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 be overpast. And he gave us his blessing, and went on his way.”

"Didst thou not fear before him?”

“I feared before the manifest power of Jehovah. But this man I fear not. On his countenance my opened sight first rested, and I gazed without confusion. It seems to me that whether men fear him or no, they cannot but love also. My heart has followed him, and if it please the Lord, I will offer my thanksgivings at the feet of his prophet once again.”

When Sadoc had heard all that the old man could relate, he was impatient to pursue his journey. Paltiel reminded him of his home, his family, and occupation; but Sadoc earnestly replied,

"Shall Jehovah put forth his wonders in our land, and shall mine eyes not see and mine ears not hear? I go not back till I have learned of his doctrine and sought to be his disciple.”

He retired to a solitary place to pour out his spirit before Jehovah in thanksgivings that the long-desired year of salvation had opened gloriously, and in prayer that Israel might be