the Lord, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land, and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one King shall be King to them all." "And David, my servant, shall be King over them." "And my servant David shall be their prince for ever." Ezek. xxxvii. 21, 25.

The period of this reign is in the latter day, after the restoration of the Jews from their present long captivity. "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a King, and without a Prince, afterwards shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God, and David their King, and they shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days." Hos. iii. 4, 5., and Jer. xxx. 3, 8, 9. These prophecies remain yet unfulfilled, for the children of Israel are yet without a King, and are yet scattered among the nations. The Scriptures are full of the clearest prophecies respecting the establishment of Messiah's kingdom over the Jews in the land of Israel. "The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his Father David,

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever." But God has not yet given him the throne of his Father David, and he has not yet reigned over the house of Jacob, but it must be, for the Lord had spoken it. May he hasten that blessed period!

I love to dwell upon and to anticipate the time when Jesus will reign in glory upon that earth where he was rejected and crucified. Surely it can be no degradation to the Messiah to manifest himself in glory on that spot where he humbled himself even unto death. His first advent was indeed most humiliating; his second advent will be most glorious. Jerusalem will yet be resplendent with the glory of our King Jesus. "They shall call thee (Jerusalem) the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah lx. 14. "And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is There." Ezek. xlviii. 35. I do not pretend to any knowledge in the mysteries of prophecy, neither do I profess to have clear views of the manner in which that glorious kingdom will be established. The times and the seasons knoweth no man. But, as it regards myself, it is my delight to hail the approach of my Lord and Master. My

cry shall be, "Come, Lord Jesus-come quickly, and take possession of thy kingdom," when the Lord of Hosts shall reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before the Ancients gloriously. "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee."

CHAPTER XII.

I WILL now return to the relation of my immediate affairs, I mean as regards the frequent straits and difficulties in which I was placed, and the goodness of God in delivering me out of them. In February, 1834, our family was increased by a fifth son, and, in consequence of my own and my wife's previous illness, I was greatly embarrassed in my circumstances I never could bring myself to disclose to any one my real distresses, while I possessed anything that I could dispose of to procure bread for my family. I had, from time to time, transferred whatever article I could pledge to the pawnbroker, and, having but scanty resources, and much sickness, I had no human prospect of redeeming them, or of continuing to supply those dependant on me with the necessaries of life. In this time of need, when clouds were gathering thick around me, when I was hedged in on all sides without any apparent means of escape, the Lord suddenly

appeared for my deliverance. He opened the hearts of some to sympathize with me in my afflictions; nor did they merely say, "Be ye warmed, and be ye filled," but most benevolently they supplied my necessities. Through your kind hands I received a sum of money, which your christian friends, Mrs. and Miss A-, had collected amongst their friends, and which proved sufficient to remove my present difficulties. I was enabled to get my things from the hands of the pawnbroker, to discharge my arrears of rent, and to pay other debts I had unavoidably contracted. Any words that I can express would fall very short of the deep sense I entertain of this interposition of Providence, and of the gratitude I shall ever feel towards my distant and unknown friends. The Lord was a present help in time of trouble. Not long after this timely help, it pleased our heavenly Father to visit us again with affliction. My wife was so ill, and so weak, that she was incapable of nursing her baby, and it was considered advisable to place the child for a time under the care of a person residing at a short distance from town. The situation was airy and pleasant, and the nurse kind and attentive. On the morning of