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day. Though similar events have not occurred in
this Dispensation, yet the people still cling to such
vain imaginings as are cherished by the reprobate.
How grievous the charges brought against Him!
How severe the persecutions inflicted upon Him--
charges and persecutions the like of which men
have neither seen nor heard!
Great God! When the stream of utterance
reached this stage, We beheld, and lo! the sweet
savours of God were being wafted from the dayspring
of Revelation, and the morning breeze was
blowing out of the Sheba of the Eternal. Its tidings
rejoiced anew the heart, and imparted immeasurable
gladness to the soul. It made all things
new, and brought unnumbered and inestimable
gifts from the unknowable Friend. The robe of
human praise can never hope to match Its noble
stature, and Its shining figure the mantle of utterance
can never fit. Without word It unfoldeth the
inner mysteries, and without speech It revealeth
the secrets of the divine sayings. It teacheth lamentation
and moaning to the nightingales warbling
upon the bough of remoteness and bereavement,
instructeth them in the art of love's ways, and
showeth them the secret of heart-surrender. To the