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shall a man leave his father and mother and be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be ONE FLESH. This is a great Mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.'--Eph. v. 25--32.

'I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in Righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know [this implies that they did not before know] the Lord, I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy, and I WILL SAY TO THEM WHICH WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, THOU ART MY PEOPLE; and They shall say, THOU ART OUR GOD.'— Hos. ii. 19--23.

'For as a young man marrieth a Virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the Bridegroom rejoiceth over the Bride, so shall thy God Rejoice over thee.'---Isa. lxii. 5.

'For thy Maker is thy Husband; the Lord of hosts is his name and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH shall he be called.'---Isa. Ixiv. 5.

"Turn! O backsliding Children, saith the Lord; for I am Married unto You !'---Jer. iii. 14.

"Glorious hopes and ineffable imaginings crowd our holy theme; Fear hath been slaughter'd at the portal, and Doubt driven back to Darkness.

For Christ hath died, and we in him; by faith his all is ours,
Cross and crown, and love and life, and we shall reign in him.
Yea, there is a fitness and a beauty in ascribing immortality to

mind,

That its energies and lofty aspirations may have scope for indefinite expansion.

To learn all things is privilege of reason, and that with a growing

capability:

But in this life of toil and sin, we scarce attain to alphabets."

"The Will of God is love;

But Love hath promised Life, and therefore shall we live.
So long as He is God, we shall be His creatures."
Proverbial Philosophy.

Concerning the subject of this Chapter, there is an interesting, scriptural, curious treatise by the celebrated RELLY, entitled, 'Union; the Consanguinity and Affinity between Christ and his Church,' in which the doctrine is beautifully developed, and strongly sustained. This is the work which was chiefly instrumental in the conversion of MURRAY. There is a cheap 12 1-2 cent American Edition of it.

PROPOSITION SEVENTEENTH.

The Intelligent Spirits of All Flesh shall Ultimately SERVE and ADORE their Maker and Redeemer.

PROOFS.

'ALL HIS WORKS shall Praise Him.'-Ps. cxlv. 10. 'Let Every Thing that hath Breath, [the true translation is here, -Every Thing that hath Breath SHALL] Praise the Lord.' -Ps. cl. 6.

'All the Ends of the World shall Remember and Turn unto the Lord; and ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE NATIONS shall Worship before Him.'-Ps. xxii. 27.

'ALL NATIONS WHOM THOU HAST MADE shall come and Worship hefore Thee, O Lord, and shall Glorify Thy name.' -Ps. lxxxvi. 9.

'O, Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall ALL FLESH Come.'-Ps. lxxxv. 2.

'All the Earth shall Worship Thee, and shall Sing unto Thee; they shall Sing unto Thy name.'-Ps. lxvi. 4.

'ALL THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE DUST shall Bow before Him.'-Ps. xxii. 29.

All Kings shall fall down before him, (Messiah ;) ALL NATIONS shall Serve him; Men shall be Blessed in him; ALL NATIONS shall call him Blessed.'-Ps. lxxii.11,19. 'All the Kings of the Earth shall Praise Thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of Thy mouth.'-Ps. cxxxviii. 4.

'And there was given unto him Dominion, Glory, and a Kingdom, [that kingdom, be it remembered, is a spiritual kingdom,—it is 'not of THIS world,'] that ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES should Serve him.'-Dan. vii. 14.

'The Kingdom of the Most High is an Everlasting Kingdom, and ALL DOMINIONS shall Serve and Obey Him.'-Dan. viii. 27.

'God hath highly exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus

EVERY KNEE Should Bow, of Things in Heaven, and Things in Earth, and of Things Under the Earth, and that EVERY TONGUE should Confess, that Jesus is Lord, to the Glory of God, the Father.'-Phil. ii. 9--11.

'I am the Lord, and there is None else! I have Sworn by Myself, the word hath gone out of My mouth in Righteousness, and shall not return: That unto Me, EVERY KNEE shall Bow, and EVERY TONGUE shall swear, In the Lord have I Righteousness and Strength !'-Isa. xlv. 23, 24. ‘As I Live, saith the Lord, EVERY KNEE shall Bow to Me, and EVERY TONGUE shall confess to God.'-Rom. xiv. 11. 'My House [the Gospel Kingdom] shall be called a House of Prayer for ALL PEOPLE.'-Isa. lvi. 7.

'I will make the place of My feet Glorious. The Sons of them that afflicted thee shall also come bending unto thee, ['Zion'] and All they that Despised thee shall Bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet.'-Isa. lx. 14.

"The Lord God will cause Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before ALL THE NATIONS.'-Isa. lxi. 11.

