The Overture of Angels (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Upon this city broke the morning rays of the Advent. A venerable priest, Zacharias, belonging to the retinue of the Temple, had spent his whole life in the quiet offices of religion. He was mar ried, but childless. To him happened a surprising thing.

It was his turn to burn incense, - the most honorable function of the priestly office. Upon the great altar of sacrifice, outside the holy place, the burnt-offering was placed. At a signal the priest came forth, and, taking fire from this altar, he entered the inner and more sacred place of the Temple, and there, before the altar of incense, putting the fragrant gum upon the coals, he swung the censer, filling the air with wreaths of smoke. The people who had gathered on the outside, as soon' as the smoke ascended silently sent uptheir prayers, of which the incense was a symbol. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar.

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