making garments with fig-leaves, God called hell with those who try to hide their sins with
Adam, “Where are you, Adam?” While hiding their good deeds. Sinners before God have to be
himself among the trees of the garden, he said, “I revealed as sinners and give themselves up to
was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid God.
myself.” A person who has sin tries to hide God told Adam, who made garments with fig
among the trees. Trees frequently imply men in leaves, “Why did you take the fruit? Who made
the Bible. He/she who has sin in the heart tries to you eat?” “Oh, God, The woman whom You

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gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and The Lord made tunics of skin for
I ate.” “Eve, why did you do so?” “The serpent Adam and his wife
beguiled me, and I did eat.” So the Lord God
said to the serpent, “Because you did such a The Lord thought, “I will not leave Adam and
thing, you are cursed above all cattle, and above Eve, who sinned by being beguiled by Satan, as
every beast of the field: on your belly shall you they are. I had originally made up my mind to
go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your create men in My image and make them into My
life.” That is why serpents slither on their bellies. sons, so I will save them to accomplish My
Again God told Adam and Eve, “You also plan.” This plan was in God. Therefore, God
committed sin. You who were beguiled to sin and passed over their sins to an animal, killed the
the ringleaders who made you sin are the same animal, skinned it and made tunics from its skin
sinners.” Nowadays, false prophets also preach and clothed Adam and Eve with the tunics. He
their pseudo-gospels, saying, “Receive the fire!” made it the symbol of our salvation. In fact, the
People who are deceived by them will be treated plant garments made of fig leaves could not last
in the same manner as the false prophets and go even a day, and it had to be repaired over and
to hell. over again. God clothed Adam and Eve with
eternal life, saying, “You, Adam and Eve, come
on, I newly made tunics of skin from an animal,
be clothed in it. It’s the skin of an animal that
died for you.” The Lord clothed Adam and Eve

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with tunics of skin blessed with God’s their own righteousness, rejecting the
righteousness in order to give Adam and Eve righteousness of God in the world. They must
new lives. The Lord God made tunics from skin discard their own righteousness. In Romans 10:1-
for Adam and his wife and clothed them, just like 4 it is written, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and
God clothed believers with the salvation of His prayer to God for Israel is that they may be
righteousness. saved. For I bear them witness that they have a
However, the salvation of humankind that was zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
apart from the salvation of God was the plant For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness,
garment made of fig leaves. God clothed us in and seeking to establish their own righteousness,
tunics of skin, which is the righteousness of God. have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
The Lord clothed the remission of sins with the For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
righteousness of God by giving us His flesh and to everyone who believes.”
blood. He took away all our sins with His The Israelites insisted on their legalism in
baptism and crucifixion in order to receive all order to establish their own righteousness, while
judgment in our place. God lets us have the ignoring the righteousness of God. God gave
forgiveness of sins when we believe in the men the law to make them aware of sin. People
righteousness of God through the gospel of the have the knowledge of sin through the Ten
baptism and blood of Jesus. It is the gospel that Commandments and have the forgiveness of sin
saves sinners from their sins. by believing in the righteousness of His salvation,
There are many people who try to establish which saves them from their sins through the

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sacrificial system of the tabernacle. Therefore, away all sins and was crucified to atone the sins.
the sin offering of the tabernacle implies that However, the Israelites didn’t believe that Jesus
Jesus is an exact representation of God in the became the perfect Savior of sinners.
New Testament. However, the Israelites didn’t Israelites have not submitted themselves to the
know this righteousness of God. righteousness of God, but Jesus is the end of the
law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
The end of the law means that Jesus washed
Why was Jesus baptized? away all sins of the world. Christ was judged as
the curse of the law for all believers to be
Why was Jesus baptized? John the Baptist sanctified. He ended the curse of the law. Jesus
baptized Jesus in order to wash away all the sins redeemed all people from their sins. Jesus was
of this world. Jesus told John the Baptist just baptized to wash away the sins of all mankind.
before He was baptized, “Permit it to be so now, He took away all the sins of the world by
for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all delivering His flesh up to John to be baptized and
righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15) This is the by passing all the sins of the world to His flesh.
reason Jesus was baptized. He was baptized so He thereby saved all people from their sins. He
that He could wash away all the sins of mankind. ended the judgment of the curse of the law by
He took away the sins of this world by being taking away the sins of this world through His
baptized. “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes baptism and crucifixion. He perfectly saved us
away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) He took from the judgment and the curse of the law.

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 That was not all. Mistraon, the favourite horse of Raimond V., was
wounded in the frush of his foot by a sharp stone; by means of a
thin layer of iron deftly inserted in the slope of the shoe, the
Bohemian made a sort of Turkish horseshoe, which ever after
preserved the invalid foot of Mistraon from all injury.
The baron doted on the Bohemian. Dame Dulceline herself,
notwithstanding her holy horror of this unbeliever, who, never having
been baptised, could not bear the name of Christian, relented
somewhat when the unbeliever gave her marvellous recipes for
colouring pieces of glass, stuffing birds, and making excellent
cordials.
The good Abbé Mascarolus was not less under the charm, thanks
to some pharmaceutic specifics of which the Bohemian had given
him the secret. The only regret of the worthy chaplain was to find
the vagabond so obstinate and shy upon the subject of his
conversion.
Such was the serious side of the Bohemian’s qualifications. To that
he united the most versatile and agreeable accomplishments. He
had in a little cage two beautiful pigeons, which showed an almost
superhuman intelligence; his ass astonished the household of
Maison-Forte by the grace with which he walked on his hind legs;
besides, the Bohemian played with iron balls and daggers as well as
the best juggler from India; he was as good a marksman as the
most accomplished carabineer; and, finally, to conclude the
enumeration of this vagabond’s wonderful attractions, he sang
charmingly, as he accompanied himself on a sort of Moorish guitar
with three strings.
