ning or time of the end is reached, the hour of
God's judgment, the time of the bride's especial preparation for the
coming of the bridegroom. This ministry is closely followed by another
messenger declaring, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication."

"Babylon is fallen." This is a prediction against mystery Babylon the
great and her harlot daughters--Catholicism and Protestantism. This God's
pure ministry has been preaching for the last two decades. Sectism is in a
fallen condition. It is fallen into the depths of worldliness. She has
opened her bosom and invited the world in to revel with her. She has
prepared a potion of charming delusive spirits, by which she has
intoxicated and inflamed the blood of nations. In the last few years the
concerts, fairs and socials are frequented by both the professed
Christians and non-professors, and in their dress, conversation, and
general manner, they are undistinguishable. Sectism to-day in not enticing
people to enter her fold by preaching the everlasting gospel, but she
allures them by her seducing love decoction of lewdness, worldliness and
licentiousness. Babylon is fallen.

Some of the Old Testament texts contain a spiritual import. "Flee out of
the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in
her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render
unto her a recompense." Jer. 51:6. This language is especially forcible at
this present day. We have reached the time of the Lord's vengeance.

"Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the
earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations
are mad." Jer. 51:7. The woman (mystery Babylon and her daughters) sitting
upon the scarlet-colored beast had a golden cup in her hand. Rev. 17:4.
The day was, as we have before spoken, when God did save some souls in
sectism and gave them the Holy Spirit's power. But Satan has succeeded in
emptying the golden cup of that which was divine and filled it with
intoxicating potions that have allured nations to commit fornication with
her.

"Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her
pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is
not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for
her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to th