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and caught up with the resurrected ones, and together they meet their
Lord in the air. O what a glorious meeting. Friends whom death had
separated, were united, never more to part.
On either side of the cloudy chariot were wings, and beneath it
were living wheels; and as the cloudy chariot rolled upward, the wheels
cried, Holy, and the wings, as they moved, cried, Holy, and the retinue
of holy angels around the cloud cried, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God
Almighty. And the saints in the cloud cried, Glory, Alleluia. And the
chariot rolled upward to the holy city. Before entering the holy city, the
saints were arranged in a perfect square, with Jesus in the midst. He
was head and shoulders high above the saints, and head and shoulders
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above the angels. His majestic form, and lovely countenance, could
be seen by all in the square.