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cun|sr's slcoxm course. 251their object; but into the dark recess of' the tombthey dare not, they would not, follow. The great reddragon (the Roman power) had his life when achild, but the hour had not come. soiight erod sought his lifewhen a man, but he could not succeed until the last dayof the seventy weeks should be accomplished Thenthe powers of earth, wicked men, and devils, could combineto take the life ofthe Lord of glory. Then, whilethese powers had control, the heavens hid their face;nature stood back aghnst, and the material world shudderedwith a groan. Then, at that awful, iitful period,he who had been the object of all this malice, criedwith a loud voice, " It is finished !" The work on earthin the flesh is finished; the temptations of Satan arefinished; the persecution of his brethren are finished;envy, malice, and hatred towards the rson of Christ arefinished ; the power of earth, hell, and"wicked men to doany thing with him, is finished; death has no more terrorsover him. It ifsfinished.Although Christ had finished his work, and had enduredall the sufibrings which he was to finish; yet in hisspiritual body, the church, the measure of his suB'eringswas to be filled up. His people must pass through thesame scenes in the world as their divine Master had experiencedfrom satanic temptations and the_hatred of theworld. "The world will hate you and persecutefor my name's sake, dvloueven as the hated me before eyhated you," says our blessed Redeemer. Therefore thesame manifestations of cruelty, contempt, persecution,and death, were to be acted over again in the churchuntil the 2300 years should be accomplished, whenChrist would comeagain, receive home his weary, persecutedpeople, conquer death, and him that had thepower of death, which is the devil. "And there came ngreat voice out ofthe temple of heaven from the throne.,saying, It is done." The power of earth, hell, and wickedmen over the dear people of God, is done. Theirtemptation in the flesh is done; their trials,and death itsepersecutions,f,are done.sufferings, darkness, fears,As the sufferings of the head was finished in Christ, sowill all the pains of the body be completed when theseventh and last vial shall be poured into the air, and