save at the time of Noah; but that is not to be compared to the terribleness of the result of this epoch. Therefore let me forwarn you, each and all, to flee from the wrath to come; flee to the outstretched arms of mercy; make your peace with God; through a crucified Saviour be reconciled to him; be restored to his favor and holy image, that ye may be found in holiness, and be hid under his wings, and thus escape the doom of the wicked; for surely the rod of the wicked shall not come unto the righteous as long as they walk faithful in holiness with God. No! verily, now is the time our heads will be elevated in getting this Sabbath and Jubilee for a thousand years; the moin of which is near at hand. I consider the six thousand years since the beginning of the world nearly expired, and that the seventh will be this Sabbathaccording to the Jewish dispensation-during which Christ with his Saints will reign on the earth. Therefore, for the eternal welfare of your souls and bodies, be persuaded to make your peace with this Prince of Peace, ere he comes, and you will find him in war as an army with banners; terri. ble as an earthquake with thunder and lightning; when none of you shall escape his vengeance; even your father the devil, the prince of darkness, shall be captured, with all his legions of dark spirits, and be cast into hell; as we read from the same authority. "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand; and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season." As I said before as long as Satan is loose there will be iniquity on the earth, and his followers, they that love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil, and therefore rather serve him than God, will always outnumber the true christians-the sons of light and followers of the Prince of Peace, until this general defeat takes place, and he, the source of all evil, will be shut up. What foolishness! yea what madness, to serve such a master, openly or secretly -seeing he cannot save himself-much less those that trust in him, serve him, and delight in his filthiness. No! they shall be destroyed first on this day, and then the air shall be purged of ali devils, which shall be cast into hell for a thousand years; where there is hunger and thirst, weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth forever, and where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. Now the earth being cleansed from all filthiness and devils, the glorious Jubilee and Sabbath of a thousand years will commence, when the Saints and all the Redeemed of the Most High will reign Kings and Priests, with our blessed and Divine Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of glory. According to John, "And I saw thrones, and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." This will be a glorious era for the Church of Christ upon earth, when persecution, contention and strife will rage no more against it; when wars and the evil consequences thereof shall not be known during this period, no sin nor iniquity possibly exist, consequently no need of the Judgments from the Almighty, but in their stead will flow from the Holy of Holies blessings in Rivers refreshing all Of peace, love, joy, glory, happiness and bliss. We shall then be filled with the holy qualities of Angels and sing in divine strains the praise of our King Emmanuel, who will be to us a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty. O what a glorious and happy company, all of one mind and soul in Christ in one allied; these verses of holy King David will apply so perfectly to this holy and peculiar nation, "Behold how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skirts of his garments. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion, for these the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore.And these also will be fulfilled, when every one will be employed singing praise, "Praise ye the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord, praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God; praise the Lord for it is good; sing praise unto him for it is pleasant. For God has chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For 1 know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods." Blessed is the Lord henceforth and forevermore. I shall conclude with the following lines, which beautifully describe the heavenly period: Eternal Father, Prince of Peace, Omnipotent thou art; O may thy love in us increase, Lord in thy peace the earth abound, Sing thy praise and echoing round, And all in mystic union join And glory in thy glow: All kindreds, tongues, and people sing All now as Saints and Angels praise, And heaven and earth sing thy lays, Submissive at thy shrine; All kindreds, tongues, and people sing Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!! The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The King of Saints. Amen and Amen. DISCOURSE XIV, THE JUDGMENT MORNING. In my preceding discourses I have been showing the glorious dawn of the millenium and the resurrection of the Saints, the first resurrection as it is termed and the peace, joy, and happiness we shall be blessed with during our reign with Christ, our anointed Saviour, God and King. After this holy, heavenly Jubilee and Sabbath of a thousand years is ended, the Almighty Father will invite and receive to his holy court all these terrestrial sons of light; and therefore, by consequence we shall all be wasted into the regions of Eternal Light, and administered unto the Most High in the Holy of Holies. After this being accomplished Satan shall be liberated, according to the words of inspiration, by the blessed St. John, "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison." And quite likely with him those apostate spirits that fell with him from their first estate, and which were together with him cast into the earth, bound in chains in darkness unto the judgment of the great day; and which made such dreadful havoc among the children of men, alienating them from their Maker and leading them into the way of all sin, and iniquity, and abomination, so that in all ages, with few exceptions, these was an apostate race, a degraded people, delighting in committing depredation and crime, and in their estrangement from the exalted Image in which man was created, to be a praise and a glory to his Maker. And instead of returning to him they severed the ties that bound them yet further, and under the influence of their satanic master, plunged at times into ocean depth of iniquity, as at the flood, and at the time of Sodom and Gomorrah. 1 |