


The street and the market–place absolutely babbled, from side to side, with applauses of the minister.

In the open air their rapture broke into speech. Now that there was an end, they needed more breath, more fit to support the gross and earthly life into which they relapsed, than that atmosphere which the preacher had converted into words of flame, and had burdened with the rich fragrance of his thought. In a moment more the crowd began to gush forth from the doors of the church. Then ensued a murmur and half–hushed tumult, as if the auditors, released from the high spell that had transported them into the region of another’s mind, were returning into themselves, with all their awe and wonder still heavy on them. There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles. The eloquent voice, on which the souls of the listening audience had been borne aloft as on the swelling waves of the sea, at length came to a pause. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
