usand, who were redeemed from the earth. These are
they, who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These
are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, the first fruit to God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth no lie was found for they are faultless."--Rev.
14:1-5.

The Lamb is shown by the connection to be Christ,--here called by one of
his metaphorical names.

The Mount Zion, doubtless, symbolizes the place where, in the
regeneration, the Lord will reign with his saints--_i.e._ in the new earth.
"The Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion," Micah 4:7.--"And they sung
a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the
seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy
blood out of every kindred and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast
made us kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth," 5:9,10.--"And
I saw a new heavens and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away.... And I heard a great voice out of heaven,
saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with
them, and they shall, be his people, and God himself shall be with them
and be their God," 21:1-3.

The names of Mount Zion, and Jerusalem, were both used to denote the city
which the Lord chose above all the goodly places of earth to put his name
there. It is proper to designate the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem, by
all the names which were applied to the old. The king is to be set upon
the holy hill of Zion--"Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the
towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces," Psa.
48:12, 13. "When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in glory,"
_Ib._ 102:16. "For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation. This is my rest forever; here will I dwell; for I have desired
it," _Ib._ 132:13, 14. "For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort
all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her
desert like the garden of the Lord; and joy and gladness shall be found
therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.... Therefore the redeemed
of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting
joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and
sorrow and mourning shall flee away." Isa. 51:3-11. "Awake, awake, put on
thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beauti