shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

The abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet. Matt. xxiv. 15.

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 Thess. ii. 4.

And shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws. Dan. vii. 25.

Yea, he magnifieth himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. Dan. viii. 11.

Ver. 12. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

Evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 9.

Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you; for the Lord is a God of judgment; blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa. xxx. 18.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say more than they that watch for the morning. Let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Ps. cxxx. 5—8.

Ver. 13. But go thy way till the end be, for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Isa. lvii. 2.

I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth; yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Rev. xiv. 13.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. Heb. xi, 13.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. Ps. xvii. 15.

Thou wilt show me the path of life; in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11.

I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: though my reins be consumed within me. Job xix. 25-27.

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Tim. i. 12.

OUR PRESENT POSITION.

Ir may prove interesting and instructive, if, in drawing toward our concluding remarks on Daniel, we try to set forth our present place and prospects.

It is said that "at that time" the archangel Michael should stand up for the children of Daniel's people, and that there should be a time of trouble such as there never was since there was a nation, and at that time every one who was written in the book should be delivered. It seems from this that Daniel's people must be the Jews, and that he is not speaking distinctively of Christians as such-for it must be remembered that there were Christians in the days of Daniel, just as now. Abraham was saved by a prospective trust in Christ, just as we in these days are saved by a retrospective trust; he was a Christian of the dawn, we are Christians of the noon-both nevertheless Christians; saved in the same name, washed in the same blood, justified by the same righteousness, and heirs together of the same glory. Here, however, it must be God's ancient people-the Jews-that are spoken of; and if so, their nearing deliverance must be one of the marks and tokens of the approach of the Saturday eve of the world's long week. But are the Jews crushed or oppressed at the present time? Even at this moment the wrongs of

the Jews, in some parts of the civilized world, are more in number and bitterness than could be told; they are still tried, yet unconsumed by the flames, like their own burning bush. From this fact we are fairly entitled to assume that Daniel's people are God's own ancient people, who are not merely to be spiritually awakened, but otherwise nationally restored. Some day we may read in the newspaper of a wondrous movement amongst that strange race; that Baron Rothschild has left his gold, others their profits, and all, as public writers would probably say, with "inexplicable infatuation," are hastening to the banks of the Jordan, once more to take possession as a people of that land, from which for eighteen centuries they have been excluded, and of which the Arab and the Bedouin have been almost the only, certainly the dominant, inhabitants.

The second verse of the chapter tells us that many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. The Rev. E. Elliott, in his great work, states that this is not rightly translated; but that, more correctly rendered, it would read thus-" Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth should awake, these (that awake) to everlasting life, and those (that sleep) to everlasting condemnation." We see how perfectly this agrees with other parts of Scripture, where we are told that the dead in Christ shall rise first. There are to be two resurrections. We read that all who live in Christ, the instant that he comes shall be changed. All that sleep in Christ the instant they hear the royal sound of his voice will awake, but the rest of the dead will not live till the

thousand years are finished. And yet there are not wanting a few learned men-more especially I may mention the learned and devout author of one of the most excellent biographies ever written, the Life of Dr. Arnold-who intrepret those solemn descriptions of the resurrection given by the Apostle Paul, as the records of merely a great moral transformation—a spiritual regeneration. Now, whilst we must be careful not to fall into the error of the Roman Catholics, who destroy the Scriptures by carnalising them, we must take care not to evaporate their precious truths into mere metaphors, and construe as figures the great facts, the bright hopes, and the precious realities of the Word of God. All that are in their graves shall rise, they that awake at the advent to eternal joy, and they who sleep till the thousand years are finished to everlasting shame. Then "they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." The phrase "they that be wise," is correctly rendered in the margin "teachers." Here is a blessed promise, that every faithful Ragged-school or Sundayschool teacher shall yet shine as the stars for ever and ever! Here is a greater reward for them than that which is set before the poor Sisters of Charity, according to their creed, for all their exertions and selfdenial. Let the Sunday-school teacher be hereby encouraged to continue his exertions to turn many to righteousness.

There is a special mark of the fulfilment of the prophecy in that remarkable clause, "Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge (in all its aspects) shall be increased." I have already noticed, that if I wanted