souls in the search for God; and so complete was the lack of form in the
yearning, that this soul came forth, as it were, unclothed, the more
touching because in naked beauty.

"Soon you will see your Saviour coming,
In the air."

So they sang. This, and every line, was repeated many times. It was only
by repetition that the words, with their continuity of meaning, grew in
ignorant ears.

"All the thoughts of your inmost spirit
Will be laid bare,
If you love Him, He will make you
White and fair."

Then the idea of the first line was taken up again, and then again, with
renewed hope and exultation in the strain.

"Hark! you may hear your Saviour coming."

It was a well-known Adventist hymn which had often roused the hearts of
thousands when rung out to the air in the camp meetings of the northern
States; but to those who heard it first to-night it came as the
revelation of a new reality. As the unveiling of some solid marble
figure would transform the thought of one who had taken it, when
swathed, for a ghost or phantom, so did the heart's desire of these
singers stand out now with such intensity as to give it objective
existence to those who heard their song.