belonging to another world, they trembled and were afraid.
How are we to account for this fear P To that ques- tion there is only one answer. It arises from onr inward sense of weakness, guilt, and corruption. The vision of an inhabitant of heaven reminds us forcibly of our own imperfection, and of our natural unfitness to stand before God. If angels are so great and terrible, what must the Lord of angels be P
Let us bless God, that we have a mighty Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Believing on Him, we may draw near to God with boldness, and look forward to the day of judgment without fear. When the mighty angels shall go forth to gather together God's elect, the elect will have no cause to be afraid. To them the angels are fellow servants and friends. (Eev. xxii. 9.)
Let us tremble when we think of the terror of the wicked at the last day. If even the righteous are troubled by a sudden vision of friendly spirits, where will the xmgodly appear, when the angels come forth to gather them like tares for the burning P The fears of the saints are groundless, and endure but for a little season. The fears of the lost, when once aroused, will prove well- grounded, and will endure for evermore.
Notes. Lxtke I. 6 — 12.
6. — [Course of Abiah.] There were twenty foiir of these courses, or classes, of the sons of Aaron, among whom the temple service was divided. The course of Abijah, or Abia, at the original institution, was the eighth in order. 1 Chron. xxiv. 10. Bishop Hall remarks, " The successive terms of the legal minis- tration held on in a line never interrupted. Even in a forlorn and miserable church, there may be a personal succession. How