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 "8. And the four living creatures had each of them six wings; and round about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

9. And when those living creatures gave glory and honour and benediction to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10, the four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on the throne, and adored him thai liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne saying:

11. Thou art worthy. O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour, and power: because thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and have been created."

5. As of old on mount Sinai, thunder and lightning are symbols of God's power and majesty. On the last day our Lord shall come on the clouds of heaven as the "lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west."

The voice is the voice of the Church preaching the Gospel to all nations. The thunders are the warnings of the Gospel against the wicked who refuse to accept its teachings. The seven lamps are the seven angels who stand before the throne of God, and by extension, all angels. They are the instructors and enlighteners of men. For this reason they are compared to lighted