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that when the place where he was buried is described with such precision, it should nevertheless be added, that no man knoweth of his sepulchre. This has been felt as a difficulty, and various conjectures have been hazarded in explanation of it. There is a passage in the New Testament which ought not to be lost sight of in this inquiry. It occurs in the Epistle of Jude, at the 9th verse : Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses." It is here revealed, that the body of Moses was a subject of dispute between the devil and the archangel Michael. What could have been the cause of this dispute? All that the devil can do with any human body is to keep it in corruption; and if the body of Moses be still in corruption, for what imaginable cause could this contest have taken place? But if God, who works by the instrumentality of angels and men, (albeit he requires no instrumentality,) commissioned Michael to raise the body of Moses from the dead; we can then see the cause why a contention about it should arise between him and the devil. We cannot imagine that the messenger of the Most High was frustrated by Satan; and in the fact that the sepulchre of Moses was not to be found, although the place where he was buried was known, and accurately described, there is a strong and striking corroboration of

those who shall be found living by faith) shall be changed ; in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we (who have never been dead—we, the last generation of believers then on earth) shall be changed, (1 Thess. iv. 16, 17; 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.)

The great truth here predicted is, that the Lord at his second coming shall appear, accompanied by his risen and his translated saints. And of this a specimen was presented at the Transfiguration, when Moses and Elias appeared with him in his glory. Concerning Elias, we know that he was translated, so that he did not see death. He is therefore, obviously, a most appropriate specimen of that class of the Lord's people, who shall be caught up alive—who shall not sleep, but shall be changed.

To complete the specimen, Moses should represent the class who shall be raised from the dead: and he does so. Concerning Moses, it is distinctly recorded that he died, and was buried; and in connection with that history, we read the extraordinary comment that—no man knoweth of his sepulchre :-Deut. xxxiv. 5, 6, "Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." It seems strange.

that when the place where he was buried is described with such precision, it should nevertheless be added, that no man knoweth of his sepulchre. This has been felt as a difficulty, and various conjectures have been hazarded in explanation of it. There is a passage in the New Testament which ought not to be lost sight of in this inquiry. It occurs in the Epistle of Jude, at the 9th verse : Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses." It is here revealed, that the body of Moses was a subject of dispute between the devil and the archangel Michael. What could have been the cause of this dispute? All that the devil can do with any human body is to keep it in corruption; and if the body of Moses be still in corruption, for what imaginable cause could this contest have taken place? But if God, who works by the instrumentality of angels and men, (albeit he requires no instrumentality,) commissioned Michael to raise the body of Moses from the dead; we can then see the cause why a contention about it should arise between him and the devil. We cannot imagine that the messenger of the Most High was frustrated by Satan; and in the fact that the sepulchre of Moses was not to be found, although the place where he was buried was known, and accurately described, there is a strong and striking corroboration of

those who shall be found living by faith) shall be changed; in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we (who have never been dead-we, the last generation of believers then on earth) shall be changed, (1 Thess. iv. 16, 17; 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.)

The great truth here predicted is, that the Lord at his second coming shall appear, accompanied by his risen and his translated saints. And of this a specimen was presented at the Transfiguration, when Moses and Elias appeared with him in his glory. Concerning Elias, we know that he was translated, so that he did not see death. He is therefore, obviously, a most appropriate specimen of that class of the Lord's people, who shall be caught up alive-who shall not sleep, but shall be changed.

To complete the specimen, Moses should represent the class who shall be raised from the dead: and he does so. Concerning Moses, it is distinctly recorded that he died, and was buried; and in connection with that history, we read the extraordinary comment that—no man knoweth of his sepulchre :-Deut. xxxiv. 5, 6, "Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." It seems strange.

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that when the place where he was buried is described with such precision, it should nevertheless be added, that no man knoweth of his sepulchre. This has been felt as a difficulty, and various conjectures have been hazarded in explanation of it. There is a passage in the New Testament which ought not to be lost sight of in this inquiry. It occurs in the Epistle of Jude, at the 9th verse: Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses." It is here revealed, that the body of Moses was a subject of dispute between the devil and the archangel Michael. What could have been the cause of this dispute? All that the devil can do with any human body is to keep it in corruption; and if the body of Moses be still in corruption, for what imaginable cause could this contest have taken place? But if God, who works by the instrumentality of angels and men, (albeit he requires no instrumentality,) commissioned Michael to raise the body of Moses from the dead; we can then see the cause why a contention about it should arise between him and the devil. We cannot imagine that the messenger of the Most High was frustrated by Satan; and in the fact that the sepulchre of Moses was not to be found, although the place where he was buried was known, and accurately described, there is a strong and striking corroboration of