I witnessed this gorgeous spectacle, and was awe-struck.

The air seemed filled with bright, descending messengers from the sky.

It was about daybreak when I saw this sublime scene.

I was not without the suggestion, at the moment, that it might be the harbinger of the coming of the Son of Man; and, in my then state of mind, I was prepared to hail Him as my friend and deliverer.

I had read, that the "stars shall fall from heaven"; and they were now falling.