THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH.
By William Haslam
EACH dispensation has its own particular promises; and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is intimately connected with them all. He is coming as the "seed of the woman" to "bruise the serpent's head," and to deliver the children of Adam, and the earth also, from the curse. He is coming as the "seed of Abraham" to take possession of the land, and as the Son of David for his throne. He is coming as the Son of God to call out from among the dead a people for his name, who shall be with him continually. The coming of the Lord Jesus is the sum and substance of the whole Bible. It is the golden theme which passes through the sacred volume from end to end—from the paradise in Genesis to the Paradise in Revelation. As a river springing from its fountain, flows on with increasing magnitude and power to the ocean, so the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ is progressive, unfolding more and more about him, until it is lost in the fullness of his glory.—Rev. W. Haslam, M. A.