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GUIDE TO THE R. A. CHAPTER.
Y 011 l1ave 110\V \vitnessed the Inollrl1ful desolatioll of Zion, tIle sack and destructioll of tIle city alld telnple of our GOD, alld the utter loss, as the \vorld supposed, of all tllose articles COlltailled ill tIle Holy of Holies. You 11ave seen the choseIl people of GOD forcecl by a foreigll clespot froln the pleasant groves arid peaceful vineyards of tlleir l1ative Israel, and dragged into captivity on tlle.~ ba'nks of the far-off Ellphrates. But you llave seen those aftlicted sons of Zion visited, in tIle darl{est nigllt of their adversity, by a peaceful ligll.t franl 11eaven, \vhich guided thelll over rOll gIl alld rllgged roads to tIle scene of their f01"l11e1" glory". You 11ave seen them enabled, by the signet of eternal trutl1, to pass tIle vails that interposed between them alld their fondest llopes.. You have seell tllenl successfully ellgaged in the great a11d glorious work of l ...ebuilding the house of the LORD. Al1d, finally, you have seeIl the sacred treasures of the first temple brollgllt to light, and the blessed book restored to the longing eyes of the devout Israelites, to be 路the rllle alld