Alas for the fate of the idol! Let not its devotees. mourn as though some strange thing had happened. A similar calamity befel one of its most noted predecessors by a more potent hand:

"And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him." 1 Sam. 5: 4.

"And the idols He shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth." Isa. 2: 18, 19.

MESSIAH'S FUTURE REIGN.

From the sublime Prize Poem of

REGINALD HEBER, BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.

"And who is He! the vast, the awful form,
Girt with the whirlwind, sandal'd with the storm?
A western cloud around his limbs is spread,
His crown a rainbow, and a sun his head.
To highest heaven he lifts his kingly hand,
And treads at once the ocean and the land;
And hark! his voice amidst the thunder's roar,
His dreadful voice, that time shall be no more!
Lo! cherub hands the golden courts prepare,
Lo! thrones are set, and every saint is there;
Earth's utmost bounds confess his awful sway,
The mountain's worship, and the isles obey:
Nor sun, nor moon they need-nor day-nor night;-
God is their temple and the Lamb their light;

And shall not Israel's sons exulting come,

Hail the glad beam and claim their ancient home?
On David's throne shall David's offspring reign,
And the dry bones be warm with life again.

Hark! white rob'd crowds their deep hosannahs raise,
And the hoarse flood repeats the sound of praise;
Ten thousand harps attune the mystic song,
Ten thousand thousand saints the strain prolong!
'Worthy the Lamb! omnipotent to save,

'Who died, who lives triumphant o'er the grave.'"

INCREDULITY OF THOMAS. CHRIST RESURRECTED. “BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET, THAT IT IS I MYSELF: HANDLE ME AND SEE; FOR A SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES, AS YE SEE ME HAVE. Luke xxiv. 39.

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CHAPTER XIII.

CREED OF THE SPIRITUALISTS.

Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."-GALATIANS i: 8.

THE spiritualists pretend that they have no creed. Creed is from the Latin Credo, which signifies belief; and each and every one of them has his belief or creed. It matters little whether their creed be written or oral; each has his own creed in his mind, which may be sufficient for his purposes.

Several important reasons militate against the formal publication of the articles which they now hold in common.

It would be difficult to trace the orbit of a wandering star.

In their downward course from bad to worse, their degeneracy will be less apparent and startling if their position is undefined and their creed is unpublished. Their faith and works are much better adapted to darkness than light. The demons can be seen and work better in a dark room than in the