At present, the greatest danger we can see among our friends, is that of slumbering while the Bridegroom tarries—imperceptibly falling into an awfully dangerous slumber, just before the Master appears. The symptoms of this slumbering, which may be more safely discovered in ourselves than in others, ought in itself to be hailed as the very last sign of the Bridegroom's sure approach. Are your prayers faint and feeble? Does your confidence begin to fail you? Is your voice tremulous, and lacking in energy? Do your footsteps reluctantly mark the way to the place of prayer? Are you slow to catch and send forth with increased life, the notes of praise falling from others' lips? Are you saying, “We trusted that it should have been” Jesus that would have delivered his people ere this? If such are your exercises, and such your feeling, O hear His voice! “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.” These very exercises of yours are recognized by the prophets, and by them, in connection with accompanying evidences, we may know the Bridegroom is near. See! O, see! that you are treading upon the last sands of probation. Arouse thee! Tarry not!—