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he cried in despair. “Alas! there is no one in this latter day of His anger,
to stand like a wall before the Lord, and save Israel!”—Ibid., b. 9, ch.
2. Again, his thoughts returned to himself, and he feared being charged
with cowardice in withdrawing from the contest. Then he reproached
himself for his indolence and self-indulgence. Yet at the same time he
was daily accomplishing more than it seemed possible for one man to
do. His pen was never idle. While his enemies flattered themselves that
he was silenced, they were astonished and confused by tangible pr