We all know what distance does. Standing on the floor of a
cathedral in St. Petersburg, the loud conversation of the
multitudes surging in and out seems to roar in the ear. But
standing in the tiny dome, three hundred feet above, all the
harshness is strained out and the sounds become song. Those who
dwell inland know how the trees strain out the roughness, and
the surge and the roar of the waves turn to music, falling on
the fluted tree-tops. Near at hand the frescoes in the cathedral
dome are blotches of blue and red; from the floor beneath they
melt into the most exquisite tints, and shaded lines proclaim
the genius of an artist. For the architect planned that dome to
be seen from afar, and God plans the events of childhood and
youth to be surveyed from the summit of maturity.--N. D.
HILLIS.
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=Reunion=--See FUTURE REUNION.
=Revealing Stolen Property=--See EXPOSURE.
=Revelation=--See UTTERANCE.
=Revenge=--See ANGER, FUTILE.