unto the Son of man" (Rev. i. 12, 13). "'l'hese things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks" (Rev. ii. 1). v. ANY BRANCH OF THE OANDLESTICK WHOSE LIGHT rs EXTmGUIBHED WILL BB REMOVED. "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent" (Rev, ii. 5). 2. I. CHRIST IS THE sPmITUAL FOOD OF HIS CHtTBOH, "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true Bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: be that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. • . . The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the Bread which came down from heaven. ••. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. . . • I am the living Bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world" (John vi. 32-51). lL CHRIST'S SACRIFICE UPON THE CROSS SUPPLIES THE FOOD ON WHIOH BY FAITH WE ARE TO FEED. "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle" (Heb. xiii. 10). III. ONE MEANS OF OUR TIIUS FEEDmG UPON HIM IS THE BAORAllENT OF THE LoRD'B SuPPEB. "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matt. :x.xvi. 2&-28). IV. fu SUPPLIES THE NEEDS OF THOSE THAT TRIRBT AB WELL AS OF THOSE THAT HUNGER. u I will give unto him that is a.thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely" (Rev. :x.xi. 6). " Let him that is a.thirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Rev. xxii. 17). ~ V. HE FEEDS BIB PEOPLE NOT ONLY BY BAORil:IENTB BUT BY THE WoBD OF GOD PREACHED BY BIB MINIBTEBB. " Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. iv. 4). "Take heed therefore unto yourselves" (the Ephesian elders), "and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost bath ma.de you overseers, to feed the Church of God" (Acts xx. 28). "He gave some, pastors and teachers" (Eph. iv, 11). "He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.. , . He sa.ith unto him, Feed my sheep. . • . Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep" (John xxi.15 -17). "The elders which are among you I exhort. • , • Feed the flock of God which is among you" (1 Pet, v, 1, 2~
HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Everlasting light. Ch. xxiv. 1-4 ;_ cf. Rev. L 12-20; also Ps. x~iil. ~- ~e ~oly place like the most holy had no wmdows, and consequently required 1llumma.t10n. This' wa.s secured by the' golden candlestick, with its seven la1;0ps.. These wer~ to be always emitting some light. If all the seven lamps were not ht durmg the daytime, one or two of them were. The idea carried out was that there should be in God's sanctuary everlasting light. , . . ... That thr. canulestick was taken as the symbol of Gods truth 1s evident from Ps. xlm. 3, "Oh send out thy light, even thy truth : let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles." In fact, God's essential nature as li~bt was exhibited by ihe Shechinah in the holy of holies; then in the golden candlestick, we have the light me,d,ia,ted in the holy place in such a way as would suffice for the illumination of t~e ordinary priests at their sacred ministries. God's arrangement, therefore, f~r t~e dissemination of truth in this dark world of ours is what the golden candlestick 1s intended to convey. Rev. i. 12-20 throws clear light on the symbol The Churches OK. llIV. 1-9.] THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS,