character, even then, by the help of the marking iron, (the steel pen and stamping type,) with the ink from the writer’s _ink horn_; with this difference, that this simultaneous sealing of the 144,000 will show such a clear development of christian character in their lives and shining foreheads (or faces,) that it will be clearly understood that Jesus has redeemed them from _all_ iniquity, by purifying “unto himself a _peculiar people_, ZEALOUS OF GOOD WORKS.” [These good works, methinks, will be something more than simply saying we believe the Lord is coming.] Yes, says Malachi, when by his prophetic spirit, he saw Jesus “making up his jewels,” at this point of time, “_then_ shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.” “In the latter (or last) days ye shall consider it perfectly.”—Jer. Then “he that is unjust, let him be so, and he that is righteous, let him be so still, and behold I come quickly, &c.”—Rev. xxii: 11, 12. This sealing process, then, I understand to be going on with the little flock, progressing in accordance with the last eight years’ peculiar labor in their experience, and will be completed and approbated by God in the agonizing time of Daniel’s and Jacob’s trouble, and proclaimed to the world by God’s roaring out of Zion, and uttering his voice from Jerusalem; then he will be the hope of his people; (see Joel iii.) then their atonement will be finished, the Sanctuary cleansed,—16th and 17th verses; “Zion’s captivity turned;” “their mouths filled with laughter;” “the jewels made up,” and the wise will understand the time of their coming deliverer.(3)