Excerpt from Henry Ward Beecher and the Jews: In Commemoration of the Centenary of His Birth (June 24th, 1913) At last, the report of the Rabbi's wizardry reached the ears of the King. Determined to see this miracle for himself, he set out with a large retinue, and was soon knocking at jehiel's gate. Roused from his revery by the unusual summons, the Rabbi seized his iron hammerand gave the nail he had planted a sounding blow. To his amazement, it leaped up from the ground, instead of sinking deeper. Then he knew that it was the King who desired admittance. Bowing profoundly, after he had released the latch, lhe humbly besought his monarch's pardon. Tempting dishes and costly wines were placed before his guest, and he was graciously reassured as to the purpose of the visit. Then the King rose, looked about the meagerly furnished room, which had no other ornaments save scrolls and parchments, and paused, as if by accident, before the lamp, which gleamed with a strange brilliance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.