NO. 8. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

No. 10, Vol. 34. WATFORD, MAY 16. 1918. Price, 2d.

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The Lion Breed.

THE nation has been rejoicing in the courage displayed by its sol-diers and sailors fighting against

heavy odds. In the warfare with sin and Satan the servant of Christ needs courage of an even higher order than that demanded upon the field of battle. This spiritual courage is called forth, not only in the excitement of the shock of conflict, but also in the steady, un-yielding daily stand for righteousness. God values moral daring and intrepidity, and He looks for these qualities in the soldiers of the Cross.

The sons of Jacob possessed differing characteristics. One of them was com-pared to water because of his instability (Gen. lxix. 4), one to a strong , and

patient ass (verse 14), one to a serpent (verse 17), one to a hind (verse 21), while Judah was compared to a lion : " Judah is a lion's whelp ; . . . he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up ? " Because of the possession of these qualities Judah was to be highly exalted in Israel ; he was to be a leader and a king among his brethren : " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come : and unto Him shall the obedience of the peoples be." Gen. xlix. 9, 10.

God needed men of courage to lead His people. In ancient and modern times His work in the world has often

demanded boldness and valour. It was God's purpose that His people should not be reckoned among other nations (Num. xxiii. 9), but at the same time they were nct to be held in light esteem : they were to be the head and not the tail (Dent. xxviii. 13), high above all nations in praise and name and honour. Deut. xxvi. 19.

David was for long the typical hero of the tribe of Judah. He manifested his bravery by defending his flock from the ravages of the lion and the bear. He was not afraid to go out against Goliath in single combat ; many a time he showed himself a mighty man of valour on the battlefield ; yet in the battle with sin he sometimes woefully

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failed. His descendants did not always display the lion spirit, and they were often sadly lacking in moral courage. The lion breed of Judah failed- many times in a crisis to stand steadfast in the cause of righteousness.

The time came at length when strong foes surrounded the little kingdom of Judah, weakened by long apostasy, and the young lions of the house of David went into captivity. Then through the prophet Ezekiel was uttered this wail of lamentation over the departed glory : " Take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say, What was thy mother ? A lioness : she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps. And she brought up one of her whelps ; he became a young lion : and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. The nations also heard of him ; he was taken in their pit: and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt." Ezek. xix. 1-4.

The lamentation here has reference probably to the fate of Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, who reigned in his father's stead after Josiah had been slain by Pharaoh Necho in the battle of Megiddo. When Pharaoh returned victorious from the expedition on which Josiah resisted him, he dethroned Jehoahaz, whom the people of Judah had raised to the throne in the place of his dead father, took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, in which country he died, and put his brother Jehoiachim in his place. 2 Kings xxiii. 31-35.

When the mother of the young lions of Judah, the kingdom of the house of David, saw the fate that had befallen Jehoahaz, "then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion : he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. And he knew their palaces, and made waste their cities ; the land was de;ollte, and the fullness thereof, be-ciuse of the noise of his roaring. Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces : and they spread their net over him ; he was taken in their pit. And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice E hould no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel." Ezek. xix. 5-9.

Here the prophecy has reference possibly to the fate of Jehoiachin, who was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar and carried in chains to the land of Babylon ; or on a larger scale it may

have reference to the whole kingdom of Judah which shortly afterward went into utter captivity in the land of Babylon. Thus the young lions to whom God had given the heritage failed of their birthright and went powerless into captivity. Using another symbol, the praphet mourns that the vine that had been fruitful and full of branches was now plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground, and its fruits dried up by the east wind. Describing the condition of the kingdom that had fallen into the hand of the king of Babylon, he says, " Now she is planted in the wilderness in a dry and thirsty land. And fire is gone out of the rods of her branches, it hath devoured her fruit so that there is in her no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule." Ezek. xix. 13, 14.

So the prophecy given through the dying Jacob seemed (homed to fail; the sceptre was not to depart from Judah until Shiloh, the Messiah, came, but in the days of Ezekiel there was no material left in Judah out of which to fashion a worthy sceptre.

Through the same prophet, however, God made known His purpose to raise up a King Who should prove Himself worthy to reign over the lion brood and raise up the ruins of the house of David. In the time when the last king of Judah was about to be dethroned by Babylon, because his sins against the Lord were crying aloud for judgment (Ezek. xxi. 24), these prophetic words were spoken: " Remove the mitre, and take off the crown : this shall be no more the same: exalt that which is low. and abase that which is high. I will overturn, over-turn, overturn it. This also shall be no more, until He come whose right it is ; and I will give it Him." Verses 26, 27.

These words pointed forward to the Messiah Who was to be born of the house of Judah. In Him would be more than revived the ancient glories of the lion tribe. Through Him all that the pro-phecy had contemplated would be realised to the full. So when John on Patmos had a vision of Christ's glory, worshipped by the angels and prevail. ing over all His enemies, he heard Him described as " the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David." Rev. v. 5.

In Christ are exhibited all the splendid virtues which God purposed should adorn the human race. Man has fallen from his high estate and lost the image of his Maker, his good qualities are perverted, his courage is

applied too often to evil ends ; he often manifests the characteristics not of the kingly lion but of the old serpent, by whose lies the world is deceived and in whose foul spirit malice and hatred abound. Jesus Christ is the true hero of the race; not Alexander, nor Caesar, but the Nazarene leads us along the path of truly noble achievement. Men and nations champion great causes, often to betray and dishonour them The Son of God never fails; He is embodied truth. And in His contention with the forces of darkness, that seek to make this earth of ours a province of hell, He welcomes the aid of all who are willing to be born again of the Word of truth and to put on His pure and holy character through the working of divine grace.

The Lion of the tribe of Judah will carry to glorious and everlasting victory the campaign to which He has devoted His energies and for which He laid drown His own life. In His victory all will share who are prepared to suffer with Him for the cause of righteousness. As His redeemed people associate with Him and accept His leadership, their own characteristics are transformed ; they also become lion-like in fearless devotion to the Master they serve. As the prophet Micah was directed in vision to the little city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Him Who was to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth were from everlasting, he saw how under the leadership of this Ruler " the residue of His brethren shall return unto the chil dren of Israel. And He shall stand, and shall feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God: and they shall abide ; for now shall He be great unto the ends of the earth." Micah v. 2-4.

The lime is at hand for the setting up of this long-promised kingdom. The King has been revealed in our flesh and blood and His worthiness to wield the sceptre has been established beyond dispute. But the armies of evil struggle bitterly to maintain their kingdom of darkness. There is need, in the high cause cf Him whose right it is to reign, for even a fuller measure of devotion than is yielded by the subjects of earthly kingdoms to the governments for which they fight and die ; and the prophet foretells that Jesus Christ will not lack loyal servants who are ready to lay down everything for their Master. In association with them He will wage His holy war against the prince of darkness and all his agents, and the banner of the lion-tribe shall yet again

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be unfolded to the breeze : " The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from the Lord, as showers upon the grass ; that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob shall 'be among the nations, in the midst 'of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep : who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver. Let thine hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off." Micah v. 7-9.

In this final conflict between the forces of good and evil the Lord Jesus Christ will not triumph by means of carnal weapons, for then His people will have learnt how vain is the arm of man, how worthless human weapons in the cause of truth and righteousness. They will arm themselves with the

DANIEL'S VISION OF THE JUDGMENT.