It was doubtless to this talent that he owed the nickname of the
“Singer,” by which he was known among his comrades.
Stephanette was the first to inform her mistress of the new
troubadour; in fact, although he was rather ugly than handsome, the
flexible and expressive features of the Bohemian seemed almost
charming when he sang his soft and melancholy songs.
 One must understand the calm, monotonous life of the inmates of
Maison-Forte, to comprehend the success of the Bohemian.
Reine, beset by the entreaties of Stephanette, finally consented to
hear him.
Honorât de Berrol, together with his betrothed, had made a visit
to Marseilles, without the knowledge of Raimond V., to learn the
results of the complaints entered by the recorder.
In case the baron had aught to fear from these complaints,
Honorât was immediately to inform Reine, and employ the influence
of one of her relatives, who was a friend of Marshal of Vitry, to
subdue the resentment raised by the imprudent conduct of the
baron.
Reine hoped to find some distraction to her sad thoughts, by
listening to the songs of the Bohemian.
The image of the unknown hero haunted her more and more. The
fantastical, mysterious circumstances, which had so strangely
excited her memory, interested and frightened her at the same time;
in the meanwhile, desiring, or, rather, thinking to put an end to this
romantic adventure, she had, to the great joy of Honorât, fixed her
marriage on the day following the festivity of Christmas, and yet, the
nearer the day approached, the more she repented of her promise.
In the very depths of her heart she would ask herself with a vague
fear if she no longer loved her betrothed as in the past. But this
question remained unanswered; the young girl did not dare, so to
speak, to listen to the response made by her conscience.
Reine was seated in sad meditation in the little turret which served
her as a drawing-room, when Stephanette entered and said to her
mistress:
“Mademoiselle, here is the Singer; he is in the passage, shall I ask
him to enter?”
“For what purpose?” said Reine, with indifference. “For what
purpose, mademoiselle? Why, to distract you from these witchcrafts
which torment you. What a pity this unbeliever is an unbeliever!
Really, mademoiselle, since he has left off his leather jerkin, and
monseigneur has made him a present of a scarlet doublet, he looks
like a gendarme, and more, too, he has a golden tongue, I answer
for it. And I was obliged, if you please, to give him the flame-
coloured ribbon I always wore around my head to fasten his collar,
you see. Without that he would not dare, so he said, to present
himself before mademoiselle.”
“I see, my dear, that you have sacrificed yourself,” said Reine,
smiling in spite of herself. “I doubt if Luquin will congratulate you
very much on this disinterested devotion. But where is this brave
captain, and when will he return?”
“This evening or to-morrow morning, mademoiselle; the fishermen
met him near Trefus. He was obliged to lessen the speed of his
tartan to accommodate the large ships that he was escorting from
Nice.”
“And do you think that he would like to have you give ribbons to
this strolling singer?”
“By Our Lady! whether he likes it or not does not matter to me. If
it is necessary to obtain some amusement for my dear mistress I
would not hesitate for a cheap piece of ribbon.”
“Ah, Stephanette, Stephanette! you are a real coquette. I have
seen the sharp black eyes of this vagabond looking into yours more
than once.”
“That shows, mademoiselle, that he approves of Lu-quin’s taste,
and my captain ought to feel flattered by it,” answered Stephanette,
smiling.
“You are wrong; you will make your betrothed angry,” replied
Reine, with a more serious expression.
“Ah, my dear mistress, cannot one love her betrothed faithfully
and tenderly, and amuse herself with the flatteries of a vagabond
foreigner, as you call him?”
Reine took this response, to which Stephanette had attached no
significance, as an allusion to her own thoughts.
 She looked at her attendant sternly, and said, with an imperious
air, “Stephanette!”
The pretty, innocent face of the young girl suddenly assumed an
expression of such sadness as she raised her large eyes, in which a
tear glittered, full of a grieved surprise to her mistress, that Reine
extended her hand to her and said:
“Come, come, you are a foolish but a good and honest girl.”
Stephanette, smiling through her tears, kissed the hand of her
mistress with affectionate gratitude, and said, as she wiped her eyes
with the end of her slender fingers: “Shall I tell the Singer to come
in, mademoiselle?”
“Yes, go and tell him, since you wish it; let the sacrifice of your
flame-coloured ribbon do some good at least.”
Stephanette smiled with an mischievous air, went out, and
returned followed by the Bohemian.
CHAPTER XIII. THE GUZIAC OF THE
EMIR.
Notwithstanding the humility of his position, the Bohemian did not
appear to be much intimidated in the presence of Reine.
He saluted her with a sort of easy respect as he took a sharp and
rapid survey of the objects which surrounded her.
As Stephanette had remarked, the Singer’s exterior had greatly
improved; his slender and well-formed figure looked wonderfully well
in the scarlet doublet, the present from the baron; his collar was
fastened with the flame-coloured ribbon, a present from
Stephanette; he wore wide trousers of coarse white stuff; his dark
blue gaiters, embroidered with red wool, reached above his knees.
His black hair enframed a thin, sunburnt but intelligent face.
He held in his hand a kind of guitar with a neck of ebony
expensively inlaid with gold and mother-of-pearl; at its upper end
the neck formed a sort of palette, in the middle of which was a
small, round plate chased with gold, resembling the lid of a
medallion.
We emphasise the costliness of this instrument because it seemed
very strange that a strolling Bohemian should be its possessor.
