...at the approach of death. The martyr, Stephen, was first full of faith ; without which he had never beheld the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Through faith and hope, thus depending on VOL. v, p each each other, we are led to the consideration...

...Stephen : " Lord, lay not this •fin to their charge ; Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Behold I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." Hear St. Paul in the view of his dissolution : " I have fought a good fight ; I have finished my course...

...law, de-« spising the prophets, and murdering the true Messiah ; and finally asserted that he saw the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This speech, was immediately construed into blasphemy, and the prisoner, being sentenced to death,...

...spectaculum, ascendentium desdescending: many stones light upon Stephen's head, in the instant, of his seeing the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Lo, Jacob, resting upon that one stone, saw but the angels : Stephen, being to rest for once under...

...at the approach of death. The martyr, Stephen, was first full of faith ; without which he had never beheld the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Through faith and hope, thus depending on each other, we are led to the consideration of charity; the...

...his jjory that reconciles the guilty to die. Before Stephen yielded up the ghost, he said, ' I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.' When Simeon saw the Lord's Christ, he said, ' Now leitest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine...

...deuth, he will give us a sight of his glory. The first martyr, Stephen, died with joy, when he saw the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. (Acts vii. 55.) Thus we also shall be able to depart from hence with confidence and joy, if we have...

...What did they do? with Stephen after so bold •a speech ? A. When he told them further, that he saw the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God ; they cried out against him as a blasphemer, with a loud voice ; they cast him out of the city and...

...Q. W hat did they do with Stephen after so bold a speech ? A. When he told them further, that he saw the Heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, they cried out against him as a blasphemer, with a loud voice ; they cast him out of the city and stoned...

...Capgrave.f relate, that this prelate at his death exclaimed, like the proto-martyr, Stephen, " I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." The latter also records some miracles. After the example of his patron he is said to have ejected the...