5. What view of the judgment scene was given Daniel ?

" I beheld till the thrones were 'cast down [" placed," R. V.], and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of His bead like the pure wool: His throne was lil.e the fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued

spiritual sword, the inspired Word, and go out clad in divine armour to stand immovable against all the wiles of the devil: " It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots (Eph. vi. 12), and will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds (Rev. xvi. 19) : and I will cut off witch. crafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers (Matt. xxiv. 24 ; Rev. xvi. 13, 14) : and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee ; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands (Rev. xiv. 6 ; Heb. iv. 9, 10). And I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee ; and I will destroy thy cities (isa. xiv. 21, 22). And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations which hearkened not (2 Thess. 1. 7, 8)." Micah v. 10-15.

and came forth from before Him : thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him: the judg-ment was set, and the books were opened." Dan. vii. 9, 10.

6. Out of what will all be judged ? " And the books were opened : and

another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." Rev. xx. 12.

7. For whom has a book of remem-brance been written ?

" Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them' that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name." Mal. iii. 16. See Rev. xx. 12.

8. Who opens the judgment and presides over it ?

" I beheld till the thrones were cast down [" placed "] , and the Ancient of days did sit." Dan. vii. 9.

9. Who minister to God and assist in the judgment?

" Thousand thousands [of angels] ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him." Verse 10. See Rev. v. 11.

CHRIST RECEIVES HIS KINGDOM.

10. Who is brought before the Father at this time ?

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him." Dan. vii. 13.

11. What does Christ, as the advocate of His people, confess before the Father and His angels?

" He that overcometb, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out bis name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels." Rev. iii. 5. See Matt. x. 32, 33; Mark viii. 38.

12. After the subjects of the king-dom have been determined by the investigative judgment, what is given to Christ?

" And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him." Dan. vii. 14.

13. When He comes the second time, what title will He bear?

"And He hath on His ve. ture and on His thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords." Rev. xix. 16.

14. What will He then do for each one ?

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works." Matt. xvi. 27. See also Rev. xxii. 12.

HE REWARDS THE RIGHTEOUS.

15. Where will Christ then take His people ?

" In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself ; that where I am, there ye may be also." John xiv. 2, 3.

16. How many of the dead will be raised ?

" For the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." John v. 28, 29. See also Acts xxiv. 15.

THE SAINTS TAKE PART IN THE JUDGMENT.

17. What time intervenes between the two resurrections ?

" And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of Gcd, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with

1. WHAT assurance have we that there will be a judgment ?

" God . . . hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world." Acts xvii. 30, 31.

2. Was the judgment still future in Paul's day ?

" As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled." Acts xxiv. 25.

3. How many must meet the test of the judgment ?

" I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked." Eccl. iii. 17. " For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor. v. 10.

4. What reason did Solomon give Ilk for urging all to fear God and keep His

commandments ? " For God shall bring every work

into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." Eccl. xii. 14.

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Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished." Rev. xx. 4, 5.

18. What work did Daniel see finally assigned to the saints ?

" I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them ; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints possessed the king-dom." Dan. vii. 21, 22.

19. How long will the saints engage in this work of judgment ?

" And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : . . . and they' lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." Rev. xx. 4.

20. Who will thus be judged by the saints ?

" Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world ? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters ? Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things that pertain to this life? " 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3.

THE EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT.

21. How will the decisions of the judgment be executed ?

" And out' of His [Christ's] mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He ahould smite the nations : and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and, He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." Rev. xxix. 15.

22. Why is the execution of the judgment given to Christ ?

" For as the Father hath life in Him-self; so bath He given to the Son to have life in Himself ; and bath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man." John v. 26, 27.

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23. What message announces the judgment hour come ?

" 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 judg• ment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Rev. xiv. 6, 7.

24. In view of the judgment hour, what is proclaimed anew ?

" The everlasting Gospel." Verse 6, first part.

25. How extensively is this message ,to be proclaimed ?

" To every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." Same verse, last part.

26. What is the whole world called upon to do ?

" Fear God and give glory to Him." Verse 7.

27. What special reason is given for this ?

" For the hour of His judgment is come." Same verse.

28. Whom are all called upon to worship ?

" Him that made heaven, and earth." Same verse.

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29. What prophetic period extends to the time of the cleansing of the sanc- tuary, or the investigative judgment ?

" And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three huidred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Dan. viii. 14.

30. When did this long period expire ?

In A. D. 1844.

THE doctrine of the judgment is clearly set forth in the Scriptures of Truth. In the divine plan, man was made a free moral

agent. Upon him was bestowed the right of choice. He could choose the evil or the good, but he must sometime answer for his conduct before the high tribunal of heaven. This is clearly stated by Solomon in his instruction to the young :-

" Rejoice, 0 young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment." Eccles. xi. 9.

In view of this account which man must render, he is admonished :-

" Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh : for childhood and youth are vanity. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them." ' Verse• 10 and xii. 1.

Speaking of this day, the Apostle Paul declares :-

" For we mu6t all appear before the judgment seat of Christ : that every

31. How many are concerned in the judgment?

" For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Chris ; that every one may teceive the things done in his body, according to that he bath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor. v. 10.

32. What will be the standard in the judgment ?

" For whosoever shall keep the whole law And yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." James ii. 10-12.

33. 'In view of the judgment, what exhortation is given ?

" Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep His commandments : For this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." Eccl. xii. 13, 14.

one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor. v. 10.

Solomon, in pointing out the relation which man should sustain to his Maker, draws this conclusion :-

" Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep His commandments : for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be• good, or whether it be evil." *Eccles. 'xii. 1,3, 14.

GOD HATH APPOINTED A DAY.

The judgment of the world is set for a specific time. " God . . . hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world." Acts xviii. 30, 31. That day is sometimes called " the day of the Lord," " the day of the judgment and perdition of ungodly men," " that day," etc. See 2 Peter iii. 7, 10 ; 1 Thess. v. 2, 4 ; Zeph. i. 1-4.

The judgment is threefold in its character, or perhaps we might say it is divided into three judgment periods; namely, (1) the investigative judgment, (2) the judgment of the wicked, and (3) the executive judgment. These we will consider in their order.

The Judgment .

"Fear God and give glory to Him : for the hour of His judgment is come." Rev. xiv. 6.

The Investigative Judgment.

THE DUCCE•nrqr MU, r 1 TRUTH.

THE investigative judgment takes place in heaven prior to the second,coming of Christ. Its pur-

pose is to determine who is entitled to a part in the first resurrection, and who of the living inhabitants of earth are worthy to be translated without seeing death at the coming of the Lord.

That such an accounting takes place Is clearly taught by Christ. Replying to the question raised by the Sadducees with reference to the manner of life after the resurrection, He declares :—

" They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage : neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being _4he children of the resurrection." Luke xx. 35, 36.

The consistency of this proposition must appeal to every mind. In the last great day earth's inhabitants are divided into two classes, the righteous and the wicked. This is pointedly represented by the parable in the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew!show-hag the division between the sheep and the goats. This division, is not an arbitrary one. It is based upon attributes of character. This quali-fication can be determined only by a review of the life of each individual. He that is accounted worthy finds His place at the right hand of the Master ; the unworthy ones are reckoned in the parable as the goats, and are con-

signed to destruction. Matt. xxv. 31, 33.

THE JUDGMENT IN) SESSION. /

The scene of the investigative judg-ment is brought to view in the seventh chapter of Daniel. The prophet de Glares :—

" I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garMent was white as snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool: His thron: was like the . fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him : thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake : I beheld even till the beast was slain, and His body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away : yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him : His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Dan. vii. 9-14.

