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The full truth flashed across ed from a helpless, beaten prisoner into an object of superstitious worship By the ht, he had becoes a mysterious visitant froht fervently bless Nature, who had bestowed upon hi of hair Whether or not the fellow co figures in his front, I could never determine; but, before the woman could in any way interfere, the sectary plumped down upon his knees, and, with head bent so low that every separate hair caught the reflection of the ruddy flalish, and with a volume of voice that shook the whole interior It was not such a bad play, I take it, although he was desperately in earnest Very plainly he co auditory to certain scriptural characters, in a way that would not have proven flattering to thee

"Oh, Lord God!" he roared, rolling his eyes upward and interjecting roan after each sentence "Infinite Jehovah, for some just reason of Thy own, Thou hast seen fit to lead Thy most humble servant into this den of iniquity Thou hast placed me in the fiery furnace of tribulation, it may be in the test of that faith which was delivered unto the saints, yet will I not bon in the tents of the idolaters, nor profane Thy Holy Naods Here in thelions I uplift race, beseeching Thee to give unto me the salvation of these heathen, even as brands plucked fro Quench the fire on this altar of Baal, O Lord, by the outpouring of Thy Spirit, and give unto this people atheive ear unto the words of e of fire unto Thy prophet Elijah, so co hearts with the terror of Thy just wrath Make bare Thy arm of infinite power that this aboed of its vain idolatry, and that Thy Israel may triumph over the hosts of the sinful Even as Thou didst scatter the forces of the Egyptians in the waters of the Red Sea, even so, O Lord, visit now Thy wrath upon those who e Save us from the snare of this scarlet woive Thy servant for thus see to obey her will Thou knowest, O Lord, that it is only that I may the better serve Thee, and thus overcome the wiles of the Wicked One Give unto th of Samson that I may overturn the pillars of this teh we all perish in its destruction Yea, visit us with power and righteousness, and scatter Thy ene, a mere worm of the dust: smite me if Thou wilt, yet I but wrestle with Thee in prayer that through ht low, and led to see the error of their way"