376 to A.D. 476 by the different "powerful and warlike nations of the
North; namely, the Huns, Goths, Vandals," etc. Thus in one century of time
the kingdom of the Caesars gave rise to ten different minor kingdoms.

In verse twenty-four of Daniel seven the prophet was told that another
horn should arise after these ten. From the description of this horn we at
once learn it to represent the Roman hierarchy, or to be the same as the
first beast of Rev. 13. In verse twenty-six the prophet says, "Judgment
shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to
destroy it unto the end." The apostasy is being consumed by the powerful
and sharp judgments of God's Word being executed by the faithful and true
who are proclaiming, "Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his
judgment is come." This is in the time of the end, this glorious evening
hour.

The apostle Paul gives a description of the apostasy in 2 Thes. 2. In
verse eight he speaks of its consumption, which is being effected in this
evening of time. Babylon is being consumed. Hear her cries of pain. The
prophet Isaiah foretells the consumption of the apostasy in these words:
"And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be
together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed." This is being
accomplished in this present day. The gospel truth is being held up as a
"lamp that burneth," and Babylon is consumed. The Lord is washing "away
the filth of the daughter of Zion, ... by the spirit of judgment, and by
the spirit of burning." Isa. 4:4.

"Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul."

Morning And Evening Light Compared.

How light shall be the evening? Will God "revive us and raise us up" in
the third day to the apostolic plane? The answer is, "His going forth is
prepared as the morning." "Then shall thy light break forth as the
morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy
righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy
rearward." Isa. 58:8.

By these two texts we are given to understand that in the evening the
light shall shine as bright as in the morning. The church of God will be
raised to the same plane from which it was dragged down by ecclesiastical
lords. God's people shall enjoy the same degree of holiness in the evening
as they did in the morning. They shall enjoy the same blessed unity--"one
heart and one soul," "and all speak the same t