Jesus, Thy name is all my boast, And though by waves of trouble tossed, Thou wilt not let my soul be lost. Come then, come quickly from above, My soul impatient longs to prove, The depths of everlasting love.” THE SECOND BOOK. THE REDEEMED. _The Result of the Redeemer’s Sufferings._ In the _First_ Book we have had before us the work of the Redeemer set forth as it concerned His own glorious person. In this _Second_ Book it is presented to us as it affects others. Here we see the _results_ of His humiliation, and conflict, and victory—“The sufferings of Christ” and the blessings they procured for His redeemed people. In Chapter I. we have the Blessings procured. In Chapter II. their Blessings ensured. In Chapter III. their Blessings in abeyance. In Chapter IV. their Blessings enjoyed. Chapter I. The Sign CAPRICORNUS (The Sea Goat). _The Goat of Atonement Slain for the Redeemed._ It is most noteworthy that this Second Book opens with the Goat, and closes with the Ram: two animals of sacrifice; while the two middle chapters are both connected with fishes.(47) The reason for this we shall see as we proceed. Both are combined in the first chapter, or “Sign” of Capricornus. In all the ancient Zodiacs, or Planispheres, we find a goat with a fish’s tail. In the Zodiacs of Denderah and Esneh, in Egypt, it is half‐goat and half‐fish, and it is there called _Hu‐penius_, which means _the place of the sacrifice_. In the Indian Zodiac it is a goat _passant_ traversed by a fish. There can be no doubt as to the significance of this sign. In the Goat we have the Atoning Sacrifice, in the Fish we have the people for whom the atonement is made. When we come to the sign “PISCES” we shall see more clearly that it points to the _multitudes_ of the redeemed host. The Goat is bowing its head as though falling down in death. The right leg is folded underneath the body, and he seems unable to rise with the left. The tail of the fish, on the other hand, seems to be full of vigour and life. The Hebrew name of the sign is _Gedi_, _the kid_ or _cut off_, the same as the Arabic _Al Gedi_. CAPRICORNUS is merely the modern (Latin) name of the sign, and means _goat_. [Illustration] Plate 16: CAPRICORNUS (the Goat) There are 51 stars in the sign, three of which are of the 3rd magnitude, three of the 4th, etc. Five are remarkable stars, α and β in the horn and head, and the remaining three, γ, δ, and ε, in the fishy tail. The star α is named _Al Gedi_, _the kid_ or _goat_, while the star δ is called _Deneb Al Gedi_, _the sacrifice cometh_. Other star‐names in the sign, not identified, are _Dabih_ (Syriac), _the sacrifice slain_; _Al Dabik_ and _Al Dehabeh_ (Arabic) have the same meaning; _Ma’asad_, _the slaying_; _Sa’ad al Naschira_, _the record of the cutting off_.