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 “We will watch for light within the cloud, Michal. If he should hereafter dream of wanderings among the stars, or aught besides that we have not known, we will hearken to his words, and ask of the Teacher concerning them.”

“The Teacher may have knowledge of this very thing, Sadoc. He is mightier than the prophets of old, and to him it may be given to shew us somewhat of a life beyond the grave.”

“If he be the Messiah, he will tell us all things: and blessed are the ears which shall hear the truth concerning death. No angel hath yet told it; but let Jehovah speak by his Anointed, and all the families of the earth shall bow themselves to hear.”

It was evening when Sadoc walked on the house-top with Imri, his father. The wrath of Imri had risen as it was wont when he heard the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

“Thou hast stood in the synagogue from thy youth upwards, my son, and knowest thou not that out of Nazareth there ariseth no prophet?”

“I have also heard, my father, that Jehovah hath said, ‘Whoever shall not hearken unto