Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

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and floating on the water. He lift
ed his eyes again to find that the
walls of the chamber had receded
and now nothing Was visible in any
direction except the feeble glimmer
OF water, and he heard no sound ex-
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and the soft sigh of wind by his lacs,
to show him that he was advancing;,
but where? How, and how could
he escape?
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yet, in spite of him, a nervous trem-
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cold beads stand out on his brow
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island on which he stood had
touched some obstacle with a shock,
md he nearly fell, but found him
'elf seized and born away, it seemed
10 him, through the air. He was
lifted as if he had been a bird, and
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him by every separate plume, and
;hus borne him lightly through
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through interminable space he sud
aently stopped and tossed lightly
round and round till he spun like
top, and until he completely lost
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senses he found himself in q vast
chamber that seemed to him to be
lighted in some mysterious manner,
neither from within nor without, but
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heart that possessed the hidden Sc
,rets of light in its innermost recess
es. The light was pure, and clear,
and soft, yet intensely brilliant.
This vast chamber was nothing, and
of nothing but light. No
person, no material presence what
ever, not one thing but that one
presence, and that the simple en-
bodiment Of light: but it thrilled
him with unutterable awe and fear,
'ar more than did the darkness.
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agination; here, this pure crystal
light forbade any such effort, and he
'aw nothing, yet was filed with
seeing. There was no arching down
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meet the seq and sky, with q hue
distinct. There WAS nothing but
that illimitable space of light. There
was no above, no below, nor around
WAS all light alike.
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fore his eyes in utter horror and
saying: lis %his the
light Of God?"
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opened hs eyes, and slrainsd then
10 the utmost, but could sse nothing
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