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Article LANAH, A TALE OF THE FLOOD. ← Page 4 of 11 →
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Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
fury . Even in this fearful moment , the enthusiasm and deep reli gion of Japheth sustained him—he remembered the promise made by Jehovah to his father that his race should be preserved : fixing his eye calmly upon the lion , he awaited the result . The enraged animal , excited by hunger ,
couched for the deadly spring : —at that instant an arrow , from an unseen hajid , pierced the monster ' s brain , and stretched him powerless on the earth . Japheth ' s first impulse was to return thanks for his preservation ; his next to seek his preserver , who having advanced to ascertain
the effect of his aim , stood calml y gazing upon the scene . " No thanks , " exclaimed the stranger , as Japheth was about to speak , " thou owest me none ; hadst thou but moved a limb , or blinked an eye , I had not stirred to save thee : ' twas thy disdain of life , thy readiness to cast the burthen
from thee , nerved my arm—I did not mean thee kindness . " " Whate ' er the motive , I am bound to thee , " replied Japheth , " not less that thou art of the fearful race of Cain , the rather that I may hope to save thee from the general wrath that soon too surely will overwhelm the earth . "
" What , " interrupted his hearer , scornfully , " art thou one of Noah ' s dreaming race , that pratest of death and desolation ?—Fables ! the earth is firm as it hath ever been ; the seasons are the same ; the laws which regulate them still unchanged : who then is he , whose unknown power
shall compass this and bring such desolation ?" " The Architect who framed the earth , who gave the seasons their appointed time , whose will hath spoken to my father Noah;—witness the ark . "
" Bring some other proof , " replied the Cainite : " I too am versed in the great mysteries taught by Adam to my father Cain . The laws to regulate , construct yon wooden temple are to me well known ; bring me the wisest
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Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
fury . Even in this fearful moment , the enthusiasm and deep reli gion of Japheth sustained him—he remembered the promise made by Jehovah to his father that his race should be preserved : fixing his eye calmly upon the lion , he awaited the result . The enraged animal , excited by hunger ,
couched for the deadly spring : —at that instant an arrow , from an unseen hajid , pierced the monster ' s brain , and stretched him powerless on the earth . Japheth ' s first impulse was to return thanks for his preservation ; his next to seek his preserver , who having advanced to ascertain
the effect of his aim , stood calml y gazing upon the scene . " No thanks , " exclaimed the stranger , as Japheth was about to speak , " thou owest me none ; hadst thou but moved a limb , or blinked an eye , I had not stirred to save thee : ' twas thy disdain of life , thy readiness to cast the burthen
from thee , nerved my arm—I did not mean thee kindness . " " Whate ' er the motive , I am bound to thee , " replied Japheth , " not less that thou art of the fearful race of Cain , the rather that I may hope to save thee from the general wrath that soon too surely will overwhelm the earth . "
" What , " interrupted his hearer , scornfully , " art thou one of Noah ' s dreaming race , that pratest of death and desolation ?—Fables ! the earth is firm as it hath ever been ; the seasons are the same ; the laws which regulate them still unchanged : who then is he , whose unknown power
shall compass this and bring such desolation ?" " The Architect who framed the earth , who gave the seasons their appointed time , whose will hath spoken to my father Noah;—witness the ark . "
" Bring some other proof , " replied the Cainite : " I too am versed in the great mysteries taught by Adam to my father Cain . The laws to regulate , construct yon wooden temple are to me well known ; bring me the wisest