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down in heavenly grace spreading a benediction over the

whole millennial scene. Think of that! What city is there that is

an influence for spiritual good in the world today? There is not

one. But think of the holy city coming down, shining, its light

spreading out. Some of our hymns carry the idea. Mr.

McCallum’s hymns are a peculiar legacy which that dear

brother left us, for example, No. 221,

‘Descending out of heaven

To fill with Christ in grace,

In blest administration,

As bride and wife, her place!’

Think of what a blessing it will be; what a

benediction will flow out from the heavenly Jerusalem,

reaching down to the earthly one and then out to the nations—

what a benediction!

If the city of man is big in your eyes, dear young one, with all

its works, all its developments, know that the whole lot will

come down—“the cities of the nations fell”. God is not pleased

to describe in detail how it will happen, any more than He is

pleased to give us all the detail of creation. How many

persons, and maybe we ourselves, would have liked to know

more of the mechanism of creation, and how it was formed,

and so on. Mr. Darby has a beautiful piece about the glory of

Christ, “All things received being through him”, and he says;

‘Those ages that man thinks all but interminable, in which God

gave being to the creature, and in which He may have

changed over and over again the various forms of the

creature, where science is endeavouring to pursue its

uncertain and weary way all this is closed up in a few words,

“All things received being through him”‘ (From ‘Impressions of

Christ’, published by Morrish).