Not elsewhere in the Sacred 'Record,

nor in all the literature of the ages, is there presented a picture so solemn

_ in its aspect, so glorious in its splen-dour; and so comprehensive in its far-reaching consequence, as the one so dramatically drawn by the inspired artist. The scene is laid in heaven; the dwelling place of God. The Eternal Father, amid the glories and grandeur of the celestial realities, sits upon a throne like unto fiery flame, and its wheels as burning fire. The myriad hosts of angelic beings bow before Him in lowly obeisance. The judgment is set, and the books of record are opened.

THE BOOKS OF RECORD.

In these books is kept the life record of all who have lived upon this earth, and from this record every man is judged. The Apostle John bears wit-ness to this in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, declaring :—

" And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works:"

The dead are in. thair graves. They stand before God in the record of their lives contained in the books. One of these books is called the " book of remembrance." The thoughts which men think of God, their motives and their purposes, are here revealed, Declares the prophet Malachi :—

" Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name." Mal. iii. 16.

We cannot Conceive that it is ne ces• sary for the great Judge, with ,Whom a knowledge or the past, present, and future is always present, to require for His own enlightenment a record of men's lives. But we must remember that He performs all His acts not alone with reference to His own infini:e knowledge, but with respect to all created intelligences. The ways of God and His dealings with the human family have been upon trial for six thousand years, and by the unerring account which has been chronicled in His books will He demonstrate that His

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judgments are just and His decisions so wise as to be beyond review. Even the impenitent at the last great day will bow before Him and acknowledge the unbiassed fairness of His decisions. Phil. ii. 9-11 ; Rev. xv. 3, 4.

BEFORE THE CLOSE OF HUMAN

HISTORY.

Let it be noted that this judgment scene takes place at a time when earth's inhabitants are still engaged in life's activities. The coming of the Son of man here brought to view is not the coming of Christ in glory, but His coming before the Father to receive a kingdom preparatory to entering upon His domini 3n at His second coming. The investigative judgment determines who shall constitute the inhabitants of Christ's kingdom. Before this heav-enly tribunal will come the case of every inhabitant of the earth, beginning doubtless with the first generation of men, calling into review the lives of the countless dead of all ages, and reaching in its climax the last genera. tion of men, those who are alive on the earth while the judgment is in session.

THE STANDARD OF JUDGMENT.

The courts of men recognize stand-ards of judgment. The laws of their respective governments constitute the standard by which the cases coming within their jurisdiction are tried. The law of God is the standard or rule by which cases are determined before the heavenly tribunal. The Apostle James enjoins with direct reference to this: " So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." James ii. 12. See also Eccles. xii. 13, 14. As the law of ten commandments is the rule by which we shall be judged, how careful we should be to regulate our conduct in harmony with these righteous requirements. Says the Master, " If ye love Me, keep My commandments." John xiv. 15. And to this the apostle adds in his epistle, " By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His com-mandments are not grievous." 1 John v. 1-3. God's law can be kept only by faith. When the law is written by the Spirit of God on the tables of the heart, then only can it find expression in the life. Heb. viii, 8-12.

By no word in t6 Sacred Reenrd may we determine when probation

will close. The Scriptures, however, afford us specific data by which we may determine the time when the investiga-tiv:; judgment began its sessions in the heavenly tribunal. This is clearly indicated in the book of Daniel. Said the heavenly messenger to the prophet, " Unto two thousand and three hundred days ; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Dan. viii. 14. The cleansing of the sanctuary is a work of judgment. This judgment work began at the close of the 2,300 prophetic days.

THE SANCTUARY SERVICES AND THEIR

MEANING.

The limits of this article will not permit a detailed explanation of the sanctuary and its services, nor of this prophetic period. For this we must refer the reader to No. 7 of this series. Suffice to say that the services carried on in the earthly sanctuary were typical of the service of the great High Priest in the temple of God above. In the earthly sanctuary service the sinner brought his offering to the door of the sanctuary. He placed his hand upon the head of his offering, confessing over ii his sins. Figura• tively this transferred the sin from the individual to the offering. The sinner then, with his own hand, took the life of his offering, in recognition that he himself was deserving of death, but that he brought the offering as a substitute to die in his stead. This blood was then taken by the priest and carried into the sanctuary and sprinkled before the veil. Behind the veil was the ark of the covenant, con-taining the law of ten commandments. Above this law was the mercy seat. In the sprinkling of the blood before the veil the sinner, through the priest, acknowledged that he had broken the divine law.. and by the blood of the sacrificial offering sought for mercy and pardon. Lev. iv. 1-12. This service was continued day by day throughout the year.

THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY.

Once every year, on the tenth day of the seventh month, called the day of atonement, there occurred the clean-sing of the sanctuary. This service was not a cleansing from physical impurity, but a cleansing from the sin which had been transferred in figure into the sanctuary during the yearly cycle. The priest ;elected two goats, between which lots were ', cast. One became the Lord's goat, or the goat

of sacrifice. The other became Azazel, the scapegoat. The Lord's goat was slain and his blood carried by the priest into the most holy place of the sanctu• ary, the apartment which the priest entered only once a year. The high priest was commanded to sprinkle the blood " upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat : and he shall make an atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins." Lev. xvi. 15, 16.

When the priest had " made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar," he took the live goat, and placing his hands upon his head, he confessed over him " all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their trans-gressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat," and sent him away by the hands of a fit man into the wilderness. And the goat bore these iniquities of the children of Israel into a land not inhabited. See Lev. xvi, 20-22.

This day of atonement in Israel was a day of judgment. The children of Israel were required to fast and afflict their souls. He who refused to take part in this work of humiliation was cut off from among his people. Read Lev. xvi. 29-34.

TYPICAL OF THINGS IN THE HEAVENS.

This service in the earthly sanctuary was typical of the work of our great High Priest in the sanctuary above. Says the Apostle Paul :—

" Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum : We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens ; a minister of the sanc-tuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man." Heb. viii. 1. 2.

And Paul further says of the priests that they " serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things." Verse 5. Christ entered into the heavenly taber• nacle " neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us." Heb. ix. 12.

SALVATION ALONE IN CHRIST.

Upon this priestly service Christ entered at the time of His ascension :—

" Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us

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hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmi-ties ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Heb. iv. 14-16. See also Heb. i. 3.

It is by virtue of the divine Sacrifice that the sinner has obtained justification in every age. The blood of bulls and goats could not take away sin in the days of Moses any more than it can to-day, but the slain animal prefigured the great Sacrifice Who was to give His life for lost mankind, the same as the emblems of the Lord's Supper point us back to the Saviour Who suffered upon the tree. The cross of Christ stands as the great cen-tral figure in the scheme of salva-tion. Previous to the cross, man looked forward to a Saviour Who was to come. We look back to a Saviour Who has come, and by the merits of that sacrifice which in God's purpose was made from the beginning of the world, there is obtained the forgiveness of sins for man in every age.

THE INTITYPICAL DAY OF

ATONEMENT.

The daily round of priestly ser-vice in the heavenly sanctuary typified the work upon which Christ entered at His ascension. The sanctuary service of the day of atonement typified the work to be carried forward in the heav-enly sanctuary at the close of Christ's ministry there. On the day o f atonement the priest cleansed the sanctuary from the sins which had been transferred into it by the blood of the offerings. The heavenly sanctuary at the close of Christ's minis-try is to be cleansed in the same way. Says the apostle in Heb. ix. 22-24 :—,

" Almost all things are by the law purged with blood ; and without shed-ding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us."

A WORK OF JUDGMENT.

