- IV. THAT TBB TBmdlHUIWH, EVEN nr DYING omC'Ol[STANOES, ts mmBB'TIDI 81'llllll4L PJIOTBCn'IOlr orJDAVBII, , ''A?1dto the woman were giv.eD. two willp of &<.great -,pe, tlaab Bbe might fly into. the wilchlrnesa, Jnto her place, where aha ia MUriabedier• t.lae, an4l fames, and half a time,,from the face of the serpent" (ver. H-). Non: L ~ 01mn:A ls.In t h e ~ - - "That she might fly into the wildemliL" The-1108!:tulf, Ghristly men on this earth has always been more of a lfilderneu than a -Omun- intricate,: dangerous, gloomy. 2. Tlwwgi in the wilderness, iC MIS mo,omoua~- (1) ,It,is-endowed.with.Aea~ng potDM, . "To the woman were.given .two wing1 of a. great eagle." It is .endowed with soaring instincts and facultiea. Like the eagle, the Ohurch baa. the power to tj.se. from the. earth, -penetrate the olouds, ana bask in azure. "It can mount up on wings as eagles." (2) It has the wiok emih. W-erN;N- "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth," etc. (ver.16). -D.T. Ver.16.-Natureserving OhrhtUnas. .,Tbee&rthhelpedthewoman." Byoommon consent "the.woman" here means 1'8Q88med humanity, or. t\J.11, children 9(.God collec- t\vely, or, in other words, wht is called the Church. 1. He'F appeara,u:t ·hi wonderful. "Clothed with the sun." 2~ Het [WO!Jffl1J is wonderful *She brought tenh-• mltn- ohild." 8. Her Mfagimut is wonderful The devil Is the great enemy of J'.e(leemM' humanity; and•thedescription gi"8?1, of him. indicates that 'he ia'a being of littlpendbus force and ,malice. 4:. Her injtmm:x, iii wonderful. Supernatural beings enga~ ia ~ ' oonflict•<>n her acqonnt. There was .;war in heaven. ·_. The subject he,re ~a Na.~ ~nq OhriBtUfJ,al; 'fl:e _eartla.~nl!-t1;1re:;--"helped the wotnan "-embo41ed 01:lt,is~~l·, Nat.tire ~lps Chnstline~~m vanous.way11. , . . . .. . d ,,; " L ~-r _JTS GRAND BE:V,::µA '.l®llS.,. · , ~at1,l?8 rev~s all tlie grand su,bJeotlJ th~t ~,tf~uf# tjie V!ll')' f~ndation .of Bibl(MiiscQl'8.ries. 1. '/Jwre ~ 00</.. .All_.. na~~ proelaiQJ... ~ only ,b,w llxi{l,tence, but his _personality, unity-, spirituality, ~ 1 , gooo:nes,, ,po,rer. 2.,~.ia lcuo. . Every pa.rli is under the rigorous reign oC 1&-w.. -A"liy,infraouon.-af nature's laws carries penal.ties; 3 •. There is mediation. · The principle· of inediatkm runs, through all _nature; One element. one agent; one _-_ ~ everywhere -·lllning anothet. 4. · There -is t'esponsi'r,(lity. _In the human -world, ·men ,re everywh!1te- l'flli6g- niied._ u-. iesponsible, men'eveey;where feel .their'respo~lli~ilitf. :·~; Thef'e'la:~; Th8f8; in. ha~e ovet all nature. Every part haorenas wh~ch no intellect can JJIIJ:f~'te; Th" w'1,ole umverse_ seems to :float on the dark sea of :mys.tery, Now, all th~ ittbJ~ whiqh we find in. nature we f\n4 also ;in the Bible, Hen~e 11ature ·~!lll_J ·aUlo_·•..,~_ illustrate the ·meaning. of the .Bibl: and confirm its tru~ It is. a gmw.., ppra,b),!i,: llence "the earth helP'- the wo~n. · " - . .1 , , • , .II, BY ITS MOBAµ IllPBESSIONS: Nature is suited t.o make impressiOllS 11p:in., t\til earth corresponding exactly with those which Chr.iatianity essays to produce... ;l,: 116 sen,e of depffldene&. ,How infinitesimally little mi,.n feels beside the great hills,tco~ ing•the _ocean billow1 and'nnder '~" awful s~sl • Amidst the majesty :of;llatuh?a ap;pearaneoo be feels himself td be noth,ing, am,, ·less than nothing, He 'feels 'oor.tie along ,,1f~ stt!'w upon the resist_l~ _fl.