the supper.• "Whereaoever the caroase ii,, there shall the eagles be gathered together• for feasting. The ravenous vultures devour the fleah of thousaud&. The carrion on the battle-field is a rich feast for those armies, who, like the rapacious birds of prey. not only kill, but devour. These are the men engaged in this tremendous battle, in destroying all that makes human existence worth having-purity, freedom; kindness. friendship, wonhip. "Unto the supper of the great God." What is the feast of God? It is the utter ruin of all that ii opposed to the interests of the soul. Does not Heaven call on all to rejoice in the fall of wrong? This feast ii here represented in striking ■ymbol as the "flesh of kings, and the fi.esh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men. and the fiesh: of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both rand) small and great" (ver. 18). The utter ruin of all those mighty foroea, who foug1it for moral wrong, portrayed as a "beast,n the "great whore,• etc. Buch a ruin is in tmth a rich feast of God to all regenerate souls. Mark the 11icloria he achieves. · " And I saw the beast, and the kings, of the earth, and thm armies," etc. (nr; 19). All the abetton and promoters of wrong. The great tmth suggested b:, these verse■ on to the end of tlie chapter is that moral evil shall one day be utterly destroyed from off the earth ; even illa last remnant shall be consumed. The great Chieftain came t.o "destroy the works of the davu;• to " put away m by the sacrifice of himself,• to sweep the world of it.-'D. T. Ver. 10,-&r-oility and Avmility. "And I fell at hia feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren." These words may be taken as a representation of one bad thing and one good thing. I. Snvn.ITY THE BAD THING. John fell down before some one whom he regarded as greater than himself; not to one true God. This state of mind : 1. Bad, in itsilj. The crawling, 1ycophantio, cringing spirit. ia one of the most detestable things in human life. It is opposed to true manhood; it span:elizea the hwnan soul. 2. Bad in it. injlvenee. It is just that element in hUD'.ISD life that makes heroes of the base, Dints of hypocrites, lords of money-grubs, and divinities of :rulers. It builds up and 8U8tains in society all manner of impostnrea in Church.and atate. It is that which baa ■tolen nearly all true manhood from England. · II. HuJHLITY TBB 0001> THIXG. He to whom thla homage was rendered refused it. "See thou d,} it not." ·worship belongs only to God, "I a,m thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren." How unlike ui this man to the millions who are hungering for the cheers, the plaudits, the tlatteri,:a, the " praise of men "I Autho£B, artists, preachers, premiers, prelates-most of them also love the "praise of men." A tmly great. man, however, despiires it; he shrinks with disguat. from the courtiers, &nd kicks with indig:" nation the canting spaniels.-D. T. Ver. ta.-fle digAitI. of Ohrid. "On his head were many croWllS." It is ~gested-- . I. THAT THBSB mmrITIEB ARE OJ!' PltICELKSB V.A.LUB. What on earth does Dl8'l regard as more valuable than a "crow11 "? Poor fool I He has waded through aeas of blood, wrecked tbrouei,, ruined empires, risked all he poBB8888d, even life itself, iu order to win a <-. mwn.'" But what are all the crowns of the world oompo.red to the diadems that encircled the Being of Christ? II. THAT THESE DIGNITIBS ABE JUNIFOLD. " Many crowns." There is the dignity of an all-knowing intellect, the dignity of an immaculate conscience, the dignity of an absolutely unselfish love, the dignity of a will free from all the warping influences of sin, error, and prejudice. These diadems of priceless worth, though manifold, are aa y~t l:llldiscovered by the multitude. UL THAT THEIIE DIGNITIES ABE BELF-P:RODUC11:D. The honours which unregenerate men po!lll888, such as they are, are conferred by others, and the giver and the receiver of them are alike morally dishonoured in their acts of beatowment and acceptance. But the dignities of Christ, like the majestic branches of a tree, or the splendid pinions of a bird, grow out of himself. All his dignities are but the brilliant evolutions of his own great soul. IV. TB.AT TBBS■ DIG:Nl'1'1B8 ilB DIPENETRABLII. How soon the" crowns" worn by ' IIMn grow dim and· rot into dut I But Christ'a diadem, are incorruptible ; they will a nx. 1-21.) THE REVELATION OP ST. JOHN T-HB DIVllfB. •,
1p1rkle on for ner, and fill all t.he heavens oC immenaity with their brilliant laatre. -D.T.
Ver. 12.-TAe manifoldMB, n/ (Jhrisf I domi11 ion, "On hie head were many crown&." Crowns are man's emblems of the highest dignities and powers; and., in accommodaiioo. of. oar poor thoughts. Christ is here s1ioken of as h&vi.Dg " mmy arowna." .And trul7 he ha.a many dominions. L THE DG.IUNIDH OJ' IIA'l'TEB I8 BIS. 1. hwrgani4 maUw is under his aont.roL Atoms, mountains, rivers, oceans, pla.neta, • ~ and systems. He cont.rola tb.e atoms; he heaves the ocean; he rolls the heavenly orbs along; he is the Maater of all chemical and mechanical forces. 2. Organic ma.ttar ii u11der Ma C011t.rot (l) .AH vege/DlM life. 'l'he tiniest blade, up to the hugest monarchs of the forest, ai-e uudec him. He quiekeus. 1W1taiua, and developa them. (2) All animal 14fo. All that wem in eart.h &Ild air and sea ; he is the Master of all lifie-torces. II. THI!. DOMINION OP 111nm IS H18. 1. All mind ifl Afflwn. He iasplf'.'111 and directs all the hierarchies of celestial worlds. 2 •. All mmd on earth. 'l'he though~ impu.1-. * passions, and purposes of mankind are under his mMterhood. He originates the good controls the bad. How impious, how futile, how monstrously foolish, is it fOI' man to oppose the great Redeemer! He does reign, he mllllt reign, and will reign fur ever, He will reign over you, wi.th your will or against your will.-D. T•