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 Matth. xxv 31—46.

What a solemn scene, Reader, is here set before you! Not the invention of the fancy of man—but pronounced a reality, on the authority of God. This day is called in scripture 'the day of God—the day of the Lord—the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God—the last day—and to mark its peculiar importance—that day,'—as of all times that can be thought of, the most solemn and interesting.

From the passage of scripture which you have just been reading, you perceive who is to be the Judge on that day—'The Son of man'—JESUS, who, when in this world, was despised and -