I had
loved those who now tormented me, and cast aside the loving Saviour.
No ray of mercy can ever reach me more. No friend will ever love me
again. In my madness I sought to flee; but wrath held me rooted to
the spot. Cloud on cloud rose above me, each inscribed, 'Eternity!'
A voice cried aloud, 'Forever!' and another replied, 'Forever and
ever!' The waves of fire now rolled over me, and the worm that dieth
not seized hold of me. I begged for even the smallest mitigation of
misery, and the vials of wrath were poured out upon me. In my
anguish I cried, 'Roll on, ye eternal ages!' But why? They will be
no nearer through. 'O Lord, how long?' With an earthquake, that
seemed to shake the very throne, came back the reply, 'Forever!
Forever!' I sank down in unutterable agony. Then I awoke, and lo, it
was all a dream. The darkness of night was yet around me; a cold
sweat covered me; and that word, 'Forever!' still rang in my ears.
Friends, this was a dream, and only a drop in the ocean, compared
with the terrible reality. Let us pray that we may be saved from it
through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The large audience listened to these vivid delineations, part of the
time, in breathless silence; and again the women beat on their
breasts with half-suppressed cries for mercy.
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