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Men of genius arose to flush with color the old legends. Prophets, preachers, monks, missionaries carried these all over Europe, and made them the vehicles of Christian doctrine. MEN OF GENIUS AROSE TO FLUSH WITH COLOR THE OLD LEGENDS PROPHETS PREACHERS MONKS MISSIONARIES CARRIED ALL OVER EUROPE AND MADE THEM THE VEHICLES OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
was part of the soul of Arthur. It would not sink out of sight, until it had given a message, from their king to the Welsh, for all time. After it had been thrown in the water, it disappeared, but rose again. First the shining blade, and then the hilt, and then a hand was seen to rise out of the flood. Thrice that hand waved the sword round and round. This was the prophecy of "the deathless from the dead." King Arthur's body might be hid in a cave, or molder in the ground, but his soul was to live and cheer his people. His beloved Cymric nation, with their undying language, were to rise in power again. And the resurrection has been glorious. Not by the might of the soldier, or by arms or war--though the Welsh never flinch from duty, or before the foe--but by the power of poet, singer and the narrator of stories, that touch the imagination, and fire the soul to noble deeds, have these results come. Arthur's good blade, thus waved above the waters, became a veritable sword of the Spirit. EAPON INTO THE DEEP WATER BUT THE SWORD WAS A PART OF THE SOUL OF ARTHUR IT WOULD NOT SINK OUT OF SIGHT UNTIL IT HAD GIVEN A MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO THE WELSH FOR ALL TIME AFTER IT HAD BEEN THROWN TO THE WATER IT DISAPPEARED BUT ROSE AGAIN FIRST THE SHINING BLADE THEN THE HILT THEN THE HAND WAS SEEN TO RISE OUT OF THE FLOOD THRICE THAT HAND WAVED THE SWORD ROUND AND ROUND THIS WAS THE PROPHECY OF THE DEATHLESS FROM THE DEAD KING ARTHUR'S BODY MIGHT BE HIDDEN IN A CAVE OR MOULDED IN THE GROUND BUT HIS SOUL WAS TO LIVE AND CHEER ON HIS PEOPLE HIS BELOVED CONDIGNATION WITH THEIR UNDYING LANGUAGE WERE TO RISE TO POWER AGAIN AND THE RESURGENT HAS BEEN GLORIOUS NOT BY THE MIGHT OF THE SOLDIER OR BY ARMS OR WAR THOUGH THE WELSH NEVER FLINCH FROM DUTY OR BEFORE THE FOE BUT THE POWER OF THE POET SINGER AND NARRATOR OF STORIES THAT TOUCH THE IMAGINATION AND FIRE THE SOUL TO NOBLE DEEDS HAVE THESE RESULTS COME ARTHUR'S GOOD BLADES THUS WAVED ABOVE THE WATER BECAME A VERITABLE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
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