treason, the nation will be on the side of the great rebel leader. The days of purification of the church are hastening on apace. God will have a people pure and true. In the mighty sifting soon to take place, we shall be better able to measure the strength of Israel. The signs reveal that the time is near when the Lord will manifest that his fan is in his hand and that he soon will thoroughly purge his floor. The days are fast approaching when there will be great perplexity and confusion. Satan, clothed in angel robes, will deceive, if possible, the very elect. There will be gods many and lords many. Every wind of doctrine will be blowing. With unerring accuracy, the Infinite One keeps an account with nations. While his mercy is tendered with calls to repentance, this account will remain open. But when a certain limit which God has fixed is reached, the ministry of his wrath commences. The count is closed. Divine patience ceases. There is no more pleading for mercy in their behalf. The prophet, looking down the ages, had this time presented before him in vision. The nations of this age have been the recipients of unprecedented mercies. The choices of heaven's blessings have been given them. But increased pride, covetousness, idolatry, contempt of God, and base ingratitude are written against them. They are fast closing up their account with God. But that which causes me to tremble is the fact that those who have had the greatest light and privileges have been contaminated by the prevailing iniquity. Influenced by the unrighteous around them, many, even of those who profess the truth, have grown cold and are borne down by the strong current of evil. The universal scorn thrown upon true piety and holiness leads those who do not connect closely with God to lose their reverence for his law. If they were following the light and obeying the truth from the heart, this holy law would seem even more precious to them when despised and set aside. As the disrespect for God's law becomes more manifest, the line of demarcation between its observers and the world becomes more distinct. Love for the divine precepts increases with one class, according as contempt for them increases with the other class. The crisis is fast approaching. The rapid swelling figures show that the time for God's visitation has nearly come. Although loathe to punish, nevertheless he will punish, and that speedily. Those who walk in the light will see signs of his approaching peril, but they are not to sit in quiet, unconcerned expectancy of the ruin, comforting themselves with the belief that God will shelter his people in the day of visitation. Far from it. They should realize that it is their duty to labor diligently to save others, looking with strong faith to God for help. The command is, go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.