"And I appoint unto you a kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me."

"That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

The next evidence I take from St. Luke xviii. Acts xxvi., and Rev. vi., x., xi., in the following order.

First. St. Luke xviii. "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint.”

Ver. 2. "Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man :"

Ver. 3." And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary."

Ver. 4. "And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, though I fear not God, nor regard man,"

Ver. 5. "Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming, she weary me."

Ver. 6." And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith."

Ver. 7. "And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?"

Ver. 8. "I tell you that he will avenge them speedily."

Secondly. Acts xxvi. Ver. 6. "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers."

Ver. 7. "Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I

come.

am accused of the Jews."

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Ver. 8. " Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?"

Thirdly. Rev. vi.
Rev. vi.

Ver. 9.
Ver. 9. "And when he

had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held."

Ver. 10. "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ?"

Ver. 11. " And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,

that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."

Fourthly. Rev. x. Ver. 4. "And when the

seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write, and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered: and write them not."

Ver. 5. "And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven,"

Ver. 6. "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth and the things that therein are, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:"

Ver. 7. "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."

Fifthly. Rev. xi. Ver. 16. "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshipped God," Ver. 17. "Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to

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come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned."

Ver. 18. "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints and them that fear thy name small and great, and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.”

These several passages are intended to show that Almighty God, in his own good time, will judge and avenge the blood of the martyrs, and give the promised reward to them and to his servants the prophets, and to the saints, and also to them on the earth that fear his name. This reward will not be deferred to the general resurrection,-it will begin on the day of the "first resurrection."

After what I have before written, I need not allude to the words, which the seven thunders uttered, further than by saying that they are the same, which the prophet Daniel was commanded to shut up and seal.

I must, however, notice those other mysterious

words, "there should be time no longer," that is to say, no respite-for the mystery shall be finished in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.

The next evidence I take from the Gospel of St. John xviii. 36.

"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this. world if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence."

I conclude my evidences with the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.

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Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty: just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy, for all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy judgments are made manifest." (Rev. xv. 3, 4.)

Having now shown by evidences taken from