Rachel. Trust in Jehovah, and thou shalt not err.
Rebecca. Rejoice in Jehovah, and thou shalt be glad for ever.
Ruth (calling). Rachel!
Rachel. I come. (To Eudora.) Let us hasten; for we have long tarried, and many wait to welcome you. (Singing heard.) Hark! they are singing one of the songs of David: let us go join them.
At the close of the dialogue, the cxxxvi. Psalm was chanted; and then another gentleman described the erroneous notions which the Jews had of the expected Messiah. His remarks were succeeded by
DIALOGUE.—PART II.
ANNA, MARTHA, SALOME, MARY, of Jerusalem. MIRIAM, LEAH, of Bethlehem.
Mary (coming with Salome to Martha). Martha, I have been seeking, and am glad that I have found you; but why do you weep?
Martha. We may do nothing else now, and the meeting with others seems to be the signal for fresh floods of tears.
Salome. I may not ask the cause of your grief; for my own soul replies it is the common grief,—our nation's bondage.