strength of the children of Israel.-Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. Joel iii. 11, 16, 17. The Lord will famish all the gods of the earth and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. Zeph. ii. 11. All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent, iii. 8, 9. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land, where they have been put to shame. -I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth. 19, 20. Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matt. xxiv. 30. In the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgments of God, He will render indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile. Concerning that day the testimony of the prophets has to be heard, by whose mouth God spake of the restitution of all things, as by that of all the prophets since the world began.

Scriptures such as these, that so unequivocally speak of the work of the Lord in the great day of his wrath, and of the glory which shall follow, furnish the same testimony to the same things which John saw when the Sixth Seal was opened. This is not merely said, but seen, as verse by verse is compared with them.

12. There was a great earthquake. There was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great. Rev. xvi. 18.—He, (Jehovah), ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isa. ii. 19.The foundations of the earth do shake-the earth is moved exceedingly. xxiv. 18, 19.-The heavens and the earth shall shake. Joel iii. 16.

And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. The moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed. Isa. xxiv. 23. A day of darkness and of gloominess-The sun and the moon shall be dark.-The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. Joel ii. 2, 10, 31.—A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Zeph. i. 15.-The sun shall

be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. Matt. xxiv. 29.

13. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And all the host of heaven shall fall down as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. Isa. xxxiv. 4. The heavens shall tremble-and the stars shall withdraw their shining.—I will show wonders in the heavens. Joel ii. 10, 30. And the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Matt. xxiv. 29.

14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Isa. xxxiv. 4.

And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Rev. xvi: 20.—The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up. Isa. ii. 14.-The earth-shall be removed like a cottage. xxiv. 20.-There shall be—a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

15, 16. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, ond the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said 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. Thy wrath is come, and the timethat thou shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. Rev. xi. 18.-"The kings of the earth and of the whole world" are gathered "to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Rev. xvi. 14. The kings of the earth and their armies were gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse. And the supper of the great God to all the fowls of heaven is the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men—and the flesh of all, free and bond, both small and great. Rev. xix. 18, 19.-Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth-ye shall be filled with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord. Ezek. xxxix. 17-20.-The Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. Isa. xxiv. 21. Wake up the mighty men,

let all the men of war draw near. Joel iii. 9.-My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdom, to pour upon them mine indignation. Zeph. iii. 8. -It is written first in the book of Revelation-" All kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him."-As the Lord Jesus hath spoken, "Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn."

-Hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on, us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. The idols He shall utterly abolish, and they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day shall a man cast his idols -to the moles and to the bats; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isa. ii. 18, 21.

And hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 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 throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. Behold, one like the Son of man came in the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days. Dan. vii. 9, 13. In righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. Rev. xix. 11, 12, 15. The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies, Isa. xxxiv. 2. They shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Luke xxi. 27.

17. For the GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH is come; and who shall be able to stand? THY WRATH IS COME. Rev. xi. 18. That GREAT DAY of God Almighty. Rev. xvi. 14. He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God-King of kings, and Lord of lords. xix. 15, 16. The day of the Lord of hosts. Isa. ii. 12. The Lord shall

punish the host of the high ones and the kings of the earth upon the earth. xxiv. 21. The day of the Lord's vengeance. xxxiv. 8. He is strong that executeth his word: for the day

of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? The great and the terrible day of the Lord. Joel ii. 11, 31. The great day of the Lord. That day is a day of wrath. Zeph. i. 14, 15. The day of the Lord's anger, ii. 2, 3. They shall see the Son of man coming in a cloudcoming in the clouds of heaven-with power and great glory. Luke xxi. 27.

Such, and so conclusive is the testimony, which is not that of man, but of the Lord. According to his word, or solely by comparing scripture with scripture, is not the demonstration as complete as the testimony is harmonious; that the opening of the Sixth Seal unfolds the consummating judgments that are to come to pass upon the earth, and that the saying of this book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is true, that it is the great day of the wrath of the Lamb? This may now be denied; and this scripture, like others, may be wrested till that day shall come. But then, if there be truth in this testimony concerning it, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, shall bear witness to that day, without one discordant voice, far less a question or controversy concerning it fifteen centuries thereafter. Knowing the terrors of the Lord, saith the Apostle, we persuade men. Here instruction in righteousness might be learned by his enemies. For reason as now they may, and deaf as rocks though now they be, when besought in love to be reconciled unto God by the death of his Son, they may be told that the day cometh, in which the universal confession that it is come will testify that the day of merciful visitation is past; and that the cry to the rocks and mountains to fall on them and to hide them from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, shall be no more heard or heeded than ever was the preaching of the gospel of salvation, or the plainest sayings of this book, by a heart of adamant.

The testimony borne to the great day of the wrath of the Lamb, so far from being exhausted, is rather only entered on in these divine credentials to the opening of the Sixth Seal. In writing the things which he saw, that is not the last but the first vision recorded by John in the Book of Revelation, of the judgment of the quick. In that day scoffers will no longer ask, Where is the promise of his

coming? They that come forth from their graves at the voice of the Son of man will not hide themselves in the rocks and mountains, or cry to these to fall on them and hide them from his face. A different record is borne concerning them. But the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, form an enumeration of the living, without the exception of any, whether bond or free. Other records of the judgment of the quick, of all nations, or of the world, will be seen, as in subsequent references to the ensuing Table (IV.), to accord with the testimony borne, on the opening of the Sixth Seal, to the great day of the wrath of the Lamb. And it will be also shown, that other scriptures in which some similar expressions occur, are not only applicable, as they are applied by the prophets, to the day of wrath, or final judgment on the nations of the earth; but also supply testimonies which have their proper place in a more enlarged comparison with those that, like the Sixth Seal, reveal both the judgment and the glory that shall follow.

But to all who have eyes to see, and who keep the sayings of this book, a glance at the table of corresponding texts, or a perusal of the things recorded in this vision, and in those which manifestly depict the same great day, gives ocular demonstration that there are scriptural characteristics of that day, which are found only in the Sixth Seal, and not in any other part of the Book of Revelation.

God spake by the mouth of his Prophet Joel, the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. In testifying of his coming the Lord Jesus said, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. And in what he wrote in a book at the command of the Lord, John bears record that on the opening of the Sixth Seal by the same Lord of glory, the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, before he heard and recorded the universal testimony that was given to the great day of the wrath of the Lamb. Nowhere else is a similar record borne in the Apocalypse. Thus also, Isaiah testified of the falling of all the host of heaven, as the falling fig from the fig-tree; Joel, of the tremblings and shakings of the heavens, of wonders in the heavens and in the earth; and the Lord of the prophets, while he tabernacled among men,