14/20 His lips were touched with fire, and his words thrilled and swayed men, as the wind sways the heavy heads in a field of ripe barley. The magnetic chain of sympathy was complete. The hearts of his listeners were an instrument, on which he played the noblest, most inspiring, the sweetest of melodies. He kindled them as flame kindles dry grass. He showed them their future with a prophet's eye, and touched them also with the glad diviner's rapture. |