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806666:005:002 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
806666:007:013 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes?
806666:013:004 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
806666:015:004 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
806666:017:007 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
8066and whence came they?
8066who is able to make war with him?
837315:4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name?
8373And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
8373And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city?
8373And one of the ancients answered and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they?
8373And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder?
8373And they adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast?
8373And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord( Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
8373And whence came they?
8373And who shall be able to fight with him?
8373And who shall be able to stand?
8293005:002 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice,"Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
8293007:013 One of the elders answered, saying to me,"These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
8293013:004 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying,"Who is like the beast?
8293015:004 Who would n''t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name?
8293017:007 The angel said to me,"Why do you wonder?
8293To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna,{Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for"What is it?".
8293Who is able to make war with him?"
8854005:002 And I saw a mighty angel who was exclaiming in a loud voice,"Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?"
8854007:013 Then, addressing me, one of the Elders said,"Who are these people clothed in the long white robes?
8854015:004 Who shall not be afraid, O Lord, and glorify Thy name?
8854017:007 Then the angel said to me,"Why are you so astonished?
8854And they said,''What city is like this great city?''
8854And where have they come from?"
8854And who is able to engage in battle with him?"
16878And in his book against_ Vigilantius_:_ Quid facient Orientis Ecclesià ¦?
16878Erat quidem ipsa sententia per Gallias etiam sine Imperiali Sanctione valitura: quid enim Pontificis auctoritate non liceret?
16878He saith, that because the coming of_ Christ_ should be long deferred, they should scoff, saying,_ where is the promise of his coming_?
16878Quid autem ista de hominibus dicimus?
16878Ubi jam populus?
16878Vide quà ¦ sanctorum vitâ functorum vis sit?_ And_ Jerom_ in his Epitaph on_ Paula_, thus[ 4] mentions the same things.
16878_ Say not ye_, saith he,_ there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
23038But how can you watch for Him if there are intervening events?
23038The Husbandman waiteth-- He_ waiteth_? 23038 Why do the nations tumultuously assemble, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
23038You know William, who handles freight out here at----?
23038A visitor from another part of the land says curiously to his companion,"What''s that?"
23038And if this be the way things looked to His eye at the close of the first century, how, think you, do they look at this beginning of the twentieth?
23038And some one raises his eyebrows sceptically and says, ironically,"What fairy tale, what skipper''s yarn, is this?"
23038And what does this mean?
23038And what is this beast upon which she is seated?
23038Are all things here subject to Him?
23038Blank?"
23038Blank?"
23038But_ who_ is this?
23038Clear and distinct comes a quiet voice:"What''ll you have?
23038Do you wonder how He can be?
23038Does this mean that Christ is actually ruling now over this domain of His?
23038Has that momentum of movement toward increasing smokiness slacked?
23038He is counting on you, If you fail Him-- What then?
23038He is counting on you, If you fail Him-- What then?
23038He is counting on you, If you fail Him-- What then?
23038How about the affairs on the earth?
23038How can He, on the throne, be so quiet, and be at rest?
23038How is it at the beginning of the Twentieth?
23038In the opening east, Herald brightness slowly swells; Coming, O my glorious Priest, Hear we not thy golden bells?
23038Is it for thee?
23038Is it not the same as Daniel saw?
23038Is it something like this on an immensely humbler scale that was meant for us men?
23038Is it the Holy Spirit''s return there that precipitates this conflict, and defeat for Satan?
23038Is the waiting time nearly run out?
23038Is this incidentally a kind of parable?
23038Is this not merely Ezekiel''s vision repeated?
23038Is this the moment when all are caught up?
23038Is this the way He would have things go?
23038On your silver and gold, On that treasure you hold; On that treasure still kept, Though the doubt o''er you swept''Is this gold not_ all_ mine?
23038So- and- so?"
23038The one question that sets all hearts a- flutter about the rugged John of the deserts was this:"Is he_ the_ Christ?
23038The tremendous question that crowds in here is this, What does this Man of Fire see as He stands among His followers?
23038This present order of things that we are living in the thick of, is this the reign of the crowned Christ?
23038What does this mean, our Lord Jesus taking the sealed document preparatory to breaking its seals?
23038What for?
23038What is it that He is crowned over?
23038What is the system that has, for the past sixteen centuries, been supported by the various great civil governments?
23038What is the_ domain_ of the crowned Christ?
23038What then?
23038Who are these, and where have they come from so suddenly, at this moment, into the presence of the One on the throne?
23038Who are these?
23038Who could live so close to Jesus as he and not bear the marks on mind and spirit?
23038Who is this woman?
