CHRIST, AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED.” With faith beholding Jesus thus, we have true peace indeed; a peace which passeth understanding; yea, we have a "joy unspeakable and full of glory."

In NEW JERUSALEM at the bright dawning of THE EVERLASTING DAY, which shall succeed the EVENTIDE through which our Earth must pass, do I sincerely pray that God may grant that those into whose hands this book may fall, will find their GLORIOUS INHERITANCE, and in its glad possession, sing the praises of the Lamb in "THE NEW SONG" which the Redeemed alone can sing; and with a voice, attuned to Heaven's harmony, unite with the "ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands," who shall be gathered around the Throne of the Almighty King, to render adoration such as angels offer, saying "WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN, TO RECEIVE POWER, AND RICHES, AND WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, AND HONOR, AND GLORY, AND BLESSING."

APPENDIX.

THE REMOVAL OF THE CHURCH BEFORE THE APOCALYPTIC JUDGMENTS-THE SEVERAL STAGES OF THE TRANSLATION, AND CORRELATIVE THEMES.

THIS is a subject that is creating considerable interest among millennarian students, and is eliciting much inquiry. I have often been requested to give the scriptural proofs, that the Church (or the part of it that are prepared) will be translated before the tribulation, and that there are several stages of the translation.

The scriptural allusions to it are so frequent, that we scarcely know where to commence our investigations. In the Psalms, in Isaiah, and the other books of the Prophets, and in the New Testament, especially the Book of Revelation, we find ample proof. Though many will fail to perceive it, as the Apostles failed to understand the Saviour's oft-repeated words, prior to their reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Yet they were not without fault, or the Saviour would not have chided them for folly, and slowness of heart, in failing to perceive all that the prophets had spoken.

Luke xvii. 34-37 is generally admitted to refer to the Translation—"I tell you in that night there shall

be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other left," &c. "And they answered, and said unto him, Where, Lord?" A very natural question for them to ask where they should be taken to. "And He said unto them, wheresover the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together."

The eagles in this passage are identical with the first translation, and are the same as the flying eagle in Rev. iv. 7. And those that "mount up with wings as eagles," in Isaiah xl. 31.

If we can identify this creature* like a flying eagle in Rev. iv. 7 with Luke xvii. 37 and Isaiah xl. 31, we have a strong argument for the translation before the tribulation.

In Luke it is said, "they shall be taken, and gathered together where the body (Christ) is.” In Isaiah, it is said "they that wait† for the Lord, shall mount up with wings as eagles." And in Revelation, the creature, like a flying eagle, is in heaven before the tribulation; prior to the opening of the Seals, the pouring out of the Last Vials; and all the grand Panorama of the Judgment scenery designated as the Great Tribulation. (Or the tribulation, the great one, as it is in some versions.)

If the eagle translation is in heaven before the commencement of these temporal judgments, it surely does not pass through the tribulation, consequently must have been translated prior to its commencement.

*It is translated "beast," in our common version; but in the original it is "being" or "creature."

It is "them that wait upon the Lord," in Isaiah xl. 31. But in the original it is "them that wait for the Lord!"

There may be tribulations through which they may pass, but not the great one.

Read the fourth, fifth, and sixth chapters of Revelation consecutively, and you will see that they are in heaven in the fourth and fifth, while the judgments do not commence until the sixth chapter. In the commencement of the fourth, John "beholds a door opened in heaven." He sees the heavenly throne, and Him that sat upon it; and in describing the various parties that he saw, there is a being like a flying eagle among them. This flying eagle is the first translation. Again in that millennial chapter, the 26th of Isaiah, we have in substance the same. It opens with the description of the heavenly city, and the gates are ordered to be opened, (verse 2d,) "that the righteous nation may enter." Peter calls the Christian Church a "holy nation," which is the same, of course, as a "righteous nation."

This gives a clue as to who the righteous nation is that is to enter the opened gates into the mansions prepared for them. (John xiv. 2, 3, 28.) And this is prior to the Lord's coming out of his place, to punish the inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. (Isaiah xxvi. 1, 21.

They are called into his chambers or mansions for the special purpose of being preserved from "the indignation.' "Come thou, my people, into thy chambers for a little while, until the indignation be overpast." (Isaiah xxvi. 20.) Here they are taken away for the express purpose of escaping the indignation which is to be poured out upon the ungodly for their iniquity. Indeed, it would scarcely be mer

ciful to leave those who had not been partakers of their sins, to partake of the judgment upon sin. And why should it be thought a strange thing? We have seen how Noah's family were removed, and preserved from the flood, of judgments that came upon the ungodly at that time; and also how they were brought back to earth, after it was purified and cleansed. These things are all types of still greater

events.

It is said, "I have used similitudes by the ministry of the Prophets." And again, "Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning." (Hosea xii. 10; Rom. xv. 4.)

If corroborative evidence is needed that the righteous nation that enter the open gates, in Isaiah xxvi. 2, is identical with the translation, we have it in the Judgment scenes that immediately follow, and also from its connection with the first resurrection. For immediately after the gates are opened for the righteous to enter, we have the bringing down of the high, and the fall of the great cities.

"For He bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; He layeth it low, even to the ground; He bringeth it even to the dust." "Yea, in the way of thy judgments we have waited for thee. . . For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.' "For all nations shall come and worship before thee, when thy judgments are made manifest." (Isaiah xxvi. 5, 8, 9; Rev. xv. 4.)

This laying of the lofty cities low in Isaiah xxvi. 5, is identical with the fall of the cities of the nations in