Angels and Women (1924)

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tanas, plunge the world into a terrible time
of trouble which becomes so intense that it
mounts to the very heavens, and the hearts
of men are melted because of the trouble.
The world reels to and fro and staggers like
one who is drunk, and men are at their wits’
end. They cry unto the Almighty in their
trouble and He helps them out of their distress.
He makes the storm a calm, so that
the waves thereof are still. And then stands
forth the Prince of Peace and commands the
storms to subside, and sweet peace settles
down 1 upon the earth.
"With the mighty Prince I see a glorious
company, the most beautiful creatures I have
ever looked upon. They were selected and
trained with greatest care throughout the
centuries, being silently gathered one by one
from among all nations and kindreds. When
the :Prince returned he received these chosen
ones to himself, raised them to life immortal
and granted them the power to sit with him
1 See Appendix Note 34.