thousand. Of the tribe of Asher, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zebulun, were sealed, twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

9.-After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation, and tribe, and people, and language, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb! And all the messengers stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell down on their faces, before the throne, and worshipped God; saying, Amen: the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, aud the strength, be to our God forever and ever: Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying to me, As for those who are clothed with white apparel, who are they, and whence do they come? And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who come out of much tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb: therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve him, day and night, in his temple; and he who sits on the throne, pitches his tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat: for the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and he shall lead them to fountains of living water; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

VIII.-And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God: and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he might present it with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the perfumes went up, with the prayers of the saints, from the hand of the angel, before God. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth; and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

6.-And the seven angels, who had the seven trumpets, prepared themselves to sound.

7.-And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast down on the earth; and a third part of the trees was burnt up, and all the herbage was burnt up.

8.-And the second angel sounded; and it was as if a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood; and a third part of the creatures, which had life in the sea, died; and a third part of the ships were destroyed.

10. And the third angel sounded; and there fell from heaven a great star, blazing like a torch; and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of waters: and the name of the star was called Wormwood, and a third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were become bitter.

12. And the fourth angel sounded; and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day was obscured for a third part, and the night also. And I beheld, and heard one of the angels flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Wo, wo, wo, to those who dwell on the earth, for the remaining sounds of the trumpets of three angels, which are yet to sound!

IX. And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a Star fall from heaven to the earth; and there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke ascended from the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace: and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke there came locusts on the earth; and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was said to them, that they should not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but the men, who had not the seal of God in their foreheads. And it was not given to them to kill them, but to torment them, five months: and their torment was like that of a scorpion, when it stings a man. And in these days, men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them. And the resemblance of the locusts was like horses prepared for war; and on their heads were, as it were, crowns of gold; and their faces were like the faces of men: and they had tresses, like the tresses of women; and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots, and many horses, rushing to war. And they had tails like scorpions, and their stings were in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon;

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and in the Greek, he has the name of Apollyon. One wo is gone, and behold other two woes, besides it, yet coming.

13.-And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which was before God, saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels, who are bound, by the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to kill a third part of men. And the number of the horsemen was two myriads of myriads: I heard the number of them. And I saw the horses, and those who sat on them, thus in their appearance; having breastplates of fire, and hyacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths went fire, and smoke, and brimstone. With these three-by the fire, by the smoke, and by the brimstone-that went out of their mouths, they slew a third part of men. And their powers are in their mouths and in their tails; and their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure. Yet the remainder of men, who died not by these plagues, did not reform from the works of their hands, that they might not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk. And they reformed not from their murders, and their magical incantations; nor from their fornication, nor their thefts.

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X. And I saw another mighty angel descending from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was about his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. And he had in his hand a little book open, and he put his right foot on the sea, and the left on the earth. And he cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, and write it not. And the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea, and on the earth, lifted up his hand towards heaven, and swore by him that lives forever and ever, who created the heaven, and those things which are in it; and the sea, and the things which are in it; and the earth, and the things which are in it; that there should be no longer delay. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel; when he shall begin to sound, then the secret of God, as he had revealed its glad tidings to his servants the prophets, should be fulfilled.

8.-And the voice which I heard from heaven, spoke to me again, and said, Go, take the little book, which is open, out of the hand of the angel, which stands on the sea and on the earth. And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall embitter your stomach, but in your mouth it shall be as sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and eat it up; and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; but when 1 had eaten it, my stomach was bitter. And he said to me, You must again prophesy to many people, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

XI.-And there was given to me a reed like a measuring rod, saying, Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship at it; and the outer court of the temple throw out, and measure it not; for it shall be given to the Gentiles, and they shall trample on the holy city forty-two months. And I will give to my two witnesses commission, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, which stand before the Lord of the earth. And if any one will injure them, fire shall come out of their mouth, and devour their enemies: and if any one will injure them, so must he be put to death. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain shall he showered down in the days of their prophecy; they have power over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth, with every plague, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the savage beast which ascends out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and shall conquer them, and kill them. And there corpses shall lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt; where also our Lord was crucified. And persons of various people, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, shall look on their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not permit their corpses to be laid in the graves. And they who dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and be glad, and shall send gifts to each other; because these two prophets tormented those who dwelt on the earth. And after three days and a half, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet: and great fear fell on those who looked on them. And they heard a great voice saying to them from heaven, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies looked on them. And in that hour there was a great earthquake; and a tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand titles of men were destroyed by the earthquake; and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second wo is past, and behold the third wo comes quickly.

15.-And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, We give thanks to thee, O Lord God Almighty, who