Christian herald and signs of our times . Fruits, ripe and luscious,in baskets of silver, entwinedwith leaves, plucked from royalconservatories. Vases, inlaidwith emerald, and ridged withexquisite traceries, filled witfajnuts that were threshed from)forests of distant lands. Winebrought from the royal vatsjfoaming in the decanters and!bubbling in the chalices. Tufts o|cassia and frankincense waftintheir sweetness from wall andtable. Gorgeous banners unfold-ing in the breeze that cam«through the opened window, be Iwitched with the perfume 6i hanging gardens. Fountains21rising up from inclosures
Christian herald and signs of our times . Fruits, ripe and luscious,in baskets of silver, entwinedwith leaves, plucked from royalconservatories. Vases, inlaidwith emerald, and ridged withexquisite traceries, filled witfajnuts that were threshed from)forests of distant lands. Winebrought from the royal vatsjfoaming in the decanters and!bubbling in the chalices. Tufts o|cassia and frankincense waftintheir sweetness from wall andtable. Gorgeous banners unfold-ing in the breeze that cam«through the opened window, be Iwitched with the perfume 6i hanging gardens. Fountains21rising up from inclosures* q >ivory, in jets of crystal, to fall ^in clattering rain of diamondscand pearls. Statues of mightj &men looking down, from nichesin the wall, upon crowns an<J *shields brought from subduec &empires. Idols of wonderfuwork, standing on pedestals o fprecious stones. Embroideries *stooping about the windows, an<wrapping piflars of cedar, ane blast of trumpets in. por inlaid with ivor «•usic, mingling th ith of cymbals, an- isne wave of trans toport that wer it;rippling alon tothe wall, an kbreath iamong the galands, and pouing down tlcorridors, a nthril ling t hsouls of a thotesand banqiu kers. The signis given, and f*lords and ladi«the mighty mand women Hthe land, coi ;around the DEATH OF ANANIAS. Pour Ollt < wine. Let foam and bubble kiss the riHoist every one his cup, and drink to t e-sentiment : O King Belshazzar, live fever ! Bestarred head-band and carcanet :•: Jan. 28, 1891. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 51 royal beauty gleam to the uplifted chalices, asagain, and again, and again they are with care from the palace ! Tear royaldignity to tatters ! Pour out more wine ! Giveus more light, wilder music, sweeter perfume ?Lord shouts to lord, captain ogles to clash; decanters rattle. There come inthe vile song, and the drunken hiccough, andthe slavering lip, and the guffaw of idiot
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