23038Who was he?
23038Why this inaction?
23038Why?
23038Will it be so again?
23038Wo n''t you please talk to me just like you''d talk to my black boy, Jim?"
23038[ 22] Is Christ Reigning Now?
23038[ 25]"The Husbandman waiteth-- The_ Husbandman_?
23038_ Why_ was Christ crowned?
23038cultured?
23038of lowly station?
23038poor?
23038rich?
23038this restraint?
23038when the eve is cool?
14485Neither sorrow nor crying,--for sin or suffering;"neither shall there be any more pain,"causing tears or cries: and what is this but heaven?
14485Remember ye not,asks Paul,"that, when I was yet with you, I_ told you_ these things?"
14485Shall I hide from Abraham the thing which I do?
14485Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
14485There be many that say, Who will show us any good?
14485Who hath known the mind of the Lord? 14485 --Can any one who denies the supreme deity of the Lord Jesus, or who refuses to worship him, ever join the society of these worshippers? 14485 --Which of them? 14485 --Who isworthy,"by personal dignity, or distinguished and meritorious services,"to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?"
1448510;) or while the"woman was in the wilderness?"
1448513- 17.--"One of the elders"asks John,--not for information, but to engage his attention,--"What are these,... and whence came they?"
1448524,) be predicated of the saints while in the body:--"The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick?"
1448526;) how then can these words apply to any state short of immortality in heaven?
144854. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
14485A question arises here,--What is the difference, if any, between the"word of God"and the"testimony of Jesus Christ?"
14485After so many laborers employed in this harvest, the reader may ask,--What remains to be gleaned?
14485And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
14485And cried, when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city?
14485And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes?
14485And shall mortal man be more rational than his Maker?
14485And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
14485And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost them not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
14485And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
14485And we may say with Paul,--"Who is sufficient for these things?"
14485And what is this but an open denial of the authority of the Mediator as he is the"Prince of the kings of the earth?"
14485And with the prophet we may ask,--"Who is this that engaged his heart to approach?"
14485And"who knows the power of that wrath which is poured out without mixture into the cup of Jehovah''s indignation?"
14485Are the vials cotemporary with the trumpets?
14485Besides, who can conceive how"the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into"the heavenly state?
14485But it will be asked,--What are we to understand by the"mark?"
14485But where did flattering demagogues and haughty despots find the sentiment?
14485But who shall live to partake of the banquet?
14485But"who shall live when God doeth this?"
14485Can a rational creature work without a plan?
14485Can such learn the"new song?"
14485Could the human mind conceive the idea of rendering linen garments_ white_ by washing them in_ blood_?
14485Did Christ and Paul mean the visible, or the invisible church militant by the name Paradise?
14485Did God the Father"unvail"Christ to Christ himself?
14485Did he not say to his disciples while he was yet with them,--"I will not leave you comfortless?
14485Does this mean that it_ belongs_ to Christ?
14485Ezekiel''s Gog and Magog being slain in the battle of Armageddon, how or where shall we find those of John?
14485For example, where was the visible church while Elijah"dwelt by the brook Cherith?"
14485For example,--Is a community to be considered a Christian church in which the"doctrine of Balaam"is taught?
14485For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
14485For why should he oppose a_ nonentity_?
14485Four questions are suggested by these verses.--By whom; in what manner, when, and where are the witnesses slain?
14485Hence he writes thus:--"We find in the predictions of St. John,--(why not_ St_ Daniel?)
14485How can this be?
14485How could John anticipate relief from such a source?
14485How does the devil come to this knowledge?
14485How shall they know that he is_ their_ God?
14485How will this harmonize with the 20th chapter, where she appears in triumph over all her antichristian foes?
14485In prospect of this dark time,--darker than the"dark ages,"we may ask with Joshua,--"What wilt thou do unto thy great name?"
14485In the mean time, what do these"four animals"represent?
14485In the other case, when Paul says,"the dead in Christ shall rise first,"does he mean,--before"the rest of the dead?"
14485In view of the challenge published,--"who is worthy?"
14485Is it consistent with propriety to contemplate the woman as_ literally visible_, when she is symbolically"in the wilderness?"
14485Is this assertion true?
14485Is this"woman Jezebel"to be taken in a literal or figurative sense?
14485May we not inquire, without presumption, a little into the nature or purport of the"prayers of all saints"at this time of ominous silence?
14485Michael,(_ who is like God_?)
14485No wonder that Daniel, with becoming humility but intense interest inquired,"O, my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?"
14485Of"them that pierced him,"who shall be able to abide his indignation?
14485Or is there any distinction intended by the Holy Spirit?
