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the great falls leader (great falls, mont.) 1888-1900 — chariot of fire

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1889-05-05
Location: great falls, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the great falls leader (great falls, mont.) 1888-1900 · 1889-05-05 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1889-05-05 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “chariot of fire”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... Divine rescue. ALLEGORY OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE. You will notice that the Divine equipage is always represented as a chariot of fire. Ezekiel and Isaiah and John when they come to describe the Divine equipage always represent it as a wheeled, a harnessed, an uphol stered conflagration. It is not a chariot like kings and conquerors of earth mount but an organized and com pressed fire. That means purity, jus tice, chastisement, deliverance through burning escapes. Chariot of rescue? yes, but chariot of fire. All our na tional disenthrallments have been through scorching agonies and red dis asters. Through tribulation the indi vidual rises. Through tribulation na tions rise. Chariots of rescue, but chariots ...

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