for he shall rule all the earth by the word of his mouth forever.' And last, though not least, hear Ezra, the second Moses, in his visions of the night, and ask him who is the lion with human voice that says to the eagle--which is Rome--'Thou hast loved liars, and overthrown the cities of the industrious, and razed their walls, though they did thee no harm.

Therefore, begone, that the earth may be refreshed, and recover itself, and hope in the justice and piety of him who made her.' Whereat the eagle was seen no more.

Surely, O my master, the testimony of these should be enough! But the way to the fountain's head is open.

Let us go up to it at once .-- Some wine, Esther, and then the Torah." "Dost thou believe the prophets, master ?" he asked, after drinking.
"I know thou dost, for of such was the faith of all thy kindred .-- Give me, Esther, the book which bath in it the visions of Isaiah." He took one of the rolls which she had unwrapped for him, and read, "'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined....

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder....
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever.'-- Believest thou the prophets, O my master ?--Now, Esther, the word of the Lord that came to Micah." She gave him the roll he asked.
"'But thou,'" he began reading--"'but thou, Bethlehem Ephrath, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.'-- This was he, the very child Balthasar saw and worshipped in the cave.
Believest thou the prophets, O my master ?--Give me, Esther, the words of Jeremiah." Receiving that roll, he read as before, "'Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.