#' of destiny_;. 2. R ~ : How gfyll,t Ii~ God !lppe!L'r' ,in _nature, in the ni.fuute' as w,'!11 as the vMt I ~ An un~evirut as.~ol}ler'il! m~~" ,There ·iii fl. spirit in nature that seems _to say to ev-ery thollg'htfuI'soµl~~• Tal:~ thy shoes from off thy feet," etc. 3. Contrition. The atreams 9f Divi~~ .~n~ seem to :well up fi:9m every blade, ~ow down Oil e.very ray, beat in every wave pf.au", and,are, v(l(lll} with reproof to guilty man for his ingratitude and disobedience .towards his Malrer. 4,. .Worahip. · In reason's ear a thousand voices speak to man. "¥.-ke a joyful noise unto the Lord, sing ..forth the honour of his Name." Now, these are just the imPffi!iions that the gospel aims to·produce; and thus nature serves :Christmnit,t by endeavouring to produce the same spiri~ual results; and in this way; again, ""tae earth helps the woman." ·' .. · ·· .. · . · , , ,,, . · TII. BY l'l'8 -~TIPLIED 'nnrmmori. ·. Men; by studying natu're a,ri'd employing· itii laws,· elements;· and forces fcit. their in~llect"ual and tenipqral nee■, 'i.w att.afued th~ art_ . s which are''b.igl:ily .coi:id~civ( ~ the_ lld-.ancement_· or:·Ohtistianitj~. _i; ,TA•rh'.i m~. Trs,de brings tli#·remotesi natiqns together .in '.a con:unon inte~ .:The J]leaitti f.or e;i::porting coinmooitjes°)1re available for e+porting . the Wor~ qf. r:aocL ,i 'f~~ the preu_. The prei!f is an invention of nature, and an invention wbiqh Jjl 830 THE REVELATION OF ST, JOHN THE•; DIVINE. [OH. xm. 1-18.
adumt.bty,,nited to advance.Christianity. liihas already borne the gospe-1 t,o the most dmlmt .part of the earth. 8l ~ ii painling. ['\he a,i,t by which man :t.-a:nsfera the fOdlii af,11aiul'e; • embodies his own, conception 'Of· beauty on· -the can'YIII. :, By tldt: n4'hle ai1;:tb6atenei' &b.d charilcters of the Bible, and evea our blessed Lord h ~ are broaght.'l\vltli! 'a vit:icl reality under- the notice of men. ' 4: There u m~: The -inagie an whio!Pcatohe81the floating sounds of nature ~d wea~ them inoo ·strains of melody, thd·istir ttie deepest f94ilings. Never does trath come with such strange majesty to the:heart'cas..,rhen·.it comes floating on the W&l"e of. melody;. 6. T1rdc i.a gove,-n'IM1tl. Goffrnment· is of the;e:arth, earthy; but it helps Christianity. The Roman• goyern- ment, in thaiirst ages, did it good,~rvice, and ail ,oiviJ. governments -that lteep to: their tnie province Be!ve it. now.-D. T. . · . ··
ijXPOSITION~ , · XI - The ess1mtial idetltity or thi11 'be111Jt wftb the lo·'n ,, •' {JH~7"TER ~ dragon of eh.·:z:ii; 3 is pie.inly shown. There- .. i"¥er. l .....And l:irt.ood upon Che 1imd of the Sata1dsdeseribed iri his personal,charact.er: - . . Th~ Bevlile!l, VetJijoo, ~il!g with· here, be,,-is ·described un~n:the 11speot :of r:c, 4,, ~:i~te, SY14l,o,, ~hiPpio, A,rme- , .tb~e • ~~ing .power .~ ;ij}fhJWOrld,., T:he 1,\t!,1)~1:18, ~~s.;l~<iB:ii, "be~/' , ..... h!Wl 1s ana_logou!l to ~.19llD.il in