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 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 as poor as himself.”

“From Jehovah cometh the power,” said Michal. “He raiseth the poor, and bringeth 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?”