heart, possessing both lights, shining in and on him, until he receives the sun, which then casts out their light, and he becomes mortal and immortal, both meet together and become then as the light of seven days.-For He causes the four winds to blow; though there is but one Spirit to gather and blow upon the whole house of Israel, which are the two immortal Spirits from above, and two mortal below;-and they shall fill the whole heavens and earth with glory-so the glory of the latter house shall exceed that of the former.

All the spirits of the just are now waiting the time for the tree of life to be shewn,-for it to be made manifest ;-hence this Flying Roll is sent out among the Gentiles as "Extracts— in Embryo" to guide them to the door of the Inner Courtinto the Holy of Holies; that they may see all things clearlyand understand.-Paul said: "We ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body." The twelve apostles are yet alive, in their descendants, and they will put on immortality; for they were waiting for the time when the day-star should arise, bringing forth the glad tidings.-The day-star has arisen and is here, and unto Him shall the gathering of Israel be. The voice of the thunders is heard-the voice of the Shepherd of Israel has been heard crying: "Come my lambs, Come Israel to me."Many of the spirits of the just have heard the voice and have recognized their mother tongue; for there is an irresistible affinity between these spirits.-The same affinity that caused. the hearts of the two disciples to burn within them as they talked with "the stranger" by the way, from Jerusalem toEmmaus. He made as though He would have gone furtherbut that affinity of spirit constrained Him and they said "Abide with us"—and He went in to tarry with them-their eyes had been holden until He went in with them-they did not know Him, but as soon as they were within doors “their eyes were opened and they knew Him"-so it is now-that happened in the "third" day-figurative of this day and third watch. To-day, your eyes are as yet holden, but if your hearts burn within you, if you recognize the voice-happy are you. You will learn within doors the meaning of the words

of Jesus, when He said: "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me."-You will then see clearly the meaning of the words: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." "Know ye not that we shall judge angels." You will then no longer judge spiritual things from an earthly standpoint. You will no longer dig for refreshing springs from the depths of the grave. You will stand on the top of Mount Zion on the other side of the grave with Enoch of the first dispensation-Elijah of the second, and the man Christ with the house of Israel of the third ;-the 144,000 bones, and exclaim with David: "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" i.e., in a living—an immortal body. Thou wilt then stand in Mount Zion and in the city of the living God, Jerusalem above;-surrounded by an innumerable company of angels.-The assembly of the firstborn and to the spirits of just men made perfect.-Thou wilt understand,-for thine eyes will no longer be holden, thine eyes will be touched the second time with the eye-salve of the land; no longer see men as trees walking. Thou wilt see the difference of glories in the sun, moon and stars, and how one star differeth from another star in glory.-Thou wilt see the difference between celestial, spiritual, terrestrial and immortal bodies.-Thou wilt then know fully and completely where thou wast when the Lord God Almighty laid the foundations of the earth. Thou dost only know now in part, but then thou shalt know even as thou art known.-Though he holds the souls of those that obedience was not found in,--yet, at the final resurrection God will let go their spirits, and raise their souls with incorruptible bodies.-Those spirits who did keep their first estate have they received bodies yet, to dwell in ?-no, they have not, they have not yet received immortal bodies. The first estate was for the body, so that their ending will be better than the beginning of their life. And so it was said at the marriage feast in Cana. The governor of the feast called the bridegroom and said: "Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men have well drunk,-then that

