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470 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"will reveal to thee concerning My first coming<br />

"in the flesh, and concerning My second coming<br />

"in the clouds of heaven with power, and with all<br />

The second "the hosts of heavcn. And when My coming<br />

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° "draweth nigh these gates shall be opened, so that<br />

"all the unclean may be purged from the world,<br />

"and by their going out Sheol shall be made<br />

"complete, for to that place shall they be con-<br />

"demned with the wicked and with the sinners<br />

"who have not kept My Law and My ordinances."<br />

And it came to pass that when God Almighty had<br />

spoken these things unto <strong>Alexander</strong> he bowed<br />

down, and made supplication, and wept, and prayed,<br />

saying, "I give thanks unto Thee, O Lord God<br />

"Almighty, because Thou hast received the petition<br />

"of Thy servant, and because Thou hast given<br />

"him [the gift ofj prophecy even as he asked<br />

"Thee; to Thee be praise and thanksgiving for<br />

"ever and ever, Amen."<br />

CHAPTER VH.<br />

The brazen Aud <strong>Alexander</strong> sealed the place with a sacrifice,<br />

con°suc^ted' arid he cstabHshed therein the cunning works of<br />

brass, the organ, and the trumpet, and the drum,<br />

and the sound of the horn, and every contrivance<br />

for dancing and amusement which had been made<br />

by skilful handicraft; and it was blown by winds<br />

ceaselessly during the whole day and during the<br />

whole night. And it came to pass that when the<br />

[p. 285] serpents sought to bite and to gnaw it<br />

with their teeth, they heard [the sound of] that

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