The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-07-06

tie sleek Preacher, whose oily face turns
ed gale with sudden fear. he beheid him
take the Bible from his grasp, aud then
wild murmur spread like lightning ,hro'
the Church.
The face Of the stranger was changing
TO a face OF heaming light, a calm smile
stole over his lip, the wrinkles vanished
from his cheek and brow, aud the might
of God-head looked forth from the desc.
Grated pulpit. Down fell the tattered
robe, down fell the torB apparel! The
stranger was clothed in garments Of
light!
How that immense congregation rock.
ed to and fro, while the murmur deepened
and eyes dilating with fear were turned
towards the Pulpit! A Panic, such as
smote the ten thousand faces Of Old Sod~
ON on its Last Day, throbbed like a pulse
Of Death in every heart.
Still the Stranger, veiled in garments
Of transparent light, stood there--so in-
efably cakm and beautIful--a Glory play
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lighting up his large full eyes!
CONS! He said 10 a whisper, and yet
it reached every heart as he waved his
hands in blessing over their heads Cons"
But they came not, these siken Peo>
pic at the Bank and Counter, these dar-
lings Of Aristocratic wealth, these ima>
! nf( (S Snl hon t,l in.
tine apparel, dro wned ia broadcloth, sat-
:as, aud gold! That Divine Face smote
their hearts with fear. A cry of horror,
one tremulous J ell Of anguish, rose to the
ceiling.
And ali the while, 10 the centre Of the
church even In Brother Zebulon's pew,
stood the Man Of the World. that pale blu-
ish light playing about his forehead. upon
whose 5road surface the veins now stood
our Ike blackencd cords, while a lurid
FIRE shot an internal magnetism from his
eyes! He lowered aloit, almost
sublime in his scorn, surveyed the faces
| OF the fashionable church, now filed with
fear, and voice came from his lips.
"A cheerful good day to ye, my friends
my Christian Friends. / have come
from Rome-from Westminlster--from
Geneva! Believe me--by the GIboet
which SO many Of our Reverend friends
Lave taken for their Gospel; lneFer tound
myself SO much al home 10 my life as here!
Welcome, god Christian People, follows
ers as We are of Jesus; faithful Nazarenes
of the Nineteenth century! Your LoRD,
W ham ye profess to lose, whom ye do love !
90 well, came faint and travel worn along
yonder aisle, Ye knew him no. There
was no Pew for him not even seat, in
all this elegant church, came; you
kneo me-ha, ha!'
He lowered aloft this Fallen Aogel
looking like the embodied Shape Of the
Gelevan creed and--lhey saw it with
shudder--right above him, like a borrl-
bic nightmare dream, Phantom Gallows
began to blsCken into shape.
Still serene, above the Pulpit, stood
that transfgured Form--t the FACE shrim
ed 10 halo of Light-a Love tathomless
as eternity wreathing its lips and shining
from its eyes.
'CoME.' said the voice, beckoning like
a Father to his wayward children. or like
a Brother 10 his brethren and sisters,
wbose souls were clouded in the mists OF
wealth.
'CoME!'
Not footstep stirred; not forw ad
vanced!
Nay, the Preacher. with the white
retreating down the pulpit steps, his ap-
palled eyes centred on that Face which 1
he had not recognized when it came com. s
panioned by dusty and poverty-strickan
form, which now he knew, but knew in {
trembling fears
"CoME!' {
They came-yea, gliding up the aisle
and up the pulpit steps; yes, the ragged q
and hungry poor, who had been hidden :
away il the dark corners, or left neg s
ected without the door. They came, q
lers a widow with wan features and fad |
ID apPareIi there an orphan, imbruted by
neglect into a hideous image Of preeo> =
,ious crimei aud treading at the orphans
reels, a halfnsked Leper, whose futter. |
ug rags could not hide the misera BILE I
orm, tbiuDed by disease and blotched :
With his Leprosy!
They came; the Poor, in manifold shapes
IF Want, and the Face smiled on them
and whispered Comet
Al Last, cronching a. he came, Black /
Man skulked along the aisle, his rude /
features glowing as the Divine Face {
,miled him on! Then covered with a
,onvic,s garb--a rope dangling from his i
,eck--the neglected Fsion came, halt. .
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