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 angel" (Rev. xxi. 17). It is as true in morals as in physics that two objects which are equal to, or having the same measure as, a third, must be equal to each other. So if the measure of the celestial city be that of a man and likewise of the angel, then the moral dimensions of a true man must be the same as those of an angel, and the two must belong to one and the same order of created intelligences.

Then consider the myriads of angels whom John saw, and whose hymns of thanksgiving and praise he heard, when "in the spirit"; all of whom appear to have been in the human form. And not only so, but we are told that "a great multitude" of that angelic host, were "of all nations and kingdoms and people and tongues," and "stood before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." And when it was asked, "What are these who are arrayed in white robes, and whence came they?" the answer was, "These are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb"—showing that they all belonged to the human race, and had once constituted a portion of the tempted and struggling ones of this mundane sphere.

What need of further evidence on the subject, from either the volume of nature or revelation?

But some may ask. What then are we to do with those passages in the Bible which speak of "the angels which kept not their first estate," but "sinned," and were therefore "cast down to hell"? (Jude vi. 2. Peter ii. 4). If the inquirer regards the Epistles as equally inspired, and therefore of equal authority, with the Gos-