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ALAS ! THAT MIGHTY CITY!.

be honoured, because the Holy One hath been within her gates.”

“Yet,” said Adonijah, “she shall have a sanctuary no longer. Moriah shall be a ploughed field, and wild grapes shall be gathered where our golden vine hung forth its clusters. The tabernacle of God is now with every nation. Worship no more towards Jerusalem; for in the heart of every man is henceforth the Holy of Holies.”


G. SMALLFIELD, PRINTER, HACKNEY.