The work of the closing day of the

year's service in the earthly sanctuary was a work of judgment. All who took no part in humbling themselves before the Lord and confessing their sins and iniquities, were cut off. `•` Whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people." See Lev. xxiii. 27-32. The sins of the penitent were blotted out and were transferred from the sanctuary to the head of the scape-goat. And this service of the day of atonement, represented in type in the earthly sanctuary, is accomplished in fact in the heavenly sanctuary. True to its type, the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary is a work of judgment.

The earthly priest repeated the service of cleansing the sanctuary every year. Christ performs this service once for all. Observe how the apostle associ-ates this work of the heavenly priesthood with the work of the judgment and with the second coming of Christ :—

" Nor yet that He should offer Him-self often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ; for then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world : but now on:e in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment : so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation."

THE TIME OF THE JUDGMENT.

This cleansing of the heavenly sanc-tuary, or the work of investigative judgment, the prophet Daniel declares should take place at the end of 2300 days. These days should be under. stood in a figurative sense, each day standing for a year. SeeEzek iv. 1-16. When does this period of 2300 years begin, and when does it end ? The angel Gabriel was instructed to make Daniel understand the vision of which this time period was a part. Dan. viii. 16. He entered upon his work, pointing out to the prophet the meaning of the ram, the goat, and the notable horn, Verses 20-25. As he pictured

the terrible persecution which the people of God would suffer under the governments of earth, Daniel fainted, and the interpretation was broken off, leaving the objec-tive point of the vi- ion unexplained.

The desire for more light rested as a burden upon the heart of the prophet. In the succeeding chap-ter of this book we find him making earnest supplication to the Lord for light and for deliverance, and he pours out the great burden of heart which he feels for the sanc-tuary of the Lord. Dan. ix. 16-19. In answer to his prayer, Gabriel is sent to give him further enlightenment. The angel tells him to " understand the matter, and consider the vision ; " that is, to call to mind those features of the vision of Daniel viii. which bad not been made clear, and the parts of the vision left unex-plained. Gabriel then immedi• ately entered upon a considera-tion of the question of the 2300

days, of which he had given no explan-ation.

THE LONGEST PROPHETIa PERIOD.

The angel declared that the first seven • ty weeks, or 490 years, of this 2300—day period were " determined upon," or cut off, for the Jewish people. He stated that this period of time should begin with the going forth of the com-mandment to restore and build Jeru-salem. Dan. ix. 25. Here we have data by which we may reckon the beginning of the seventy weeks, also the 2300 prophetic days. We must naturally conclude that this period of 490 years was cut off from the 2300 years, and that where the 490 years begin, there the 2300 years begin also. The threefold edict for the restoring and rebuilding of Jerusalem went forth in

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full effect in 457 B. C. See Ezra vii. The first 490 years of the 2300—year period, beginning at this time, would end in the year A. D. 34. True to the prophetic prediction, at this time the Jewish nation ceased to be longer the chosen people. The Gospel entered upon its world-wide mission to the Gentile nations of the world. Deduct-ing the 490 years from the 2300 years would leave 1810 years to extend beyond the year A. D. 34. bringing us down to the year 1844, the end of the 2300 days, or years, at which time the cleans-ing of the heavenly sanctuary began.

This work of cleansing, as we have already seen, is the work of judgment. We are therefore brought to the con-clusion that the work of the investiga-tive judgment, the examination of the records of men's lives as recorded in the books of God, began in the year 1844. That work has been in solemn progress ever since that time. Its completion will bring us to the close of probation, v. hen the case of every individual will have been determined for all eternity.

A JUDGMENT MESSAGE.

Heaven does not leave men in ignor-ance of this judgment hour. Based upon the prophetic period of Dan. viii. 14 there is going to the world even now a message of warning, " Fear God, and give glory to Him ; for the hour of His judgment is come." Indeed we con-fidently believe that the message con-tained in this Special Issue forms a part of that warning foretold in the prophecy of the Word. See Rev. xiv. 6, 7 ; x. 7.

THE CLOSE OF PROBATION.

The close of the judgment session marks the close of probation, when there will go forth, just preceding the coming of Christ, that fearful verdict :—

" He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let

him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly ; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Rev. xxii. 11, 12.

The limit of God's forbearance has then been reached. His Spirit has pleaded with men until they have utterly rejected it, counting " the blood of the covenant . . . an unholy thing," and doing " despite unto the Spirit of grace." Heb. x. 29. They have despised the only means provided for their salva• tion.

The divine decision is not an arbitrary decree. In it there is naught of pre-destination, according to the old-time

FOLLOWING the completion of the work of the investigative judgment occurs the outpouring

of the wrath of God, as brought to view in the seven last plagues of Revelation 16. Christ then comes to take His children borne to the mansions which He has prepared for them. John xiv. 1-3. With a voice of authority and power He calls the sleeping saints. They are raised incorruptible, and, with the saints who are living on the earth, are caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

" For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 1 Thess. iv. 16-18.

This resurrection of the just is known as the first resurrection. Of the char-

view of this doctrine. The redeemed have obtained salvation by the accept-ance of the Lord Jesus Christ. The impenitent have rejected the gracious provision, and the divine fiat announces their decision, and declares that it shall stand for ever.

Solemn indeed are the days in which we live. We know not how long this period of examination will continue. We know not how soon our cases will be reached before this heavenly court.

The door of mercy still stands ajar. Christ still pleads as our great High Priest. While yet there is time let us flee to Him and find refuge from the coming storm.

acter of those who have a part in it. and of their freedom from the thraldom of sin, it is said :—

" Blessed and holy is he that bath part in the first resurrection : on such the second death bath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." Rev. xx. 6.

TERROR OF THE WICKED.

The glory attending the advent of the Lord becomes an agency of transform• ing power to the saints of God, but an agency of destruction to the wicked. They are unable to stand before the Son of man. As the sign of His corn• ing draws near the earth, they are filled with fear and consternation. They seek to flee from His presence, and in abject terror call to the mountains and rocks, " Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : for the great day of His wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand ? " Rev. vi. 16, 17. Rejecting the Gospel of Christ, the only refuge provided, they are left

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without shelter in the day of God's wrath. The Apostle Paul speaks of their destruction :—

" When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire takirg vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the pre-sence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power ; when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (be-cause our testimony among you was believed) in that day." 2 Thess. i. 7-10.

Those who are thus destroyed 'by the brightness of Christ's coming together with the wicked of all ages, remain in their graves for one thousand years. Says the revelator, after speaking of those who come up in the first resur-rection, " The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished." Rev. xx. 5.

THE DESOLATION OF THE EARTH.

The coming of the Lord is attended by earthquakes and convulsions in the physical world. The cities are broken down : the monuments of human pride and earthly glory are overthrown. The fruitful places are turned into barren wastes. With inspired pen Jeremiah describes the condition of the earth at this time :—

" I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruit-ful place was a wilderness,- and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by His tierce anger. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate ; yet will I not make a full end." Jer. iv. 23-27.

THE PRISON HOUSE OF SATAN.

For one thousand years the earth remains in this desolate condition. During this time it constitutes the prison house of Satan and his angels.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they he visited." Isa. exiv. 21,12.

The revelator likens the earth during its desolate state to the bottomless pit.

