The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-02-13

in the Millennium the souls of the mar
| tyrs or the spirits of the contessors will
only enjoy quasi reing CT q thousand
years. There ''tliey reign forever and
ever" Sd. In the New Jerusalem
''there shall be no more CURSE This,
too, is true only OF heaven. Here in
our siufni state the curse is everywhere
-"Cursed is he that continueth not ;"
ETC., etc. Sin and the curse are ever
united. If there is sin in the millennium
tie curse will be there too. What but
an awful curse from God is that fire
falling on men at tie close of 1000
year ? 4th The freedom from earthly
necessities also bcspeaks it heaven.
"The city had no need of the sun,
neither OF the moon to shine in it 70
the glory OF God :i!d tighten it Aud
saw no temple therein, tor the Lord
God Almighty and the Lamb are the
aud temporary aids are needtul. The
Bible, the Church, the PRAY ermeeting,
the temples OF worship, aud the daily
exhoTtation, ETC., etc. are necessary
and almost indispensable to our growth
in grace and salvation. 1t is only in
heaven that we can dispense With all
these things. When that which is per-
feet is come, then that which is in part
shall be done away.
5th. What, too, means that won
drous And they shall see his
face. and his name shall be in their
foreheadS?" Surely 1t refers to the day
when we shall ''be like him, tor we
shall see him as lie is" 1t points for
ward to "the manifestation OF the sous
of God" when clothed in rew bodies,
''the righteous shall shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father"
1t is not picture of the Christian here,
but of the heaven of heavens.
1t is fit that should notice the objec-
tiops DR.. Jones gives to this view:
l. Tie walls indicate enemies around
| reply: Those massive walls, those
angel guards, and the lofty height of
the city-are the strongest possible
figurative representative of the absolute
and eternal security of the saints in
heaven. know of no language which
conld express it more trongly. Besides,
the ever-open gates, never closed by
day or night, shows that no danger as
here mag be lurking nigh and enter
unawaTes.
.. "The lea> es for the healing of
tie nations,'' it is said, show that there
are sinners around needing to be healed
OF siH.
IrepIy: /. The heaven here descricb- I
cd may possibly not be on the earth, |
but in ''new heaven and earth," where
the sun does not shine on tin some
distant part of creation And what if
around that distant place Of glory there t
Should be worlds where men haYe |
sinred as we have, ard reed these heal |
ing leaves (whalever they may repre-
seit) may it not be part OF cur
divine employment to do for them as
augles have done for -us? 2 If the
scene be on this earth in its purified |
state, may not those ''Eealitg leaves
refer to something which will effect tie
gradual effacemeut i'll our nature aud |
of the weaknesses and I
wounds, the scars and bruises, which
sin had made? Not Implying present
sin, but effects left in its wake. May
not "the healing" refer to a gradual
process of restoring that harmonious
development oFthe faculties of the soul,
80 sally disturbed by sin?.
S. BRISTOL.
San Buenaventura, Dec. 20, 1879.