midnight of the year 1000
No thunder rolled ! No trace of the cloud of fire in the midst of which the Eternal was to appear . Jehovah remained invisible . Not one of the frightful prodigies foretold by St. John the Divine for midnight of the year 1000 was verified . The night was calm and serene ; the moon and stars shone brilliantly in the azure sky , not a breath of wind agitated the tops of the trees , and the people , in the silence of their stupor , could hear the slightest ripple of the mountain streams gliding under the grass . Dawn came ... and day ... and the sun poured upon creation the torrents of its light ! As to miracles , not a trace of any !