Stephanette herself was struck with it, and cried:
“Why, Singer, I never saw that beautiful guitar before!”
These words attracted the attention of Reine, and, as surprised as
her maid, she said to the Bohemian:
“Really, this is a very expensive instrument for a travelling artisan.”
“I am poor, mademoiselle, sometimes I have wanted bread, but
ah! I would rather die of hunger than sell this guzla. My arms are
weak, but they would become as strong as brass to defend this
guzla. They would only take it from me after my death. It is my most
precious treasure; I hardly dare to play it. But the rose of Anbiez
wishes to hear me; all that I now desire is that my song may be
worthy of the instrument and of her who listens to me.”
The Bohemian spoke French quite purely, although he had
something guttural in his Arabian accent.
Reine exchanged a glance of surprise with her attendant, as she
heard this florid Oriental speech, which contrasted singularly with
the condition of the wanderer.
“But this guzla, as you call this instrument, how did you come to
possess it?”
The Bohemian shook his head sadly, and replied:
“That is a sad story, mademoiselle; there are more tears than
smiles in it.”
“Tell us,—tell us!” exclaimed Reine, deeply interested in the
romantic turn the incident had taken. “Relate to us how this guzla
came into your hands. You seem to be above your present
condition.”
The Bohemian uttered a profound sigh, fixed a piercing look on
Reine, and struck a few chords which vibrated a long time under the
arched roof of the turret.
“But tell me the story of this guzla,” said Reine, with the
impatience of a young girl.
The wanderer, without replying, made a supplicating gesture. He
began to sing, accompanying himself with taste, or, rather, playing
softly some air of tender melancholy, while, with a sweet and grave
tone, he recited the following stanzas.
 Although it lacked rhythm and rhyme, the language had a certain
strange charm; he rendered in a sort of recitative the words:
“Far is the country where I was born; the sands of the desert
surround it like an arid sea.
“I lived there with my mother: she was poor, she was old, she was
blind.
“I loved my mother, as the unhappy love those who love them.
“My mother was sad, sad, very sad, after she had lost her sight.
“I went into the valley to look for flowers.
“She tried to console herself for not seeing their smiling faces by
inhaling their perfume.
“The voice of a son is always sweet to the ear of a mother.
“I spoke to her; sometimes she smiled.
“But never to see! never to see! that filled her with sorrow.
“She sank by degrees into a mute despair.
“Before sinking into this despair, leaning on my arm, she went out;
she loved to go at set of sun and sit under the orange-trees in the
garden of the young and brave emir of our tribe.
“The gentle warmth of the sun revived my mother.
“She loved to listen to the murmur of the cascades, which seemed
to sing as they fell into the basin of marble.
“One day, when she lamented more bitterly than ever the loss of
her sight, she refused to go out.
“I prayed her; I wept; she was inflexible.
“Seated in the most solitary corner of our dwelling, her venerable
head wrapped in her black mantle, she remained motionless.
“She no longer desired to eat; she wished to die.
“For one long, for one long night, she refused everything.
“In vain I said: ‘My mother, my mother, like you also I shall die.’
“She remained silent and gloomy.
 “I took her hand, her hand already frozen. I tried to warm it with
my breath: she wished to withdraw her hand.”
In saying these words, the voice of the Bohemian had such an
expression of sadness, and the sounds that he drew from his guzla
were so melancholy, that Reine and Stephanette silently exchanged
glances suffused with tears. The Bohemian continued without
perceiving the emotion he had excited:
“It was night.
“And yet a beautiful night Through the open window of our house
one saw the starlit sky; the moon covered the plain with silver; one
heard no noise.
“Yes, oh, yes! one heard the fevered breathing of my poor mother.
“Suddenly in the distance, far, very far, a light noise sounded.
“It was like the soft and gentle echo of a voice singing in the sky.
“Soon a gentle breeze, burdened with the perfume of the citron-
tree, wafted sounds more distinct.
“I was still holding the icy hand of my mother. I felt her tremble.
“This celestial voice approached—approached.
“The chords of a melodious instrument accompanied it, and gave
it an inexpressible charm.
“My mother started again; she raised her head; she listened. For
the first time in many hours she gave signs of life.
“As the enchanting sounds approached my mother seemed bom
again.
“I felt her hand grow warm again; I felt her hand press mine.
“I heard her voice at last; her voice till then so mute.
“‘My child, these songs sink in my soul; they calm me! Tears, oh,
tears! Yes, tears at last! I had so much need to weep.’
“And I felt two burning tears fall on my brow.
“‘Oh, my mother, my mother!’ ‘Silence, my child, be silent!’ said
she, putting one of her hands upon my mouth, and pointing to the
window with the other. ‘Listen to the voice! listen! there it is! there it
is!’”
Reine, deeply moved, pressed the hand of Stephanette as she
shook her head with a touching expression of pity.
The Bohemian continued:
“The moon of my country shines as the sun of this country.
“In its light slowly passed the young emir, mounted on Azib, his
beautiful white horse.
“Azib, gentle as a lamb, courageous as a lion, white as a swan.
“The emir let his reins fall on the neck of Azib. Happy, he sang of
a happy love, and accompanied himself on his guzla.
“His songs were not joyous: they were tender; they were
melancholy.
“He passed, singing.
“‘Silence, child, silence!’ whispered my mother, pressing my hand
convulsively. ‘That voice divine does me so much good!’
“Hélas! by degrees the voice died away; the emir had passed; the
voice was gone; then one heard nothing more,—nothing more; not a
sound.
“‘Ah, I fall back in the dreadful horror of my night,’ said my
mother. ‘This celestial music seemed to dissipate the darkness. Alas!
alas!’ and she wrung her hands in despair.
