flision i, «icquieitelg suitable, Wha.t can qnench the thint like water? What water is to the thirsty body, the gospel is to the ever-craving aoul, e:i;:quuitely fitted to meet ~ ~ . 2. The proviaion is absolutely free. It is free to us alL " Whosoever will.• All tcibes and classes of men are included in this "whosoever,n It is free, without payment, " without money and without prioe.• The provision is 811 free 811 the air we breathe. IL I~ TBB PBB81!ING INVITATION 'l'O '1'HB PBOVISJ0'.111", 1. The DifliM .SpirU ,ay,. " Come." He is constantly wooing souls to this water of life. 2. The <Jhriatia• Chtweh ,ays, " Come." The Church takes up the invit.&tion of the Spirit. repeats, and spreads it. 3. The menr nearer is commanded to say," ()ome." He on whoae ear.the distant echo of the word " Come" may fall, should take it up and voice it on. . Thus infin,ite meroy has not only made such a provision, but sounds the invitation through. the Spirit, through the Church, through all that hear, (Jome I oomeLcomel He •peaks to the world through a thousand voices.-D. T. Vars. 18, 19.TT"'TA, pomMity .ana penalty of a greal t;riJM, "J testify. nnto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,· If any .man," etc. In these very remarkable words we. have two. thin~the p<niibil'ity and.. the penalty of a grea& crii:ne. The great crime is adding to and taking from the Word. , •· L TEB' POBBIBJLl'l'Y OP A GREAT cuut:B. What is the possible crime ao solemnly addJ"8!188(l. to all who peruse this Apocalypse-this Apocalypse of unseen and eternal trutlta? 1. There is a sense in which things can be added to this book. By giving interpretation which misrepresent it. 2. There is a sense in which things cannot be added. to-or .taken from this book. What are those things? 'l'he absolute truth, the immytable love, \he eternal rectitude, and the moral ucellence of God, . You .cannot add to. these. .They are the spirit, the e8$tlnce of Jill-the all-pervading and inde,. structi}>le lllement of the whole. book. Who can destroy or add to th1uudimental el,~nts of the. mat.erial universe-the elements that build up and remove mount.a.ins,, that create rivers and oceans, that spreaq out the landscapes, plant .the forest, and. ea.use the. atmosphere, the waters, ano the. earth itself to teem with .untold millions of liru.ig. things. the forms of all. we see in the heaveDS above,• an'd around, and be;neath WJ? Were they all to vanish away, the rudim«tntal element. that .produced all wUl. remain indestructible-remain to produce all these objects. and ten thousand l)lore•.. &Jn the mor<JZ domain of truth, rectitude, apd love. You cannot add anything to ,them,, nor can you take anything from them-" not one jot or tittle." · · , IL '1'.BJU'BNALTY oP A «J~AT eBlllB, "ll any man shall add unto·them, God ahall .aj4 oo.to him the plagues that are written in this book," etc. What does he put upo,n this book ? V Bin and fanciful glOS11811; makes it speak of thlbgs triffing, or, .aill worse, makes it speak things untrue to fact; or yet. worse st.m.,maltescit curse those whom God has not cursed, those whom prejqdice and party spirit alone,have · wilfully apd unch~tably set up as foes. Does he not add to. the words of the pro- phecy? And what, again, does he who closes his Bible at the Epistle of St. Jude, an( n"er studiee or ponders the solemn or momentous pages which follow? Does he no, praeiioally take •way from th_e words of the prophecy, a.nd forget, at l.rast, th_e bleasing of those who keep and love 1t? From these, and all si.wh errors, on the nght hantl and on tbe left, may God of his great mercy preserve us all I ( Dr. Vaughan).-D. T. Ver. 20.:.:....Man hai"llng fk ~ - "Amen, Even so, come, .Lord J88UL• There are four states of mind amongst men in relation to the last day. Some are indifferent _to it, 811 were the antediluvians in relation to the Deluge; some scornfully deny it,38 did the infidels in the days of Peter; some are horror-stricken at it, as were the dm:noniace mthe time of Christ; and some welcome it, as John did now, 'l"hree . Ulinga are implied in this last state of mind. I. ,A OONVICTION THAT SUCH A DAY WILL DAWlf, n. A 00NvrdT1011 oF 'A PRJWABEDNEss '1'0 I!N'l'BB ox THE TRur.. Ill. A CONVIOTION THAT TBK BJESUL'l'S OP THAT J)AY WILL B.l!I PB.AUG.BT WlTII PEBSOBAL GOOD.-D, T.
Ver. 21.-Supreme benediction. "The grace of our Lord Jesus be with the saintl. '680 TUE REV1U.ATION OF ST~ JOIIN THE DIVINE. .[ou; :r.m.1-21.