In this pit he declares Satan shall be confined:—

" I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season." Rev. xx. 1-3. , No longer can Satan annoy the

inhabitants of other worlds. The wicked of earth are in their graves. The righter is are in heaven, delivered eternally from his power. Hence, surf rounded by these conditions, he is bound as with a literal chain. No exercise is found for that master intellect, which, for six thousand years, has deceived the nations of men. For one thou: and years he is left to wander over the broken, uneven surface of the earth, and view the scenes of desolation which his hands have wrought. He is left to contemplate the fate which awaits him, and the merited reward which his evil course has earned.

THE ANTITYPICAL SCAPEGOAT.

In the solemn service attending the cleansing of the sanctuary on the day of atonement was foreshadowed this exile of the great deceiver. Wnen the priest had finished his ministry in the most holy apartment, he came forth bearing in his own body the sins of Israel. He laid his hands upon the head of the scapegoat, and confessed over him " all the iniquities of the child-ren of Israel, and all their transgres-sions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat." The goat was then sent away into the wilderness waste.

In the same manner, when the work of the investigative judgment ha- been completed, the sins of God's people will be finally laid at the door of Satan, and ai the scapegoat was sent into the land not inhabited, so Satan will be ccnfined to this earth in its desolate condition.

" THE SAINTS SHALL JUDGE THE

WORLD."

Why should the punishment of Satan and his angels and the wicked nations of men be deferred for one thousand years ? Evidently that their cases may come in review and their just punish-ment be determined. Each one will be judged according to the light which he

has received, and judgment will be meted out to each according to his deeds and according to the fruit of his doings. Matt. xvi. 27 ; Jer. xvii. 10. In this work of the judgment of the wicked Christ and the redeemed saints will take part. John v. 22-27. This was pre-dicted by the prophet Daniel. Looking down through the ages, and witnessing the temporary triumph of the powers arrayed against God and His people, the prophet writes :—

" I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints' and prevailed against them; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom." Dan. vii. 21,22.

Similar testimony is borne by the Apostle Paul. Writing to the Corinthian church, and admonishing the believers to bring before their brethren the adjudi-cation of their differences instead of carrying them to courts of the world, he inquires :—

" Dare any of you, having a matter against another go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints ? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world ? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? know ye not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things that pertain to this life ? " 1 Cor. vi. 1-3. See also 2 Peter ii. 4: -Jude 6.

ON THRONES OF JUDGMENT.

This judgment scene is presented to John in hole vision. The righteous have been raised in the first resurrec-tion, and with the righteous living they have been taken home to the New Jerusalem. There for a period of one thousand years they sit upon thrones of judgment, reviewing with Christ the record of the lives of the evil angels and of the wicked dead, and determin-ing the measure of 'punishment for each :—

" I saw throne's, and they sat upon . them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark in their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." Rev. xx. 4.

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anointed by divine enlightenment, and with minds poised and guided to unerr-ing accuracy by their heavenly environ-ment, it seems proper that they should take part in the judgment to be visited upon those with whom they have been associated. They will understand the characterisass of the peculiar age in which they lived : they will know its opportunities and it; privileges; they have demonstrated through God's grace, that, however forbidding the circumstances surrounding them, how-ever subtle the influence of sin, they were enabled to perfect characters which have stood the test of the judg-

THE time will come in the eternal purpose of God for His universe to be for ever cleansed of the

terrible blot of sin which has marred it for six thousand years. The case of every one has been decided, and the measure of punishment each is to re-ceive has been determined. Christ now takes upon Himself the execution of this divine judgment.

The Son of man again descends to the earth, not as when He came the first time, a helpless babe in Bethlehem's manger to suffer and die upon the cross, but as a triumphant conqueror, as King of kings and Lord of lords, to enter upon the dominion bestowed upon Him by His Father. The spot upon which His feet rest is purified and made holy by His sacred presence. Says the prophet Zechariah :— '

" His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is be-fore Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and to-ward the west, and there shall be a very great valley ; and half of the mountain shall be removed toward the north, and half of it toward the south.' Zech. xiv.4.

Upon this great plain, which has been created to receive it, the city of God, the heavenly Jerusalem, containing the saints, rests. John in prophetic vision, witnessed its descent :—

" And I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Rev. md. 1, 2.

ment. And if they were able to do it, then it was possible for every man and woman living in their times to gain the overcomer's reward.

As Noah by his life of righteousness condemned the world in which he lived, so these righteous ones will condemn those in their times who failed to avail themselves of the gracious provision of the Gospel of Christ. See Heb. xi. 7. As the measure of punishment for Satan and all his followers is meted out, the entire universe of God looks on and give s its approval of the justice of the decisions of this heavenly tribunal. Psa. lxix. 28, 34, 35.

THE SECOND RESURRECTION.

With a voice et terrible majesty the Lord now calls from their graves the wicked dead. They respond to the divine summons; but how unlike those who were raised one thousand years before in the first resurrection ! The righteous come up incorruptible, shout-ing victory over death and the grave. 1 Cor. xv. 51-55. The wicked arise as they have gone down, for death has wrought no change in their characters. Sickly and diseased, with the marks of sin upon body and upon soul, they come forth to meet the great Judge. In their breasts surge the same human passions, the same love of sin, the same hatred of God and of His holy govern. ment. Even now, if they could, they would tear Him from His throne and usurp His dominion.

SATAN LOOSED.

The second resurrection is the signal for Satan to resume his deceptive work. His long period of incarceration, the thousand years which he has spent view-ing the ruin and havoc which his apostasy from God wrought, has served only to increase his bitterness against heaven and its divine Ruler. In the frenzy born of despair he determines to make one final effort to dethrone the govern-ment of God. He casts once more his hypnotic spell over the nations of men. He leads them tp believe that it is by his power that they have been brought forth from their graves, and deludes them into the fatal belief that by their superiority of numbers they can over-whelm the city of God and its inhabit-ants. The pen of inspiration writes :—

" When the thousand years are ex-

pired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle : the number of whom is aS the sand of the sea. And they w6it up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them." Rev. xx. 7-9.

THE END OF SIN.

How vain are all the designings of Satan and his hosts against divine Omnipotence ! He Who by the word of His mouth could-create the worlds and the myriad hosts of heaven, can by that same word bring the machinations of evil to naught.

At the command of God fire comes down out of heaven and devours Satan and his hosts :—

" And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brim-stone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night fcr ever and ever." Verse 10.

The accuser of the brethren is cast down, nevermore to rise. The terror of the nations has come to be as though he bad not been. Of him the Lord declares :—

" All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished, at thee . thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more." Ezek. xxviii. 19. See also Isa xiv. 12-20; xxx. 33.

And the wicked nations of men in that day " shall be stubble : and that day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." Mal. iv. 1. See also Obadiah 15, 16.

Though long delayed, the judgment of God has at last been executed. Patiently has He borne with the rebellion of the ages. From the begin-ning, He knew the baleful fruit which it would bear, but as an object lesson to His universe for all eternity He per-mitted sin to run its course that all might see and know its true character, and recognize the infinite wisdom and justice of the great Creator.

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the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.. . . But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; In the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the ele-ments shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein ahall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dis-solved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all . holy conversation and godliness." 2 Peter iii. 7, 10, 11.

From the ashes of the old earth, God brings forth a purified earth to consti-tute the eternal home of His people. The apostle adds in verse 13 :—

" Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and -a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous-ness."

And it is of that time that Daniel speaks:

" The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting king dom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him " Dan. vii 27. See Isa. lxv. 17.25 ; xxxv. 1.10.

THE FIRST DOMINION RESTORED.

