rld heard her, and laughed in his sleeve,
And mockingly said aside,
'The Church is fallen--the beautiful Church--
And her shame is her boast and pride!'

"The angel drew near to the mercy-seat,
And whispered, in sighs, her name;
And the saints their anthems of rapture hushed,
And covered their heads with shame.
And voice came down, through the hush of heaven,
From Him who sat on the throne,
'I know thy work, and how thou hast said,
I am rich; and hast not known
That thou art naked and poor and blind
And wretched before my face;
Therefore, from my presence I cast thee out,
And blot thy name from its place!'"--_Sel._

To-day the proud, fashionable sectarian churches are lovingly folded in
the arms of the giddy world, and in her mad, drunken, lustful craze she is
crying, "On with the dance, let joy be unconfined."

Mysterious Prophecies Revealed.

The bringing in of the evening light by the Holy Spirit has been the
clearing away of much mystery from prophetic texts. The voice of the angel
said, in speaking to Daniel, "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end." Dan. 12:4. We have reached
the time of the end--the evening, and the book is unsealed and revealed and
the "wise understand"; but "none of the wicked understand." Many texts of
Revelation were fulfilled and understood when the evening light flashed
across its pages. We will quote a few.

_Revelation 14:6-8._

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is
come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters. And there followed another angel saying, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication."

Angel is from the Greek _anggelos_, and means agent or messenger. "Heaven"
does not refer to the glory world above, but to the work of God and heaven
here upon earth. This angel is a messenger or servant in the work of the
Lord. He has the everlasting gospel to preach to the people. The burden of
his ministry is, "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his
judgment is come." The eve