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    come for the same purpose as ourselves . Didst thou observe how he listened to the words of the Teacher ?" * ' I observed nothing , " replied Michal . Paltiel seated himself on a stone beside his friends , and their discourse was still of the Teacher . In answer to the question whether he believed the man of Nazareth to be the Messiah , Paltiel replied , " He hath not plainly said whether such be his office or no . But we hear nothing , we see nothing of preparation to deliver us from the Romans . It

    was but yesternight that Aram prayed him to be allowed to follow him to the war , and he answered by a blessing on the lovers of peace . " " My father objects , ' * said Sadoc , * ' that he can have no commission to deliver our nation , as he has neither wealth nor power ; and his very works , of which the fame has spread so far , have brought him no followers but those who are poor as himself . " " From Jehovah cometh the power , " said Michal . "He raiseth the poor ,

    and bnngeth down princes to nothing . " "I have pondered the words of prophecy much of late , " said Paltiel , * ' and have compared them with the words of the Teacher ; and I will not fear to tell my friends the thoughts that are in my mind . " Sadoc and Michal turned eagerly to listen . " I have thought that the office of the Christ might not consist only in the performance of one great deliverance . That he will restore us as a nation ,

    cannot be doubted ; but may he not cause other changes also ?" * ' His words are ever in favour of peace and brotherl y love ; and I know of something of which you have not heard . He refuses not to discourse and to eat with Samaritans . " Sadoc and Michal looked at one another with surprise and sorrow .

    " It is but a few days , " continued Paltiel , * ' since he told a woman of Sychar that neither at Jerusalem nor on Gerizim should men hereafter worship the Father . Whether his meaning can be understood , judge for yourselves . For my part , I suppose that he may reconcile the Samaritans unto us ,: and bring us together within a greater temple than hath yet been builded "

    - ' ** It cannot be ! " exclaimed Michal . " The Samaritans ! Our foes , who opposed the building of our holy temple !" " Who corrupted the law ! " added Sadoc . " The vengeance of Jehovah shall swallow them up . " " Nay , Sadoc , beware , " said Paltiel . " Remember that the wrath of man cannot avenge the Lord . Hold thy peace against this people . " ' Thou hast given thy judgment , Paltiel . If I did not believe thee wrong , I would follow no more after this man . " " O ! why , " asked Michal , « did he talk with a woman of Sychar ?" " Moreover , " said Paltiel , " he abode in Sychar two days . "

    " What would our rather say , Sadoc ?" " What he now says , that this Jesus is a false prophet . Paltiel , what other changes may be wrought , as thou believest ?" 4 < I can scarcely say that I believe or expect such changes , " replied he ; * ' but this man is like no other , inasmuch as he regards some of our customs , and strangely violates others . By his teaching , he confirms the law and the prophets , and yet some of his thoughts are"not those of a Hebrew . He worships in the temple , and goes up to the feast ; yet he has said that the temple shall be destroyed . He enters , as ye know , into the synagogue , on the Sabbath , and yet he keeps not the day altogether holy . He condemns

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    102 The Hojye of the Hebrew .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1830, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2581/page/30/