And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down
from the hill, much people met him. And, behold, a man of the company
cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he
is mine only child. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly
crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising
him hardly departeth from him. And I besought thy disciples to cast
him out; and they could not. And Jesus answering said, O faithless
and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer
you? Bring thy son hither. And as he was yet a coming, the devil
threw him down, and tare _him_. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit,
and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.--_St.
Luke ix: 37-42_.
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_NOTE BY THE ARTIST_
_The picture gives an average representation of the outskirts of a
village in Northern Palestine, with its sordid, untidy, mud-built
houses, on the roofs of which are seen the reed booths or_ Succôth,
_occupied by the inhabitants during the oppressive heats of summer.
The snow-capped ridge of Hermon is indicated in the distance_.