_The words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people._ UNPATRIOTIC IN APPEARANCE Rays of hope had arisen in the clouded sky of the, nation. An Egyptian army was on its way to the city. Thus, it was believed, the Chaldeans would be compelled to raise the siege, which had been growing ever closer,... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the king is not he that can do anything against you._ ZEDEKIAH WEAKENED AND RUINED THROUGH FEAR OF MAN Zedekiah was one of those unfortunate characters, frequent in history, like our own Charles I. and Louis XVI. of France, who find themselves at the head of affairs during a great crisis, with... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ebed-melech the Ethiopian._ EBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN A slave from the Soudan, an eunuch in the household of Zedekiah, King of Judah, is by the side of the great Jeremiah, a humble servant yet an efficient protector. The slave and the prophet in our thought abide together. I. the circumstances w... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am afraid of the Jews._ FATAL TIMIDITY I remember very well, when I first went out to Australia, that one fine evening a little bird was seen to be following the ship, evidently a land-bird driven out to sea. When the little thing got tired it tried to alight on some portion of the rigging, tho... [ Continue Reading ]