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From the Law Courts he has journeyed to a position of great responsibility in India. Some voices are already acclaiming the success of the new Viceroy. It will be wiser to wait until it is clear whether his versatile genius will find successful play in its new environment. But the moral of Lord Reading's career is plain. Do not despair over initial failure.
THE doctor was waiting for the young priest outside the Verification Office, in front of which a compact and feverish crowd of pilgrims was assembled, waylaying and questioning the patients who went in, and acclaiming them as they came out whenever the news spread of any miracle, such as the restoration of some blind man's sight, some deaf woman's hearing, or some paralytic's power of motion.
In a moment his pursuer stood beside him, acclaiming in a coarse, but kindly meant language: "What the devil are you runnin' away from me for, youngster? I'm sure I wouldn't hurt ye but get up, and tell us what you're doing here, and where ye've come from."
This new kingdom of love, never entered by her, acclaiming her, was well-nigh unimaginable, in spite of the many hooded messengers it had despatched to her of late. She could hardly believe that it had come. 'But see me as I am, she said; she faltered it through her direct gaze on him. 'With chains to strike off? Certainly; it is done, he replied. 'Rather heavier than those of the slave-market!
If there had been any doubt in the minds of the western settlers about His Royal Highness, this removed it. To-day east and west vie in acclaiming the present Heir-Apparent to the British throne with an affection as genuine as it is evident.
My hope is that the breathings of the Holy Spirit will be wafted over them, and that each one present shall, in great assemblies, with an eloquent tongue and a heart flooded with the love of God, set himself to acclaiming the rise of the Sun of Truth, the dawn of the Day-Star that lighteth all the world. You have asked as to the feast in every Bahá’í month.
A curtain had lifted briefly; and the familiar world which Perion knew, for the brief instant, had appeared to be a painting upon that curtain. Now, dazzled, he saw Melicent for the first time.... I think he saw the lines already forming in her face, and knew that, but for him, this woman, naked now of gear and friends, had been to-night a queen among her own acclaiming people.
They were eye and ear-witnesses of the stirring events of those last days in Jerusalem. The stupendous story of the raising of the man out in the Bethany suburb was the talk of the city. And then there was that intense scene of the kingly entry into the city amid the acclaiming multitudes. They knew of the official opposition, and the public proclamation against Jesus.
"They're up to thirty-four," cried Seagraves as the mile flags drew swiftly up. "They're jockeying us, Chick. We'll show our fire when we get ready. Let 'em rave." Vaguely there came to Deacon a sound from the river-bank Shelburne enthusiasts acclaiming a lead of a neat half a length. "Too much too much." Deacon shook his head.
We see our Lord mounted as a king, surrounded by acclaiming multitudes, sweeping over the brow of Olivet, while his attendant disciples spread their garments in the way and hail him as the Messiah. We see him lamenting over the doomed city and hear the harsh tones of the rulers who are plotting his death.
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