exalt Him. The Lord is a Man
of war: the Lord is His name. Our enemy's chariots and his host hath
He cast into the earth . . . . Thy right hand, O Lord, is become
glorious in power: Thy right hand, O Lord, dashed in pieces the enemy.
And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou hast overthrown them that
rose up against Thee; Thou sentest forth Thy wrath, which consumed
them._"

Almost in the instant of the starting of the song, thousands of Jews,
(and Gentiles, as well) had recognized the Red Sea Triumph Song, and
had joined the voice of the leader. What a swell of triumph it was!
On, on they sang:

"_The enemy said: I will pursue, I will overtake; my lust shall be
satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, and my hand shall destroy
them. Thou didst blow with Thy wind, and they were destroyed._

"_Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the Gods! Who is like Thee,
glorious in Holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. Thou
stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in Thy
mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed: Thou hast
guided them in Thy strength. The people shall hear, and be afraid:
sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestine. Fear and dread
shall fall upon them: by the greatness of Thine arm they shall be as
still as a stone; till Thy people, O Lord, till the people pass over,
whom Thou hast purchased._

"_Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine
inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which Thou hast made, in the
Sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established. The Lord shall
reign for ever and ever._"

Three times over, led by the impromptu priest-precentor, that grateful,
jubilant, delivered people sang the last sentence.

Then, as their song of praise finished, the leaders took counsel
together as to what they should do next. It was the unanimous feeling,
and expressed opinion, that Apleon would send forth other expeditions
to destroy them, if he learned that they had escaped the fate of his
aerial and land pursuit.

"I do not believe," cried Cohen, the chief spokesman among the Jews,
"that God Jehovah has permitted one of our pursuers to escape. God's
judgments, like His mercies, are full and complete. Will Apleon, the
Traitor to his covenant-word, ever know the fate of our pursuers? I
believe not, unless anyone of us here retrace his steps to Jerusalem to
tell him, and that would mean public torture and death to t