14485Or, do the seven vials come under the last three trumpets, distinguished as they are by the character of woe- trumpets?
14485Or, supposing the possibility of their admission, could they be otherwise than miserable?
14485Others there are, who question whether Christ as Mediator be the_ formal_ object of worship?
14485Our merciful Saviour once put a strange and startling question to his disciples:--"Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?
14485Seeing that the seventh seal included all the trumpets, does analogy require that all the vials be comprehended under the seventh or last trumpet?
14485She"called herself a prophetess,"--why not then require her to show her credentials?
14485Still the question will present itself,--What constitutes a church"evangelical?"
14485The challenge is not,"who is_ able_?"
14485The mountain is a symbol of earthly power civil or military, and sometimes ecclesiastical.--"Who art thou, O great mountain?"
14485The prophet said,"O, my Lord, what are these?...
14485The question now presses upon our attention, Where shall we find an object for the tremendous judgment to be inflicted by the third and last woe?
14485Was he joint- counsellor with the Most High?
14485What dogma or heresy so absurd,--what conduct so immoral, as not to find patronage in the journals of the day?
14485What then?
14485Who are they who"sit on thrones?"
14485Who can resist these calls, invitations and persuasions, and be guiltless?
14485Who is able to make war with him?
14485Who would not fear thee, O Lord; who art a consuming fire to all thy impenitent enemies?
14485Who would not prefer the society and employments of those who are with the Lamb on Mount Zion, to dwelling in the tents of wickedness?
14485Why is the regular series of the trumpets suspended?
14485Why is this, the thoughtful student of the Apocalypse will naturally ask?
14485Why is this?
14485Why then attempt that which the Holy Spirit has pronounced impossible?
14485Why?
14485Why_ must_ they be?
14485Will any reasoning prevail with a drunken man?
14485and whence came they?
14485but,"who is_ worthy_?"
14485or despoiled of his goods him that was at peace with us?"
14485or even always the_ primary_ object?
14485or how are"the leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations,"when there_ are no nations to be healed?_ etc.
14485or not to find tolerance or protection under the fostering wings of church or state?
14485or that it_ treats_ of him?
14485or who can devise easier terms of reconciliation to an offended God, than are here addressed to the chief of sinners?
14485or who hath been his counsellor?"
14485that they might ponder those awful questions!--"Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
14485who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"
13229And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? 13229 Are you ready, waiting for the Lord?
13229Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a_ man- child._ Who hath heard such a thing? 13229 Do not Methodists, in violation of God''s Word and their own discipline, dress as extravagantly and as fashionably as any other class?
13229To whom then will ye liken God? 13229 What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and_ lose his own soul_?"
132294. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?
13229A certain writer on this text has said:"Who take the lead in all the extravagancies of the age?
13229And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
13229And if he ate them, how, then, could they constitute the remainder of the book?
13229And if his appearance was necessary in this case, why was it not necessary in every event, to show that it was done under his direction?
13229And if this is not his real appearance, upon what principle of interpretation can we ever establish the fact of his second coming?
13229And is not a fallen star an appropriate symbol of its propagator?
13229And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes?
13229And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
13229And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
13229And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
13229Andrew Proles, provincial of the Augustines, used often to say:"Whence, then, proceeds so much darkness and such horrible superstitions?
13229At this point the question is sure to be asked, How could the beast continue to live if its seventh head was to continue but"a short space"?
13229But the peculiar qualities thus symbolized are possessed by the four living creatures themselves, and what do_ they_ represent?
13229But they were also a religious body, and how could that fact be symbolically combined with the other?
13229But who are"his servants"?
13229But why stir this cesspool of filth any longer?
13229By what law could such a symbolic appearance represent merely a providential superintendence?
13229Did human thought ever reach the conception of music like this?
13229Did new Rome in reality have the seven heads?
13229Did old Rome really possess the ten horns?
13229Did severe slaughter and persecution follow the Reformation?
13229Did the eyes of a mortal ever behold such rapturous scenes?
13229Do not the ladies, and even the wives and daughters of the ministry, put on''gold and pearls and costly array''?
13229Does it deteriorate rapidly and turn out so badly, after all?
13229Does the evil, the folly, and the madness of these proud, formal, fashionable worshiper, stop here?
13229Drunken with what-- wine?
13229For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
13229For who that sees it does not inquire for what we suffer?
13229For whose benefit was the Revelation given?
13229God, evidently, can not be symbolized; for where is the individual in heaven or on earth that can stand as his representative?
13229Has the Pope of Rome a name the letters of which, used as numerals, make six hundred and sixty- six?
