BY JOSEPH A. SEISS, D.D., Pastor of the Church of the Holy Communion, Philadelphia, U. S. Author of "The Gospel in Leviticus," "Lectures on the Gospels," "Voices from Babylon," "The Gospel in the Stars," etc., etc. Unabridged and Unmutilated Edition. IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL. III. LONDON: BIBLIOTHECA DEC 1882 BODLEIANA JAMES NISBET & CO., No. 21 BERNERS STREET. 1882. NOTE. This work has been put before the British public in conditions so unwarrantably mutilated and changed without knowledge or consent of the author, and with omissions and accompaniments so unfair to his presentations, that he has been moved to arrange with the present Publishers, James Nisbet & Co., 21 Berners Street, London, W., to issue this complete and only authorized edition unaltered from the American Copyright Plates. Much regretting that occasion has arisen for this effort to protect himself and the results of his devout and earnest labors of many years, the author of these Lectures begs to be quoted and rated according to this his own version of them, and none other, as he declines responsibility for any but this form of them. The solemnity of the subject and the seriousness of his convictions demand that what he has really written, and that alone, free from all gloss from other men's fancies, should be associated with his name. Given at Philadelphia, June 26th, 1882. JOSEPH A SEISS. PREFACE TO VOL. III. PORTIONS of this course of Lectures have been so long before the public, and the character of the work has thereby become so familiar to those interested in it, that there can hardly be need for further prefatory explanations in sending forth this concluding volume, particularly after what has been said in the prefaces to the preceding volumes, and in the Lectures themselves. It might be of interest to tell how the author was led to see and embrace the view of the Apocalypse which he holds; but as that is so personal, and is not likely to contribute to any better understanding of what he has written, the omission may readily be excused. Suffice it to say, that so heavy an undertaking, and the travelling of a road so laborious and long, has not been without very strong convictions very impressively and unexpectedly begotten, and that the work was begun and has been pursued under a somewhat peculiar stress. By the goodness of that God from whose providence that urgency came, and in despite of all discouragements, hindrances, interruptions, and delays, the original purpose has been carried through to completion. And if what has now been produced shall serve to clear and edify the minds of |