...away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, having the glory of God ; and her light was like unto a stone most precious; and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels ; and names written thereon, which are the names...

...the builders ; but now it is, and for ever will be, the light or luminary of that city ; and that, like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone clear as crystal, ver. 1 1 . Who can conceive the happiness of the saints, in the presence-chamber of the great King,...

...the builders ; but now it Is, and for ever will be, the light or luminary of that city ; and that, like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone clear as crystal} ver. 1I. Who can conceive the happiness of the saints, in the presence-chamber of the great King, where...

...the builders : but now it is, and for ever will he, the light, or luminary of that city ; and that, " like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as chrystal," ver. 1 L Who can conceive the happiness of the saints, .in the presence-chamber of the great...

...extent, and duration. " And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending...stone, clear as crystal. And the building of the wall was jasper ; and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall were...

...superior condition of the church with men, and thus to look forward to a period when " her light will be like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone clear as crystal." Although we speak of those things as blessings to be enjoyed at some future day, yet we feel assured...

...Jerusalem is signified the church. "And he carried me away, in the spirit, to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." (Rev. xxi. 10.) Then follows a description of the city, no part of which, plainly, can be...

...of a city, even the new Jerusalem ; prepared as a bride for her husband ; having the glory of God. " Her light was like unto " a stone most precious, even like a jasper " stone, clear as crystal ; and had a wall " great and high, and had twelve gates, •' and at the gates twelve angels;" " and " the...

...his head. To highest heaven he lifts his kingly hand, And treads at once the ocean and the land ; * " That great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of " heaven from God, having the glory of God." Rev. xxi. 10. f Ezekiel xl. t Rev. x. And hark ! his voice amid the thunder's roar, His dreadful voice,...

...palaces ; that thou mayest tell it to thy soul.' Hath it not the glory of God, and is not her light like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal ? See the ' twelve foundations of her walls, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb....