walked with God, and prophesied. It was in the evening or night of the second day, that the corruption and violence of the human race filled the earth, which became so great that God would not endure them. It was in the morning of the same day, that Noah and his family were preserved from the flood, because he walked with God; as it were, God created new heavens and a new earth, by their preservation. It was in the evening or night of the third day, that the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt; and it was at the dawn of this day they entered the promised land.

The evening or the night of the fourth day.commenced about the 31st year of Solomon. And when the urgent question was put to the watchman of Isaiah, about 300 years of this evening or night had passed. And it was in this same night, about 120 years after

creation of mankind in Christ Jesus, in the sixth day, or sixth thousand years, of the creation of the human race, which, in some parts of Scripture, is compared to a "resurrection" from sin and wickedness: already there are small symptoms of this, as for instance, mankind turning from a state of drunken madness to a state of sober mindedness; the probability is, that this is the first stage of the general first resurrection from sin. The apostle John, in the Revelation, says, "Blessed and holy is he who hath a part in the first resurrection:" the same as if he said, holy and happy is he who is in Christ, the resurrection and the life.

The day mentioned in Genesis v. 1, is the first thousand years; and it is evident that God created some of the human race, in all generations, in His own image, and after His own likeness, such as Abel and Enoch in the first day; and attending carefully to the 5th and 6th verses of the 9th Chap., it is the same as if it had been said, avoid the shedding of blood altogether, for fear you be guilty of the high crime of shedding the blood of those whom God created in his own image; or shedding the blood of Him in whom God shall appear. Alas! the history of the human race shows that the great majority of mankind pay but little attention to this admonition; for in their beastly madness, they have shed each other's blood, and also the blood of the saints of God, and Him who was the express image of God.

the watchman answered this urgent question, that Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed, and her inhabitants led into captivity. And about the dawning of the morning of this day, which the watchman said was coming, it was ushered in by the command given forth to restore and to build Jerusalem. And in the morning of this same fourth day, Christ the Sun of Righteousness arose on this world. But the watchman said, also, the night cometh.

The evening or the night of the fifth day commenced when Christ was about his 31st year; and about the 5th year of this night or evening, Christ said, "This is your hour, and the power of darkness.” In this dark hour the cry was raised, "Away with Him, away with Him; crucify Him, crucify Him." Then was Christ the Messiah scourged, and crowned with a crown of thorns, and led as a lamb to the slaughter, and made to carry his cross, scoffed at, and was nailed to the cross, and with a spear He was pierced by a soldier. At this awful scene of the agonies and the shedding of the blood of Him who was the express image of God, no wonder that the natural sun should become black as sackcloth; the vail of the temple be rent; the earth tremble; and the rocks be torn asunder, in this hour and power of darkness. It was in this dark night the sword was against the shepherd, the sheep and little ones. It was during this same night, in the reign of the emperor Maximilian, that a legion of Roman soldiers, equal to 6000 men, chose Christ, the despised and crucified king of the Jews, as their leader and commander, and refused to obey Maxi

milian, who ordered them to destroy their christian brethren; and although they had arms in their hands to save or avenge themselves, they chose to obey Christ; and in submissive humility yielded their lives in peace, that they might obtain life eternal, and rest in glory with their glorious leader. It was during this night of the power of darkness, that the blood of the saints of the Most High was shed with horrid cruelty; and to such an extent were they destroyed by the power of the fourth beast, history informs us, that to try to number them, would be like trying to number the sand of the sea. At the end of this night, or at the end of the apostle John's hour, day, month, and year, equal to about A. D. 474, the kingdom of God so far prevailed in this world, as to allow the saints of God to worship in peace during the morning of this fifth day; although at the same time, the mystery of iniquity, which did begin to work even in the days of the apostles, began then to show its might, which increased to such a degree of enormity under the christian name, that when the beginning of the sixth day commenced, about A. D. 1031, the man of sin worked with such power, as to reduce this world to a state of darkness, and again shed the blood of the saints of God in torrents, and with horrid cruelty.

It is now about 294 years since the morning commenced of this Sixth day in which we live; and it will be about 206 years before the Sun of Righteousness on this day, will arrive at meridian splendour; already the light of the Sun, as it were, is seen rising on the tops of the highest mountains; and will continue to

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arise in unclouded brightness, till the lowest valleys, and the dark places of the earth are enlightenedioi teThe watchman of Isaiah gives encouragement to ask of him concerning the night, for he says, " If ye will enquire 'not only so, for he makes it imperative by also saying, Enquire ye. Then, Watchman what of the night? Watchman what of the night? The watchman now replies in triumph, and with victory in his eyes, The morning of the Sixth day has now.come, and there shall be no night during the great Seventh day, or Sabbath of the world therefore, according to the promise of God, look for New Heavens and a New Earth, wherein shall dwell righteousness; because the saints of God, the holy people whose power is as yet scattered, by reason of the darkness that yet prevails, will be up and follow Christ, the Messiah, the Prince, the Sun of Righteousness, as their leader and commander and they shall be

more terrible and powerful than Egyptian, Jewish, Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, Roman, and Modern armies with banners; and they will be avenged of the world for its abominations; and their war of vengeance will not be such as the beasts scattering devastation and cruelty among any portion of the human family, but righteousness and peace; and He, the Ancient of days, shall sit upon his fiery throne, and the body of the beast be given to the burning flame. See Daniel vii. 9, and Rev. 19, 20, and 21 Chapters. 75 What is the reason that, when describing the Seventh day, the words "Evening and Morning" are not added, as mentioned in the other Six days of

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the creation? The prophet Zechariah answers this question in Chap. xiv. 7, "It shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea, in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; on that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."

The attentive reader will perceive, from the foregoing quotation, that the prophet distinctly applies the word Sea to people; and throwing aside his figurative description, it is the same as if he had said, It shall be one day known to the Lord, not day nor night, because on this day there shall be no evening, but altogether light. And in that day shall the Holy Spirit of truth go forth from the heavenly Jerusalem, and shall go toward the former people, and toward the latter people. It appears then clearly, that on the Seventh day of the creation of this world, or the creation of the human family, there is to be no evening, but one unclouded blaze of living light. Then shall the ensign of the root of Jesse rest in glory: see Isaiah xi. 10. And the prophet Isaiah also says, that "The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun; and the light of the sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound." Moses' Seventh day, when God shall rest from all his work which He creates to