that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years shall be fulfilled.

With such words we must be content. Explain we cannot. We dare not say that this is allegory. But be that as it may, the lesson it conveys is clear. The power of Satan will be taken from him, so that he will tempt mankind no longer for a season. He will no more walk as a roaring lion, to and fro, seeking whom he may devour. The trembling babe in Christ will have no longer need to fear because of him. No saint will be accused by him before the throne of God. He will be powerless towards mankind for the long period of “ A THOUSAND YEARS."

So will the MORNING of the DAY OF CHRIST-the DAY OF JUDGMENT-terminate. Oh, what a morning will it be! What man can picture it? A morn replete with what is fearful for the child of this world-glorious as the dawn of a bright day of joy unprecedented for the child of grace. O blessed thought! The weakest among those who now look up with faith to Jesus,1 shall be delivered out of all the fear and woe which shall be poured down from heaven. He shall behold it all. The

1 Yes, "The weakest;" for "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God" (1 John v. 1), and is Baptized by the Spirit into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. xii. 12, 13); and so is a very member of Christ, and without him Christ's fulness (Ephes. i. 23) would not be made up.

reeling earth, the raging sea, the madness of the people, he shall look upon, but in perfect peace. He shall hear the wicked call upon the rocks to fall upon them, and the hills to cover them; he shall observe the wonders which shall make the heavens shake, but with a mind unruffled and devoid of fear; for with the rejoicing hosts of Jesus shall his place be found: amidst the shining throng which shall adorn the triumph of the Lord shall be his rest. With Christ, the King, he shall descend from the high places of the saint's security. He shall descend not to endure the bitter stroke of judgment, but to judge; to sit with the great LORD OF LORDS upon the throne of the Millennial kingdom; to be a KING, A PRIEST, A CO-HEIR WITH THE PRINCE OF PEACE AND GLORY, IN POSSESSION OF THE HEIRDOM.

Reader, Is IT WELL WITH YOU, that so you will not fail of safety in the awful ADVENT HOUR? That hour with which the dreadful morning of the JUDGMENT DAY shall dawn? Surely this is not a matter for delay. "Now is the accepted time." To-morrow may not be. Oh, then suffer the plain question, ARE YOU NOW IN CHRIST? Have you yet gone to Him, as a poor, helpless, worthless sinner, and cast all your burden on His love and power to save? WHERE ARE YOUR SINS? Have you realized the fact that JESUS CHRIST has borne the utmost sin of every believer in His own body on the tree

-has suffered their full penalty-has washed their guilt away with infinitely precious blood-has made atonement for them, full, perfect, and eternal? Have you trusted His completed work for pardon and salvation? Surely it is written in the unchanging records of His tender mercy, "WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH

IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE."

CHAPTER VI.

The Reign of Peace.

"Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment."-Isa. xxxii. 1,

E have now to look upon the tribulation of the Wlatter days as past—the dominance of Iniquity,

Bloodshed, and Perplexity at an end—Antichrist consigned to the eternal flames-the wicked of the earth destroyed-the Remnant brought to the acknowledgment of Christ as Lord and Saviour-Satan no longer able to deceive-and, visibly among mankind and angels, the self-same JESUS who was crucified, standing on the Mount of Olives, unopposed by any voice throughout the earth, and there establishing His right to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. Sɔ will the Almighty God fulfil His ancient word, which said -"And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, and take off the crown; this shall not be the same: exalt him that

is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him."1 And thus the kingdom of the Lord of Hosts will come, -wherein His holy will shall be performed in earth as it is done in heaven.

This REIGN OF CHRIST-the reign of RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE-will form the subject of this chapter.

Among the remnant of Israel-some inhabiting the Holy Land, and some dispersed among the nationswill be found a company from EVERY TRIBE: for God has promised that "He will be the God of all the families of Israel." And so not only will MOUNT ZION rejoice, but MOUNT EPHRAIM also, as the Lord graciously declared by JEREMIAH in the thirty-first chapter of his prophecy-"Behold I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, a great company shall return thither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a Father to ISRAEL and EPHRAIM

is my first-born. Hear ye the Word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattereth ISRAEL will gather him, and keep

1 Ezek. xxi. 25-27.

2 Jer. xxxi. 1.