called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the
throne of his father David; _and he shall reign over the house of Jacob
for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end_.'" And in her turn
Matilda looked up at David.

"But what kingdom has _he?_" David asked, between anxiously and
scornfully.

"Why, I remember he said, 'All power is given unto me, in heaven and in
earth.'"

"It don't shew," said David. "Christians are a small part of the world,
and not the strongest part by any means."

"No, I didn't say they were. I only said Jesus is the King."

"And I say again, Tilly; you have nothing but words to shew for it. How
is he king?"

"O but, David, wait; look here,--I'll find the place in a minute or
two--"

She sought it eagerly, but it took a little while to find any of the
words she wanted. David waited patiently, having evidently much on his
mind. At last Matilda's face lighted up.

"Here, David; this is what I mean; I was afraid to put it in my own
words. 'And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of
God should come,'--you see they thought as you do;--'he answered them
and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation; neither shall
they say, Lo, here! or Lo, there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is
within you.' That's it, David, don't you see? He is king in people's
hearts."

"The Messiah is to reign in another fashion than that," David returned.
"The Targum says, 'a King shall arise from Jacob, and Messiah be
exalted from Israel; then he shall kill the great ones of Moab, and he
shall rule over all the children of men;' and 'to him are all the
kingdoms of earth to be subjected.' The Lord will destroy his enemies
who rise to put his people to shame; he will thunder upon them with a
loud voice from the heavens; the Lord shall exact vengeance from Magog,
and from the army of the thundering nations who come with him from the
ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his King, and magnify
the kingdom of his Messiah.'"

"That isn't out of the Bible, is it?" said Matilda, bewildered.

"No; it's the Targums."

"I don't know what the Targum is."

"It is a book, or books rather, of the words of our wise Rabbis;
explaining the Scripture."

"I don't know anything but the Bible," said Matilda meekly; "and I
don't know but a little of that."

"Well, you see, Tilly, that _our_ Messiah is to be King in a grand
fashion, and rule over all kingdoms; and