He fell on his
knees beside the bed and remained there in a trance until daylight.
He had heard the voice of God, he had seen His light, he had been
chosen as His servant. Some weeks later a second visitation came to
him, similar to the first, but telling him that at the last hour of
the present year God would come in His own person to save the world,
and that he must make this known to a few chosen spirits that they
might prepare . . .
The whole brotherhood then was at length justified; they alone, out
of all men in the world, had believed in the Second Coming of the
Lord, and so God had chosen them. He had no doubt at all about his
visions at this time. They seemed to him as real and sure as the
daily traffic of the streets and the monotonous progress of the
clock.
Eagerly, with the confident resolution of a child, he told his news
to the leaders of the Chapel, Thurston, Miss Avies, and one or two
others. Then a special meeting of the Inside Saints was called and,
in the simplest language, he described exactly what had occurred. He
did not at first perceive the effect that his news had. Then, dimly,
through the mist of his prayers and ecstasies, he realised that his
message had created confusion.
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