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THE HOPE OF THE HEBREW.
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one who sat apart from the assembled multitude, and above them; one to whom all faces were turned, to whom access appeared impossible from the throngs which surrounded him. A dimness came over the sight of Sadoc as he gazed. He dropped his head and covered his face with his mantle, while, with his companions, he turned towards Jerusalem, and exclaimed, “Now with joy shall we draw water out of the wells of salvation. Exult, O Zion! for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee!”