“Alas! all night she wept.
“The morrow her despair increased; her reason grew feeble. In
her delirium she called me a wicked son. She accused me of
silencing this voice. If she heard this voice no more, she must die.
“She was, indeed, going to die. For many hours she refused all
nourishment. What could I do? What could I do?
“The emir of our tribe was the most powerful of emirs.
“If he raised his djerid ten thousand cavaliers mounted horse.
“His palace was worthy of the sultan, his treasures immense. Alas!
how could I dare conceive the thought of saying to him, ‘Come, and
by your songs snatch an old and despairing woman from death?’
“And yet that I dared. My mother had perhaps but a few more
hours to live. I went to the palace.”
“And the emir?” cried Reine, deeply moved and interested, while
Stephanette, not less excited than her mistress, clasped her hands in
admiration.
The Bohemian gave the two young girls a glance of indescribable
sadness, and said, interrupting this kind of improvising, and laying
his instrument on his knees: “‘My mother was a woman,’ said the
emir to me, and he came.”
“He came!” exclaimed Reine, with enthusiasm. “Ah, the noble
heart!”
“Oh, yes, the most noble of noble hearts,” repeated the Bohemian,
with transport; “he deigned, he so grand, he so powerful, to come,
for five days, every evening into our poor dwelling. How shall I tell
you of his touching, almost filial kindness? Alas, if my mother had
not been stricken with a mortal disease, the songs of the emir would
have saved her, for the effect they produced on her was wonderful.
But she died at last without suffering, in a profound ecstasy. This
guzla, it once belonged to the emir; he gave it to me. Thanks to it
the last moments of my mother were peaceful,—poor mother!”
A tear glittered a moment in the black eye of the Bohemian; then,
as if he wished to drive away these painful memories, he took up his
guzla quickly and recited these other stanzas in a proud and excited
voice, as he made his sonorous instrument resound:
“The name of the emir is sacred in his tribe; let him but speak and
we will die.
“Not one is more brave; not one is more beautiful; not one is
more noble.
“He is hardly twenty years old, and his name is already the terror
of other tribes.
“His arm is delicate like that of a woman, but it is strong like that
of a warrior.
 “His face is smiling, is beautiful like that of the spirit who appears
in the dreams of young girls; but it is sometimes terrible like that of
the god of battles.
“His voice charms and seduces like a magic philter, but sometimes
it bursts forth like a clarion.”
In his enthusiasm, the Bohemian approached Reine and said to
her, as he opened the medallion set into the neck of the guzla: “See!
see if he is not the most beautiful of mortals!”
The young girl looked at the portrait, and uttered a cry of surprise,
almost of terror. The portrait was that of the stranger in the rocks of
Ollioules, who had saved the life of her father!
At that moment the door of Reine’s drawing-room was opened,
and she saw before her Honorât de Berrol, followed by Captain
Luquin Trinquetaille, who had just arrived from Nice on the tartan,
The Holy Terror of the Moors, by the Grace of God.
 CHAPTER XIV. JEALOUSY
When Honorât de Berrol entered Reine’s apartment, Stephanette
wished to retire so as to leave the two lovers alone.
She took one step toward the door, but Reine said to her, quickly,
in a voice full of emotion, “Remain.”
Then, scarcely able to control her feelings, she bowed her head
and hid her face in her hands.
Honorât, astonished beyond expression, did not know what to
think.
The Bohemian had closed the medallion containing the portrait of
Erebus, and had placed it on the table.
The captain of the Holy Terror to the Moors vainly tried to catch
Stephanette’s eye, but she seemed as anxious to avoid his glance.
Luquin Trinquetaille was the more sensible of her conduct
inasmuch as he recognised on the Bohemian’s collar the flame-
coloured ribbon, which was the exact counterpart of what
Stephanette wore on her waist.
This observation on his part, together with several perfidious
insinuations made by Master Laramée, who had just been taking a
glass with Luquin, suddenly aroused the lover’s jealousy.
He looked at the Singer angrily, then, meeting Ste-phanette’s eyes
by chance, he executed a most complicated pantomime with his left
hand, which was meant to ask the young girl why the Singer had a
ribbon like the one hanging from her ruff.
As this pantomimic performance made it necessary for the worthy
captain to put his hand to his collar quite often, Stephanette
whispered to him, with the most innocent tone in the world, “Are
you suffering from a sore throat, M. Luquin?”
 These words of the mischievous girl, while they excited the
captain’s anger, seemed also to arouse Honorât from the
astonishment produced by the strange reception of his betrothed.
He approached her, and said: “I am just from Marseilles, Reine,
and I must speak to you on some very serious things concerning
your father. Trinquetaille comes from La Ciotat and tells me that the
affair of the fishery is threatening; the citizens seem to be irritated.
In order to talk of all this we must be alone.”
At these words Reine raised her face bathed with tears, and with a
sign ordered Stephanette to go out The girl obeyed, casting a sad
look at her mistress.
Trinquetaille followed his betrothed with a very ungracious air, and
the Bohemian accompanied them.
“Reine, in the name of Heaven, what is the matter with you?”
cried Honorât, as soon as he was alone with Mlle, des Anbiez.
“Nothing,—nothing is the matter with me, my friend.”
“But you are weeping, your face is all tear-stained. What has
happened, pray?”
“Nothing, I tell you,—mere childishness. The Bohemian sang a
romance of his country for us; it was pathetic, and I allowed myself
to be affected by it. But do not let us talk of this nonsense; let us
talk of father. Is there any danger? Has his angry treatment of the
recorder irritated the marshal? And what does Luquin say about the
fishery? Honorât! Honorât! do answer me!”
