386 the dream of Galilee. Fune'G. 
its glories, I stretched out my hand from my elevation, 
‘and said, let the proud inhabitants of these palaces think 
as they will of their own importance, because their limbs 
are robed in purple, and their tables-loaded with gold and 
silver, and heaped with the luxuries of Europe and the 
Indies ; but the sage looks down upon these wretches as 
the eagle upon the silk-worm enclosed within its web; | 
for in their souls they are only prisoners, who can- 
not abandon the leaf to which they cling; while the sage 
wanders on the mountains of liberty, and sees the world 
under his feet, or sears aloft upon the wings of contem- 
plation, converses with the Deity, and walks am ~cthe 
stars. 
While I was thus speaking, a serious solemnity over- 
clouded the countenance of my guide; his fraternal arm 
dropt from my fhoulder, and his eye darted a threatening 
glance, even to the inmost recefses of my soul. ~ Wretch! 
cried he, is it then for this end that you have tasted upon 
earth of these pleasures of heaven? That your name has 
been rendered great among the nations? That every fa- 
culty of your soul has been exalted, in order to: be exer- 
cised with more freedom and perseverance in the know- 
ledge of truth through the ages of eternity ? And now that 
you are thought worthy to suffer persecution ;—now that 
your wisdom’ fhould turn to your advantage ;—and your 
heart be as richly adorned with virtue, as your spirit has 
hitherto been with knowledge,—now is every spark of gra- 
titude extinguifhed, and your soul murmurs against your 
God? i 
Here I awakened from my delightful dream, saw myself 
cast, from all the glories of heaven, down to my dark and 
solitary dungeon, and watered my couch with a flood :of 
tears. Then through all the darknefs which surrounded 
me, I raised my eye, and spoke thus: Oh God full of 
love ! has the Nothing which owes its existence to thee 