'The Wrath of Man shall Praise Him.'-Ps. lxxxvi. 10. 'Satan shall Worship the Lord ITS God, and Him ONLY shall it Serve.'-Mat. iii. 10.

'God shall Bless us, and All the Ends of the Earth shall Fear Him.'-'Let All the People, [rather, All People SHALL] Praise Thee, O God.'-Ps. lxvii. 7, 3, and 5.

'Who shall not Fear Thee, O God, and Glorify Thy name? [A whole vast Universe of Thy Creatures, eternally, answers Orthodox-dom.] ALL NATIONS shall come and Worship before Thee,' adds the Revelator.-Rev. xv. 4.

'And then shall Every Man have Praise of God.'—1 Cor. iv. 5.

'I beheld, and lo! a Great Multitude, which No Man could number, of (properly rendered, even) All Nations, and KINDREDS, and People, and Tongues, stood before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud Voice, SALVATION unto our God which sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb,' &c. to end of Chapter.---Rev. vii. 9. Good

Critics agree with us in referring the prophetical language of this chapter to the period of the Restoration, 'in the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times.’

'Then will I Turn to the People a pure language, that they may ALL call upon the name of the Lord, and Serve Him with one consent.'—Zeph. iii. 9.

'And EVERY CREATURE which is in Heaven, and on the Earth, and Under the Earth, and Such as are in the Sea, AND ALL THAT ARE IN THEM, heard I saying, Blessing, and Honor, and Glory, and Power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever!'-Rev. v. 13.

'O, Praise the Lord, All ye Nations; Praise Him All ye People. For His Merciful Kindness is great toward us, and the Truth of the Lord endureth forever! Praise Ye the Lord.'-117th Psalm.

'Bless the Lord, ALL HIS WORKS, in All places of His Dominion! Bless the Lord, O my soul!'-Ps. ciii. 22.

"And thus, on the Grand and final Consummation, when every will shall be subdued to the Will of Good to All, our Jesus will take in hand the resigned cordage of our hearts. He will tune them as so many instruments, and will touch them with the finger of his own divine feelings. Then shall the Wisdom, and the Might, and the Goodness of our God, become the wisdom, might, and goodness of All His intelligent creatures. The happiness of each shall multiply and overflow, in the wishes and participation of the happiness of All. The Universe shall begin to resound with the song of congratulation, and All Voices shall break forth in an eternal hallelujah of praise transcending praise, and glory transcending glory to God and the Lamb! There shall be no lapse thenceforward, no falling away forever! But God in Christ, and Christ in his Redeemed, shall be a Will and a Wisdom, and an unction, and a Righteousness, and a Goodness and a Graciousness, and a glory rising on glory, and a blessing rising on blessedness, through an ever beginning to a never-ending eternity!"-Brooke's 'Fool of Qualty, a work strongly Recommended by Dr. Adam Clarke.

"Round as we gaze on the works of creation,
Wisdom and Goodness in all things we see;
But brighter by far in Thy Plan of Salvation,
Shineth the Grace that proceedeth from Thee!
Forward we look, and the brightness of glory,
Dawneth resplendent from mansions above,
Ransom'd from sorrow each soul shall adore Thee,
Fill'd with the fruits of Unsearchable Love!

Darkness and doubting forever abolish'd,
Sighing and sorrow forever shall cease;
The powers of evil subdu'd and demolish'd,
Shall make universal the Kingdom of Peace!
Thou of Salvation the Author and Giver,
Oft shall remembrance Thy mercies recall,
Lauded and hallow'd forever and ever,

Be the Creator and Saviour of All !"

Rev. ABEL C. THOMAS.

PROPOSITION EIGHTEENTH.

Every Alienated and Rebellious Child of the Lord's Family, shall be SUBDUED and RECONCILED to Him through Christ.

PROOFS.

"Then cometh the End, when he shall have Put down All rule, and All authority and power.'-1 Cor. xv. 24. 'For he must reign till he hath Put ALL ENEMIES under his feet.'-25.

'He hath Put ALL THINGS under his feet.'--27.
‘He, which did Put ALL THINGS under him.'—27.
'ALL THINGS SHALL BE SUBDUED UNTO HIM.'-28.
'Him that Put ALL THINGS under him.'—28.
'God shall be ALL IN ALL.'-28.

'ALL THINGS are of God, who hath Reconciled Us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given Us the ministry of Reconciliation, to wit: that God was in Christ Reconciling (Himself unto the World?) THE WORLD unto Himself.' -2 Cor. v. 18, 19.

'According to the working whereby He is able to Subdue ALL THINGS unto Himself.'-Phil. iii. 21.

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