CHAPTER LII. "ALL OVER."
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d,"everydayisfulloflabor,butthelaborgoethbackagainintotheseas.Sothattravailofallgenerationshathgoneback,tillthedesireofallnationsshallcome,andHeshallcomewithburningandwithjudgment,andwithgreatshakingsbutintheendthereofshallbepeace.Wherefore,itiswrittenthatinthenewheavensandthenewearththereshallbenomoresea."
Thesewordswereutteredwithanairofsolemn,assuredconfidence,thatimpressedClaytonstrangely.Somethinginhisinnernatureseemedtorecognizeinthemashadowofthingshopedfor.Hewasinthatmoodintowhichthemindofhimwhostriveswiththeevilsofthisworldmustoftenfall—amoodofwearinessandlongingandheardwithinhimthecryofthehumansoul,tempest-tossedandnotcomforted,forrestandassuranceofthestatewherethereshallbenomoresea.
"So,then,"hesaiduntoDred,"so,then,youbelievethattheseheavensandearthshallbemadenew."
"Assuredly,"saidDred."AndtheKingshallreigninrighteousness.Heshalldelivertheneedywhenhecrieth,—thepoorandhimthathathnohelper.Heshallredeemtheirsoulsfromdeceitandviolence.Heshallsituponawhitecloud,andtherainbowshallberoundabouthishead.AndtheelectoftheLordshallbekingsandpriestsontheearth."
"Anddoyouthinkyoushallbeoneofthem?"saidClayton.
Dredgaveakindofinwardgroan.
"Noteveryonethatprophesiethinhisnameshallbefoundworthy!"hesaid."IhaveprayedtheLord,butHehathnotgrantedmetheassurance.Iamtherodofhiswrath,toexecutevengeanceonhisenemies.Shalltheaxemagnifyitselfagainsthimthatliftethit?"
TheconversationwashereinterruptedbyHarry,who,suddenlyspringingfromthetree,cameup,inahurriedandagitatedmanner.
"Thedevilisbrokeloose!"hesaid."TomGordonisout,withhiswholecrewathisheels,beatingtheswamp!Amoredrunken,swearing,ferocioussetIneversaw!TheyhavegotontothetrailofpoorJim,andaretrackinghimwithoutmercy!"
AdarklightflashedfromDred'seye,ashespranguponhisfeet.
"ThevoiceoftheLordshakeththewildernessyea,thewildernessofKadesh.Iwillgoforthanddeliverhim!"
Heseizedhisrifleandshot-bag,andinafewmomentswasgone.ItwasHarry'sinstincttohavefollowedhimbutLisettethrewherself,weeping,onhisneck.
"Don'tgo—don't!"shesaid."Whatshallwealldowithoutyou?Staywithus!You'llcertainlybekilled,andyoucandonogood
