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Ferrovius Monologue from Androcles and the Lion

From Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw

male · inspirational · 1:02 min

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These tears will water your soul and make it bring forth good fruit, my son. God has greatly blessed my efforts at conversion. Shall I tell you a miracle—yes, a miracle—wrought by me in Cappadocia? A young man—just such a one as you, with golden hair like yours—scoffed at and struck me as you scoffed at and struck me. I sat up all night with that youth wrestling for his soul; and in the morning not only was he a Christian, but his hair was as white as snow. (Lentulus falls in a dead faint). There, there: take him away. The spirit has overwrought him, poor lad. Carry him gently to his house; and leave the rest to heaven.

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Ferrovius reflects on his experiences of conversion and the miraculous transformation of a young man, expressing hope and faith in the power of spiritual change.

40s · hope · redemption · faith · transformation · spirituality

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