which is worse, but thou hast kept the good wine until now.”— -The feast in Cana is figurative of the three dispensations— the six waterpots typify the six days or six thousand years of God's dealings with the sons of men. This feast took place on the "third" day or third dispensation-the mother was present at the feast with Jesus :-typical of Zion and Jerusalem above filling the waterpots or bodies. Their mortal bodies being then changed from mortal to immortal, from water to wine. The vessels were sound, not cracked, had they been cracked they would not have held the water, they would have been useless and would return to the dust from whence they had been formed by the potter. But they were without flaw wrinkle or any such thing-and held the wine.-The hour had not then come, but was a figure of what the end would be when the third watch of that hour had arrived. The ruler of the feast knew nothing of the unseen hand who had so converted the water into wine-he saw not the spiritual work-he saw only the earthly. But the servants knew; and why were the servants permitted to know and not the ruler, with those seated in high places?-Because they obeyed the voice of the woman who had said to them: "Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it -so will all be favoured and blessed who "DO" whatsoever Jesus saith unto them-being not sayers but doers. This miracle was done, that His disciples might know and believe on Him, but in a more special sense it was done for those who did not see and yet have believed-in it, He manifested forth His glory" which would be in the end.—To look at any or all the miracles which Jesus did on earth, from a miraculous standpoint,-is only to look on the surface of the water, but to understand them fully, we must dive down in their depths-then and then only can we bring up the rich shells and pearls concealed in its caverns-and meditate in the refreshing grottoes of God's eternal love and wisdom.-Man's body is leased to him from God during the mortal life;—if the evil be taken away and destroyed-his body will not be taken from him-but his mortal body will put on immortality—in the flesh he will see God. But when evil overcomes man's body-he being only a tenant, notice is given to quit that

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body; and when man has overcome the evil then is the will of God fulfilled, then he knows his master's will-and all mysteries.-Abraham, Enoch and Elijah knew His will, and are alive, and Jacob in their issues-and are this day scattered round the planet. Unto them it is given to know the deep mysteries of God. Before man can have any knowledge of the deep workings of God,-he must first believe on God's Son whom He sent and do His will, so far as light is given to him. Then let him look upon the two women grinding at the mill;--with one glance, trace the whole of creation from the first woman to the last woman;-from the first Adam to the latter Adam in one tout ensemble."-The first woman was deceived and overcome of evil, the latter woman was overcome of the good. Behold then the two Eves, both earthly, and heavenly. All the blessings and glories promised by God in the Scriptures are given to "him that overcometh" evil by good. This is the tree of life. Woe, unto that woman who hath not her sister, the other helpmate; for she was taken away at the beginning, to show that man and woman were not the Creator, nor yet God.-Know the right door and enter, a woman through not entering this door will be separated from her husband Zion above.-And the husband from the wifeJerusalem above.-We have only glanced at this subject, but our time is now up-we shall enlarge upon this subject hereafter. We have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. We therefore conclude this part of the second sermon by remarking, that we commenced it by speaking of the rebellion and war in heaven, and we must close it with the same. There was war in heaven at the beginning, and there is war now among the armies of heaven, between the armies of Satan and the armies of the living God. The armies of Satan will shortly be dissolved like snow on a fire, in the grave. There is a spiritual war going on now at this moment between Michael and His angels-and the dragon and his angels: but of this more anon-and until then let us all remember the key: "The first shall be last; and the last shall be first-The last shall be first, and the first LAST."

END OF PART I.

EXTRACTS FROM THE "FLYING ROLL."

COMPILED INTO A SERIES OF SERMONS FOR THE

"GENTILE CHURCHES."

SERMON II. PART II.

"Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul"?-MICAH 6, 7.

"Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: then said I, lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God."-HEB. X. 5, 7.

We do not purpose in this discourse to enter into the subject of the common salvation of the soul.-That is a subject universally heralded from every pulpit in Christendom,—our shelves groan under the weight of volumes already printed upon this matter; many, in our humble opinion only tend to mystify the unlearned.-The Gospel of the salvation of the soul is very simply and clearly laid down in Scripture; that any wayfaring man though a fool need not err therein.There is no need to multiply words, no need to engage the attendance of thousands to listen to flowery discourses Sunday after Sunday, year after year upon a subject which can be simply stated in a few minutes.-The Gospel of the common salvation of the soul requires of man to believe with all his heart: that Jesus Christ is the Son of God-"Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."-"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death ?-Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection.”- "Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: but that we write