Adam, through yielding to the power of Satan, lost his glorious dominion. His posterity, together with his paradise home, passed under the power of sin. This dominion God purposes to restore. Not alone will man be red?emed from the curse of sin, but the material crea-tion as well. See Rom. viii. 14-23. To Christ, the second Adam, the Tower of the flock, shall the dominion be restored :—

" And thou, 0 Tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first domin-ion ; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem." Micah iv. 8.

At that time " the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord." Num. xiv. 21. And " the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." Psa. xxxvii. 11. Not one discordant note will be heard throughout God's universe, but one universal anthem of praise shall arise from every creature :—

" Every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Bless-ing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen.

And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever." Rev. v. 13, 14.

To a part in this blessed state the Spirit of God invites us, in the closing chapter of God's Word :—

LONG ago, in the year 1780, a little girl was born in Norwich. As " my dovelike Betty " her mother

sometimes spoke of her, but her real name was Elizabeth. She had clear, loving eyes and a quantity of soft, flaxen hair, and she was not only pretty, but winning in her ways.

Elizabeth's father, Mr. John Gurney, was a rich London merchant, and the home where " little Betsy Gurney " was brought up with her ten brothers and sisters was grand and beautiful. It was called Earlham Hall, and spread •over many acres on the banks of a lovely river.

The big house stood in the centre of a park, where trees, hundreds of years old, shaded gardens in which beds of lovely wild flowers were carefully tended. Here Elizabeth used to walk with her mother. When she listened to stories of the Garden of Eden, -she thought, " It must be like this," because she could not imagine anything lovelier than what she saw around her at Earlham Hall.

There were other stories, however, that brought fear to the timid Elizabeth. One of these was about the deluge. " Suppose," she, perhaps thought, " there should be another deluge." This was no doubt the reason why, the first time she saw the ocean, she burst into tears. For years afterward she dreaded to bathe in its waters. Her mother, however, would not give way to what she thought were a silly girl's notions. So Elizabeth was obliged to take sea baths that made her tremble with fear.

She also had to go to bed in the dark. " If only I could have a light in the room ! " she pleaded. But her mother was firm, and Elizabeth was left alone in the darkness, to imagine

" And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. xxii. 17.

all sorts of dreadful things ,before she finally went off to dreamland.

Still other ways in that beautiful home were not pleasant to Elizabeth. The day was divided up into exact periods for study, Bible reading, walk• ing, and playing. " I'm not free to do anything when I please," thought Elizabeth, and she lost interest in every - thing, so that, though she was really bright, she got the name of being stupid and stubborn.

When she was twelve years old, a great change came in the home life—the dear mother died. Elizabeth was very sad at losing her. Now, however, she was freer than she had ever been before. Her father was a Quaker, as her mother had been, but he was " easy-going " and did not hold very strongly to the ways of his people. Elizabeth, therefore, was allowed to dress in as bright colours as she wished, instead of the sober grey garments usually worn by the Friends. She also learned to ride horseback and to sing and dance, and many a merry party was held in the grand parlours of Earlham Hall. Now, strict Quakers believe both music and dancing to be wrong, as well as giving thought to, fine dress. So, when the pretty' young girl sometimes appeared in the meeting-house in " smart purple boots laced with scarlet," many eyes looked severely at her. She loved music so dearly that she would run " almost beside herself," as she after-ward said, to listen to the band playing in the square. She went to the opera and was greatly delighted when the prince, who was also present, looked at her.

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the young girl thought little of her mother's teachings. But at last they began to trouble her.

" I am not unselfish," she said to herself. " I care for my own pleas• ure. I speak crossly to my brothers and sisters. I think too much about pretty clothes. I am often idle."

Though such thoughts made her feel uncomfortable, she kept on with what she called " storms of pleasure," till one night she had a dream that filled her with terror. It seemed to her that she was standing on a beach, and that the tide was rising about her and would soon sweep her out into the ocean.

The next night she had the same dream, and the next and the next. Elizabeth dreaded to go to sleep, thinking of what she was sure to suffer in her dreams.

Then came a new and beautiful ex-perience—she went to hear the preach-ing of William Savery, an American preacher. Elizabeth sat in the front seat, with her " smart boots " and all her finery.

She afterward wrote that what the preacher said " was like a refreshing shower falling upon earth that had been dried up for ages."

When Elizabeth slept that night, she dreamed of the ocean waters rushing in upon the beach, but she was beyond their reach.

She awoke with a light heart, believing the dream had been sent by Heaven.

" I will live to do good to others," she decided. " This is the only way, to be truly happy."

But Elizabeth still loved music and danc-ing and pretty clothes. " Can I keep on in the old way, and still help others as l should ? " she asked herself.

After a while she answered the question with " No, the pleas-ures I enjoy so much take my mind away from serving God.

From that day the young girl gave up the wearing of gay colours and dressed in sober

drab, with a close cap about her pretty flaxen hair, and a snowy kerchief crossed upon her breast.

" Nly plain garments will protect my thoughts," she said to herself.

What were those thoughts ?—That God, Who is wise and loving, is close at hand, and that nobody in the world is wholly bad, because there is something to love in every one.

But Elizabeth did not stop at think- ing.

" I must show my love for others, no matter how poor or ignorant they are," she decided. So she went about among sick and needy people, bringing them many comforts and talking with them about God's love for all.

She also invited poor children to her beautiful home ors Sunday evenings, and read stories in the New Testament to them. The children enjoyed these even. ings, so much that she said to herself, " I will have a day school for them."

So she started a free school, which kept on growing till there were eighty boys and girls in it. How they loved their kind teacher !

When Elizabeth was nineteen years old, Joseph Fry a young London

merchant asked her to marry him, Soon afterward she became his wife and went to live in the big city.

Before long she had boys and girls of her own to care for.

" I will teach them by love and not by force, to do right," she thought.

Busy years went by, in which Mrs. Fry cared for her children wisely and tenderly. She also gave much time to making her many guests happy. Yet even now she found time to visit poor and sick people in the city and give them aid.

She had lived eleven years in London when her husband bought a beautiful home in the country at Plashet, with gardens and wide fields where the Fry children could have joyous times.

" They must also learn the happiness of giving joy to others," the wise mother said to herself. So, when she went out to do loving deeds among the poor, she took her two older daughters with her. Making their way through dirty yards where pigs were running about they would climb broken staircases and grope along dark, narrow passages. At last, perhaps, they would reach a room where a sick woman was lying helpless.

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with ragged, hungry children about her. Then how tenderly the beautiful Quakeress would talk to them, as she gave them the food and clothing they needed!

Opposite Mrs. Fry's home was a broken-down house in which an old man lived with his sister. The only money they earned was by selling rabbits. Thcligh the woman was shy and sad Nirs.)Fry quickly won her friendship.

" How would you like to have a girls' school in the empty room next your building ? " she asked the old couple. They readily agreed, and soon seventy girls were being taught under Mrs. Fry's watchful care. Her gentle, loving ways, her sweet voice, and her kind eyes quickly won the hearts of her pupils.

She also set up a station where needy people could get flannel and calico. One room was filled with medicines for the sick, and in another, soup was made for the hungry through the Yong, cold winter.

• When Mrs. Fry was thirty-three years old, she went to London to spend the winter. She had already been made a preacher of the Quaker faith, and had often spoken and prayed at public meetings.

One day, soon after she went up to London, a Quaker friend came to her saying, " I have been to Newgate Prison. I wish you could see the pitiful sights I have just seen."

