thy seed and gather it into thy barn ?—The seed of Abraham, according to the promise made to him in Isaac and Jacob. The saints who have died in the faith of immortality. "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. But thou O! Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end : many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. These words were closed up and sealed till the time of the end. The house of Israel were duly warned of the close of the second watch and opening of the third watch namely: 1875-and twenty years and ten months is one watch-and the time will be shortened for the elect's sake-when this Flying Roll is completed. "And if He shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants."

Wherefore dear friends consider well the times in which we are now living-" when the branch of a fig-tree is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." "Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.-Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Dear friend, art thou desirous of becoming a true follower, a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ? We say a true follower -not one who follows Jesus for the sake of loaves and fishes —but a true follower, not at a distance, not a disciple who comes privily at night for fear of persecution from the world; -art thou willing to be yoked with Him, and learn of Him, and like Him be poor in spirit, mourning over the evil around you— to be like Jesus, meek and lowly; dost thou hunger and thirst after righteousness, truth and equity?-Dost thou love mercyand seek a pure heart?—Art thou willing to take up His cross, thy cross and bear with patience, in meekness, in bowed and unfeigned humility the persecutions and taunts of this world for Christ's sake ?-dost thou long for purity, holiness, sanc

tification and purification and to have thy blood cleansed.? Remember dear friend that God has promised to cleanse thy blood from the bite of the serpent, by which thy blood became inoculated with the evil-if thou seek for it. Yes dear friend, He has promised to cleanse our blood during these days of Daniel-in this present mortal state-during the partial redemption of Israel-as it is written in the book of Joel: "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion."-We have many things to say upon this subject, but thou canst not bear it yet-we cannot speak plainly upon this subject, being unlawful to utter to the Gentiles-but it is lawful in the Holy of Holies of the New House of Israel-and if thou press forward all things will be made clear to thee. We ask thee, dear friend, dost thou wish to follow the Lamb whithersoever He leadeth thee-in and out of the rich and green pastures of Christ ?—if this be thy earnest desire dear friend, we must tell thee plainly that thou cannot pass under the sword and between the swords of the Spirit into the pastures of Christ so long as thou art unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?"-dear friend thou cannot serve God and mammonthou must either gather or scatter-thou must either sow to the flesh or the Spirit. If thou wilt come and follow in the footprints of the lowly Jesus thou canst not bring the world with thee in thy pocket-thou must cast aside every weight,thou canst not bring a dead carcase with thee and walk arm in arm with the living,-thy agreement with death and covenant with hell must be disannulled, thou canst not countenance or have any part with this present Apostate Christendom-for they do cause the enemies of Christ to blaspheme and they bring reproach upon His holy name. They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him daily to open shame. "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you,

and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."-Thou art called this day to come out of the world, that thou mayest not be condemned with the world.-Come, friend, come and dwell in the City, which is the Lord and Jerusalem above, for He is Lord of thy earthly body and above all earthly kings.-Cast all thy idols of silver, and thy idols of gold which thou hast made for thyself to worship, to the moles and bats; and come to the holy mount of Israel and worship in spirit and in truth.-—The living God calls upon thee now, to come out from the MINGLED SEED, to come out from them who are for death and be separate, free from both husks and tares.-It is that Spirit who now calls thee who appeared to Moses in the bush, and unto Enoch, Elijah, and our Lord Jesus Christ;-while it is called to-day do not quench the Spirit-nor turn a deaf ear to the voice of the Shepherd of Israel.-Come out from the mingled seed and the mammon of unrighteousness.-The God of Israel is now blowing the horn and thou hearest it now: and who is He blowing it to?—It is to those who hear and understand. They that blow the horn, it is to gather their master's sheep or cattle. Each farmer has his own sheep and cattle, but will the cattleall run to the sound of one horn? or will they run to their own flock? For every ox knoweth his master's crib, and will eat of what is there provided for them ;-so it is with every denomination this day, and those who hear their Master's horm and followeth after it, will both hear and understand, and will eat of that which His master giveth. Thus saith the Lord, it is the outcast and dispersed among the Gentiles that will hear the sound of their master's horn, and will come and eat, and not alter that which is given to them.-A little while ago, we were ALL of the first Adam, being in the evil of the world, and if they are as dear to thee as the apple of thine eye; leave them and withdraw thyself from them, and if they revile, revile not again;-those are the gods that have feet, but walk not; eyes, but see not; ears, but hear not; tongues, but speak not.-If it has been our painful duty to use harsh expressions against this present apostate Christendom, we wish it to be distinctly understood, that we have

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not done so out of a railing spirit,-for a railing spirit God does hate, for it is written: "Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusations against them before the Lord." And "Michael the Archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said: The Lord rebuke thee." It is written: "That we must not render evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing."-On the other hand we know that the three woes will abide on us, if we do not faithfully warn the seed of Israel against the evil by which they are surrounded, and in which they are held captive this day.—When the Lord Jesus Christ left the glory of His Father and descended upon this planet and took the nature of man upon Him;—at that time Judaism was in the same apostate condition that Christendom is in to-day. John the Baptist did not rail upon them, but when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them: "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees.”—In the history of Judaism there had never been a greater profession of religion than in the days of our Lord;—but the little light in them was turned into darkness.-The light shone in this darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not. He was in the world and in the midst of all this profession of religion, but the world knew Him not ;-albeit His coming was clearly laid down in the prophets. He came unto His own but His own received Him not. The Jews were full of an outward show of religion. -They considered it a sacrilege to eat without washing, but they could say to their father and mother (whom God commanded them to honour) “it is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, and honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus (said Jesus) ye have made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

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Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you saying: this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."-The most learned Rabbi and doctor of the Sanhedrim was looked upon almost as a semi-god and raised to the highest position;-but when Jesus came, He groaned in spirit at so much empty vanity and turned the picture upside down, placing the little child on top, and the learned Rabbi at bottom, saying: "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me and whosoever shall receive me receiveth Him that sent me for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great."—And Paul adds: "The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than For ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence."-What a contrast!—when we look upon the meek and humble Jesus, who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich in all spiritual gifts.We look upon Him,-the little stranger,-unknown, uncared for save by the little flock,-in a manger in company with the ass of the field. The foxes might have holes and the birds of the air have nests but He had nowhere to lay His head-a stranger in the midst of His own brethren whom He had come to seek and to save. We look upon His disciples,-His humble followers,-poor illiterate creatures despised by the world—buffeted, driven from city to city; working, toiling for a bare subsistence and preaching the gospel amid opposition,insult-imprisonment and death;-what a contrast!! as we gaze upon Judaism in the year of our Lord and at Christendom in the nineteenth century after.-What a fashionable life