[53] He heard a voice.
[54] Had to meet death.
[55] With difficulty found him.
[56] Very cold.
[57] The same flag with its curious device.
[58] Chop is brand, stamp, quality; e. g. first chop.
[59] After my return I was preaching, August 27th, at the Congregational Church in Arlington, Mass., when I used the Typhoon to illustrate the safety of those who trust in God. During intermission I was impressed by the action of the branches of the willow trees in the wind, and said, If we were in China I should judge that we were about to have a typhoon. It was a clear day. The wind was not very strong, but fitful gusts would lift the long boughs of the willows almost to a perpendicular. That night something resembling a typhoon passed over the town, bringing down the steeple of the Congregational Church, with the bell, through the roof, with very serious damage to that building and others. Had the typhoon come upon us during the hours of morning service, the illustration in the sermon might have been superseded by the thing itself. In viewing some of the effects of the wind I was forcibly reminded of its action as a Typhoon in China.
[60] George H. Peirce, Esq.
[61] The Faery Queene, B. 10, c. 2. 1.