tersburg or to Queen Victoria of England ;whether they are the vassals of the Mogul of the East, or freemen of the land of liberty in the West. All, all are the subjects, or sworn citizens of this great city.

4. Its mode of government. Great cities have a Mayor, Aldermen, Council, Police, Watchmen, &c. So with the Church of Rome. She has her Pope and Cardinals, her Archbishops and Bishops, her Priests and Jesuits, all watching for the interests of this one great Roman Church, like a vast city.

5. The laws of the Catholic Church are concocted, promulgated, enforced and obeyed, in like manner with the laws and ordinances of a great city. Her business is like a city. Read Rev. xviii. 10, 20. 20. What better figure could the inspired penman use to describe this abominable church, reigning over all kingdoms of the earth, than a great, wicked city?

1. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

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After John had seen the 17th chapter, in which the acts of the Roman kingdom had been minutely described, under both of its blasphemous heads, Pagan and Papal. He, in this chapter, has a view of the fall and final destruction of the Papal power, and the overthrow of the last Satanic kingdom on the earth. This first verse represents the coming of Christ from heaven, in his power and great glory, to take vengeance on those that obey not the gospel, who have worshipped the kingdoms of the earth, and obeyed only the laws of Papacy-the blasphemous power of the man of sin, the servant of Satan. Compare Psalm xcvii. 3, 8, Isa. ii. 6 to 21, Matt. xxiv. 20.

2. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

He comes with a strong voice, which is the final shout of victory, 1 Thess. iv. 16,

der the power of the ten kings, as in the French Revolution, when she became a cage for every unclean and hateful bird, which is in agreement with Paul's description of the same event, 2 Thess. ii. 8. The other "fall" is the final destruction of all Satanic power on earth, when the shout of victory is given from all the heavenly host, as is given in Rev. xi. 15, also xiv. 7, 8, when the battle is won and the victory completed. Then this voice will raise the righteous dead, and put the last enemy under his feet. The first "fall" was the loss of supreme power, and exposure of her abominations. It will show that the devil and Satan, and all foul spirits, dwelt in this kingdom; and it was a cage in which dwelt all manner of tyrants, wicked, proud and unclean men, from every nation under heaven. The second "fall" will be the final destruction of all, when it will be said to the saints, "God hath avenged you on her,"

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3. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the mer

chants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

The expression "her" in this text, must mean Babylon; and it must mean more than the nominal Church of Rome: for all men are not the visible members of her communion. Yet all nations have committed fornication with her, and will drink of the wrath of God, which he will pour out upon her and them. Babylon, then, must mean Church and State, and to unite them is fornication. Vesting the supreme power in both of these is Babylon, or confusion; for God has severed them, and says, My kingdom is not of this world. Then, when the church of Rome, or any other church or body of Christians, seek for and obtain the honors and emoluments of the political powers of the earth, they commit fornication with the nations and kings or kingdoms, as the case may be; and the kings or rulers of the Satanic kingdoms, when they seek to be defenders of the faith of the saints, and tyrannize over the minds and consciences of men, also, commit fornication with her; and both together form an alliance unnatural, and are Babylon in her robes of blood. All wicked, selfish and designing demagogues, bigots and sectarian leaders among men, are evidently intoxicated or drunken after or for this power of civil

the earth, are waxing rich by means of the favors obtained, and privileges granted them by the civil and ecclesiastical powers in the countries where they reside. See the "corn laws" of England, the "toll laws" of Wales, and in many other countries; the "tithe taxes" of Ireland, and the "banking and company privileges in our own and every other country-giving the rich and favored classes, lawful powers to take unlawful gain-making "the rich richer and the poor poorer" as say your own statesmen. How literally has this verse been fulfilled in our day. See James v. 1, 8.

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4. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

This text is a warning voice from God to his people;-that when the governments of the world and the churches are seen thus engaged in wronging and enslaving the poor to favor the rich when they are seen expending their thousands and millions to make a show and gratify their pride, while millions of human beings are suffering for their daily food and the bread