Second advent library

`87to obtain poweroverour fellows! 'For thehour is come, and is already manifest, whenreligion will no longer be used as a steppingstone to earthly power, and to enslave theminds of the freemen in Christ.ll. And the merchants of the earth shall weepand mourn over her; for no manbuyeth their merohandiseany more.The merchants are the greatmen of theearth, see 23d verse. These shall weep andmourn over this mighty engineto deceivemen in morals as well as in politics, becauseof the loss of its powerover theirminds ; for men will not be deceived by hersorceries any more, "For by thy sorcenkaswere all nations deceived." See last clause22d verse.12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and pre~cious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, andand silk, and scarlet, and all thyne wood, and apurple,l mannervessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of mostprecious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.13. And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, andfhmkincense, and wine, and oil, and fine Bout, andwheat, and beasts, and sheep, and bones, and chariots,and slaves, and souls of men.14. And the fruits that thy soul lusted after, arede arted from thee, and all thingsaus which were goodlyare departed from thee, and thoudainiysh tlind them no more at all.These are a description of the merchan-