hand in the heavenly places, far
above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is
to come; and hath put all things under his feet.' And here again--'But
this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat
down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his
enemies be made his footstool.'"

"When will that be?" said David.

"I don't know. I don't think it tells."

"But Messiah is to be a Conqueror," David went on, passing from one
thing to another. It is written,--

"'Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty,
'Thy glory and thy majesty!
'As to thy majesty--prosper!--ride!
'Because of truth and meekness--righteousness.

'And thy right hand sheweth thee fearful things.
'Thine arrows are sharp,
'Peoples fall under thee--
'In the heart of the enemies of the king.'"

"Where is that?" Matilda asked, and David told her. She eagerly
consulted her little book, and then cried out,

"Why it is the very same thing! Look here, David; or just listen, and I
will read.

"'And I saw heaven opened'--"

"Stop. _Who_ saw heaven opened? Who said that?"

Matilda paused. "It is in the Revelation," she said.

"Yes, but what is that?"

"I don't know exactly; but I know it is the things that were shown to
John, the apostle, about what is going to be by and by."

"Who was that John?"

"Why, one of the apostles, David; one of the twelve apostles, that were
always with Jesus, and went everywhere with him and saw all that he
did. Then after he was gone, they preached to the people, and told what
they had seen and heard."

"After he was gone where?"

"Back to heaven."

"Well--read," said David, with a troubled sigh.

"'And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge
and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were
many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew but he
himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his
name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon white horses, clothed in white linen, white and
clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. An