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around me—when lo! the whole horizon seemed to be one great sheet of fire—the mountains, towns, and forests seemed to melt like wax in a furnace; and then a dreadful tempest arose, which drove before it the heavens, the earth, and the ocean.

Daniel.

Good God! It is the description of the day of judgement.

Francis.

Did you ever hear such ridiculous stuff? Then I saw a person come forward, who held in his right hand a brazen balance, which stretched from east to west.—He cried with a loud voice, "Approach, ye children of dust: I weigh the thoughts of the heart!"

Daniel.

God have mercy upon me!

Francis.

All seemed to be struck with terror; and every countenance was pale as ashes.—'Twas then I thought I heard my name in a dreadful voice that issued in thunder from a mountain,—a voice

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