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Sullen constraint was in a moment transformed into an absolute devotion and fiery resolve to spread the faith. SULLEN CONSTRAINT WAS IN A MOMENT TRANSFORMED INTO AN ABSOLUTE DEVOTION AND FAIRY RESOLVED TO SPREAD THE FAITH
y months, Abu Bekr found his generals opposed by great and imposing armies on either side. He was, in fact, waging mortal combat at one and the same moment with the Kaiser and the Chosroes, the Byzantine emperor and the great king of Persia. The risk was imminent, and an appeal went forth for help to meet the danger. The battle-cry resounded from one end of Arabia to the other, and electrified the land. Levy after levy, _en masse_, started up at the call from every quarter of the peninsula, and the Bedouin tribes, as bees from their hive, streamed forth in swarms, animated by the prospect of conquest, plunder, and captive damsels, or, if slain in battle, by the still more coveted prize of the "martyr" in the material paradise of Mohammed. With a military ardor and new-born zeal in which carnal and spiritual aspirations were strangely blended, the Arabs rushed forth to the field, like the war-horse of Job, "that smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting. ERE AND SO BEFORE MANY MONTHS ABUBACHER FOUND HIS GENERALS OPPOSED BY GREAT AND IMPOSING ARMIES ON EITHER SIDE HE WAS IN FACT WAGGING MORTAL COMBAT AT ONE AND THE SAME MOMENT WITH THE CASER AND THE CAUSEROSE THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR AND THE GREAT KING OF PERTHSHIA THE RISK WAS IMMINENT AND AN APPEAL WENT FORTH FOR HELP TO MEET THE DANGER THE BATTLE CRY RESOUNDED FROM ONE END OF ARABIA TO THE OTHER AND ELECTRIFIED THE LAND LEEWAY ACTED LEWAY AND MARCY STARTED UP AT THE CALL FROM EVERY QUARTER OF THE PENINSULA AND THE BEDWIN TRIBES AS BEASTS FROM THEIR HIVE STREAMED FORTH IN SWARMS ANIMATED BY THE PROSPECT OF CONQUEST PLUNDER AND CAPTIVE DANCERS OR IF SLAIN IN BATTLE BY THE STILL MORE COVETED PRIZE OF THE MARTYR IN THE MATERIAL PARADISE OF MOHAMMAD WITH A MILITARY ARDOUR AND NEW BORN ZEAL IN WHICH CARDINAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS WERE STRANGELY BLENDED THE ARABS RUSHED FORTH TO THE FIELD LIKE THE WAR HORSE OF JOHN THAT SMELT THE BATTLE AFAR OFF THE THUNDER OF THE CAPTAINS AND THE SHOUTING
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