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hearers had not asked him whence he came
or whither he went. They had been so
overwhelmed, at first with surprise, and
afterward with gratitude and joy, that they
had not thought to question him. When they
had urged him to accompany them to their
homes, he had replied that he must visit the
lost sheep of the flock. Could he have been an
angel from heaven? they queried.
In many cases the messenger of truth was
seen no more. He had made his way to other
lands, or he was wearing out his life in some
unknown dungeon, or perhaps his bones
were whitening on the spot where he had
witnessed for the truth. But the words he had
left behind could not be destroyed. They
were doing their work in the hearts of men;
the blessed results will be fully known only in
the judgment.