13229Have we not here a fit representation of a delusive faith proceeding from its true source,"the bottomless pit"?
13229How did the Papacy mark its subjects?
13229How is this fulfilled?
13229How soon, at that rate, will this world be brought to God?
13229How, then, could the old heathen worship be perpetuated in the church of Rome and form a part of her religious services?
13229I do not question the truth of this assertion, but what becomes of their boasted uninterrupted apostolical succession?
13229In the face of these amazing facts can any one deny that Protestantism is a part of great Babylon and is in a fallen condition?
13229Is it any wonder that such is the case when a large number of the preachers themselves are in reality skeptics?
13229Is it any wonder that the souls of these martyrs should cry unto God for the vindication of their righteous blood?
13229Is not this a wonderful combination of symbols which can be carried out with surprising accuracy?
13229Is not worldliness seen in the music?
13229Lorenzo Dow says of the Romish Church:"If she be the mother, who are the daughters?
13229Many sects have also copied other Popish doctrines, such as infant baptism, the destruction of all outside of the pales of the church(?
13229Oh, when will the communion of saints be complete?
13229One of his infallible(?)
13229Or will you decide to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, only to be resurrected at the last great day to"shame and everlasting contempt"?
13229Reader, what was the condition of the so- called church in A.D. 270 that could make the introduction of such abominations possible?
13229Reasoning by analogy, what would the contents of a sealed book in the hand of God symbolize?
13229Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?
13229The Decretals of Isodore furnish another example of Papal infallibility(?).
13229The last question asked was,"Do you belong to any of the various orthodox Protestant denominations?"
13229The next question that greeted him was this,"Do you believe the Westminster Confession of Faith to be orthodox?"
13229The question arises, Are these souls symbols of something else, or are they what they are here stated to be,"the souls of them that were slain"?
13229The question may be asked,"Is the language intelligible at all?"
13229Then the ministers humbly asked,"What do you intend to leave us?"
13229They were disembodied spirits, and where is there anything of analagous character to represent such?
13229To what living agents, then, did the delusion of Mohammedanism give birth-- agents of a destructive nature like scorpion locust?
13229To what, then, does it refer?
13229To whom are the four and twenty elders referred?
13229Was not here a hearty response to that call,"Rejoice over her thou heaven"?
13229What greater plague could fall upon Romanism and Protestantism than this fearful scourge of infidelity?
13229What harm can it do to give her a hearing?...
13229What human ingenuity could have ever contrived such a marvelous series of events, and described them under such appropriate symbols?
13229What is Jerusalem without a temple where the tribes may go up and worship before the Lord?
13229What is there analagous to it which could here be employed?
13229What right have we to remove one agent from the panorama as an actual agent there any more than another?
13229What shall become of it?
13229What will be the fourth?
13229What will be the fourth?
13229What, let me ask, in the political world is analagous to tempestuous storms sweeping over the earth?
13229What, may we ask, has been the fate of this church against which Christ uttered the threat of removal?
13229What, then, does the man- child signify?
13229What, then, is the analagous object of which the human body may stand as a proper representative?
13229What, then, were they?
13229When he called on the minister and made known his errand, the first question asked him was this,"Are you a member of the Presbyterian church?"
13229When will these avenging judgments cease?"
13229Where is there an object in all creation analagous to a disembodied spirit?
13229Where shall we look for the very highest exhibition of the luxury, even show, and pride of life, resulting from the vanity and sin of the race?
13229Where shall we look in the history of religious affairs to find the object that meets the requirements of this symbol?
13229Where, then, in the history of God''s true church do we find the agencies corresponding to the symbol?
13229Who are foremost in extravagance in dress, and all costly attire?
13229Who are the very personification of pride and arrogance?
13229Who are they?
13229Who ever heard of a city one thousand and five hundred miles square?
13229Who load their tables with the richest and choicest viands?
13229Who that embraces them is not ready to give his blood for the fulness of God''s grace?"
13229Who that inquires does not embrace our doctrines?
13229Who were the active, intelligent agents that appeared as the great opposers of the establishment of Christianity by the rider of the white horse?
13229Why was it necessary that the redeemed company of God''s people should be represented by_ four_ living creatures?
13229Why, then, was it called the Devil and Satan?
13229Would she not falsify them?
13229and whence came they?
13229is not this a great defect?
13229or shall a nation be born at once?
13229or what likeness will ye compare unto him?"
13229successors in the Papal chair, Pope Victor III., pronounced this infallible(?)
13229what will this come to?"
13229who hath seen such things?
13229who is able to make war with him?
13229who is able to make war with him?"