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THR DABYLONIAR CAPTIVITY. 181.
throughout the whole earth as Ihe glory of her peoplc, the COopcrxtrix
in thc reclomption of the whola hnn~an race, the
woulan whose seed cor~r~ncred death nncl hell, as the Almighty
Himself forctold to Adam ancl Evc aft,er their fall.
QUESTIONS.
1. Did the people of J utla agnin forget God? What did God send
them in Ilia nager? Who msved the111 from destr~ictiol~? Who
came at the head of a migl~ty army to overthrow the kingdom of
Juda? 2. To what city did hc lay fiiego, after taking all thc c~tller
cities 7 What had the citfzelln at lc11gUl resolvod to do, if relief did
not come? Ne:tnwhile, what did the>- do P 3. What particular pereon
1l7as in tlre city ? I3eforc a.llomdicl ~11e present l~erself P IVhnt
did she tell the axlcients 7 4. IVhnt did the ancients beg Juditk h
do ? IIavi~~g consctited, whnt did she do 7 While she thna prayed,
with what did God inspire brr? 5. What did nhe thctl do 7 For
what place ditl she set out? 6. What happened when she wna
brought before Holofernes 1 What did Holoforries do on the fourth
day ? What folIo~ved? ltThat did Judith then resolve to do? How
did sIle pray P 7. What tlid sllc do? 8. What did Jndith do on rehirning
to Bethulin P What did she call upon the pcople to do 'l
What did the people do, praising God? \JT1iat did the Assyriar~
guard# do? 9. What did they do when, going into tlte tent, they
saw the dead b~rdy of their general? What had the people of
Bothnlia only to do ? 10. Whnt clid the Jewish people, tl~rning to
Judith, sing with one accord? 11. Of whom is Juditli, in some degree,
n figure? Who is the true heroine of Ierlre! and mankind?
CHAPTER LXXV.
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