When their wrath was kindled against us;
The waters had overwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul,

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

Blessed be the Lord!

He hath not given us a prey to their teeth,

Our soul is escaped, as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah ;

He made heaven and earth.-Ps. cxxiv.

"I perceive, Myron, that your eyes are turned towards the west, and I read your meaning. You think that the Romans, before whom already Carthage and Corinth have fallen, and to whom so many nations have bowed the neck, may threaten the liberty of Israel. But stern and implacable as they are to all their enemies, they keep faith with their friends and allies; and he whom they aid may think himself secure upon his throne. Besides, Israel has still higher hopes. Let me only remind you of the commencement of my narrative, in which I showed, that Israel was destined to communicate the faith of Abraham to all nations, by means of the law; and that the Messiah is to be the Patriarch of the human race. To bring

this to pass, Israel became a nation in Egypt, received the law from Sinai, conquered the Holy Land under the judges, obtained a temple under its kings, and was taught obedience by the vicissitudes of calamity and prosperity in successive centuries. All now exists togetherIsrael is a nation, has the law and obeys it willingly. The time therefore cannot be remote, when all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in the seed of Abraham and the son of David. The sins which are still found in Israel alone prevent his immediate appearance. As soon as they repent, and keep but one sabbath as they ought, the expectation of Israel will come. For thus has Isaiah prophesied; Thus saith the Lord; my salvation is near and my righteousness is about to be revealed. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it, that keepeth the sabbath free from pollution, and restraineth his hand from doing any evil.* He that is promised shall come and that speedily. Arise, shine; for thy

* Isaiah lvi. 2.

light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee! The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.'* In this hope I conclude my narrative, which, long as it has been, is too short for the subject, with that psalm, so full of thankfulness and hope:

Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises to our God;

For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem,

He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel;
He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their wounds.
He telleth the number of the stars,

He calleth them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and of great power,
His understanding is infinite.

The Lord lifteth up the oppressed.

He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving!
Sing praises upon the harp unto our God!
He covereth the heaven with clouds,

He giveth rain upon the earth,

the

mountains,

He maketh grass to grow upon
He giveth to the beast his food,
And to the young ravens when they cry.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse,
Nor takes pleasure in the swiftness of a man:
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
In those that hope in his mercy.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise thy God, O Zion!

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates,
He hath blessed thy children within thee;
He maketh peace in thy borders,

He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
He showeth his word unto Jacob,
His statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
He hath not done so with every nation,
They have not known his judgments.
Praise Jehovah !-Ps. cxlvii.

"Amen!" exclaimed Helon."

"Amen!"

responded Elisama; and even Myron repeated

"Amen!"

END OF BOOK THE FIRST.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I.

THE PROMISED LAND.

THE way from Raphia to Gaza was travelled with very different feelings by the several members of our party.

Helon, as he proceeded, was constantly looking to the right, towards the hills of Judah, which rose black and dark in the starry night, to the eastward of the road which they travelled along the coast. His feelings grew more intense with every glance; passages from the Psalms and the Prophets perpetually rose to his lips; and all the fatigues of the journey over the stony and sandy soil were forgotten in the reflection, that every step brought him nearer