Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-07-04

/ the believing OF the distant Meuiteii"
mean, as if its waters were at our slde'
sweIled by the deluge. The lakes ana
rivers roared. and inundated the land
The fiery sword shot out tenfold fire
Thunder peaIed from every quarter OF lne
Heavens. Lightning in immense sheetS'
of an intensity and duration that turned
darkness into day, whitening eye and SOUL
h,ned from the zenith to the ground,
and marked its track by forests of flames
and shattered the SUBMITS of the hills.
Defence was unthought of for the NOR
tai enemy had passed from the mind
Our hearts quaked for fear; but it was
to see the powers of Heaven shaken. All
cast away the shield and the spear and
crouched before descending Judgment
We were conscious smitten. Our cries
of remorse, anguish and horror, were
heard through the uproar OF the Storm
We howled to the caverns to hide US, we
plunged into the sepulchres to escape the
wrath that consumed the living; we
would have buried ourselves under the
mountain.
| knew the cause, the unspeakable
cause; and knew that the last hour Of
crime was at hand. A few fugitives as
tonished to see one man among them sunk
into the feebleness of fear, came round
me, and besought TO lead them to safety
if such were now to be found on earth.
openly counseled them to die in the hal.
lowed ground of the temple. They fol
lowed, and 1 led through streets encum
bered with every shape of human suffer
J, ing, to the foot of Mount Moriah. Blu
beyond that we found advance impossi
Bile. Piles of clouds whose darkness wa
palpable, even in the midnight in which
we stood covered the holy hill Impatient
and not to be daulted by anything tina
man could overcome, cheered my dis
heartened band, and attempted to lea
the way up the hot ascent. But l haI
scarcely entered the cloud, when wa
swept down by gust that tore the rock
in a finty shower around me. And nov
came the last and most wonderful sigr
that marked the fate of rejected Israe
While Hay helpless, l heard the whir
wind roar through the cloudy hill, an
the vapors began to revolve. A pa
light, ike that Of the rising moon, qui
cred on the edges, and the clouds ro
rapidly, shaping themselves into forms
battlements and towers. The sound
voices was heard within, low, and di
tinct, yet strangely sweet. Sill the lu
tire frightened, and the airy building 70
tower on tower, and battlement on battl
be! ment.
In awe that held us mute, we knelt al
gazed on this more than mortal arcl
lecture, that continued rising, and sprea
ing and glowing with a serener light, 81
soft and silvery, yet to which the bros
est moon-beam was dim. At last it sto
forth from earth to heaven, the colos
image of the first temple; of the bui
ing raised by the wisest of mN, one &C
secrated to the visible glory.
All Jerusalem saw the image, and t
shout that in the midst of their despa
scended from its thousands told wi
proud remembrances they were. But
hymn was heard, that might have husf
the world beside. Never fell on my G
never on human sense, a sound so maj
tic, yet, so subduing; so full of mel
choly, yet Of grandeur, and command
. This vast portal opened, and from
e marched host, such as man shall ne
see but once again the guardian am
- of the city Of David They came fo
Ia gloriously but with woe in alltheir ste
3 Il the stars upon their helmets dim; ii
s Is robe-stained tears falling down Il
'rAS' cheeks of celestial beauty. Let us
hence, swelled up the night, to the ut
ppy most limits of the land. The process.
zion fingered long upon the summit of
hrst hill. The thunders pealed and they
last at the command, difusing waves Of /
heid over the expanse of heaven. The che
our was heard, still magnificent and me
tue choly, until their splendor was dismi
li'ler to the brightness of star. Then
Tue thunders roared again. The cloudy
ilan pie was scattered on the wind, and d
men ness, the omen of the grave, settled u
ng'h Jerusalem.
oices
/ our g DIFFERENT PHASES OF FEEL.
cy in Wife VERY idignantly. )-"Ah! thu
!, tbo the doptor'- how of Lost 49,. A.