Revelation

2: 3. Not he that takes the field, but he that keeps it, not he that sets out, but he that holds out, deserves the name of saint.

3: 17. Man’s opinion of himself, and God’s opinion of

him:” Thou sayest, I am rich and increased * with goods, and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched, and mis- erable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”

A. I>. 64. Paul’s conflict for Laodicea. Col. 2:1.

A. D. 64. Epaphras’s zeal for Laodicea. Col. 4:13.

A. D. 96. Wretched and miserable Laodiceans. Rev. 3:17.

20. “Behold I stand at the door and knock.” The

latch of the door is on the inside.
Who are my guests?

5: 6. The only knowledge of sins in heaven will be by the evidences of God’s provision for its pardon, and the sweet recollection of its forgiveness, by the redeemed.

7: 14. Washed white, not whitewashed.

15. There is no weariness in heavenly service, but no

rest in hell. Chap. 14: 11.

14: 1. The beast permitted some to have the mark blazoned on the palms of their hands instead of the forehead (chap. 13: 16); but no one must be ashamed of God’s mark.

The man who lpears a mark on his brow is the only man who does not see it

16: 13. The devil’s trinity.

20: 10. The devil entered at the beginning of the Bible, and is now cast out.

21: We know four facts about the final re-genesis of the world, succeeding the millernium: —

1. The earth shall be baptized with fire. 2 Pet. 3:7.

2. No more sea. Rev. 21:2.

3. The New Jerusalem shall descend to earth. Rev. 21:2, 10.

4. Every vestige of sin shall be eliminated, and all conditions will be new.

13. The New Jerusalem, “on the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.” “In every denomination and church there are men who make one gate for themselves and then demand that all the world shall go through it.”

16. The New Jerusalem is square, and it takes square men to fill it.

21. There is no place in heaven for the miser: he would want to pull up the golden pavement!

22. 1. The River of God is full of water; but thexe is not one drop of it that takes its rise in earthly springs.

THE WATER OF LIFE.

Its character: —

Living water. John 4: 10.
Clear. Rev. 22:1.

Pure. Rev. 22:1.

Abundant. Eze. 47: 1-9.

Free. Rev. 21:6.
For whom provided: —

The thirsty. Rev. 21:6.

Whosoever will. Rev. 22: 17.
How to obtain it: —

Come. Rev. 22:17.

Take. Rev. 22: 17. 22: 17. “Come thou.” The Bible closes tfith a personal,

individual appeal.
God says, “Come.” Gen. 7:1.
Jesus says, “Come.” Matt. 11:28.
The Spirit, the Church, he that heareth — say,

“Come.” Rev. 21:17. The sinner says, Come, Lord. Ps. 70:5. The first “Come” brought salvation to Noah and

bis family.