it was redeemed by Christ by His own precious blood. "They shall sit upon the thrones." Whoe are the they? Evidently they were not of Heaven, but those who came out of great tribulation and washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb" The Evangelist said they "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years, but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished" This is the first resurrection." He would say the resurrection of the dead was one of the cardinal truths of Christianity. The resurrection of all who fell asleep in Christ was not a fancy, but a reality; and the future was not the extinction of humanity, but its glorification. He should no be turned into an angel, but he should be raised a glorified happy man. His body was part of himself. It was men that were to be raised in the last day, not spirits only. The earth gives up what it receives; it did not receive the soul. The instant that Christ came the body would be collected from its scattered dust. So the very frame, with all its identities, all its idiosyncrasies all its features. Those features would express in them the loveliness they ever had, and so should be for ever with the Lord. The restoration would be that which death took, leaving behind only mortality, sin and pain. It was a happy thought that the Devil would get all that he had made.
He (Dr. C.) believed that at the commencement of the Millenium all the dead would be raised and that all who were living would be changed in a moment. There might be some in that room who would might never die. Christ rose from the dead, but Elijah never died; and these were typical of the two states. The lecturer then treated of the two resurrections or (illegible text) spoken of in Revelations, wherein the dead in Christ-believers were to be raised first, but the rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were finished! He was, himself disposed to take a brighter view than some; for he believed that not only a minority, but a majority of the human race would be saved. Who, would say that ever jew was lost? He had dined a short time ago with a jewess, whose conversation made him think she was more a Christian than many of those who professed Christianity. It was a melancholy fact that 53 per cent of the population died under 5 years of age. This was not a natural state; yet he believed that if half the human race died in infancy, half the world was thus saved. Christ said "Suffer little children to come unto me, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
The reverend gentleman urged his hearers to be prepared for the great days that were coming, and reminded them that if they were lost, it would be that they would not let God save them in his own way. He had, he said, endeavoured to open the way of blessedness to them, and if he had put any sunshine into their hearts, the only thing he asked of them was to give as much as -
