O for a few moments more! But even
this was denied me; for, as I remembered, 'Cursed is the man that
trusteth in man, and whose heart departeth from the living God.'
"I now heard a voice as of a rushing, mighty wind. Trembling seized
me, as I discerned four fiends of darkness. I uttered a piercing
shriek, and died. Then I found myself suspended between heaven and
earth. Behind me, the world I loved so well had gone forever. Before
me I saw the Ancient of Days seated on his throne, his raiment white
as snow, his eyes as a flame of fire, his feet like brass glowing in
the furnace, and a stream of fire issued from before him; thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him. Brightness radiated from him on all sides. He fixed
his eyes on me, glowing with holy indignation, while a two-edged
sword proceeded out of his mouth. My sins arose before me. Conscience
condemned me. I could not look up. The pains of hell gat hold upon
me. In a voice unlike all I ever heard before, he said, 'Slayer of my
Son, despiser of my grace, what hast thou done? Thou hast set at
nought all my counsels.
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