The Apocalypse of St. John fitly closes the sacred canon; for, drawing so much, as it does, from all the rest of God’s wonderful book, it holds the truths derived therefrom in a coherent union never to be dissolved or broken. Index Albigenses, 137. Apocalypse. See Revelation. Apostolic and present age, resemblance between, 198. Asceticism and worldliness contrasted, 148‒150. Asceticism, prevalence and danger of, 138, 139. Atonement, all-sufficiency of, 164, 165. Babylon, destruction of, 199; relation of Church and State in, 179‒181. Balaam, 147, 148. Barbarism, characteristics of, 244‒247; possibility of reversion to, 74, 75, 243. Beast, scarlet colored, 186‒188. Bible, reticence of, 263. Christ crucified, the central figure of Revelation, 270, ♦271. ♦ “171” replaced with “271” Christian liberty, 272. Christianity, antithesis between true and false, 184, 185. Church and State, interdependence of, 110, 249, 250. Church, conquering weapons of the, 110, 155, 202; the ideal, 266, _ff._; notes of the true, 266, _ff._; separable from world, 269, 270; supernatural origin of the, 267; a witness to God, 268. Church unity, 228, _ff._; an apostolic hope, 230, 231; how attained, 236, 237; importance of, 232. Daniel, prophecy of four beasts in, 115. David, duration of dynasty of, 209. Dragon, the; divine protection from, 108; hostility of, to the church, 107. Dry bones. _See_ Ezekiel, vision of dry bones. Emblem, of seal, 39‒41; of trumpet, 56, 57. Epistles to seven churches of Asia, their lesson to us, 34. Euphrates, reference to, in sixth trumpet, 72, 73. Ezekiel, prophecy of, 163, 164, 205, _ff._; vision of dry bones, 207, 208. False prophet, marks of, 133. False prophetism, second wild beast a symbol of, 126. Fifth trumpet. _See_ Trumpet fifth. First trumpet. _See_ Trumpet first. Forty-two, symbolism of, 19. Fourth trumpet. _See_ Trumpet fourth. Gentilism, mission of, 234. Gnosticism perilous to Christianity, 136. God, knowledge of; how obtained, 59‒61. Gog and Magog, 209, 240‒243, 252, 253. Harvest scene, meaning of, 157‒159. Holy Spirit, his work preceded by that of Christ, 141, 142. Individuality an outgrowth of Christianity, 134, 135. Inspiration and human genius, 84. Interpretation, principles of, 10; reference to Old Testament necessary in, 13‒16; structure of book a guide to, 11‒13. Jewish ritual a key to emblems and symbols, 16. Joel, prophecy of, 155‒157. Judaism, its office in the plan of redemption, 233. Knowledge of God through his works and word, 59‒61. Lamb’s book of life, 254, _ff._ Lukewarmness, evils of, 69, 70. Man and the earth, close connection between, 63, 64.