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sons but this youngest,* and he never again heard of in 

 Israel ! 



You Scottish children o the Bock, taught through all 

 your once pastoral and noble lives by many a sweet mira- 

 cle of dew on fleece and ground, once servants of mighty 

 kings, and keepers of sacred covenant ; have you indeed 

 dealt truly with your warrior kings, and prophet saints, or 

 are these ruins of their homes, and shrines, dark with the 

 fire that fell from the curse of Jerubbael ? 



* l Jotham,' l Sum perfectio eorum, 7 or 4 Consummatio eorum.' (In- 

 terpretation of name in Vulgate index.) 



