otection, opposed by, 209.
belief of, in second coming of Christ, 303.
on time of the judgment, 356.
on state of the dead, 549.

Lutterworth, _see_ Wycliffe.

Magi, rank, learning, and wealth of, 315.
Hebrew Scriptures understood by, 315.
watching for the Messiah, 315.
light heeded by, 316.

Man, nature of, at creation, 467.
Satan plots ruin of, 531.
looking to, in place of God, 595.

"Man of sin," developed by compromise between paganism and Christianity,
50, 266.
_See_ Papacy.

Margaret, sister of Francis I., a Protestant, 214.
protector of Protestants, 221-224.

Mark of the beast, sign of allegiance to Rome, 445-450, 579, 627.
how received, 604, 605.
_see also_ Image; Protestants; United States.

Marks of the crucifixion, Christ always to bear, 674.

Marriage as a symbol, 381, 382.
supper of the Lamb, 427, 428.

Martyrs, early Christian, 40, 47.
in the sixth century, 54, 55.
by the Inquisition, in the thirteenth century, 59.
no fear of death in, 74.
in England, 94, 95, 247, 249, 252.
in Bohemia, 98, 109, 110, 114, 115, 254.
in Switzerland, 180.
in Germany, 211.
in France, 217, 218, 220, 225-230, 271, 282.
in Meaux, 215.
in the Netherlands, 238, 240.
in Scotland, 249, 250.

Mary, Queen of Scots, and John Knox, 250, 251.

Mass (or Eucharist), 59, 189, 190.

Meaux, Reformation in, 214, 215, 219.

Mediator, Christ as, 74, 75, 126, 133, 488.
when man will be without a, 425.

Melanchthon, the friend of Luther, 134, 151, 210.
perplexed by fanaticism, 187.
rescues Grynaeus, 205.
Augsburg Confession drawn up by, 196-206.
on second advent, 303.

Mendicants, _see_ Friars.

Menno Simons, work of, 238, 239.

Mercy of God, to first disciples, 348.
door of, open, 429, 430, 435.
shown in destruction by flood, 543.

Message of Revelation eighteen, when given, 390, 603.
condition of world under, 603, 604.
_see also_ First angel's message; Second angel's message; Third angel's
message; Advent Movement.

Messiah, prophecies of, 326, 327, 345, 346, 410.
first advent of, explained to Joseph Wolff, 357-359.
Jews ignorant of coming of, 378.
_see also_ Christ; First advent.

Meteoric shower, _see_ Stars.

Methodists, origin of, 257.
character of, in days of Wesley, 259.
persecution of, 259.
_see also_ Wesley.

Middle Ages, 66, 572.
_see also_ Dark Ages.

Midnight, God's people delivered