Ellen G. White
16 AllifSt I thought I SolI\' two trees. I looked again and saw they were united 1.1 the lOp in olla tree. So it WIl.S the tree of life, on either aide IIf the river of life; i\.!l branches bowed tolheplaee where we stood i and the fruit was glorious, which looked like gold mixed with silver We all went under the trec, nod sat down. to look at the glory of Ihe place when brothcn Filch iU'ld Stockman, who had preacbed the gos prl DC the kingdom, and whom God had laid in the grave 10 save thew came up 10 us and o.sked us what we had passed through while they were sleeping. We triffi to call up ,Jur grell.test trials, but they looked 10 SIIll'lIl compared wilh the rar more cs:ceeding nnd eternal weight DC glory (ao) that surrounded us, that we could not speak them out, (M and we all cried out Hallelujah, heaven i3 cheap enough, and WJ touch ed our glorious barps and made heaven's arches ring. .And as we were gazing l!.t the glories of the place our eres were allrncted upwards to something that had the appearance of sliver. I asked Jesus to lei me see what WI\8 within there. In a momeot we were winging (Jur way upward, lind entering in; here we saw goodold falher Abmham, Isanc Jacob, Noah, Danil, aDQ mltny like them. And I saw II. vail witb & heavy fringe of silver and gold, as a border 00 the bottom j it was very beautiful. I asked Jesus wbat wa:s within the vail. He raised it witb his own right arm, and bade me take heed. 1 saw there II. glorious arlr, overlaid wiLh pure $Old, and it had a glorious border, teSClobling 1esus' erown j and on It were two bright angels_tbeir "iogs were spread over the ark liS they Slit on each eod, with thck faces turned 10 wards each other and loolring downward. (c.:) In tbe ark, beneath here the angels' WIngs were spread 1 was Il golden pot of Mllnna., of a yellowish cast; and I saw a rod, whIch Jesus said was Aaron's; I sa It bad, blossom and bear fruit. (dd) And I saw two long golden rods on which hung ilver wim, and on the wim most glorious grapes j one cluster WIIS more than a man here could carry. And 1 saw Jesus tep 01' and lake of Ihe manna, IIlmonds, grape.l and pomegmnates and bear them down 10 the city, lind place them on Ihe supper table I stepped up to see how moch WM taken awny, and there wa.s just as much left; and we shouted Hallelujah-Amen. We nil descended from thiJ place down inlo the city, aDd wilh Jesus al ollr head we a.IL descended from the cily down to Ihis ellrth, on a great Ilod mighty mountain, which could nOI bellr Jesus up, and it parted asunder, nnd there was a mighty pl'lin. (tc) Then we looked up and saw the great city, wilh twelve found:tlions, twelve gtl.les, three on each side, and au Ilngel al each gMe, and aU cried oUl, "the tity, the eat city, it's com ing, it', coming down from God, out of heaven j" (j/) and it came and settled on the place ... hem we stood. Then we began 10 look at the gloriolls things outside of the cily. There I 8(1W mot glorious houses tn.t hila tbe appearance of silver, supported by four pillars, set wit!l pearls, most .!!lorious 10 behold, which were to be inhabited by Ihe saints j (gg) m them W!IS a golden shelf; I saw m(lny of the saintsgo into the liouses, take olftheir glillering erowns and Jay them on the abelf, then go out into the Btld by the honses to do 50melhing wilh the earth· (hlI) Dot 11:1 we have to do with the eonh here j no, no. A glo rious light shone all about their heads, n.nd Lhey were conttDually shout iag and olfcring praisea to God 2 Cor. 4j 17. U ha. 61S; n. cE1I.26; 18,20. Heb.9; 8-1): Ii. NUll!. 17; 8 . "Zech. 14; 4. If Re.. 21, 10--13. " In.. 66, 21 hlIlsa. 6.5, 21 digitized by InspiredBooks.de