The Arkansas advocate., 1830-11-17
other: all faceswere turned on the heav-

lhe light arose pale and quivering, Ike the meteors of a summer evening. But n the zenith fl spread and swel!ed into splendour, that distinguished it irresistibly from the wonders of earth or air t swiftly eeHpsed every star. The moon vanished before it; the cand- py of the sky seemed 10 be dissolved. for view into bright and infinite re- gsieia, beyond, fit for tiie tareer oi those mighty heinsss te ~hesn man is is but $ feather on the gale.
 As We gazed, this boundless field was transformed into field of battle; multi tudes poured across 1t in the fiercest con- vnlsions of combat; horsemen charged. and died under their horses' feet: ar- mour and standards were trampled in blood; column and line burst through each other. At length the battle stoop- ed towards the earth; and, with hearts beating with indesc fibable feelings. we recognised iii the fight the bat,iscrs of the tribes. 1t was Jews and Romans struggling for life; the very countenan- ces of the combatants became visible.
 
 and each man below saw a representa- tive of himself and his fortunes above. The fate of Jewish war was there writ ten by the true hand of Heaven; the fatc of the individual was there predicted in the individual triumph or fall. What thought Of man can conceive the in- tense interest with which we watched every blow, every movement, every wound of those images of ourselves!
 3Ihe light illunained the whole hori. zon below. The iegions were seen drawn out in front os the camps ready ] for action, every helmet aTd sprar- point glittering in the radiance every face turned sF, gazing sss :s.s. ;a TOT on the sky. The tents spreading e yer the hills; the thousands and ter.s of thousands of auxiliaries and capfives; the little groups of the Feasantr5 rous- cd from sleep by the uproarof the night, and gathered upon the knolls and emi- nences of their fields: all were bathcd in flood of preternatural lustre. sBut the wondrous battle approached it's close. The visionary Romans R shock, column and cohort gave away, and the bannerssof tho tribes waved in victory over the field. Then first human voices dared 10 be heard. From the city and the plain burst :ser.! GIG mighty mighty ss.h;oat shout of triumph.
 But our presumption was to he soon checked. A pealof thunder that made the very ground tremble under our feet, rolled from the four quarters of heav- en. The conquering host shook, broke, and fled into utter confusion over the sapphire field. 1t was pursued: but by no semblance of the Roman. An aw. ful chemy was on it's steps. Flashes Of forked fire, like myriads of lances, dar- ted after if; cloud on cloud deepened down, as the smoke of d mighty furnace; globes of light shot blasting and burn- ing along it's track. Then. amid the doubled roar of thunder, rushed forth the chiyalry of Heaven; shapes of transcendant beauty, yet with looks of wrath that withercd the human eye; armed sons of in1naor- tality descending on the uirg by mil- lions; mingled with shapes and il,stI1,- mcnts of ruin, tor which the mild has no conception. The circle of the hea. ven was filled with the chariots and hor- ses of fire. Flight was in vain: the weapons were seen to drop from the Jewish host: their warriors sank upon the splendid field. Still the immortal armies poured on, trampling and blast ing, until the last of the routed was con stunned.
 1Theangry pomp then paused. Count less wings were spread, and the angelic multitudes, having done the work of vengeance, rushed upward with the sound of ocean in the storm. The roar of trumpets and tilunders was beardi until the splendour was lostin the heights of the empyfean.
 we felt the terrible warning. Our strength was dried up at the sight; des- pair seized upon our sonlss We had now seen the fate of Jerusalem. No victory over man could save US from the coming of final ruin. Thousands never left the ground OH which they stood they perished ny their K: ::::.s, or laid down and died of broken hearts. The rest fled through the night, that again wrapped them 1T, tenfoid dark- ness. The whole multitude scattered away with ses.aaIess ;s, +: s: