Resurrection Covered in Snow
StoryHistorical Account★★★★Emblem of the. An army chaplain tells of having bivouacked with his brigade upon an open field, each soldier wrapped in his blanket, but with nothing over him but the cold, cloudy sky. On arising next morning all over that field were little mounds like new-made graves, each covered with a drapery of snow, which had fallen two or three inches deep during the night, and covered every sleeping soldier, as if in the winding-sheet of death. While he was gazing upon the strange spectacle, here and there a man began to stir, rise, shake himself, and stand forth in momentary amazement at the sight. It was a symbol of the resurrection, and failed not to make its impression upon the beholder.
The point
An army chaplain describes soldiers sleeping under snow, each mound resembling a grave, until they rise and shake off the covering—a powerful symbol of the resurrection.