THERE is no subject that is more calculated to inspire the heart of God's people with joy, than that of the second advent of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And not only is it a subject upon which the lovers of Christ at the present day desire to dwell, but in examining the Word of God, we learn that the prophets, apostles, and the early Christians, dwelt upon this theme with pleasing anticipations. And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, looked forward (through a long series of intervening ages) to the time when the Lord should come with ten thousand of his saints. And Job, who was declared to be a perfect man, cried out in the language of inspiration, and declared that, at the latter day, his Redeemer should stand upon the earth. And although worms might destroy his body, yet in his flesh he should see God. Paul, when he wrote to Timothy, declared that at that day, i. e., the resurrection, he should receive a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, would give him. And John, while looking forward to the glorious morn, when Christ would come to be glorified in his saints, and admired by all those that love him, cried out, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.” And the early Christians were willing to suffer persecution and death, knowing that if they suffered with him, they would also reign with him, at his appearing in his kingdom. If the prophets, apostles, and the early Christians were enabled to rejoice while looking forward to the long promised period, when the Tabernacle of God would be with men, and tears, sorrow, pain and death should be felt and feared no more, ought not we who are living on the eve of eternity, to lift up our heads and rejoice, knowing that the day of our redemption draweth nigh?—Selected.