The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-04-25


the winged sernphs, who had from the great
white throne when the seventh trumpe, soundcd,
standing among them Gan hail !" they cried, ''ys
bood-washed throng--arise, and meet your Savior
in the middle air." They clapped their wings, and
the all the air was full of the bright SER
apis and their train Of immortals whom late had
seen spring from the EARTH saw them pass through
the long vista of tho parted cloud and stand before
the throne Then beheld like the sons of men,
come on cloud whose reys of brightness filed tho
upper vault with radiant streams Of light, br!s
liant than thousand suns.
He came before the throne and then heard fho
shout Of the celestial host, which filled the upper re-
gions with sound that echoed down TO earth and
make the dark spirits in the pit wo shrek out in
lamentations of dread despair. 1t was shout OF VIC
tory. thousand harps tuned, and soon the
heavenly choir sang halleu ah to the Lamb of God
Thrice they repeated the grand chorus, and thrice
with shouts of these young immortals did the arch
OF heaven echo back to earth this shout of victory;
ween suddenly the cloud, which late had parted TO
give this view to earth, rolled up the vault of heaven
IFS dark aud sable from the horizon, until il.
closed from view the great white throne, and HIM
that sat upon it, and wrapt this globe in darkness such
covered Egypt when Moses stretched his rod over
the land of Pharaoh
The air now became stagnated with heat whle
the dismal howlings ol,lose human beings who were
left upon the eaith and the horrd yes Of the damn
ed spirits, who seemed to have been driven from the
middle air by the cloud which shut down its mpenc-
trable veil upon the world, filled my soul with horror
not easily described thong ht myself in the dark
pit of hell, which had made ndicuc of in former
days. But soon flash of lightning showed that
was still on earth. and then peal Of thunder which
shook the globe to its very and made this earth
! to renb'e like poplar leaf while fash after flash
of vivid lightning made darkness visible and roar a.
ter roar of the approaching thunder made horror still
more horrible The air. il air it could be called be.
came mpregna,ed with sulphurous fame tina.
cholsed the lungs Of man and beast, and seemed 10
hush in silence those dismal yeIs and means of
the wretched in this wreck Of matter. asked death
to rid my suffering frame from torture; but all death
denied me aid
now remembered all The warnings Of my former
days. and these enhanced my pain. ] remembered,
too, the Scriptures which spoke Of this great urnng
day, which had treated As fiction to Tighten weak
and silly mortas I saw. and now believed-but o.
too late that all that God had promised, had been,
was now, ard would be literally fulfilled. Ny con-
| science now spoke terror to my soul. I now began
to repent; but o! late! l cried for mer-
cy; but where mercy now? When last the
heaven was opened, and had seen the Judge upon
his throne, Mercy had yelled herself; and when the
immortal band had left the earth, her leave the
globe, and wing her way up &c the throne of God
and she left the world, heard her voice proclaim
''It is finish do knew her work was done; and
yet my tongue cried mercy! saw, when the flash
oflightnings give me chance to see, Thousand
damned forms, demons, grnning horrible delight
heard between each roar Of thunder their taunngs
and horrible imprecations
The heat became severe; combustibes began to
burn when suddenly the heavens began to rain
shower of hastones. fled for shelter to u shelving
rock, and there secure lay. The air became more
clear and cool. now conld the inhabitants left
earth flying for shelter in every direction;
wounded by The halls and with their horrd oaths
crying for help to their more fortunate companions
But there regard for others wocs-each one
sought shelter for himself alone The hail increased
until nothing but rocks and of the earth could
stand before it. The buildings, temples and proud
palaces Of kings were all demolished, and lay a heap
Of ruins. The forest trees and groves scatter
ed upon the plain aud nothing stood the Storm of all
the works of man. The face of the earth was COW
cred over with ice, though hundred winters had
rcigned predominant. The eye could rest moth
ing but wide waste Of frozen heaps Of hail with
and then solitary human being wandering a
mong the ruins Of the inhabited Cities half chill
led death seeking for shelter to satisfy craving
appetite ,Icursins and disappearing the God Of heaven.
70 the plague of the hail.
***1'he storm had increased. The appeared
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and then faint and sickIy ray that made The DESC
laon still more desolate The beasts that were up
the face of the earth all slnin except few
who had burrowed in earth. The fowls of the heav.
ems were scattered the earth among the slain;
and of all the fea;hered tribe there nothing but
scattered carcasses. Bodies Of human beings were
underneath the ruins in every place, Some dashed ia
pieces some without heads some whose limbs were
severed from their trunks. and in every form THAI
death could pray upon the human frame Some,
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