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| CHAPTER I. |
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| INTRODUCTORY: EZRA AND NEHEMIAH | [1] |
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| CHAPTER II. |
| CYRUS | [12] |
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| CHAPTER III. |
| THE ROYAL EDICT | [24] |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE SECOND EXODUS | [36] |
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| CHAPTER V. |
| THE NEW TEMPLE | [48] |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
| THE LIMITS OF COMPREHENSION | [60] |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
| THE MISSION OF PROPHECY | [72] |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT | [83] |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE | [95] |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| EZRA THE SCRIBE | [107] |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
| EZRA'S EXPEDITION | [119] |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
| FOREIGN MARRIAGES | [131] |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
| THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH | [142] |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
| THE COST OF AN IDEALIST'S SUCCESS | [153] |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
| NEHEMIAH THE PATRIOT | [163] |
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| CHAPTER XVI. |
| NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER | [174] |
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| CHAPTER XVII. |
| THE PRAYER ANSWERED | [186] |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| THE MIDNIGHT RIDE | [198] |
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| CHAPTER XIX. |
| BUILDING THE WALLS | [210] |
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| CHAPTER XX. |
| "MARK YE WELL HER BULWARKS" | [223] |
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| CHAPTER XXI. |
| ON GUARD | [235] |
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| CHAPTER XXII. |
| USURY | [247] |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. |
| WISE AS SERPENTS | [259] |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| THE LAW | [271] |
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| CHAPTER XXV. |
| THE JOY OF THE LORD | [284] |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. |
| THE RELIGION OF HISTORY | [295] |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. |
| THE COVENANT | [307] |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| THE HOLY CITY | [317] |
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| CHAPTER XXIX. |
| BEGINNINGS | [328] |
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| CHAPTER XXX. |
| THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER | [339] |
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| CHAPTER XXXI. |
| THE BOOK OF ESTHER: INTRODUCTORY | [351] |
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| CHAPTER XXXII. |
| AHASUERUS AND VASHTI | [361] |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. |
| HAMAN | [371] |
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| CHAPTER XXXIV. |
| QUEEN ESTHER | [382] |
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| CHAPTER XXXV. |
| MORDECAI | [392] |