Second advent library

causis ncosn colnlo. 179b cilled thtbook of IQ/`e, the names of all the redeemedin heaven, in earth, or under the earth, arewritten,which are not known to any man, neither will be known,until the last seal is broken open; for the judgment willdeclare who is on the Lord's side. For the apostle tellsus, plainly, " Our lives are hid with Christ in God; that,when hewith him in lo-appears, then we shall appearry." And ohn tells us, Rev. xxi. 26, 27, "And greyshall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it,and there shall in no wise enter into it any thing thatdeiilelh, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, ormaketh a lie; but they wlrichm-ewrittenintheL¢unb'|qg IT."book "And whosoever was not foimd writtenin the oo of life,was cast into the lake of fire." A 'nz"And they whose names were not written in the Txookof life, from the foundation of the world, shall wonder,"&c. This book, although we are abundantly informedthere is one, in the right hand of him that sitteth u nthe throne, no man, as wc are any where informed, lionbeen able to look upon it, or open it, or to read its contents.This, then,IB the book, on account of whichJohn to know its contents. And so it has beenwith all wegt hristians. Theyare anxious to know whethertheir names are written in the Lamb's book of life. Butyou must first learn, my dear brother in Christ, to live byfaith; and faith, too, founded on the book in which you canlook- of which you may read thepromises, the prophecies,and commands. But into the ook of life you cannever look, imtil the Lamb of God shall open the seventhseal, and the righteous dead be raised, to meet with thedear Savior in that world of lory, when the book willbe opened in the (presence ofgthe universe, and he willown you as his,an crown you with joy unspeakable andiiill of glory.ll I shall nowgive the history of t.he seven seals,with the time of their After the prophecyripening.ofthe seven churches, in e 2d and 3d chapters of Revs.lation, John has a view of the heavenly host, singing thegrand song, and gives us a description of the heavenlychoir, and apart of the song. He likewise introducesthe book, sealed with seven seals, and shows who on