Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-09-17
RUTLAND, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1916.

tC3i--t'c auIeIot with whom they s,c and
drank aud travelled on 100, many weary
league "a all the intimacy Of companions
aud friends. began to change tcfoto lheit
eyes Over his solcd anil coarse cafmen,s
- spread strange light, steadily brighten.
ing INTO intense beauty, TIL that form CLOVIS
with such splrnJor that IL seems to waver to
and ifo and dissolve IN the still radiance =
ne three ss,onished friends rare on ia
~, ohlcss admtstou--thcn turn To- that "a.
miuar face. Bot 10 . gro,ler change has
passed ovot It Tho maa has pu. on 40
Cod, ana that sac and solemn face that has
been - often STOPPING over the couch OF tho
dying. and entering the hot Of poverty, and
~ tue streets OF Jerusalem by the way.ide--,
aye, believed with the tears Of pity-now
burns like the sun in mid day splendcr. -.
Meekness has given way 10 msje.ty-sad-
ness 20 dazzling glOry-ihe look Of pity to
the grandeur OF God The still radshco
ofhesven ats on that serene brow and al
aroond aha, stv4~s fsssH ucsts an atmospMre
OF strange and wondrous beauty. Heaven
hs - poured It's brlghtness over that con,e-
Grated spot, and on tic BONN. OF light that
ghusr there, Moses and Elisha have descend
mems, stood beside HIM Wonder follows
wonder for three glltleung forms ara talk
ihg with each other, aud amid the lhulhng
accents, are heard the words mount OH
vet, Calvary" the agony and death OF tho
cruoIuAlon. Peter, swo.sltuck ana over.
come, feeling, also, the influence Of that
heavenly atmosphere, ana carried away by
a sudden impulse, says TO Jesus in low and
ttcnuInuS accents at is good to lie here ,
let vs. build three tabernacle s-onc for thee
one iof Moses, and ono for Elias" Con-
fused by the scene and dazzet by the splon.
dor, he was unconscious Of what he was
saying. lie knew not the meaning Of this
sudden appearance, but he knew that IIeav.
on was near, and God revealing himself.
and TO felt that some sacred ceremony
would be appropriate 10 the scene and
while hls bcwildereG gaze was Fixed on the
three forms before him, his unconscious lbs
murmured forth the elings Of his heart
no wonder certain feeling came over him
that para!yzed his tongue and crushed HIM
10 tho earth, when in The mds, Of his speech
he saw cloud fall like a falling star from
Heaven, and bright dazzling, balance itself
over those forms OF light. Perhaps his in.
discreet interruption had brought this mes.
senger down, and from it the thunder and
flame OF Sinai were to buISt--and he fell on
his face N silent terror. Blu, that cloud
was only canopy for ls God, and from It's
bright iodings came q voice saying This
Ii my beloved Son, IN whom am well pleas
ed-hear We him"
How lon. the vision lasted We cannot iell.
but all that night did Jesus with his friends
stay on that timely mountain. OF the CON
ver,a,ion tina, passed between them there,
We know nothing bu, hllle sleep We imag
Inc, visited thclr eyes that night, and as
they sat on the high summit and watched
tie STATS a they rose one after another above
tho horizon, and on the moon as she poured
her light over the dim and darkened land
scapes, words wero spoken that seemed
born Of heaven; and truths never to he for
gotten were uttered IN the cars oi the disci
pies.
Oh, how different is heaven and earth =
Can there be stronger contrast Than the
Battle and TRANSPORTATION OF Mount Tabor
One shudders 10 think Of Bonspare and the
Son OF God on the same mountain; one with
his wasting cannon by his side. and the 9TH
er with Moses and Elias jus, from heaven,
But no dcsecratiUn can destroy the first
consecra,lon OF Mount Tabor for baptized
with the glory OF Heaven, aud honored with
the w0ndfous scene oi tho TRANSPORTATION,
II stands the tyM Sacred Mountain on tho
earth.