shall minister at her altars. The walls of her mighty temples will be sbatter0d 1 a.nit the shrieks of many an unclean bird shall reverberate from oolWWl to oolWWl of her dilapidated pile. "ThUI terribly shall Babel fall, Th-nd no more be. found at all In Note: 1. TM amazing e:i:tmt of the dominion of papal Romtt fflllY ~ flll u villi wonder. It is terrible indeed to see this harlot committing fornic&tion with t.he kings of the earth, seated upon many waters, intoxicating the nations with her gre11.tness, and carrying her corruptions and abominations to the ends of the ear~h. But all is fore- written, that we might not be alarmed, however we may be distressed. Therefore~ 2. We ought not to be diamayed., a, if II011le t:alamity had unaware, 1Jefall,m, the UIOl"l(l. It has not come otherwise than was· foretold to the apostle in Patmos. The fourteen outlines of the ground-plan described in the preceding homily show an exact oo~ spondence between the Word of God and the events of history. 3. Nar ~hould -J.r far the ji,twl isaue. The word which forecast Babylon's rise has foretold its fall. 4. Meanwhile, be " our, nol to be caught by appearance.,. To thill day the harlot is bedecked and bedizened in gold and silver and precious stones. Her pomp and pride and the prestige of her 11.ncient date charm many into a blind compliance with her amours. Many wish to drink of the gol:den cup which is in her hand. But ah! e,IQU •apostasy may be covered with pearls, and the beast may be olad in scarlet. WW ia bemath , 5. Even when, hoWflver, the fall. of Babylon the gf'«l,t shall come, that· will not be the end; one more conflict will a.wait the Church. The ten horns that. have tumed round on the harlot will make war with the Lamb. There will remain the war ·between the beast and the King of kings and Lord of lord11. 6. Therefore, finally, le it °""' to lie MnOfl.fl thou who are with Oh~, and to whom the three epithets may be titJy applied-" called," "chosen," and "faithful." All tawdry show and carnal blaze are doomed. Only what ill t.rue and real will live on unharmed for ever. LGu Deal
HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 14.-The war with the Lamb, This chapter and the next are mainly OOCllpled with the description of the combatants-the city, the court, and the provinces of Rome-,; who waged war against the Church of Christ, and therefore are said to "ma.lte war- wUh the Lamb;" and with (eh. xviii.) the fall of the oity, whioh was the centre and bead of the whole war against Christ. We hold to the belief that St. John was telling, 11ft of something in the far future, which could be but of little avail to ihe penecut.ed Churcb of his day, but of events which were near at hand, immiuent, ,and !lhould "shortly come.to pal!!I," 'fherefore, concerning the interpretation which makea Daniel• explain St. John, and understands the seven kings as the seven world-empires from Egypt to Rome, and the ten horns as the future dismemberment of the Roman empire- how, we ask, could the knowledge of this then far-future event help the .auiferiog Mints, to cheer and strengthen whom was the one chief purpose of this book.? . To aay nothing of the incongruity of speaking of Rome in St. John's day as a pow9!' that, .. was, and is not" (ver. 11); or that in hill day ii had received a "deadly wound" .(eh. xiii. 8); or that the dismembered Roman empire. of which we and most of modern Europe have for nigh a thousand years formed parts, should continue only "a, short space/' ,We should tee! pressoo. with the difficulties of this interpretation were there none other whioh avoided them. But as there is such other, we feel compelled to adopt it. We do not say that this one has no difficulties, but they are small in ·comparison with iboiie belonging to the one we have refused. And now let us consider- .I. "THBSB" WHO KAKB WAB WITH 'l'HB LAMB, Who are they P We be,lieve & John to refer: 1. 2b the court qf Rome, especially to the monster Nero, the emperor. (1) He is described: (a) As "the beast." Sometimes this name stands for· the Ood• aml-Cllirist opposing world-power in general, the secular antiohrist of the several ages; and sometimes for the embodiment of that power in one person, as in Nero. How he deserved the name by reason of his ferooity, cruelty, and bestiality, let Taeit,.a tell. am! many othel'a wlw knew (of, Renan's • L'Antichrillt '). (b) As soon to be QO ffl, THE REVELATION OP. ST. JOHN THE DIVIN_E. [Olf. un. 1-18.