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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

CHAPTER III.<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s And it Came to pass that, when he had con-<br />

GoT" "fined these nations and shut them in and locked<br />

them up, <strong>Alexander</strong> looked up to heaven—now<br />

he had anointed his face and his feet in the<br />

morning—and with rivers of water running down<br />

his cheeks he began to pray, saying, "O Thou my<br />

"God and Saviour, Who hast reared me. Thou<br />

"Who hast fed me and Who hast up to this present<br />

"led me untiringly, Who hast given me strength<br />

"and hast set me up in a high place and my foot<br />

"[p. 272] slipped not, and Who hast given me<br />

"understanding concerning that which was neces-<br />

"sary for Thy kingdom, what knowledge and what<br />

"learning is able to praise Thy Majesty, O God<br />

"most terrible? Ten thousand times ten thousand<br />

"chariots tremble and shake with fear at Thy voice.<br />

"The earth quaketh and the heavens crumble into<br />

"pieces at Thy order. The sea, and the winds,<br />

"and all created things are terrified at Thy Majesty,<br />

"together with the things which are under the earth;<br />

"the sea, the crocodiles, the hippopotamuses, the<br />

"serpents, and the whales tremble in terror of Thee.<br />

"Beings celestial and being-s infernal, beings g^reat<br />

"and beings small are subject unto Thee. All things<br />

"which move in the air, and in the abyss, and in<br />

"the sea, and on earth, the ants and the worms,<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong>'s "and the smoke and the sparks, are subject unto<br />

"Thee; and none of them passeth over the boun-

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