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darkness from his track, and the whole

heavens are lighted with his glory.

The sleeping soldiers awake, and start to

their feet. With awe and wonder they gaze at

the open heavens, and the vision of

brightness which is nearing them.

The earth trembles and heaves as that

powerful being from another world

approaches. He is coming on a joyful errand,

and the speed and power of his flight shake

the world like a mighty earthquake. Soldiers,

officers, and sentinels fall as dead men to the

ground.

There had been still another guard about the

Saviour's tomb. Evil angels were there.

Because the Son of God had fallen in death,

His body was even then claimed as the prey

of him who has the power of death—the

devil.