The view was so extensive and so bright that they could not but rejoice.
"From over there beyond the water came the heathens," said Matthew.
"And over there will the Christians go," added Simon.
"Who are the Christians ?" asked Bartholomew.
"The adherents of the Anointed." "They will go forth and destroy the Romans," said James.
"Ssh!" they whispered, and laid their fingers on their lips.

"He does not like such talk." He did not seem to have heard them.

He had risen and was looking out in silence.

Then He turned to one and another to read in their faces how their spirits stood, whether they had lost heart or whether their courage was strengthened by the sight of the splendours of God by which they saw themselves surrounded.

Simon had become very thoughtful.