ts and measures as God's religion does.
The Pyramid, having four sides, would divide this circle into four parts,
which make 112 pounds, or a hundred-weight; or, if multiplied by five,
the faces of the Pyramid, 448 would give 2,240, or a ton.
In the descending and ascending passages a person must stoop to pass
through them, but when the Grand Gallery is reached, they can stand
upright, for this gallery enlarges seven times the proportions of the
others. The first passages are only four feet high; this is
twenty-eight.
The first ascending passage is 1,542 inches in length--the time, taking
inches for years, from the exodus of Israel from Egypt to Christ.
Christ brings enlarged liberty. He was symbolised by the ton--the end of
weight scale. "When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His
Son."
Again, thirty-three inches in this gallery is an open sepulchre with
fifty-six empty graves in miniature, carved out, telling, again, by a
strange coincident, the life years of the Saviour and His resurrection;
also the number of those who rose immediately after. For "the graves
were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out
of the graves after His resurrection" (Matt. xxvii. 52).
Another remarkable feature is, that at the end of this gallery, the wall
bulges forward about four inches, as if it were going to fall in. This
gallery, on the floor is 1,882 inches; on the roof, 1,878 inches. This
explains to us our very times. The shadow of war--Russia and England
appearing as if they would fight every day. But they know not the
counsels of God, nor His sublime purpose. Surely, as the text declares,
"Our God is great in counsel and mighty in work; and His eyes are open
upon all the ways of the sons of men." More next Sunday evening, God
willing, about His own marvellous witnesses. Let us praise and adore
Him.
"_And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles_, _in the
midst of many people as a_ LION _among the beasts of the forest_, _as
a_ YOUNG LION _among the flocks of sheep_: _who_, _if he go through_,
_both treadeth down and teareth in pieces_, _and none can
deliver_."--Micah v. 7.
[Picture: Coat of Arms with Lion and Unicorn]
"_His glory is like the firstling of his bullock_, _and his horns
like the_ HORNS OF UNICORNS: _with them he shall push the people
together to the_ ENDS _of the_ EARTH."--Deut. xxxiii. 17.
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