12. Could walk on the water and travel on the air. 13. Could discern and read the thoughts of his disciples. 14. Could handle poisonous reptiles with impunity. 15. Cured all manner of diseases. 16. Restored sight to the blind. 17. He "cast out devils." 18. Jamblicus says he could allay storms on the sea. 19. Raised several persons from the dead. 20. And, finally, "a thousand other wonderful things are told of him," says Jamblicus. With respect to his character, it is said that "for humility, and practical goodness, and the wisdom of his moral precepts, he stood without a rival." He discarded bloody sacrifices, discouraged wars, forbade the use of wine and other intoxicating drinks, enjoined the forgiveness of enemies and their kind treatment, and also respect to parents. He was a special friend to the poor, and taught that they were the favorites of God. "Blessed are ye poor." He practiced and recommended the silent worship of God. He retired from the world, and often fasted, and was a great enemy to riches (like Jesus Christ). He considered poverty a virtue, and despised the pomp of the world. He recommended (like Christ) the abandonment of parents, relations, and friends, houses and lands, &c., for religion's sake. His disciples, like those of Christ, had a common treasury and a general community of goods, to which all had free access, so that there was no poverty or suffering amongst them while the supply lasted. All shared alike. In fact, with respect to the spirit of his precepts, his moral lessons, and nearly his whole practical life, he bore a striking resemblance to Jesus Christ, and presented the same kind of evidence, and equally convincing evidence, of being a God. And as he was born into the world five hundred and fifty-four years before Christ, the latter probably obtained the materials of his moral system from that Grecian teacher, or in the same school of the Essenian Budhists, in which both Pythagoras and Christ appear to have taken lessons. MIRACLES OF THE ROMAN GODS QUIRINUS AND PROMETHEUS. 1. Prometheus was honored with a miraculous birth. 2. Quirinus was miraculously preserved in infancy, when threatened with destruction by the tyrant ruler Amulius. 3. He performed the miracles, according to Seneca and Hesiod, of curing the sick, restoring the blind, raising the dead, and casting out devils. 4. Both these Gods were crucified amid signs, and wonders, and miracles. 5. All nature was convulsed, and the saints arose when they were crucified. 6. The sun was also darkened, and refused to shine. 7. Both descended to hell, and rose from it by divine power. 8. And Prometheus was seen to ascend to heaven. We cite these lists of miraculous events as if real facts, not because we believe they were such, but as possessing the same degree of credibility as those related of Jesus Christ. MIRACLES AND RELIGION OF APOLLONIUS OF TYANA. 1. Everything was subject to his miraculous power.