“Listen to me, Reine; although those matters have assumed a
grave, if not a dangerous aspect, let me first speak of what is above
everything else,—my love for you.”
“Oh, Honorât! Honorât! what of my father?”
“Be calm, there is no immediate danger threatening the baron.
The marshal has despatched two of his men to make inquiries about
the facts.”
“But what does Luquin say about the fishery?”
 “He comes to tell you that the consuls have returned the question
with your father on the right of fishery to the overseers; so you see,
Reine, that this news, although serious, has nothing threatening or
alarming in it, and—”
“How do you think the marshal will consider my father’s conduct?”
said Reine, hurriedly, again interrupting Honorât.
Her lover looked at her with as much surprise as sorrow.
“My God, Reine, what does that signify? Are we not to be united in
a few days? at Christmas? Is it tiresome to you to hear me speak of
my love for you?”
Reine uttered a sigh, and looked down without replying.
“Listen, Reine,” cried Honorât, with bitterness; “for a month now,
there is something in you which is inexplicable; you are no longer
the same, you are distracted, preoccupied, taciturn; when I speak to
you of our approaching marriage, of our plans, of our future, you
answer me with constraint. Again I say, this is not natural. What
have you to reproach me for?”
“Nothing—oh, nothing, nothing, Honorât, you are the best, the
noblest of men!”
“But, indeed, only eight days ago, you yourself formally
announced to your father your desire that our marriage should take
place at Christmas, even if circumstances should prevent the
attendance of your uncles, the commander and Father Elzear!”
“That is true.”
“Well, then, have you changed your mind? Do you wish to
postpone it? You do not answer me. My God! what does that mean?
Reine, Reine! Ah, I am unhappy indeed!”
“My friend, do not despond so; have pity on me. Wait, I am
foolish. I am unworthy of your affection. I annoy you,—you are so
good, so noble!”
“But tell me what is the matter with you? What do you wish?”
“I do not know. I suffer—I—Wait, I tell you. I am foolish and weak
and very miserable, believe me.” She hid her face in her hands.
Honorât, at the height of astonishment, looked at her with an
expression of distress.
“Ah,” cried he, “if I were less acquainted with the purity of your
heart, if evidence even did not prevent the least suspicion, I would
believe that a rival had supplanted me in your affection. But no, no,
if that were true, I know your sincerity,—you would confess it to me
without a blush, because you are incapable of making an unworthy
choice. But then, what is it? A month ago, you loved me so much, so
you said,—what have I done in one month to deserve such
punishment from you? Ah, it is enough to make one insane!”
And Honorât de Berrol, a prey to violent grief, plunged almost into
despair, walked up and down the room in silence.
Reine, overwhelmed, did not dare utter a word. She was almost
on the point of confessing all to Honorât, but shame restrained her,
and besides, she could not distinctly understand her own
impressions.
The recital by the Bohemian, the wonderful accident which had
just placed the portrait of the unknown before her eyes, increased
the curiosity and romantic interest that she felt concerning the
stranger, in spite of herself.
But was this sentiment love? Again, who was this man? The
Bohemian called him the emir of his tribe, but at Marseilles, he and
his two companions had passed for Muscovites; how could the truth
be unveiled among so many mysteries? And then, would she ever
see him again? Was it not idolatry? Was the pathetic incident related
by the Bohemian true?
Lost in this chaos of confused thoughts, Reine could not find one
word to reply to Honorât.
What good could be accomplished by confessing this inexplicable
secret? If she had felt her affection for her betrothed diminish or
change, with her usual fidelity she would not have hesitated to have
told him, but she felt for him the same calm, gentle tenderness, the
same confidence, the same timid veneration.
 If sometimes when he was leaving Maison-Forte, Honorât,
encouraged by Raimond V., would press his lips upon the young girl’s
brow, she would smile without giving the slightest evidence of
annoyance.
Nothing in her manner betrayed a change in her attachment to
Honorât, and yet she saw the day of her marriage approach with
distrust and even distress.
Doubtless this want of confidence in Honorât was censurable, but
she divined with true feminine instinct the danger and uselessness of
telling her betrothed the strange restlessness of her heart.
Honorât appeared to be deeply grieved. Reine reproached herself
for not being able to utter a word to cheer him. Once she was about
to obey the inspiration of her compassion for him and tell him all in
perfect confidence, but his irritated manner arrested the words on
her lips.
In his vain effort to discover the cause of the coldness and
capricious conduct of Reine, and suddenly struck by some vague
memories, as he recalled that, for a month past, the Seigneur de
Signerol had been visiting Maison-Forte more frequently than was
his habit, Honorât foolishly suspected this man to be the object of
Reine’s preference.
This idea was all the more absurd, as the young girl, in talking
with her betrothed the day of the recorder’s adventure, had blamed
the Seigneur de Signerol in almost contemptuous terms, accusing
him of exciting the impetuous temper of her father. As for Seigneur
de Signerol, he had never had a conversation with Mile, des Anbiez.
Honorât, however, in his state of irritation and distress, welcomed
any suspicion which seemed to explain the strange attitude of Reine.
Once admitting this suspicion into his heart, he then became
indignant at the contemptuous manner in which she had spoken of
this man, seeing in her language nothing but the most perfidious
dissimulation.
Then, Reine was doubly culpable in his eyes. Why did she not
frankly reject his hand, instead of keeping him in doubtful hope?
Accepting this false theory, Honorât de Berrol found only too many
reasons to induce him to ponder the caprices which he had observed
in the conduct of Reine for some time. He even went so far as to
imagine that the Bohemian was an emissary of M. de Signerol.
