Interesting from Without.
By J. DORCAS
The Rev. Hollis Read, author of “God in History,” &c., says, in his work, “The Coming Crisis,” p. 39, speaking of the sealing of Rev. 7: “It is represented as some remarkable act or protest, or some distinctive and prominent mark, whereby the servants of God should be known in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation. It seems to have reference to some public and decided withdrawment from all those churches that have an alliance with the State. The separation from such a communion shall be a notable event, a marked event, and they that separate themselves shall do it in so conspicuous a manner, and shall so distinguish themselves and their principles in the act, that they shall hold up before the world a token of their decision as prominent as if it were written on their foreheads.” How cheering it would be, if such men could see that this which he has reference to will consist of a shining forth of God’s holy law, seventh-day Sabbath and all, as well as the requirements of the gospel, unadulterated, and without detraction, in the hearts, minds, and lives, of the true people of God in the period to which it refers, the present time, and onward to the end.