At that time prisons were far worse than they are to-day. Although we still have much to do and more to learn about prisons, people are now beginning to see that wrongdoers are sick in mind, and must be healed of their badness, if possible, as those ill in body are cured in hospitals. But in those days men and women who were imprisoned were treated cruelly. They were often put to death for the smallest sins. They were even hanged .for stealing food to keep them from starving, and were sometimes imprisoned for years for getting into debt, even through no fault of their own.

The prison at Newgate was one of the worst of its kind. In the cells within, people of all ages, those who had done great crimes and those who had broken the laws only in some small way, were huddled together in dirt and rags and darkness. It was to this dreadful place that a friend of Mrs. Fry's said, " Come, and see for yourself."

She needed no urging. What she soon looked upon made her heart ache.

When she visited a ward filled with women, she found three hundred of them together, with their innocent children about them, without even beds to lie on at night. They were scream-ing, swearing, and pulling each other's hair. On the walls hung chains and fetters with which they were often bound.

" Poor, poor women !"'thought the gentle Quakeress. " They must be helped at once."

Soon she made a second visit to the prison. " Leave me alone with these women," she asked, for she had no fear with God to help her.

When she was alone •among the prisoners, she took out her Bible and read some of the words of the dear Lord Who had come to save sinners,

•

Recipes.

LENTIL PATTIES.

Ingredients :-2 cups Lentils, grated onion, seasoning and salt to taste, enough bread crumbs to make stiff.

Method :—Boil lentils till soft in just enough water to cover. Press through a wire sieve, add seasoning, make fii m with bread crumbs, form into patties, dip in egg and bread crumbs and bake in a greased tin.

FRENCH PUDDING.

Ingredients:-11 cups bread crumbs, 1 cup mashed potatoes, salt, a little grated onion, 1 egg, 1 cup milk.

Method :—Mix the whole together, put into a greased baking dish and bake for 40 minutes.

POTATO PIE.

Ingredients :-2 lbs. potatoes, 2 oz. onions (cut small) 1 oz. margarine, oz. tapioca which has been steeped in cold water for ?I- hour.

Method :—Pare and cut the potatoes, put them into a pie dish with the chopped onion, add salt and chopped herbs of any sort, if liked, the tapioca, a few pieces of margarine and half a pint of water. Cover with paste, and bake in a moderately hot oven.

This pie may be varied in many ways. Chopped hard boiled eggs may be added; the tapioca may be omitted. Other vegetables, as carrots, a n d swedes • may be partly cooked and addedft or left over haricot beans, lentils or peas. It may be served hot

and went on to explain why He had come.

Before she went away, she offered to set up a school, where 'the poor, half-naked, half-starved children should be taught. Bad as many of these women were, they wept for joy at their visitor's words.

The school was soon started, and women as well as children came crowd-ing into it.

Mrs. Fry did not stop here. " These people must have work," she decided. " They will be far better if they are not idle."

Many people laughed at the idea. They said the women would steal or destroy any work given them. Mrs. Fry did not heed their words, but as

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or cold. Its flavour and richness will be improved by adding a little marmite,

SAVOURY POTATOES.

Ingredients: —1 lb. cooked pota-toes 1 tablespoonful milk, 1 tablespoon. ful chopped parsley, 1 egg, salt, mar-garin e.

Method :—Separate the egg and beat to a stiff froth. Mash the potatoes, add the yolk of egg, milk and parsley, and beat until quite light, seasoning to taste. Then stir the white of egg in very gently. Pile the mixtur e quite high in a greased tin, and bake about 15 minutes in a hot oven. It should be nicely browned and garnished with anything green.

This dish can be varied by adding grated cheese, and is most useful for using up any scraps df cold roast, or beans, peas or lentils. The egg need not then be used.

POTATO PASTRY.

Ingredients lb. cold mashed potatoes, lb. flour, 2 oz. fat, a little water.

Method :—Mix the flour and salt in a basin. Rug the fat in lightly with the fingers. Add the potatoes, mashed very finely, to the flour, work them in very lightly with a fork. Then make the whole into a paste with the water, of which very little is required as the potatoes are moist. Roll out on a floured paste board as required. Good either for savoury or sweet pies or tarts.

IN THE KITCHEN.

Moulding a lemonade bottle by blowing the glass until it fills the iron mould.

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t . Our Little Folks. " Suffer the little children to come unto Me . of such is the kingdom of cod."

Quiz and Query. Chapter III.--" Sticky Sand.-

So to night you want to know about the jam dish, eh ? " said Uncle Irwin.

It was the evening following the discussion of the candle and once again the fcur were sitting by the fire.

" Yes, uncle, we do want to know about that, and all the other glass things on the table," said Winnie.

" All right. We'll see what we can find out about them to-night. This subject, by the way, will deal with a number of your questions. Give me your list again, Willie."

Willie handed over the sheet of paper with the questions written upon it and uncle read them down. As he did so he ticked all that could be dealt with under the heading of glass.

" I see you have quite a number that we can deal with," he said after a minute's pause. "'You have here, I see, How are bottles made ? Where do window-panes come from ? How do they mat e flower vases and drinking glasses ? All these come under the same heading."

" But they don't make them all the same way surely, uncle !" said Willie. " You don't mean to say that a window-pane and a jam pot are made together ! " he added laughing.

" You wait and see," replied uncle. " You'll find that the beginning of all these glass things is practically the same. But first of all," he said, pick-ing up the jam dish, " what do you think this is made of. You see its quite clear or transparent. Can you think of anything that would make it ? "

The children looked puzzled. They couldn't think of anything other than ice that looked like glass, and of course It wasn't made of that.

" Well," said uncle, when he thought they were sufficiently puzzled, " in simple language that's made of sand."

" Sand ! " cried both, " Why, you can't see through sand ! And sand won't stick together ! "

" No," said uncle. " You're thinking of sand at an ordinary temperature. But if, after mixing sand with some other chemicals—preparations of lime and soda—you then heat it white hot, it will all melt up into a liquid."

" Oh, is that what they do ? " " Yes. They put the materials into

a big crucible or pan, the largest of which can hold as much as 250 tons

of stuff, and then put that into a furnace—usually heated by gas nowa-days—and raise it to a terrific heat. When it has all melted it is allowed to cool until it gets viscous."

" Whiskers, uncle ? What do you mean ? " asked Willie.

" No, viscous," laughed uncle ; " but that's right, don't let me use big words that you can't understand. It just means sticky—like your puncture solution, Willie."

" Go on," urged Willie. " What do they do next ? "

" Now they have the basis for all kinds of glass articles," uncle went on. They can use this liquid for window panes or jam jars or bottles or anything like that. Of course they never use the same liquid for cheap bottles as they -do for plate glass. You can see that for the latter they must use the very best materials, while for ordinary bottles much cheaper and less pure stuff will

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do. Which shall we take first, though, window panes or the jam dish ? "

" Window panes," said Willie. " I can't see how, they make a nice flat sheet of glass out of that sticky sand."

