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the beginning was the word." On this account, it is said, 

 the desk from Mdiich the Holy Scriptures are read in 

 cathedrals and chu relies is made in the form of an Eagle. 

 A passage in the book of Job (xxxix. 27 — 30), describe? 



THK GOLDEN EAULK. 



with wonderful force the habits of " the Eagle that haste th 

 to the prey " : — 



" Doth the Eagle mount up at thy command, and make 

 her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, 

 upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From 



