Sacred allegories . ell, indeed, hast thou traded with thy wealth !Thou hast bartered thy perishable silver and gold for the widowsgratitude, the orphans love, and the poor mans prayer. Nowthat thou art going hence, these riches will follow thee. Thecostly pearls, the gentle music, and the amber light shall attendthee on thy journey even to the gates of the Glorious City. Buta more abundant treasure, a more perfect harmony, and a lightof brilliance unutterable, await thee there. As he thus spoke, he placed a second mirror before the eyesof Sophron; and though they now seemed to be sealed in sl
Sacred allegories . ell, indeed, hast thou traded with thy wealth !Thou hast bartered thy perishable silver and gold for the widowsgratitude, the orphans love, and the poor mans prayer. Nowthat thou art going hence, these riches will follow thee. Thecostly pearls, the gentle music, and the amber light shall attendthee on thy journey even to the gates of the Glorious City. Buta more abundant treasure, a more perfect harmony, and a lightof brilliance unutterable, await thee there. As he thus spoke, he placed a second mirror before the eyesof Sophron; and though they now seemed to be sealed in slumber,a smile of joy and gladness played across his countenance. I cannottell how bright and glorious was the vision that he saw. Thisalone I know, that the image of the Future was reflected in thatglass, and that, as the old man held it, his own form faded away. 280 THE KINGS MESSENGERS. For a moment there was a sound as of the rustling of many wingsin the air, and then all was stillness in the dwelling of On the morrow, the sun shone brightly upon the city;—therewas the usual hum of traffic and moving to and fro of the busy THE KINGS MESSENGERS. 281 multitude in the streets, though the lamp had been extinguishedin Sophrons abode, and the aged merchant was gone. Very fewof the passers-by noticed the deserted dwelling; but the KingsMessengers wept as they beheld it from a distance, and there wasa strain of sadness in the gentle music of the orphan child. Theymourned, because their own office was at an end; but when theythought of Sophron, their sorrow was turned into joy. They knewthat his treasures had been marked with the Cross, and were storedup for him in the Royal Palace, and that he himself was dwellingin the happy city where the law of Exile was unknown.
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