to her might come. Even so that blessed Lord, who has loved us unto death, has gone away to the mysterious Holy Land of heaven, promising on his return to make us his happy and eternal Bride. Some say that he has gone forever, and that here we shall never see him more. But his last word was, "Yea, I come quickly." And on the dark and misty beach sloping out into the eternal sea, each true believer stands by the love-lit fire, looking, and waiting, and praying and hoping for the fulfilment of his word, in nothing gladder than in his pledge and promise, and calling ever from the soul of sacred love, "EVEN SO COME, LORD JESUS." And some of these nights, while the world is busy with its gay frivolities, and laughing at the maiden on the shore, a form shall rise over the surging waves, as once on Galilee, to vindicate forever all this watching and devotion, and bring to the faithful and constant heart a joy, and glory, and triumph which never more shall end.
To bring listless and uninstructed souls believingly and intelligently to the position and attitude of that maiden, is the intent of this Book, and of these Lectures upon it. And if by these long studies any hearers are brought to such love-waiting and watching on these dark shores of time, with thanks and praises to Him from whom has come the grace, and with heart and soul set in confident expectation of the speedy fulfilment of the wonders we have been contemplating, I am content to take my leave of these labors.
"The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints.” AMEN.
The lettering, i, ii, iii, denotes the volumes; the figures refer to the
pages, and the letter n to the footnotes.
Abaddon, king of the locusts, ii,
82; as a place, iii, 277, 278.
Abyss, the, opened by Satan, ii,
80-94; place of, ii, 93, n; differs
from 66
lake of fire," iii, 270
Adam of St. Victor, quoted, i,
255, n
Advent, Second, of Christ, i, 53-60,
167-169; brings honors to the
redeemed, i, 169, 170; near at
hand, i, 230-232; iii, 475-477;
gradual, ii, 155; extending
through a variety of scenes, iii,
161; how we are to await the,
iii, 478-482; attitude of the
church toward, iii, 489-492;
signs accompanying, i, 57; de-
lay of, ii, 143-146; certainty of,
ii, 146-148; invisible stage of,
iii, Pref. iv; visible, i, 56, 57;
iii, 239-247
Air, convulsions in, during the
seventh plague, iii. 96
Alford, quoted; on Elijah, ii, 189,
n; on the locusts, ii, 88; on
first Resurrection, iii, 310, 316
Alleluia, iii, 198, 201, 203
Amen, iii, 201
Andreas, quoted, i, 176, n
Angel, the one sent to John, i, 26;
the mighty, of the sixth trum-
pet, ii, 124-127; act of, ii, 128,
129; book in hand of, ii, 133–
140; proclamation of, ii, 141-
144; the Euphratean, ii, 113,
114
Angels, the seven, of God's pres-
ence, ii, 19-21; prepare to sound
the trumpets, ii, 39-42; the first
sounds, ii, 42-49; the second,
ii, 49-53; the third, ii, 54-58;
the fourth, ii, 58-64; the fifth,
ii, 75-95; the sixth, ii, 96-122;
the seventh, with the golden
bowls of wrath, iii, 67-80, 84-
100
Angels, orders of, ii, 19-21; min-
istrations of, ii, 41, 42; evil, ii,
77; iii, 279; direct executors
of the woes at sounding of sixth
trumpet, ii, 111-114
Angels, of the churches, i, 108-111
Angel-messages of Rev. 14: 1-13,
iii, 28; the first, iii, 29, 30; the
second, iii, 31; the third, iii, 32,
the fourth, iii, 33, 34
Antichrist, the, ii. 388-390; the
beast from the sea, ii, 390; the
embodiment of political sover-
eignty, ii, 391, 392; one partic-
ular man, ii, 393, 396, n., 397,
n.; reigns 42 months, ii, 394;
iii, 76, 161; the "man of sin,"
ii, 395; the same as the wilful
king of Daniel, ii, 395; a super-
natural personage, ii, 397, his
attractiveness and greatness, ii,
401-404; the antagonist of every-
thing divine, ii, 405, 406; the
consumate persecutor, ii, 407;
the great blasphemer, ii, 407;
the importance of the doctrine
concerning, ii, 408-412; not
alone, ii, 413, 414; assisted by
the second beast, ii, 415, 428,
431; image of, set up, ii, 450;
caused to speak, ii, 452-454;
worshipped, 450-454; all branded
with the mark of, ii, 456, 457;
number of, ii, 459, 460; plagues
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visited upon, iii, 76; church of,
iii, 112-125
Αποκάλυψις, 1, 16, 17, 18, 19 ; ii, 6,
pref
Apocalypse, the, some object to
study of, vol. i, pref. iii, iv; of
Jesus, meaning of, i, 15-20;
ii, pref. vi, vii; value of study
of, i, 33-35; truth of, iii, 447-
450; in relation to the churches
on earth, i, 66-203; difficulties of
the current method of interpret-
ing, ii, 149-152; blessings ac-
companying study of, iii, 450-
454, 483-486; Christ's summa-
tion of the contents of, iii, 487-
Babylon, the great, drinks the cup
of wrath, iii, 99; a difficult sub-
ject, iii, 109; not Rome alone,
iii, 109, 115; the church of Anti-
christ, iii, 112; characteristics
of, iii, 113-125; connected with
the primal apostasy after. the
flood, iii, 116-120; her twofold-
ness, in mystery and as a city.
iii. 137-139; the city of, shall
be restored, iii, 140-142, 160-
164; prophecies of her absolute
obliteration not yet fulfilled,
143-146; prophecies which seem
to require her restoration, 146-
157; modern testimonies, iii,
154, n., 155, n., 156, n. ; fall of,
iii, 164-166, twofold, iii, 165;
heralds the political regenera-
tion of the earth, iii, 205-211;
the people called out of, iii, 167,
168; calamities visited upon, iii,
168-178; causes of this terrible
doom, iii, 178-188; sequences of
fall of, iii, 190-211; wailing of
royalty, iii, 191; of the mer-
chants, iii, 192; of other classes,
iii, 193, 194; Heaven's gladness,
iii, 194, 195; further items of
the joy, iii, 198-205
Bacon, quoted, i, 299
Balaamites, the, i, 182; descrip-
tion of error of, i, 193, 194
Beast, from the sea, cf. Antichrist
Beast, with two horns, cf. prophet,
the false; description of, ii, 418-
432; the scarlet, iii, 125; the
seven heads of, iii, 126-132;
taking of the, iii, 258. 259; cast
into Gehenna, iii, 280
Beasts, the four, of Daniel, ii, 391,
392
Believers, priestly reign of, i, 51–
53; characteristics of, in all ages,
i, 222-226; termination of earth-
ly career of, i, 227–229, and n. ;
shall reign on the earth, i. 291,
292; shall judge the world and
angels, i, 309; Satan an exam-
ple in perseverance, ii, 385
Beveridge, quoted, on Hades, iii,
Bickersteth, quoted, i, 317, n
Black horse, the, i, 332
Blood-red rain and snow, ii, 44
Blood and fire, ii, 44, 45
Bloody rivers and springs, plague
of, iii, 73
Bloody Sea, plague of the, iii, 71
Book, the, with seven seals, i, 264,
273, 274; no one able to open
it, i, 274-278; the Lamb worthy
to open, 279-287; the same as
the little book in the hands of
the mighty angel, ii, 133-137;
eaten by John, ii, 138, 139;
sweetness and bitterness of, ii,
139, 140
Book of life, opened, iii, 360
Bowls, the seven golden, iii, 67-69
Bride of the Lamb, iii, 216–222;
her preparation for the marriage,
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