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GLORY UNTO EGYPT
Look on the cities and consider the villages
Which Israel held in possession;
And give glory unto Egypt, and lighten
Thy steps; nay, tread thou not heavily
Ex. 12,12. Upon the streets where the Divine Presence
passed through
To seek the blood of the covenant upon the
doorposts,
Ex. 13,21-22. And the pillar of fire and the pillars of cloud,
And the eyes of all watching them and be-
holding!
From thence were hewn the masters of God's
covenant,
jud. 20,2. And thence were carven the corner stones of
the people of the Lord.