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them in mind, that the men of those days looked upon Noah's prognostications as the reveries of a bedlamite ? They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Need I mention to such as read the Bible the promise niade to Abraham, in his old age, and how that promise was fulfilled by the birth of Isaac ;-or, how the wickedness of Sodom produced the vengeance of a just God by its utter destruction, a destruction that one short day saw fully accomplished; although to the men of that city, nay even to his own kinsmen, Lot seemed as one that mocked, when he cried out :-" Up, get you out of this place for the Lord "will destroy this city." It cannot have escaped the reader's recollection how the Lord spoke unto Abram, in a dream (Genesis xv. 13.), and said :-" Know of a surety "that thy seed shall be a stranger in a strange land, that is "not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict "them four hundred years," and how that prediction was subsequently fulfilled during the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt, even to a day. It must also be remembered that when Esau and Jacob were born, Rebekah was informed by the Lord, that the elder should serve the younger, and the ways by which the prophesy was, to the very letter, accomplished. Proceeding a little further to where we find Joseph relating his dream to his father and his brethren, do we not see the very means which the latter took to prevent what it forebode from coming to pass hastening its fulfilment?

I might proceed with the other books of the Old Testament, historical as well as prophetical, to shew that what has been prophesied shall come to pass (if not already accomplished will be so in its season), and amongst other

things the personal reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years that glorious Millennium which the real, not psuedo, Christian so ardently desires; but it might be thought by some presumptuous in me (in one without a name) to obtrude my opinions upon the world after what has been said by men ranking so high in the church as Bishop Newton, so high in science as his name sake Sir Isaac, so deep in research as Mede, so skilful in demonstration as Keith, and so indefatigable and veracious as Fleming, not mentioning other names who claim no small share of respect. I cannot, however, bring this note and this book to a close without making one earnest endeavour to awaken the reader's attention to the grand subject we have before us, and I trust, by the blessing of Him who is so soon to be our Sovereign, our King, and our High Priest, to awaken the world to hail that kingdom which their every day prayers entreat may come.

Reader, the event may be within thine own life-time, it may be witnessed by this generation if not, thy children may behold the day when He, who once entered Jerusalem in humility, shall again appear to rule over the kings of the earth. Believest thou he will not? How readest thou then? Dost thou mystify one part of Scripture to make another part plain? Do not the prophecies, from the Book of Genesis to that of Malachi fully predict the first appearance of the Saviour on earth, as the event of his sojourn verified? Do not the same prophecies hold out to us an expectation of his second coming? Do not his own words declare it ? Do not the book of the prophet Daniel and the Apocalypse, harmoniously fix a period for that second appearance, and yet thou wouldst mystify what is so plain, into a spirituality devoid of meaning.

words of one prophesy can be comprehended, so can be the other, and, spite of the pride of thy reasoning-spite of all that thou canst say to the contrary-the day will come, is near at hand, it is even at the door, and thou shalt behold it. Is not this to thee a fearful thought, does it not bring with it some feelings of compunction, does it not bid thee consider how thou art prepared to meet thy God? If it does not, well would it be for thee if thou hadst never been born. Thou hast been searching after knowledge which profiteth thee not, leaving what would have been really beneficial, disregarded. Science has been thine idol. The word of Truth thou hast neglected. Let me ask thee how science will avail thee when the Sun of Righteousness appears? He will not enquire of thee whether thy skill be such as to comprehend more than Newton ever did, or than Davy ever dreamt of-whether in language thou excellest even Homer in olden time, or possesseth a greater fire of genius than Byron in days nearer at hand-whether with Harvey, thou canst boast of ascertaining how, through the veins, the blood circulates, or with Galvani, dilate upon the powers his new art has supplied. None of these will avail thee in that day, and yet, thou art careless about it, or about its approach. I warn thee of thy danger. I caution thee against being lukewarm upon so momentous a subject, and I charge thee, as before the living God to look to thyself. The day is at hand, it is even at the door.

But, whether that eventful day be at hand, or be not at hand, another day, to thee equally momentous, draweth nigh surely I need not put thee in mind that thou, as well as myself, art mortal. To be prepared to meet one event, which thou wilt not attempt to dispute thou art gradually approaching, thou shouldest be prepared to meet

the other, I expect, thou wilt admit. To make this matter perfectly clear to thee, I mean to say, that if thou wishest to be prepared to meet thy Saviour in heaven, the preparation necessary for being admitted into his presence there, must be made whilst thou art a probationer upon earth; and, that if thou art not fitted for appearing before him ere thine eyes are closed by the cold hand of death, thou mayest rely upon it, thou wilt never behold him so as to abide where he is; but, if thou art fitted for being received into his kingdom when death has performed his part, as may regard thee, surely thou wouldest rejoice to enter into the kingdom of thy Lord ere thou hadst walked through the valley of the shadow of death, so that thy spirit might rejoice in his presence, and thy mortal body might worship him who is not only to reign upon this earth for one thousand years, but in heaven, God over all, blessed for

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I ask thee if thoughts such as the above have had any firm abiding place in thy mind? I ask thee whether thy Christian professions have been much more than lip deep? ask thee if thou dost really and truly believe in the Gospel of thy Lord and thy Saviour; and, I ask thee, as I do solemnly ask myself, has thy actions shown that thou art a Christian indeed? Thou knowest, without my telling thee, that it is not every one who hath said, Lord, Lord, that shall be thought worthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thou knowest that it is not enough that thou shouldest plead having prophesied in the name of Christ, and that thou hast in his name cast out devils for being admitted where he now is, and where thou wilt one day behold him, either as thy friend or as a severely upright judge-whether thou witnesseth his Millennial Reign on earth or whether thou witnesseth it not.

If thou thinkest not of these matters; but art so fully engrossed with the world and the things of this world, as to be reckless whether the Millennium ever come, or whether death ever overtake thee, I regret thy doom; for, be assurred that so surely as death will come, so also will come the Millennium: neither is a wild chimera of the brain. One event every day points out to thee as certain by the loss of some relative, some friend, or some neighbour whom thou beholdest with thine own eyes conveyed to the house appointed for all living, and in which every one in his turn shall find an asylum, thyself amongst the rest, where, if thou in this world didst rank ever so high in honourable titles, such titles will not avail there-where, if thou didst abound, whilst here, with wealth, or wielded the rod of power, neither will add to thy repose or comfort -where, if whilst on earth thou possessest that sublimity of genius which made the hearts of all those who read thy productions throb with delight, and their tongues repeat thy praise, thou wilt no longer know their feelings on the one hand, nor will thine ear distinguish their encomiums on the other.

Thou art fast, though almost imperceptibly approaching that "bourne from whence no traveller returns ;" such thou admittest to be the fact. How say thy deeds? Why, these say thou thinkest all the doctrines of the soul's immortality are but as idle dreams-that thy object is to accumulate gold upon gold, estate upon estate, honours upon honours, till thy mind is satiated with the honours and riches and the glory of the world thou livest in. Oh fool thinkest thou that that part of thee, that noble part of thee, which is an emanation from Deity itself, that part of thee which, when thy vile body shall have crumbled

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