state? If now the angel should swear by Him who liveth for ever and ever, that there should be time no longer, should I rejoice? If so, then shall I not mourn now at the flight of time, but rejoice in the near approach of an eternity of blessedness, through the merits of my adorable Saviour.

"Sweet is the thought time flies apace,
This earth is not our resting-place;
And sweet the promise of the Lord,
To all who love his name and word.

"Then Christian pilgrim dry thy tears,
Comfort beyond this vale appears;
An eye beholds thee from above,
The eye of God-and God is love."

[31ST SUNDAY.

"The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever."-REV. XI. 15.

"THE Lord reigneth," is a text dear to the heart of every Christian. He rejoices in the thought that his gracious and Almighty God controls and governs every event great and small, and that He has promised that all things shall work together for good to them that love Him. But, alas! he sees around him an antagonist poweran enemy of God-who is allowed for the present to rule over the children of disobedience, and for the present to hinder the kingdom of God and of his Christ. Satan's cause seems to triumph in the world; and sin and Satan are continually striving for the mastery, even in his own heart: and over this he mourns, and this makes him long for the time when the Lord God Omnipotent alone shall reign; when every

enemy of God, and his Christ, shall be for ever destroyed.

Oh! what a bright and glorious glimpse of heaven is here! "The kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever." "Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth." Then there will be no opposing power, no enemy of God, no enemy of his own soul; every foe vanquished, eternal victory won, fear for ever gone, his brightest hopes realised! Well, is it now my delight to do the will of God? Is it now my earnest desire that the Lord should reign in me and around me? Does He govern every thought and feeling of my heart? Are my words and actions subjected to his dominion? Is He my King? Then may I hope to participate in the joy of heaven, when it shall be said, "Hallelujah, the Lord God Omnipotent

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reigneth." Is it also my anxious desire that Jesus should reign in the world? What am I doing to promote his cause among the nations of the earth? Have I done anything during the past week? Did I pray, did I give of my substance? Did I exert myself for my Saviour's cause and kingdom? The time for labour is rapidly closing: "Work

while it is day, the night cometh when no man can work."

Hallelujah! for the Lord

God Omnipotent shall reign; Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main !

Hallelujah! hark, the sound,

From the abysses to the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies.
See Jehovah's banner furl'd,

Sheath'd his sword! He speaks-'tis done,

And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son."

[32D SUNDAY.

"And no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand who were redeemed from the earth."-REV. xiv. 3.

WHAT is this song which none but the redeemed of mankind can learn? It is the song of the Lamb. Its burden is, "Thou art worthy, for thou wert slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood." And why can none but the redeemed of mankind learn this song? Angels can say, "Thou art worthy," but they cannot add, "Thou wert slain for us." The unbelieving and impenitent cannot learn it, for they believe not in the worthiness of Jesus; they feel not their need of Him, they know not his love. But can we learn it?-are we learning it? For, if we would join in this song in heaven, we must learn to sing it here. We must learn to know our own unworthiness, our own vileness, and guilt, and danger, and the worthiness of Jesus; we must learn the price at which He has de