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And for this cause we would remember those things: 1. That he standeth obliged to help us with instruction, by virtue of his office, as a prophet, a witness, a leader, and a commander, Isa. l v. 4.
"I believe that he does!" replied Neil, pacing back and forth in his agitation. "Captain Plum, if there is a man on this island who loves Marion with all of a father's devotion it is Obadiah Price, and yet he swears that he knows nothing of the terrible influence which has so suddenly enslaved her to the prophet!
If he wanted to put an end to the scandal, let him do what he could to see that the prophet was let alone. "But, Billy, what can I do?" he cried. "It's a matter of the law." I answered: "Fudge! You know perfectly well there's no magistrate or judge in this city that won't do what he's told, if the right people tell him.
And the King shouted: "Seize ye this prophet for he is a hypocrite and speaks to no gods at evening above the world, but has deceived us with his signs." And Ynar said: "Come not near me or I shall point towards you when I speak at evening upon the mountain with Those that ye know of." Then Ynar went away and the guards touched him not.
The greater work is to reveal God. Every true religious enthusiast is a prophet. Language, be it remember'd, is not an abstract construction of the learn'd, or of dictionary-makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground.
We sauntered carelessly and unthinkingly to the edge of the lofty battlements of the citadel, and looked down a vision! And such a vision! Athens by moonlight! The prophet that thought the splendors of the New Jerusalem were revealed to him, surely saw this instead!
'Blessed be the Prophet, said the Bassa, 'who has restored one of my sons to me, at the time I least expected it! You know, he continued, addressing the Cadi, 'that during the first years of my marriage I had three sons by the beautiful Zambac.
As for Firio, he strode into Jack's presence with the air of conqueror, sage, and prophet in one. "Is it really you, Firio? Come here, so that I can feel of you and make sure, you son of the sun!" Jack put out his thin, white hand to Firio, and the velvet of Firio's eyes was very soft, indeed. "Did you know when they brought you in?" Jack asked.
The Prophet was securely stationed on an adjoining eminence during the battle, and the American bullets having a more powerful effect upon the Indians than they had been led to anticipate, a runner was sent to him with the intelligence. He was engaged singing very piously, one of his old war songs.
But the highest reward to Phinehas was that God granted him everlasting priesthood. For Phinehas is none other than the prophet of Elijah.
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