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battle for the Lord, without ceasing, clothed in the shining
mail of a pure life and girded about with the flaming sword
of truth. Armed thus, it behooves him to fight as a warrior
before the Lord, rending the throat of hell and trampling
upon the belly of Satan. Therefore the sword of the body
must remain in its place, for verily we have enough to
strive with that of the spirit!”
Meanwhile stragglers came from both ends of the street,
stopped, and took their place in the outskirts of the crowd.
Many were carrying lanterns, and finally the dark mass
was encircled with an undulating line of twinkling lights
that flickered and shifted with the movements of the
people. Now and then a lantern would be lifted and its
rays would move searchingly over whitewashed walls and
black window-panes till they rested on the earnest face of
the preacher.
“But how is this? you would say in your hearts: Should
we deliver ourselves bound hand and foot into the power
of the oppressor, into a bitter condition of thralldom and
degradation? Oh, my well-beloved, say not so! For then
you will be counted among those who doubt that Jesus
could pray his Father and He should send twelve legions
of angels. Oh, do not fall into despair! Do not murmur in
your hearts against the counsel of the Lord, and make not
your liver black against His will! For he whom the Lord
would destroy is struck down, and he whom the Lord
would raise abides in safety. He has many ways by which
He can guide us out of the wilderness of our peril. Has
He not power to turn the heart of our enemy, and did He
not suffer the angel of death to go through the camp of
Sennacherib? And have you forgotten the engulfing waters
of the Red Sea and the sudden destruction of Pharaoh?”
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