Text Appearing Before Image: ed years before the birth of our Savior. It wasthen very grand and very beautiful, the capital of the King-dom of Judah, and the chief city of all Israel. In name itwas holy, for the Temple of the Lord was there. Its busystreets were crowded with a mixed multitude. Priests andLevites, who officiated in the ordinances of the law of Moses,worshipers from the other tribes of Jacob, warriors of thearmies of Judah, courtiers and attendants on the king,merchants from Egypt, from Tyre and Sidon and frommany other parts, artificers in various trades, all thesecombined to make it wealthy and renowned, a busy martof trade, a center of civilization, and a sacred city. Holy it should have been, but the glory of the Lordhad departed from his house. Its people had become verywicked. They were filled with pride and greed; they heed-ed not the law of the Lord; their affections were set uponthe things of this world; they served God with their lipsonly, while their hearts were far from him. He had sent Text Appearing After Image:
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