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(_Preached at the Volunteer Camp_, _Wimbledon_, _July_ 14, 1867.) NUMBERS XXIV. 9. He couched, he lay down as a lion; and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up?
THESE were the words of the Eastern sage, as he looked down from the mountain height upon the camp of Israel, abiding among the groves of the lowland, according to their tribes, in order, discipline, and unity. Before a people so organized, he saw well, none of the nations round could stand. Israel would burst through them, with the strength of the wild bull crashing through the forest. He would couch as a lion, and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up?