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KNIGHT OF THE EAST OR SWORD. 191
God speaketh once— yea, twice—but man perceivetli
it not. In a drearu—in a vision of the night
—when deep sleep falleth upon men, then he open-
eth the ears of men, and sealeth their instructions.
" An angry lion was about to throw himself upon
me and devour me, and, while quaking with fear, I
looked for some place of shelter. A splendid light,
proceeding from a ' glory,' suddenly dazzled my
sight, and I perceived two of my predecessors, Neb-
uchadnezzar and Balthasar, in the garb of slaves,
and loaded with chains. I heard a voice saying to
me :
' Loose the bonds of wickedness.' ' Undo the
' heavy burdens.' Let the oppressed go
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free.'
' Break every yoke.'
" My spirit was troubled, and my sleep fled from me.
" Thus saith Cyrus, King of Persia: AH the king-
doms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven
given me, and he has charged me to build him a
house
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in Jerusalem, in Judea. Who among you are
of his people ? The Lord his God be with him, and
let him go up."
You see represented, my brethren, the desolation
into which has fallen the work of the greatest of Ma-
sons ; the walls of the Temple demolished, the altar
overthrown, the ornaments devastated, and fear and
suspicion among the workmen. But at length a