This night as I was in my sleep I dreamed, and behold the heavens grew exceedingly black; also it hundered and lightened in a most fearful wise, that it put me into an awful agony. So I looked up in my dream, and saw the clouds rack at a most unusual rate; upon which I heard a great sound of a trumpet, and saw also a man sit upon a cloud, attended with the thousands of heaven: they were all in flaming fire also the heavens were on a burning flame. I heard then a voice saying, Arise ye dead and come to judgment: and with that the rocks rent, the graves opened, and the dead that were therein came forth: and some sought to hide themselves under the mountains; then I saw the man that sat upon the cloud open the book and bid the world draw near. Yet there was, by reason of a fierce flame that tissued out and came from before him, a convenient distance betwixt him and them, ad betwist the judge and the prisoners at the bar. I heard it also proclaimed to them that attended on the man that sat on cloud. Gather together the the tares, the chaff, and the stubble, and cast them into the burning lake: and with that the bottomless pit opened just whereabout I stood; out of the mouth of which there came, in an abundant manner, smoke, and coals of fire, with great hideous noises. It was also said to the same persons, Gather my wheat into the garner and with that I saw many catched up and carried away into the clouds, but I was left behind. I also sought to hide myself, but I could not, for the man that sat upon the cloud still kept his eye upon me my sins also came into my mind, and my conscience did accuse me on every side. Upon this I awaked from my sleep. What was it that made you so afraid of this sight, asked Christian, and the man answered: Why I thought that the day of judgment was come and that I was not ready for it. But this frightened me most, that the angels gathered up several and left me behind. Similarly, when the poor families were not in a position to make two ends meet, the same religious endowments and other institutions and organisations stepped in to help these families. In this way, a large number of activities were undertaken by these charitable organisations and institutions at a time when the state was not prepared to undertake these responsibilities on its own shoulder.
