The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-11-11
Moral Readings.
rHn MOUNT GA QOD.
BY HEADLEY,


earth was nearer to henyen than ever before,
nmiA the fhw friends that clustered around
him, was ono disciple 'oEoD, Jesus iored' OF
Il warm and devoted heart, John had allowed
his attachment TO absorb every other feeling
of his nature, aud he merged his lie INTO
that oflhe SAVIOR, llo accompanied his foot
etops rs he wnkoh, looked up into his face
with unu,torablc tenderness us he spoke,nnd
iay on his bosom rs he sat at meat NO
wonder that in the days of persecution the
hand of violence should fall oil such man.
Prescribed bnDished-thc solitary lnhaoi-
tant of Putnos---J ohm passed his days in mu-
sing OF tho words and fate of his departed
Lord. But one morning-iho morning that
brought to remembrance his glorious nscch-
son-ho was in the spirit, and that lonely
isle became like Carmel of old, filed WIN
horses and chariots offre. He tcas Ia the
spirit, and there was nothing to disturb ms
high ard holy meditatons. There was no
sound ofpassing wheels, no hum Of distant
voices, no tread orhurricd footsteps, to break
fhe solitude that surrounded him. The only
sound that fell upon his enr, as he trod the
solitary shoro,wa the deep and solemn muir
mur Of the Egean sea, as it gently rolled its
waves to his feet. AS he thus passed along,
wrapped in his solitary musing, he suddenly
hear! behind him a voice like the solemn penl
Oft mighty trumpet, saying Il am .4lpha ana
Omega the first and The last.' As he turned
and hchrld the form which spnke % him,
he was filed with awe and CONSERVATION, and
ei on his face rs II dead man. Before those
burning footsteps, those eyes of flame, and
voice like the sound of many waters, thn
countenunco shining like tho sun in his ma
day spIendor, he sunk powerless and atirigh-
yal, and buried his face in the sand and lay
.pecchless till he felt tho pressure of His
right hand upon him, and heard the cheering
words: Fear not, am the first and the last;
/ am he that was dead, and is alive forever
anore Then followed Il succession of won
dcrGl revelations, till ut length the heavens
were opened above him, and he saw the
lhrono and Him that sat upon it, crcled by
ihe emerald rainbow, surrounded Ivy the
white vested elders, while around and far IL
way into eternity increasingly rose and fell,
lIDils uOlY, ilOlOt LI'iN Nt'l '''N''
was and is and is to come.
Thus vision after vision passed before his
bewildcrcd, trembling spirit, till he stood and
wrpt amid the awful pagcautry of heaven.
Al last, to crown the scene, Il mount rose be-
ore him bathed in an atmosphere all its own,
and on its daz2ling top stood the still more
dazzling form ofIlle Lamb in more than
earthly TRANSPORTATION, and beside him an
hundred and forty thousand resplendcnt be-
ings, with the Fathers name written in strange
but heavenly characters upon their loreheadS.
The crystal sea lnvod the base of that noun
tain, and from its top the river of God was
seen rolling It's white waters along, and the
heavenly jerusalem, with its walls Of jasper
and gates of pearl, standing open night and
dry, and its tomple oflght. AS the Devil
'lcred disciple stood gazing on this wonder
i'll vision, suddenly there stole on his ear
strains of music. AT first faint and low the
thrilling accents rose from that mysterious
mount, then swoIIcd riumphantIy away, till
ihc universe was filed with melody.
The singers were those hundred and forty
four thousand, and they sang f1c,0 song, and
as they struck their harps, together thus they
sung: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power, and riches, and wisdom, aud
strength, land honor, and glory and blessing.
And with ono voice The innumerablc host
Chanted the heavenly doxoogy, BIessing,and
honor, and glory, and power be unto him that
stitch OH the throne, and to the Lamb forcv-
er;and back returned the long amen. Again
and again was it taken up and echoed from
rank to rank along that celestial mountains
all it came rolling back with all the strength
of archangel voices full upon the throne of
fho song e Of Sd%H BIZ song U %"s was
sweeping harp full more melodious and
tunetul than the one he swept with such a
Anasler hand on earth. Elijah poured his
soul of fire into it. Isaiah gave it n loftier
echo. The martyrs, those witnesses for truth
who had passed through The flames to their
reward, furnished new accessions to its
strength; for all tho ransomed of the Lord
were there. Aaron went up thither from the
top of flor, and Moses from Pisgah. Eli
Jahs chariot of fire never stopped until its
burning wheels rested upon that heavenly
mount, and tiither Christ assembled from the
hill of Olives. Thus the redeemed have flock.
cd one after another to the Mount of God,
and there they shall continue to gather, I'M
til the glorious assembly stands complete,and
God is all in ALL ....... -.