But this we know, that when the Lord does come the second time from heaven, then will be the great numbering of the nations: not the mere periodical census of a single kingdom, which, with all its boasted wealth and enterprise, is but a mere speck upon the surface of our earth; but a numbering of all the myriads that have ever peopled it, from the family of the first man until there “_shall be time no longer_;” {20a} “_the sea giving up the dead which are in it_; _and death and the grave delivering up the dead_” {20b} which are in them; and all distinctions of age, or rank, or learning, or riches, or power, lost and sunk, in the simple but everlasting distinction between those who served God, and those who served Him not; those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life, and those not to be found there. And then will these inquiries and such as these, which your ministers urge upon you now in “_the foolishness of preaching_,” {20c} but which too often reach only unwilling ears and careless hearts, then shall they be enforced by “_the voice of the archangel and by the trump of God_.” {20d} Let us then “_walk circumspectly_, _not as fools_, _but as wise_, _redeeming the time_, _because the days are evil_.” {20e} And may we be found so far faithful to Him who calls us, that out of these our earthly households, some may be continually gathering to join that “_multitude which no man can number_,” {20f} who, on the sea of glass and before the sapphire throne, are worshipping Him that sits upon the throne, and casting their crowns before Him, and saying, “_Thou art worthy to receive glory_, _and honour_, _and power_; _for thou hast created all things_, _and for Thy pleasure they are and were created_!” {20g} NOTES. Note A. (P. 17.) During the evenings of the late winter months a series of scenic representations, twice in every week, was displayed in the school-room, which is near the church; and the admission being free, they were attended by large numbers of the poorer class, Roman Catholic and Protestant. On these occasions the priest always attended, and explained the subjects represented, which were uniformly taken from the Scripture. And he lost no opportunity of inviting his audience to hear the same subjects enforced in the church which thus interested them in the school-room. The following extracts from some of these tracts, which are all announced upon a large printed placard in the window of the house where they are sold, as having received THE “APPROBATION OF HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN AND ALL THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS,” will justify, it is presumed, without a comment, the epithets here applied to them, as describing their character and tendency. They are either untrue, unfair, or ironical. Extracts from a tract, entitled, “_Protestantism weighed in its own Balance_, _and found wanting_. No. 1. _The Bible_, _and the Bible only_.”