Rachel. To Jehovah be your thanks, my friend, my sister; for never by human reasoning should we have been different from you. In love Jehovah revealed himself to us; and what we have so fully learned from him, we have given to you.
Eudora. But what think you of the prophet in the wilderness,—John I think they call him?
Rachel. He is dead. He was a bold man, and a good one, I think; but the best should be careful how they rebuke kings. John rebuked Herod, and lost his head in consequence thereof.
Eudora. Well, we must all die.
Rachel. Not so says he whom John declared to be greater than himself,—Jesus of Nazareth.
Zachariah. If he be what many claim him, he speaks with more authority on that point than the Pharisees.
Eudora. And what do people say he is?
Zachariah. The Messiah.
Eudora. Israel's Deliverer?
Zachariah. Yes.