The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-05-03
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over cpw3ed city. with such provis.
laas - hey eaald trisg 10. were spared
ihs ferry q The sword oulv 70 he sub
jsele3 % the slower bu, no less cruel
iqrlures q starvation No food could
bo procured from without That which
they had was fast being exhausted.
The horrors oftach condition are in
dcsefibatle 4 mouthfal Of food was
worth q mans fortune What will not
ouc give for his lifel Anything
that contained 10 il the least noarish,
meet. however Otherwise repBlsive,
would be eaten with the utmost avid.
NY TO s0ch pitch bad things gone.
that even 50 un-dainty piece Of food
- az ass head, was almost worth it's
weight ID gold See Kings vi q.
% The predictions which Moses bad
left 90 record. as TO what would be the
consequences. should they persist in
their sins. bad nov been literally ful.
filed. Compare Levitt xvi: II %
Dcut rx1viii; 1853 with Kings vi:26
500 Such scenes were repeated.
though with added horrors, At tue fiaal
destruction Of Jerusalem
THE kiSG's Darn rHAT NIX WOULD BIZ
HEAD THs PaorHtr Appalled, at sight
Of such horrors. instead Of humbling
himself before God for bis sins, the
king flew into frenzy Of evaporation
at the prophet. az If be had brought all
this trouble. But he was foiled In the
attempt Elisha predicts that. by next
day, the famine would be overt In.
credible The kings chief attendant
laughs at the supposed absurdity of it.
4" Perhaps il might be. provided the
Lord would make windows in heavenl'
But in punishment for his plaspheming
disbelief, he is told that he shall see it
with bis eyes, but shall not eat of it.
And so it happened. (vii;l7)
THR Panic IN THE SYRIAN ARMY: 1t
took place that very night. The cause
Of 1t was noise heard in the Syrian
hosts Whether il was miraculous or
merely natural we cannot say 1t may
have been the peculiar roaring and con-
fused noises Of tempest, which
sounded in the night like the wild in
burst and onrush Of mighty army
suddenly surprising the unsuspecting
Syrians At all events they were
pitched into the widest and insanest
panic. Nothing is more contagious
than fright. The contagion of cowar-
dice may spread slowly, or its running
infection may fly swift as a lightning
fash, and as rrcsistably. II is momen-
tary insanity Our Bull Run disaster
IN the late war was a panic. Once
started, it can no more be checked than
can sloosened avalanche in mid plunge
The distance from Samaria to the Jor.
dan. due cast, is about twenty-five
miles. Not only we're the Syrian
tents abandoned. but as the frightened,
panic stricken host became mob, all
running for dear life, every impede
ment was sooner or later, flung aside,
that empty-handed and ffee,iooted,
each one might If possible, effect bis
escape. The flight was made under the
cover of nights darkness. Doubtless
their fright was mixed with no little
superstition
Discovery OF WHAT THE Panic HAD
poyE AND LEFT BEHIND: The honor Of
this discovery fell TO little company
Of outcast lepers Verify there are last
that shall be first Compelled by the
nature Of their disease TO live outside
the gates Of the city, now reaching the
point OF starvation. aud driven by
sheer despair they go forth to the Sy.
ran camp, intending to east themselves
upon the mercy OF the enemy, when
10 what a sight Is
THE TESTIMONY or THE DISCOVERIES
VERIFIED: The hing would not believe
the report az the lepers. He knew bet
ter He was not TO be caught in any
such trap as that II was nothing but
a Syrian stratagem TO decoy them out
from their strongholds. into the open
plain where the Syrian army might
meet, Eight. aud capture them. How
ever, after while be consented to let
hali-dozen or 80 mounted scouts go
out aud see. Probably most Of the
horses had died ia consequence Of the
scantiness Of food, or been killed
to eat All the way toward the Jordan
found 10 be foil Of garments and yes.
sels which the Syrians had cast away
10 their haste. And the people went out
aud spoiled the tents Of the SyIians.
So measure Of fine -four was sold for
shekel, and two measures Of barley
Tor shekel. according 70 the
word 81 the Lord. AS Elisha had
spoken il A saokel about sixty csnts
measure according 10 Josephus.
nearly three gallons,
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