The recent agitation of his betrothed at the time he entered her
drawing-room confirmed him in this absurd opinion. Not being able
to hide this impression, he said to her, suddenly:
“Confess, mademoiselle, that it is at least rather strange that you
should receive a vagabond Bohemian in your apartment; it seems to
me that if he had only come to sing, you would not have been so
embarrassed, so excited when I entered here.”
Honorât, in his anger, made this remark at random, and as soon
as the words were uttered, felt ashamed of them. But what was his
astonishment, his vexation, his distress, to see Reine blush and cast
down her eyes without saying a word.
She was thinking of the portrait of the unknown hero, and the
adventure connected with him; she was ignorant of Honorât’s
allusion.
The embarrassment of the young girl confirmed the chevalier in
his suspicions, and he exclaimed, with bitterness:
“Ah, Reine, never could I have believed you capable of forgetting
yourself so far as to compromise your dearest interests by trusting
them to such a contemptible creature!”
“What do you mean, Honorât? I do not understand you. This is
the first time I have ever heard you utter such words.”
“It is the first time that I have had the assurance that I was your
plaything!” cried he, unable to restrain his anger.
“Really, you do not mean what you say!”
“I mean, yes, I mean that now I can explain your hesitation, your
constraint, your embarrassment; but what I cannot explain, is that
you could have the cruelty to play this disgraceful rôle toward a man
who has devoted his entire life to you.”
 “Why, Honorât, you are losing your senses! I do not deserve your
reproaches.”
“One of two things: either a month ago you thought of our
marriage, or you think no longer of it. If you think no longer of it,
you have played with the love of an honest man; if you still intend to
fulfil it, in spite of the love which you have now in your heart, why, it
is detestable!”
Although Honorat’s suspicions were absurd, Reine, struck by these
words, which offered some solution to the situation, kept silent.
Honorât interpreted this silence as a confession of her duplicity.
“You answer nothing,—you cannot answer! I was not mistaken
then! This Bohemian is the secret emissary of M. de Signerol.”
“Of M. de Signerol!” exclaimed Reine. “But you cannot think it I
have never addressed a word to that man except in the presence of
my father. Besides, you know very well the opinion that I have
expressed of him.” “The better to dissimulate this beautiful
preference, no doubt.”
“M. de Signerol! M. de Signerol! indeed, you are silly!”
“Let us discontinue this comedy, mademoiselle. My eyes have not
left you for a moment I observed your embarrassment, your blushes
even, when I spoke of the Bohemian to you. Let us discontinue this
comedy, I tell you!”
Either pride, distress, or vexation that she could not explain the
cause of her embarrassment, or the pain that she felt at the bitter
words of Honorât, incited Reine to hold up her head with dignity and
say to her betrothed: “You are right, Honorât, let us discontinue
such a discussion; it is little worthy of you or of me. Since you judge
me so unjustly, since upon the most foolish suspicions you base the
most dishonouring accusation, I give your promise back to you, and
take back mine.” “Ah! that was your intention, no doubt,
mademoiselle. All this has been necessary to force me to give you
back your freedom. Ah, well, let it be so! Let all the plans of
happiness upon which I have staked my whole life be forgotten; let
the dearest wishes of your father and your family be trampled under
foot! You have enough influence over the baron to make him yield to
your designs. I assure you I will not in any way oppose them.”
At this moment, they heard the spurred heels of Raimond V., who
precipitately entered, holding a paper in his hand.
 CHAPTER XV. THE SUMMONS
Raimond V. was far too angry to notice the expression of sadness
and grief that was depicted on the countenances of the two
betrothed. Addressing Honorât, he said, in a loud voice:
“Manjour! do you know, forsooth, what Trinquetaille has just
informed me? Would you believe, my son, that the citizens of La
Ciotat, those vile swine that have fattened on my bounty and that I
have saved from the teeth of Barbary dogs, wish to summon me, to-
morrow morning, before the overseers of the port, on the matter of
our fishery contest! And the abbé pretends that—” Then, returning
to the door, the baron called out:
“But come on, abbé, where in the devil have you hid yourself?”
The good chaplain showed his tall form among the folds of the
portière, for he had been discreetly waiting in the antechamber.
“The abbé,” continued Raimond V., “pretends that this fine tribunal
is sovereign, if you please,—a tribunal composed of old man Cadaou,
a fish vender, and some other triton garlic eaters, who hardly own,
among them all, one boat or net. Manjour! my children, think of my
being placed under a ban by those old scoundrels!” “Monseigneur,”
said Abbé Mascarolus, “the decision of the overseers of the port on
all matters pertaining to the fisheries is supreme, and without
appeal. It has been confirmed by the patent letters of Henry II. in
1537, by Charles IX. in 1564, and by the king, our count, in 1622. It
is one of the oldest customs of the Provençal community. There is no
instance of a nobleman, priest, or citizen who has set it aside, and,
monseigneur—”
“Enough, abbé, enough!” rudely interrupted the baron. “If they
have the impudence to summon me, I shall not have the weakness
to obey their summons, even when it is made in virtue of all the
kings the abbé has just declared to us. As to the patents of the
kings, I will oppose titles and privileges conceded by other kings to
my house for services rendered to them, as an offset, and my seines
and nets will stay where they are, and, by the devil, I will take care
that they do stay!”
“Monsieur, permit me,” said Honorât.
“Monsieur? Eh! Why in the devil do you call me monsieur? Am I
not your father?” cried the baron, looking at Honorât.
Honorât cast a distressed look at Reine, as if to make her
understand that it was due to her that he could no longer call the
baron by the tender name of father.
