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The sight of this bunch of grapes, we are told, astonished the children of Israel. I can quite understand its doing so. The picture of it used to astonish me, too, when _I_ was a child. THE SIGHT OF THIS BUNCH OF GRAPES WE ARE TOLD ASTONISHED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL I CAN QUITE UNDERSTAND ITS DOING SO THE PICTURE OF IT USED TO ASTONISH ME TOO WHEN I WAS A CHILD
eepskins, rests for a moment from his delving, to wipe the sweat from his brow. Eve, still looking fair and happy--though I suppose she ought not to,--sits spinning and watching the children playing at 'helping father.' The chorus from each side of the stage explained to us that this represented a scene of woe, the result of sin; but it seemed to me that the Adam family were very contented, and I found myself wondering, in my common, earthly way, whether, with a little trouble to draw them closer together, and some honest work to keep them from getting into mischief, Adam and Eve were not almost better off than they would have been mooning about Paradise with nothing to do but talk. "In the tableau representing the return of the spies from Canaan, some four or five hundred men, women and children are most effectively massed. The feature of the foreground is the sample bunch of grapes, borne on the shoulders of two men, which the spies have brought back with them from the promised land. ART AND SUN BROWNED CLAD IN SHEEPSKINS RESTS FOR A MOMENT FROM HIS DELVING TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW EVE STILL LOOKING FAIR AND HAPPY THOUGH I SUPPOSE SHE OUGHT NOT TO SITS SPINNING AND WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAYING AT HELPING FATHER THE CHORUS FROM EACH SIDE OF THE STAGE EXPLAINED TO US THAT THIS REPRESENTED A SCENE OF WOE THE RESULT OF SIN BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE ADAM FAMILY WERE VERY CONTENTED AND I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING IN MY COMMON EARTHLY WAY WHETHER WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE TO DRAW THEM CLOSER TOGETHER AND SOME HONEST WORK TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING INTO MISCHIEF ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT ALMOST BETTER OFF THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MOONING ABOUT PARADISE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT TALK IN THE TABLEAU REPRESENTING THE RETURN OF THE SPIES FROM CANAAN SOME FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE MOST EFFECTIVELY MASKED THEATURE OF THE FOREGROUND IS THE SAMPLE BUNCH OF GRAPES BORNE ON THE SHOULDERS OF TWO MEN WHICH THE SPIES HAVE BROUGHT BACK WITH THEM FROM THE PROMISED LAND
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