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deliverance , my sprnt has risen while the horses and chariots of the mighty , the bands of armed men , and the tents of a host , were before md ; while the trumpets sounded to ( he battle , and Israel was led forth by such an one as Joshua or Gideon , or as Maccabseus , — but with a brighter glory and a stronger arm . Thinkest thou that this Jesus will be to us such a leader ? To me it seems that such can never be his office . " The Nazarene interrupted him by saying , "Doubt not thou the word of Jehovah . Hath he not said that freedom
shall be brought by his mighty one ? Remember too the dignity of the Prophet and the authority of his words . When he shall cast off his garments of peace and gird on his armour , who shal ] stand before him ?" Sadoc mused instead of replying , and they went on in silence , except that one or other , from time to time , repeated some promise or uttered some prayer from their scriptures , which the events of the time revived in their
hearts with unwonted power . " O that thou wouldst rend the heavens , that thou wouldst come down , to make thy name known to thine adversaries , that the nations may tremble at thy presence 1 " " As the earth bringeth forth her bud , and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth , so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations . " " Ask of me , and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance , and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession . "
The noon-day heats became oppressive : the way was now stony and sandy ; the glare of the sun , reflected from the transparent lake , wearied the eye , and the travellers began to look around for a place of repose . Paltiel remembered that at the distance of two furlongs from the spot where they now were , a cluster of palm-trees grew in a recess of the hills , where a fountain of cool water gushed from a rocky cleft . As soon as they arrived
within sight of the trees , they perceived ,, by the motion , of garments , that some one was already at the spring . On approaching nearer , they saw an aged man couched on the ground as if asleep , while a maiden watched over him . She had spread her veil to shade his face from the light ; but when she heard the sound of footsteps and perceived that strangers were drawing near , she hastily replaced her veil , and bent over the old man , as if speaking to him . He arose and surveyed the three companions , placing his hand above his e 3 'es , as if even the softened light beneath the palm-branches was painful . Seeing- that thev naused . as if wishiner vet feariner to ioin combariv
with him , he courteously invited them to repose and drink . Before accepting his offer , Sadoc uttered the inquiry which was ever uppermost in his mind , whether the Teacher had passed that way . " He hath , —blessed be his name , and the name of Jehovah who sent him " ! Tho " u believest on him ! " said Sadoc with joy . ** I must needs believe on him , " replied the old man , " for he hath wrought a great work of mercy on me . When yonder sun had been an hour above the mountains , all was dark as night to me , as it hath been for
years past * I now see . " < c And the Prophet hath done this !" *• He laid his hands on me , and the blessed light returned to me . I have seen the face of my child . The sparkling of the waters also , and the fVuft and leaves of these trees , greener and fairer than they were in my remembrance , —have gladdened my heart . Yet will they be more beautiful unto nie to-morrow ; for my sense is yet weak , and I can scarce even look upon you , -though the face of man has . been long as a dream unto me ^ and this
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1830, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2581/page/33/
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