Honorât replied, in a voice trembling with emotion, “Ah, well, since
you wish it, my father—”
“Ah, come now, what is the matter, pray?” asked the astonished
baron of his daughter. “Eh! Of course I wish you to call me father,
since you are, or will be, my son in a few days.”
Reine blushed, looked down, and remained silent. “Ah, well, come,
speak now, I pray you,” said the old gentleman to Honorât. “What
have you to tell me?”
“From what I have learned,” answered Honorât, “the consuls,
excited by the recorder Isnard, have manifested some hostility to
you, father; do you not fear that the citizens and fishers may join
these wicked people, when they see that you refuse to appear, and
—”
“I, afraid of those scoundrels! Why, I laugh at them as I would at
a broken spur,” cried the old gentleman, impetuously. “I have, from
father to son, the right to lay my seines and nets in the cove of
Castrembaou. I will maintain my right, even if all the fishers on the
coast, from here to Sixfours, oppose it.”
“The fact is, monseigneur,” said the abbé, “that however much
they may contest it, you have the right. Your titles and privileges of
fishery date back to the year 1221, the 14th day of February, under
the reign of Philippe, King of France, and your claims have been
registered by Bertrand de Cornillon.”
 “Eh! what do I want with the authority of Bertrand de Cornillon!”
cried the baron. “Power makes the right, and I have the force to
sustain the right. Man-jour! did ever one see such trickery? What
rascals! I, who have always helped them, and defended them! Ah,
just let them come and talk to me!”
“Ah, my dear father, they would find you still, as they have always
found you, generous and kind and—” “I believe it, certainly; how
could I revenge myself on such boobies, if it was not by showing
them that a gentleman is of better stock than they?”
“Ah! I recognise all that very well, monseigneur,” said the abbé. “If
the overseers could only examine your titles—”
“What, examine my titles! I have driven away with my whip a
recorder sent by a duke and a peer, a marshal of France, and I must
go and submit to the arbitration of those old tar-jackets, who will
descend from their wretched boats to mount their tribunal? I must
go and take off my hat before those old scoundrels, who the very
morning of their audience have cried in the port, ‘Buy—buy—soup—
fish—buy—buy,’—a people that my family has loaded with benefits.
In his last voyage to Algiers to redeem captives, did not my brave
and good brother, Elzear, bring back from Barbary five inhabitants of
La Ciotat? Did not my brother, the commander, three years ago,
chase away with his black galley five or six chebecs from the coast,
because they were interfering with these fishermen, and make them
fly before him like a cloud of sparrows before a falcon? And these
are the people who accuse me! Let them go to the devil! Let them
send me their recorder, and they will see how I shall receive him. I
have just had a new lash put on my whip! But enough of these
miseries. Give me your arm, my daughter. The weather is fine; we
will promenade. Come with us, Honorât.”
“You will excuse me, father; I am needed at home, and I shall not
be able to accompany you.”
“So much the worse. Go, then, quick, so as to come back quicker
still. I fear nothing from these idiot sheep penned up in La Ciotat,
but if they make any attempts upon my fishing-nets, I shall need
you to keep me from making Laramée hang several of them over my
nets as scarecrows!”
Then the baron, yielding to his changing and impetuous moods,
altered his tone, and said, gaily, to the abbé, “Now, abbé, if I had
some of these insolent rascals hanged, it would be serious, because
I do not think you have in all your pharmacy a remedy for hanging.”
“I beg your pardon, monseigneur, but I have been told that if you
make the patient, before his execution, drink a great quantity of iron
water, which, so to speak, envelopes and saturates the vital
principle, and if, on the other hand, the patient will apply to his
naked skin some large magnetic stones, or a loadstone, the power
of the said stone is such that, in spite of the hanging, he will retain
the vital principle in his body, for reason of the irresistible power of
attraction possessed by this metal. I would not dare affirm it, but I
have been recently told of this remedy.”
“By Our Lady, that is a wonderful remedy, eh! Who informed you
of it, abbé?”
“A poor man, who gives very little thought to the welfare of his
soul, but who knows many beautiful recipes,—it is the Bohemian
who healed your greyhound, monseigneur.”
“The Singer, Manjour! I imagine he occupies himself with the
hanged and with hanging; he thinks of his future, you see. Each one
preaches his own saint, does he not, abbé?—which does not prevent
this vagabond being a skilful man. Never a better farrier lifted the
foot of a hunting-horse than this same Bohemian,” added Raimond
V.
When she heard the vagabond mentioned, Reine blushed again,
and Honorât could scarcely repress a gesture of indignation.
Raimond V. continued:
“Dame Dulceline is enchanted with him; she tells me that, thanks
to him, she will have a magnificent cradle for Christmas. But you
have heard him sing, my daughter, what do you think of it? Because
I am a bad judge, I am not acquainted with any songs but those the
abbé sings, and our old Provençal refrains. Is it true that this
wanderer has a wonderful voice?”
Wishing to put an end to a conversation which, for many reasons,
was painful to her, Reine replied to her father:
“No doubt, he sings very well. I have scarcely heard him. But if
you wish to do so, father, we will take our promenade; it is two
o’clock already, and the days are short.”
The baron descended, followed by his daughter. In passing
through the court, he saw through the half-open door of the coach-
house the ancient and heavy carriage he always used when he
attended service in the parochial church of La Ciotat, at the solemn
festivals of the year, although he had his own chapel at Maison-
Forte.
Knowing the kind of antipathy which prevailed against him in the
little city, the bold and obstinate old baron took the ingenious idea of
braving public opinion by going to church next day with a certain
pomp.
