the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." (Matt. 13; 36-43.)

The real object of the plagues of the Revelations, if I understand it correctly, is two-fold; to make good men better and to bring them to perfection, and to destroy the wicked, and thus drive hypocrisy from the church. It is the real separation between the good and the evil, but not necessarily the judgment. The judgment must come later on. We cannot live through the plagues of the Revelations free from torment unless we are good men and women, and exercise a high moral character. Those who indulge in wickedness the plagues will set their brain on fire; they will be distracted, mad, crazy. The holy men have foretold us that the righteous shall stand calmly by and witness as spectators the awful punishments being inflicted upon the wicked.

How, then, may we escape the wrath to come? Yes, I mean wrath. I am aware that there are many learned men, some of them Christians, who taboo the idea of an angry God, saying, "As though God could feel such an unworthy passion as anger!" And, to do them justice, in one sense of the word, they are right. But if I understand the situation correctly, in the absence of a better term, I think it well to adhere to the Scripture term and I call it wrath.

In the eighth chapter of this work I have explained what the wrath of God is, so far as I thought it necessary, but it remains to give an illustration. The plagues of Egypt, the plague of the fiery serpents visited on the children of Israel in the wilderness, and many other instances were manifestations of the wrath of God; but since these illustrations are so remote as not to be acceptable to many minds, it will probably be better to give an illustration in more modern history, so that we may get a more practical idea of what our future troubles will be.

Whoever does not have the love of God has the wrath of God within his own bosom. Whoever does not experience a universal love of man must feel the fire of hate toward at least a few. “Love suffereth long and is kind," but in the absence of this universal love, brawls and strife are easily stirred up. The recent revolts in Russia, just after the close of their war with Japan, may serve to give us some idea, in a small way, of what our future troubles will be. The students, laborers, and anarchists

were opposed to the government, the soldiers were firing upon the defenseless people, death and carnage was strewed everywhere, and the Czar had to fly for his life. In this sense of the word, hell is a condition and not a locality; yet its locality was apparently not very far from St. Petersburg at that time.

Again, the strikes and upheavals in our land, the universal agitation on political and monetary questions, the constant warfare between capital and labor, the trusts and organized capital controlling the finances and business of the world, and many other things are only the manifestation of the same thing, and it is only in recent years that these great factions have begun to organize to any great extent. The beginning is in sight; and we may expect the feelings of strife will continue to grow stronger with the accumulation of strength of the opposing factions.

We may escape the evil consequences by becoming converted to Christ, and by adding unto ourselves those Christian graces as are described in the gospel, by following in detail the keys to the kingdom of heaven which is briefly described by St. Peter, by becoming ideal men and women, and by following the Lamb wheresoever He leadeth.

I would also call your especial attention to that chapter on Holy Maternity, written by my wife, which sets forth in a simple way what, in our opinion, is the ideal way of living as regards the social relations. The Apostle Peter has told us that the first step on the golden stairs is to add to our faith virtue. Therefore, as faith without works is dead, so, too, if we have no virtue then we have no Christianity. No matter whether we are in the church or out of it, the result is the same; for it is only in this way that God has the power to drive hypocrisy and wickedness from the church and from the world. Christ is that refining dunamic agent which elevates man to a higher plane of life! then if we do not live on that higher plane then we are not consistent Christians.

The Christian offer is open to everyone alike. Neither do I claim that Christ is to be found only through this labyrinth of ideas, far from that; for there is no one in the universe who is easier to find than Jesus. Some little children have found Him who were only a few years old, and they had no ideas like these. It is only the scientific man, these doubting Thomases, who must be driven to the very pinnacle of his knowledge before he will be convinced._

Neither should we endeavor to save ourselves alone. Jesus came not to save Himself, but to save others. Therefore, if we would follow Him who came to redeem the world, we should do as He has done. Go out into the highways and hedges and help others to become better; send out missionaries and books into foreign lands; teach the heathen and the barbarous to love the Saviour that the whole world may be full of His glory, for it is only by doing so that we may properly be called Christians.

Think, you, that the world to-day is in any proper condition to receive the Saviour? If He were to come now on the wings of lightning and all the holy angels with Him, who is there among us to-day who would not "quake and become as dead men?" Who is there among us that would not be destroyed by the brightness of His coming? Where is anyone among us who, with a shout of joy, could ascend to meet the Lord in the air?

We need to be refined, by being driven to successively higher planes of life, as we must needs be to escape the fiery plagues which will be sent into the world; which will purge the wicked from the world, and the righteous from their sins, and drive them to that pinnacle of perfection; in intellect and character, so that they shall be able to withstand the fiery baptism of the Spirit at the coming of our Lord. Then here is seen the object of the plagues.

"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the ! third part shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is God." (Zach. 13; 7-9.)

Therefore, let us so live that when the final day is come, we will not be one of those who is driven to his doom, but with a joy that is unknown, and with our crown nobly won, we may hail with thanksgiving the regain of our Paradise.

I will ask the reader to bear with me in my errors, for the Father has told me that I have made errors in several places; but He did not point them out, and I have been unable to find them.

I will be more than glad to acknowledge them when they are pointed out to me, as certainly nothing is gained by dishonesty. We want the light of truth and plenty of it; we cannot have too much.

Finally, I set out with the one grand idea of proving scientifically that Jesus is the Christ; and it now remains with you, dear reader, to determine whether I have succeeded in this or not. It is my earnest hope that you will be able to understand these proofs as they are intended, and that you will become conscious through the proofs of science, if not through faith, that Jesus is our Saviour.

May the blessings of God the Father, and a knowledge of His dear Son, and the guiding influence of the Holy Spirit be ever with you in all your scientific researches. Amen.

THE END.