...Customs, vol. ii. page 388. VII. 9. " And palms in their hands." — See note at Matthew xxi. 8, 9. VIII. 1. " There was silence in heaven about the space...an hour." Most interpreters agree that this silence iu heaven for half an hour is an allusion to the manner of the temple worship, while the priest offered...

...period of tranquillity the hour of retribution was at hand. " And when he had opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour, and seven trumpets were given to the seven angels which stood before God." This silence betokens a...

...reap who faint not. REVELATION VIII. Seventh Seal. Ver. 1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. This seal was not, like its predecessors, to contain some precise event ; but it was to contain all...

...hails the fresh odour, though Its source he cannot know. 5. " And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." WHENCE is this awe, by stillness spread O'er the world-fretted soul ? Wave reared on wave its boastful...

...From 1812 to 1815, which ends the sixth seal. SEVENTH SEAL. " And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was SILENCE IN HEAVEN about the space of half an hour." In endeavouring to give the interpretation of this seal, consistency appears to require, that we should...

...opened, every tongue was. mute — every soul was prostrate in the presence of the living God, and there was "silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Rev. viii. 1. This state of mental silence, in which the active powers of man are all at rest and waiting...

...provided the will be closed as to its evil. CHAPTER VIII. 1. AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2. And I saw the seven angels, who stood before God ; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3. And...

...Temple during the time of offering incense and of prayers, that there is u allusion in Rev. viii. 1. 3 ; '• Chip. 3. IS. » Rom. 10. 13. Vene2. "A day of darkntu an while the angel offered license upon the golden altar before the throne. When the priest came forth...

...spiritual kingdom, being those who are in charity and its faith; in this case, who are in faith alone : " There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour," signifies, that the angels of the Lord's spiritual kingdom were greatly amazed, when they saw those...

...contemplation to the minds of the blessed ! Once, saith the apostle John, on the opening of the seventh seal, " there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour ; " that was a pause of breathless sugpense prior to a tremendous discharge of wrath. But, when, by...