k, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, than in days of prosperity.

Says the psalmist: "Thy testimonies are my meditation." "Through Thy
precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way."(1040)

"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom." "He shall be as a tree planted by
the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not
see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be
careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding
fruit."(1041)

38. THE FINAL WARNING.

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"I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the
earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird." "And I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues."(1042)

This scripture points forward to a time when the announcement of the fall
of Babylon, as made by the second angel(1043) of Revelation 14, is to be
repeated, with the additional mention of the corruptions which have been
entering the various organizations that constitute Babylon, since that
message was first given, in the summer of 1844. A terrible condition of
the religious world is here described. With every rejection of truth, the
minds of the people will become darker, their hearts more stubborn, until
they are entrenched in an infidel hardihood. In defiance of the warnings
which God has given, they will continue to trample upon one of the
precepts of the decalogue, until they are led to persecute those who hold
it sacred. Christ is set at naught in the contempt placed upon His word
and His people. As the teachings of Spiritualism are accepted by the
churches, the restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and the
profession of religion will become a cloak to conceal the basest iniquity.
A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the door to seducing spirits,
and doctrines of devils, and thus the influence of evil angels will be
felt in the churches.

Of Babylon, at the time brought to view in this prophecy, it is declared,
"Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities."(1044) She has filled up the measure of her gu