in us, and his love is perfected in us. For God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him. If any man say, I love God, yet hateth his brother, how dwelleth the love of God in him? for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as God is righteous. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is born of him. Whosover is born of God doth not commit sin, because his Spirit abideth in him: and he will not sin because he is born of God. In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the world: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Beloved, now are we sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. But we know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

I JOHN II, III

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no mur

derer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby know we love, in that we lay down our lives one for another. But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him, whereinsoever our heart condemn us; because God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, that we should love one another. And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in God, and God in him.

Beloved, love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

THE REVELATION

OF JOHN

REVELATION VII, XIV, XXII

And I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all kindreds and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne of God, arrayed in white robes. And I said unto one of the elders, These that are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they? And he said. unto me:

These are they that came out of great tribulation, and they have washed their robes, and made them white; for the white robes are the righteous deeds of the saints. These are they that have in no wise defiled themselves; but were redeemed from among men to be the firstfruits unto God. For in their mouth was no guile found: yea, they are without fault before the throne of God.

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Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night. And they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: for he that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall lead them unto living fountains of water: and God shall wipe away

every tear from their eyes. And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and

ever.

REVELATION XXI, XXII

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Come hither, and I will shew thee the things which shall shortly come to pass. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels.

And he that spake with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal. And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof. And the

city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it. And the nations shall walk by the light thereof: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and their honour into it. And the gates of the city shall in no wise be shut: for there shall be no night there.

And he shewed me, in the midst of the street of the city, a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, and yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

And he that shewed me these things said, These words are faithful and true. He that overcometh shall inherit these things, and shall have right to come to the tree of life.

REVELATION V, XIV, XX, XXII

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the sanctuary, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And I saw the dead, the