and provoked to great hostility, and prepared for revolution. "And thy wrath is come:" that is, the threatened judgment of God upon the destroyers of his people. "And the time of the dead, that they should be judged:" that is, the time for pouring judgments on account of the souls slain and under the altar, as seen in the fifth seal. "And that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants. the prophets:" a prophet is the common scriptural appellation of a teacher of God's truth. The reward may be the elevation of this class in society. "And the saints" that is, Christians generally. "And to them that fear thy name, small and great:" that is, to the observers of God's practical laws, by mankind generally; it is a comprehensive and emphatic repetition of the reward to all true Christians, of every name. t 'And shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth:" that is, the whole Roman power, the church and state, or all the iron and clay.

The affirmation of these elders, after the coming of the nationality to Israel, is a full prophetic programme of the whole of the seventh trumpet period. We can not well imply from it a literal resurrection and spiritual judgment day and second advent, for the symbolic terms are not strong enough to give grounds for such opinion; besides, the prophecy is generally political, rather than spiritual.

5. "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail." This is immediately introductory to the vials of wrath and the angels from Mount Zion, and is prophetic of their introduction. The temple represents the nationality of Israel, as we have shown; and the ark must represent

the promises that it should be restored. The lightnings, thunderings, and voices, symbolize the preparation of the political heavens for the changes about to transpire; and the earthquake announces the first great shock that overturns the scepter of monarchy, and opens the way for its final doom. The seventh trumpet, being the final period of the sufferings of the church, it is twice predicted, and each panorama of the era will claim our attention.

First View. United States.—“And I looked, and lo, a lamb stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having their Father's name written in their foreheads."-Rev. xiv. "And they sung, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders. And no man could learn that song, but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.” "These were

redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and the Lamb." This is so poetic, that we dislike to translate it into matter of fact on earth. But it was a prophecy of things on earth, for Christ said so to John. The order of its realization is placed before the conversion of the world; for the angel, with the gospel to convert all the world, goes out after it was fulfilled. As it came at the sound of the seventh trumpet, and before the evangelization of all the world, it coincides with the rise of the kingdom of Christ, at the end of the 1260 days of the witnesses, and the three and a half times of the woman with twelve stars; and must coincide, therefore, with the United States..

1. The Lamb. This, as we have seen, represents Christ and his government. A lamb, wounded and restored, shows that the nationality had been dead, but, like Jesus, had revived again.

2. The Company of the Lamb.-As the lamb symbolizes the rise of a great Christian nationality, with Christ as its only head, the company properly represents the church of Christ. Twelve thousand being from every tribe, makes one hundred and forty-four thousand, which indicates Israel restored.

3. Mount Zion.-This is the city of David, and was called Ariel, or the double city. So that this new kingdom, now come, is twice doubly represented; once by the lamb and his company, and again by the double city. Mount Zion may also represent the religion upon which the new government stood, and in that case the lamb coincides with the temple; his company with the worshipers in the court of Israel, or court of the altar; and Mount Zion will coincide with the altar which symbolizes religion.

4. The New Song.-This symbolizes the different condition of Christians in the free country of Christ, from that elsewhere. The song of the Christians in America, at our nation's birth, was, indeed, a new song. Never, since Miriam tuned the timbrel of redemption, and led the host, singing the song of Moses, had such a scene been witnessed, as that when our fathers entered the temple of God, and exulted over the dragon, and sung the new song of honor to the Lamb. Through seas of blood the church had sailed; moldering arches of ages had darkened it with woe; flanked by dungeons; obstructed by fires of martyrdom; hunted in the wilderness; chased by the wolves of hell; driven to ocean; pursued by the dragon and his angels, it conquered; it

was free; it was redeemed; it stood on Mount Zion, and shouted salvation to God!

The first fruits means the first people in the realizing age that had chosen God as their only king. The first fruits were those old pious men from Plymouth rock to Georgia's glades, who cast the dragon from the church, and spurned a human head from the altar of their God. None upon earth can sing the song we sing, but those who deny prelates and kings the headship of the church. 5. One Hundred and Forty-four Thousand.-From close calculation, we find, there were just about this number of adult professed Christians in our country at its organization.

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Second View. The Church and State Free.-The next vision in the panorama is one of great glory. "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying, with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come, and worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." This preaching of the gospel is symbolic, for it had been preached from the days of the Christ. The angel had, however, been bound, and in the wilderness; and the holy city had been trodden under foot for ages; and it was not till the rise of our country that the gospel was preached with freedom. The flying of the angel in the heavens, symbolizes that preaching and the church were now free, and would continue so. This preaching symbolizes all gospel agencies, such as the press and pulpit, and missionary and bible operations. As the angel went

through the heavens or church generally, this going forth to all nations represents the universal agency of the awakened church to evangelize the world. It is also remarkable, that just as soon as the church has been ready to send the gospel abroad, the old barriers have been broken down, and the door to its preaching has been opened. But this angel, at this period, coincides. with the fiery stream from the throne of the ancient of days, and must represent a political gospel also. This view is confirmed by the declaration of the angel, that the hour of God's judgment was come. This is no other than the political judgment of the ancient of days, that was to destroy the Roman monarchy. It is also confirmed by the destruction of Babylon, which followed, and which was the result of the doctrines of this angel.

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Third View. Fall of the Western, or Latin Church. "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." Babylon coincides with the beast with a wounded head, and with the harlot on the beast from the pit, and is the imperial church of Italy and Europe. This will be overthrown before Europe and England, for such is the chronological order in which its destruction is placed. It is the third great work in this seventh era, or time of the end.

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Fourth View. Threat Against Great Britain.'And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which