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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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ifOCK come for obUtning from tlie Tmrilhrtmg ^^<br />

could nerer hsre teeored. As tlie Go^kI pnfei ft,* '<br />

iiHt^atod' by ber motber, <strong>the</strong> damsel hest<strong>of</strong>ted aoL<br />

We cm mffir fiU in <strong>the</strong> outlined pietme <strong>of</strong> what<br />

foDoired. tt onljr needed <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r's wUiipered<br />

soggettion, end, etfll flnahed from her danoe,<br />

Sakme reentered <strong>the</strong> banqneting-halL * With haate,'<br />

as if no time were to be lost, she went np to <strong>the</strong><br />

king: * I will that thoa forth w ith gire me in a<br />

diarger <strong>the</strong> bead <strong>of</strong> John <strong>the</strong> Baptist!' Silence moat<br />

have fiJlen on <strong>the</strong> asflemUjr. Even into <strong>the</strong>ir hearts<br />

soch adem<strong>and</strong> from <strong>the</strong> lips c( little more than a<br />

child most have stmck honor. <strong>The</strong>y all knew John<br />

to be a rigbteons <strong>and</strong> a ludy man. Wicked as <strong>the</strong>j<br />

were, in <strong>the</strong>ir snperstition, if not religioasnees,<br />

few, if any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m would have willingly lent<br />

himself to soch work. And <strong>the</strong>y all knew also, why<br />

Salome, or ra<strong>the</strong>r Herodias, had made this<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>. What wonld Herod do ? * <strong>The</strong> king was<br />

exceeding sorry.' For months he had striven against<br />

this. His conscience, fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people, inward<br />

honor at <strong>the</strong> deed, all wotdd have kept him from it.<br />

But he had sworn to <strong>the</strong> maiden, who now stood

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