. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... titude in bearing the pains of the bit-ter cross ; eight, victory in the agonies of death ; nine,the new life of the resurrection ; then, the sublimity ofthe ascension with its spiritual graces ; next, the justiceof the future judgment; and on the twelfth branch, the SAlIfT SOIfAVENTURA 369 eternity of Gods kingdom. These I call fruits becausethey minister by their great loveliness to the deligh
. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... titude in bearing the pains of the bit-ter cross ; eight, victory in the agonies of death ; nine,the new life of the resurrection ; then, the sublimity ofthe ascension with its spiritual graces ; next, the justiceof the future judgment; and on the twelfth branch, the SAlIfT SOIfAVENTURA 369 eternity of Gods kingdom. These I call fruits becausethey minister by their great loveliness to the delight,and by their nourishing virtue, to the strength of thesoul, which reflects thereon, and sets before itself theone thing alone; keeping far from the example ofAdams transgression, who preferred the tree of theknowledge of good and evil to the tree of life. Fromhim this tree will not be withheld who prefers to reason,faith ; to investigation, piety ; to curiosity, simplicity ;and to the lusts and wisdom of the flesh, the Cross ofChrist, by which the grace of the Holy Spirit is nour-ished in the hearts of believers and increased sevenfold.—From a Treatise on The Tree of Life ; old «7ou III.—34 BORN, Bertrand de, a French soldier andtroubadour, was born at Born, Perigord, France,about 1140; died previous to 1215. He bore animportant part in the troubles of his time, and hadmuch to do in inciting John and the other sons ofHenry England to quarrel with their supported the pretensions of the youthfulPrince Henry to the Duchy of Aquitaine, both bythe sword and by his poetry, inciting the Proven-gal nobles to form a league in defence of theyoung princes right. Born waged war againstRichard Cceur de Lion, though he Avrote in favorof the crusades, but in a satirical vein. He wasa powerful man in his day, being possessed of vastestates and numerous followers, which were aug-mented by the influence of his writings, whichwere warlike, satirical, or eulogis
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