"
It was all plain now to the simple-minded Indian, and he understood and
believed. He sat a few moments, as if ruminating upon this new theme,
and then said gently to his wife:
"Read out of Good Book to Oonomoo."
Fluellina drew a small Bible from her bosom, one that she always
carried with her, and opening at the Revelations, commenced to read in
a clear, sweet and distinct voice. The inspired grandeur, sublime
truths and glorious descriptions of that most wonderful of all books
thrilled her soul to its center with emotions unutterable; and she knew
that the same effect, though perhaps in a lesser degree, was produced
upon her husband. The particular portion was the twenty-first chapter,
whose meaning the Moravian missionary had frequently explained to her,
and it was these verses in particular upon which she frequently dwelt
with such awed rapture:
"'And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God,
"'Having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
"'And had a wall, great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the
gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of
the twelve tribes of Israel.
"'And the building of the wall of it was of jasper; and the city was
pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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