THE VICISSITUDES OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER VIII
1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.
2. And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God; and there were given to them seven trumpets.
3 Another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God.
4. And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.
5. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it on earth, and there were thunders and voices and lightnings, and a great earthquake.
6. And the seven angels, who had the seven trumpets, prepared themselves to sound the trumpet.
7. And the first angel sounded the trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth, and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
