Second advent library

'10|macros: vn.vunioking of Italy? "And none shall help him'es, naparte was by the British, after he hadto the resigned is andhimself into their hands, carried aprisonerof St. Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean, where he diedin exile. "He shall come to his end, and none shallhelp him."By this history the kings of the earth may learn, thatGod can, with ease,'perfectcome,break them an theirkinlidoms to sopieces, thatthe windmay carry them away l' e chail; that no place shall befound for them.1 shall now examine the remainder of Gabriel's message,contained in Daniel xii. 1, " And at that time shallMichael stand up, the great Prince which standeth forthe children of thy people." Michael, in this passage,must mean Christ; he is`the great Prince, and Princeofrprinces. he time here spoken of is when Bonaparte shallcome to his end, and none to help him. This was inthe latter part of the year A. D. 1815. There are twbfor which Christ stands u for to ac-things his peoplecomplish; one is their faith, and) the other their judgment.Jer. iii. 13. Now, it is evident he did not thenstand up intherefore I shall choose theformer, that gidgment; e stood up to plead the cause of hispeo lc, to restrain backsliders, and to add to the churchof £011 many who should be saved. And blessed behis holy name, he accomplished 'his purpose; for in theyears 1816, 17, 18, more were converted to thefaith of Jesus than had people een for thirty years before,Almost, and I know not but every town in these stateswas visited with a shower of mercy, and hundreds andthousands, yea, tens of thousands, were bom into theinvisiblekindgdomof the dear Redeemer, and theirnames recor ed among the members of the church ofthe first born. This has lasted in agreatmeasure for20 years, and has spread over a largeshare of theChristian world; even the islands of the sea have liftednp their voices to God, and the wilderness has bloomedlike the rose, and the heathen have seen of his salvation.The grace of God has distilled upon us like the