Reine’s astonishment was unspeakable when she heard her father
order Laramée to have this, carriage ready next day at midday, the
hour of high mass.
To every question of his daughter, the baron replied only by a
persistent silence.
Now let us return to less important actors.
As she left the apartment of her mistress with Luquin, Stephanette
had disdained to reply to the jealous suspicions of the captain, and
had shut herself up in her dignity and her chamber. The windows of
this chamber looked out into the court. The young girl saw through
the windows the preparation of the old carriage, and, too, Luquin
Trinquetaille, as he walked back and forth in a very agitated state of
mind.
Was it curiosity to know what extraordinary event induced the
baron to go out in this carriage, or was it a desire to obtain an
interview with the captain? Whatever it was, Stephanette descended
into the court She first addressed Master Laramée.
 “Is monseigneur going out in this carriage?”
“All I know is, that monseigneur ordered me to have this old
Noah’s ark ready. And, speaking of Noah’s ark,” added Laramée, with
a sneering, satirical air, “if you have an olive-branch in your pretty
little rose-coloured beak, you ought to bear it as a sign of peace to
that Abrave captain you see there measuring the court with his long
legs like he was possessed. They say that he is at open war with the
Bohemian, and the olive-branch is a symbol of peace that would
flatter the worthy Captain Luquin.”
“I did not ask you anything about that, Master Laramée,” said
Stephanette, with a dry tone. “Where is monseigneur going in that
carriage? Is it to-day or to-morrow that he wishes to use it?”
“To-morrow will be to-day, and after to-morrow will be to-morrow,
mademoiselle,” bluntly replied the majordomo, offended by the
imperious manner of Stephanette, and he added, between his teeth:
“There is a dove transformed into a speckled magpie.”
During this conversation, Luquin Trinquetaille had approached
Stephanette. The captain tried to assume a cold, dignified, and
disdainful air.
“My dear little one,” said he, in a very careless tone, “do you not
think flame colour a very pretty colour?” Stephanette turned her
head, and, looking behind her, said to Luquin:
“Your dear little one? If you are talking to Jeannette, the
laundress, that I see down there, you had better speak louder.”
“I am not speaking to Jeannette, do you understand?” cried
Luquin, losing patience. “Jeannette, laundress as she is, would not
have the boldness, the effrontery, to give a ribbon to a vagabond
Bohemian.”
“Ah, that is it, is it?” said the mischievous girl. “Really, this ribbon
has the same effect on you, that a scarlet streamer has on a bull
from Camargne.”
“If I were a bull from Camargue, with double horns, this vagabond
would feel the point of them. But no matter, this miscreant shall pay
for his insolence; may I die, if I do not cut off his ears and nail them
to the mast of my tartan!”
“It is his tongue, rather, that you ought to be jealous of, my poor
Luquin, for never a troubadour of the good King René sang more
sweetly.”
“I will tear out his tongue, then,—a hundred thousand devils!”
“Come, do not do anything absurd, Luquin. The Bohemian is as
courageous and expert as a gendarme.” “Many thanks for your pity,
mademoiselle, but I do not fight with dogs, I beat them.”
“Yes, but sometimes the dog has good teeth which bite very hard,
I warn you.”
“Curse me, if you are not the most diabolical creature I ever
knew!” cried Trinquetaille. “I believe, by St. Elmo, my patron, that if
I were to fight to-morrow in camp with this copper face, you would
say: ‘Our Lady for the Bohemian!’”
“Without doubt, I would say it.”
“You would say it?”
“Why, yes. Ought I not to take the part of the weak against the
strong,—the small against the great? Ought I not at least to
encourage the poor man who would dare challenge the formidable,
unconquerable arm of the captain of The Holy Terror to the Moors?”
“Holy Cross! you are jesting, Stephanette, and I have no desire for
it now.”
“That is very evident.”
“Where is this good-for-nothing fellow, this vagabond?”
“Do you wish me to go at once and find out? No inquiry would be
more agreeable to me.”
“This is too much, you are making sport of me. Ah, well, good-
bye! All is over, you understand, all is over between us.”
Stephanette shrugged her shoulders, and said, “Why do you talk
nonsense like that?”
“What, nonsense?”
 “Without a doubt, mere imagination and pretence.”
“Pretence! Ah, you think so? Pretence! Ah, well, you will see. Do
not think you can take me with your cajoleries. I know them,—
crocodile tears.”
“Do not say that, Luquin. I am going to force you to get on your
knees before me and ask my pardon for your stupid jealousy.”
“I, on my knees! I, ask your pardon! Ah, that would be pretty! Ah,
ah, I on my knees before you!” “On both knees, if you please.”
“Ah, ah, the idea is a pleasant one, on my word!”
“Come, come, this very instant,—here, on this spot.”
“Mademoiselle, you are crazy.”
“M. Luquin, in your own interest, do it now, I pray you.”
“Fiddlesticks!”
“Take care.”
“Ta, la, la, la, la,” said the captain, singing between his teeth, and
keeping time by rising on his toes and falling back on his heels.
“Once, twice, will you get on your knees and ask my pardon for
your stupid jealousy?”
“I would rather, you can understand, strangle myself with my own
hands.”
“Luquin, you know that when I wish a thing, I wish it. If you
refuse what I ask, I will be the one to say good-bye to you. And I
will not come back, either, remember that.”
“Go, go; perhaps you will meet the Bohemian on the way.”
Stephanette did not answer a word, but turned around abruptly
and walked away.
Luquin was very brave for a few moments, then his courage failed
him, and at last, seeing that the young girl walked with a firm,
resolute step, he followed her and called, in a supplicating voice:
“Stephanette!”
The young girl walked faster.
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