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the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments and again they, said Amen; Alleluia! And I beheld, and lo! a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, and unto the Lamb. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, who has redeemed us to God by his blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and has made us unto our God kings and priests, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature throughout the triune heavens heard I, saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, both small and great; and may the voices of the writer and the reader join the triumphant burst of the transported myriads, which now resound in loudest Alleluias, through illimitable space, rending the universe with one ecstatic peal of harmonious acclamations: their raptured song salvation-their glorious theme the praise of him who sits enthroned, the adored object of general admiration, (2 Thess. i. 10,) chaunt

ing aloud these accomplished prophecies, We will rejoice; in thy salvation how greatly does he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusted in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Lord Most High he has not been moved. His hand has found out all his enemies; his right hand has found out those that hated him. He has made them as a fiery oven, in this day of his anger. The Lord has swallowed them up in his wrath, and the fire has devoured them. For they intended evil against him; they imagined a mischievous device, which they were not able to perform. Therefore hast thou made them turn their backs, when thou didst make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. (Ps. xxi.)

O Lord, we will praise thee, though thou wast angry with us; thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest us. O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servants thy greatness, and thy mighty hand for what god is there in heaven or

in earths, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? Now shall we in rapture pass the parting veil, and see that goodly land,* that goodly mountain of thy house, which thou hast established in the top of the mountains, and exalted above all hills: all nations shall flow to it. Many people now say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of our God. (Isa. ii. 2.) Behold, God is our salvation; the Lord Jehovah is our strength, our song, and our salvation; with joy shall we now draw water out of the wells of salvation. We praise thee, O Lord, we declare thy doings, and exalt thy name, (Isa. xii.) for thou hast done excellent things. Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we have waited for him; we will rejoice in his salvation. (Isa. xxv. 9.) Thy salvation is gone forth, thy salvation shall be for ever, and thy righteousness shall not be abolished. Thy righteousness shall be for ever, and thy salvation from generation to generation. And every tongue does now with ecstasy confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. ii. 11.)

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honour to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and

* And see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And there were great voices in heaven, saying, Alleluia! the kingdoms of all worlds are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and He shall reign King of kings, and Lord of lords, for ever and for ever. Amen. Alleluia! Thou art he, O Lord, that hath cut Rahab, and wounded. the dragon, (Isa. li. 9,) therefore the ransomed of the Lord do return with thee, and come with singing unto Zion: everlasting joy is upon our heads. We have obtained gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning are fled away for ever. (Isa. xxxv. 10.) For the Lord hath comforted Zion, he has comforted her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. We will greatly rejoice in the Lord; we are very joyful in our God: for He hath clothed us with the garments of salvation; He hath covered us with the robe of righteousness: we are decked with ornaments, and adorned with bridal jewels. (Isa. Ixi. 10.) The Lord of Hosts is unto us a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty. (Isa. xxviii. 5.)

But these sublime effusions now are silenced

by the mighty sound of heaven's mightiest trumpets: for the eternal, high, Melchisedecal priests, each at his standard's head,* proclaim aloud throughout infinite space, the triumphant festival of general jubilee the glorious festival of general redemption-the glorious sabbath of everlasting rest.† These hallowed potentates sound not an alarm,

* ، And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of an whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps." (Numb. x. 1, 2.)

+ " And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." "And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath of rest unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord thou shalt neither the sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that sojourneth with thee. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound, (prefigurative of the universal jubilee to be celebrated when the seventh angel sounds,) on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land, (prefigurative of the great decisive day when the grand atonement is accepted for all throughout the vast infinitude of space.) And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,

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