Second advent library

I54 ncruu x.by his name, we have worn our own clothing, and calour own bread, and instead of being clothed upon, weshall find ourselves naked. Shall we not be ashamedbefore him at his coming, if we are in this situationwhen he comes? 0, what an awful thought! Thereforelet us now receive the further admonition, " Andanoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see."To anoint the eyes, in afigurative sense, is to examinethe truth and evidences ot Scripture, that we may seeclearly our state and standing as it respects our chanctertowards God and our hope in his future aid, promises,and blessings. It is to see our sins, and feel the needof help, to know our weakness, and trust in his strength-in one word, it is to repent and believe in the gospelof Jesus Christ For he "says, As many as I love I rebukeand chasten: be zealous therefore and repent."Here, then, is one comfortable promise to this lukewarmchurch. If there is tried, cbastened, penitent soulin this church, this Laaryicean state or age of the church,they have the promise of his love, his everlasting love,hiskindness he will nottake from im, although he sho d " visit their trans-unchanglea le love; his loving]giéessions with a rod, and their iniquity with stripes"zealous, therefore, brethren, and repent.20th verse, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."He that is the "Amen" is now at the door. In thi Laodiceanage of the church he comes; he knocks by hisFdgmenls, by the fulfilment of the signs, by his word,y all the means of grace that God has ever used toalarm the sleepy, slumbering virngins of his I stanalpproach.at theHe gives the cautionary word, " ehold,door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open thedooi, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, andhe with me." In this passage of are brou htdown to the marriage supper of prophecivnwe the anothermb-and astrong testimony that the churches are to be consideredin a mystical sense, and the language or subjectprophetical. For this is certainly the saying of Jesus,the faithful and true witn ; " for the of Jesusis the spirit testimony of prophecy." Rev. xix. 7-9, " et us rejoiceand be glad, and give honor to him; for the mar-