" We'll have window panes first, then," said uncle. " In the most modern factories they are now getting various mechanical contrivances to make the flat sheets but none of these are so interesting as the old way, which is still largely used. This way, a man takes a five foot, hollow, iron rod and puts it through an opening into the furnace. He gathers a little molten glass on the en 1 of it and takes it out, twirling it round and round so that the glass will not fall off Then when it has cooled a little he pokes it in again and gathers some more glass, repeating this until he has as much as he wants on the endof his rod. This he carries to a mould, where he shapes it into a hemisphere (half a sphere) with the flat side to-wards the pipe and the round part away from it. The workman then blows down the pipe and at once the hemisphere lengthens out into a cylin-der. By heating the lower end of this and continually blowing he gets a cylinder as long as he wishes.'''-

" But however can he make that cylinder into a flat sheet without break-ing it ? " asked Willie

" But he does break it," said uncle, "or rather he splits it, but first he must open both ends. The farther end he opens by heating it and stopping up the mouthpiece of the pipe with his thumb. The heated glass softens, the air inside expands and the end bursts open. Tt e end to which the pipe is attached is broken open by touching the chilled glass with a piece of hot iron. Now you see he has a glass cylinder with open ends. This is split lengthways with a diamond or piece of hot iron and then taken to the flattening fut nace. Here, after being made soft by the heat it is carefully flattened down by some rubbing instrument, s uch as a block of charred wood. Now, after being gradually cooled and cut to shape it is ready for use. So 3 ou see it's quite a job to make a piece of win-dow glass, isn't it, Willie ? "

" I should just think so !"said Willie. And you'll remember that next time

you feel like throwing stones at a window, eh ? " laughed uncle. " Well, we'll go on now to the jam dish. It seems to be quite a good one," he added, picking it up, "so it was doubt-less made by the old process. They have new ways of making these things

nowadays, but we'll talk about those presently. For this jam dish the glass would have been taken from the furnace on the long pipe as before and then blown into a mould the shape it was desired to be. The cuts in it were made by pressing the glass when cold against revolving wheels of iron or sandstone. Quite simple, you see, but it must require a lot of skill to know how much glass to take from the furnace on the end of the pipe. Otherwise you might get the article too thick or too thin.

" My, yes !" exclaimed Willie. " I had never thought of that. Do they make bottles and vases the same way ?

" Very much -the same. Bottles are blown into moulds. If you look at that paste pot or the ink pot on my desk you will see the mark made by the crack in the mould where it opens. For the vases and such things the workman sits on a chair between two right parallel arms—like the parallel bars at school Willie—and across the bars he lays the pipe with the sticky' glass attached. This he has made into a bubble the size he desires by blowing down the pipe. The pipe is then rolled backwards and forwards on the bars with the man's left hand while with his right he fashions the glass with an instrument just like a pair of sugar tongs. If he wants a short and stubby vase he holds the pipe upwards, the weight of the glass making it flat and shallow. If he wants it long and narrow the bulb is allowed to hang downwards, the weight of the glass now pulling it out."

" What About the new process you mentioned, Uncle ? "

" That comes inext. But what does that clock say ? My word ! It's high time you were both off to bed. We must leave that till to morrow night."

UNCLE ARTHUR. (To be continued.)

No Place Like Home.

HOME is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other.

It is the place of confidence ; it is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which this world forces us to wear in self-defence, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out with-out any sensation of awkwardness, and without any dread of ridicule. —F. W. Robertson.

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IN this Special Issue it is made plain, we trust, that mankind has already entered upon its supreme crisis, the hour of God's judgment. Events now taking place upon earth are of a character proportioned to the inten-e importance of those proceeding in heaven. Human history is approaching its climax. Among the developments which lead up to the Second Advent of Christ, angels will also be involved, and hence it be-comes not only interesting but import. ant to learn what the Bible has to say about these. While we are promised the assistance of the angels of light in our struggle against sin, we are warned that evil angels will put forth every effort to compass our ruin. Some of the snares these fallen spirits will set to entrap us are disclosed in the Scriptures, and it is highly necessary that we heed the warning.

Our next two Specials will be devoted to this topic. In the first of the two we shall consider how the separation be-tween the angels arose, why the fallen angels are permitted to carry on their warfare against God, how they operate their campaign, and what will be their end. At the same time we shall also deal with the assistance given to God's servants by His holy angels, and note some instances of their helpful minis-try. In the Special Issue following will be considered a dangerous modern development in the plan of operations of the fallen angels.

Individual Work.

THERE is work for all of us. And there is special work for each, work

which I cannot do in a crowd, or as one of a mass, but as one man, acting singly, according to my own gifts, and under a sense of my personal responsibilities. There is, no doubt, associated work for me to do ; I must do my work as part of the world's great whole, or as a member of some body. But I have a special work to do, as one individual, who, by God's plan and appointment,

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have a separate position, separate responsibilities, and a separate work—a work which, if I do not do it, must be left undone. No one of my fellows can do that special work for me which I have come into the world to do ; he may do a higher work, a greater work, but he cannot do my work. I cannot hand my work over to him, any more than I can hand over my responsibilities or my gifts. Nor can I delegate my work to any association of men, however well ordered and powerful. They have their own work to do, and it may be a very noble one. But they cannot do my work for me ; I must do it with these hands, or with these lips, which God has given me. I may do little, or I may do much. That matters not. It must be my own work. And by doing my own work, poor as it may seem to some, I shall better fulfil God's end in making me what I am, and more truly glorify His Name, than if I were either„ going out of my own sphere to do the work of another, or calling in another into my sphere to do my proper work for me.—Ruskin.

How Sheep get Lost.

A SHEEP does not intentionally go astray. It nibbles itself astray.

It puts its head down to the grass, and begins to eat and eat, and follows on and on. and at last, looking up, finds it has wandered far from the floAc, an .1 is lost. It was so absorbed in fee _ling that it paid no heed to its whereabouts. I do not think that men go off into ruin by pre meditation, by set and we 1 defined intention. They beco ne thoughtlessly absorbed in something, and they never call a halt to look around, to ascertain in what direction they are tending. Men get their heads down to the making of money. It absorbs all their energies and thoughts, and almost unconsciously they wander far from the She,herd into moral and spiritual perdition. Minor fascinations ensnare, until we forget or ignore the fascina-tions of our Lord. This is'true of every kind of temporal pursuit and enjoyment. The sheep of God's pasture stray away in thoughtless absorption and become lost in the regions of wild beasts and night.—J. H. Jowett D. D.

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soon as possible, formed a company of twelve persons who were to improve the condition of the women's quarter of the prison. A room was made ready, matrons were 'put in charge, and the prisoners who had seemed almost like savages were soon sewing busily and learning to be neat and orderly. They also gladly listened to daily reading from the • good Book. Prizes were given them for neat work, and they received a part of their earnings to use for themselves and their children.

No one was ever punished by Mrs. Fry. The women agreed, " It would be more terrible to be brought up before her than before the judge."

By this time Newgate had become so noted for its good order that letters from other parts of the country came pouring into Mrs. Fry's lap, all bearing the same request : " Tell us how we may better the lives of those in our prisons."

Queen Victoria invited the lovely Quakeress to her court, and newspapers sounded her praises. Wherever she went, people crowded forward to look, upon her. Yet slie felt no pride in' herself. " It is the Lord's doing," she wrote in her diary.

As time went by, Mrs. Fry visited other countries, everywhere giving wise help in the management of prisons. The greatest rulers in Europe enter-tained her in their palaces.

This noble woman worked not only to help the unfortunate people while in prison, but to make it easier for them to earn a living when they were set free. She also tried her best to make others see the wrong of putting people to death, no matter what sins they had committed. She said, " It hardens the hearts of men," and gave good reasons why it brought more harm than good to the rest of the %%odd.

Thus busy years went by, during which Mrs. Fry had many troubles of her own. Her husband and two of her children die d.

At last she herself was called to lay down her life. In her going, as in all her busy life, she was happy in the thought of the loving Father and His nearness. How tould the dear ones left behind her grieve, when they thought of the one who had • ever been such a wise friend, who had never been known to speak a cross or unkind word ? One of her sons said afterward, " Her word was law, but always the law of love."—Mary Hazelton Wade. in Everyland