19/42 The whole sermon was delivered with great majesty and tenderness. One illustration in it was sublime. He was comparing the "things which are seen and temporal" with the "things which are not seen and eternal." He described Mont Blanc enveloped in a morning cloud of mist. The vapor was the _seen_ thing which was soon to pass away;--behind it was the _unseen_ mountain, glorious as the "great white throne" which should stand unmoved when fifty centuries of mist had flown away into nothingness. Many sat gazing at the tall pale orator before them through their tears. |