Second advent library

LECTURE XII.1REV. v. 5.And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not : behold, the Llon ofthe trlbe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevalled to open the bookand to loose the seven seals tholeotlTea book of Revelation has been called by tll0l18l.lldla sealed book; and manya dear saint, while in this imgerfectstate of vision and knowledge, has wept much,could not read and understand the book.For it is very evident that the book of Revelation is notonly interesting in its symbolical and mystical descriptions,natural scenery, and figurative language, but it isrich in truth, and the communication of events then hidunder the veil of futurity, and would only be unfoldedto the natural visions of men, many to come. Johnhas written this book after the laws ages onature; that is;he has seemed to copy after some of the richest endmost picturesque scenes in nature's laws. He has, inreveal' truths to our minds, followed the samesteadyecausetheycourseuiiat fonmtains of water do in their course to thesee. He begins as it were back upon the mountains,where the head may be but e. fountain, and there givesus a description of the source. He then glides ntlyalong through the vale below, winding between andmountains, visiting in his course the hamlets of thepeasant, the villages of men, the populous towns andcitiesus in theocean o eterni . At appears to describ'oi; commerce, untérgehlznds us or leaaessome bubbling orgentle spring, and swelligg