stoned another. And again he sent unto them other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him." And he has been out of the vineyard ever since, and he was caught up unto God and his throne, but he shall rule all nations with a rod of iron.
We will now leave the child with God upon His throne, and follow the fortunes of the woman for a little while. It is said that she "fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days. And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven." The great red dragon had been foiled in his attempt to devour the child as soon as it was
