Now, in these passages, every term used is calculated to convey the idea of personal presence. We read first of the Lord COMING into the house; then we have a description of the specific gate by which he entered,—" by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east ;" then we have the result of the Lord's presence in the house," the glory of the Lord filled the house;" and, as a further proof that he is there, his voice is heard out of it; and then, that there may be no possibility of mistake, the God-Man declares, Behold, "the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet." If these words mean anything, we must understand these passages as speaking of a personal and not merely a spiritual presence.

(2.) But we pass on to notice, in the second place, that HIS presence will be also visible.

At the Second Advent of Christ, it is distinctly declared "that EVERY EYE shall SEE HIM;" and again, “that all the tribes of the earth shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Now, as we have before remarked, the dwelling which is to follow upon his Advent, must be of the same nature with it, and, therefore, as the one is visible, the other will be so likewise, and not merely discovered by its effects; but the Lord himself, the God-Man,

Christ Jesus, will be actually seen upon the earth; as the vision which was vouchsafed to the Prophet Ezekiel, and to which we have already referred, clearly intimates. (Ezek. xliii. 1—7.)

Again, it is said in Isaiah xxxiii. 17, speaking of the true Israel of God, "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty;" and further, in Isaiah lxvi. 18, we thus read, "It shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and SEE my glory;" and in the twenty-third verse it is added, "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." These passages clearly intimate that HIS PRESENCE IN ZION WILL BE VISIBLE.

(3.) But, further, we remark, in the third place, that HE WILL dwell in ZION GLORIOUSLY. Of this, indeed, we cannot now particularly speak; suffice it to refer to the inspired writers for a description of this event; and while, on the one hand, it is calculated to raise our expectations to the highest degree, on the other, it is clearly intimated that the reality will far exceed our richest anticipation. We read in Isaiah xxiv. 23, "Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients GLORIOUSLY." And further, in the

same prophecy, Zion is thus addressed with reference to this event, in lx. 1, "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee;" and in the nineteenth to the twenty-second verse, it is thus described, "The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thy everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of hands, that I may be GLORIFIED. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.” Of this, also, the Lord speaks to Moses in Numb. xiv. 21, “As truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord."

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And if, as we read, the glory of the present dispensation so far surpasses that of the former, which, though it was made glorious, had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth, how much more will the future exceed the present, when "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord," "and all flesh shall see it together." (Hab. ii. 14; Isa. xl. 5.)

(4.) But, once more, I would just notice that THIS PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN ZION IS TO BE ABIDING. This is very strongly asserted by the Prophet Ezekiel in a passage which so evidently refers to these future events, since it declares the reunion of the scattered tribes, which we know has never taken place since their division and separation under Rehoboam; in xxxvii. 21-29, we thus read, "Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. And David (beloved) my servant, shall be king over them: and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell

therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince FOR EVER. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle, also, shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for EVERMORE." To the same effect does St. John speak in the twenty-first chapter of Revelation and the third verse, "Behold, the TABERNACLE of God is with men, and he wILL DWELL with them, and they shall be his people, and GOD HIMSELF shall be WITH THEM, and be their God."

Having now gone through, as far as time permitted, some of the Scripture proofs of the subject allotted to me, and seen that our text speaks of the SECOND ADVENT,-that this ADVENT must be PREMILLENNIAL,-that it will be PERSONAL,-and that ZION will be the PLACE of the LORD'S PERSONAL DWELLING,-in conclusion, I would observe, that while this subject is one calculated to excite joy and gladness pre-eminently in God's ancient people, the