MENTS OF JESUS. EXAMPLE: WHEN ONE OF ARAMAIC NATIONALITY SAYS

| HAVE EATEN MY BODY AND DRUNK MY BLOOD' HE MEANS '| HAVE WORKED VERY HARD', OR AS WE WOULD SAY, 'I HAVE SWEATED BLOOD AND TEARS.'

"| URGE EVERYONE WHO IS SUBJECT TO PERSECUTION OR OSTRACISM BECAUSE OF A DEEP LOVE FOR A FRIEND TO KEEP ON HAND THE LAMSA VERSION OF THE BIBLE, AND TO MAKE A LIST OF ALL PERTINENT PASSAGES TO SHOW TO CRITICS."

C.V., PASADENA, CALIF.

"SINCE I DID NOT MAKE ANY NOTES OF MY ADDRESS IN NEW YORK AND, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, IT WAS NOT TAPED, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE RESUME IN THE RECENT EDITION, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE ENTIRE PUBLICATION.

"KINDLY USE THE ENCLOSED CHECK FOR 10.00 TO SEND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO READ THE PUBLICATION."

KENNETH C. ZWERIN, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

"I WISH TO DISCUSS MODE OF DRESS, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN A SUBJECT IN THE LADDER. I HAVE NEVER FELT THAT FLAUNTED MY HOMOSEXUALITY FOR SEVERAL REASONS. I AM SIX FEET TALL, AND REGULAR FEMININE ATTIRE IS NOT MADE FOR THAT HEIGHT UNLESS YOU PATRONIZE THE SO-CALLED TALL GIRL SHOPS' WHOSE STYLES ARE NOT MINE, OR OTHERWISE HAVE YOUR CLOTHE TAILOR MADE. IN EITHER CASE, IT CAN BECOME A MIGHTY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION TO CLOTHE ONESELF WHEN ONE IS NOT THAT CLOTHES CONSCIOUS, OR TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE 'JONES'. I DO WEAR WOMEN'S SLACKS, BUT MEN'S SHIRTS HAVE LONGER TAILS AND SLEEVES, THUS THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE. IT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE WEARING THAT COUNTS, IT IS HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF THAT MATTERS."

S.K., NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV.

"SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I WROTE TO YOU ASKING ABOUT DOB; AND I RECEIVED A VERY NICE REPLY AND, SO FAR, TWO COPIES OF THE LADDER. I WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO SEE THE LADDER BECOME A

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