angel on the cloud returned twice to fetch more. There was a stone of irregular shape, some distance from the people, on the nearest side, on which, in large letters, were these words-THE ROCK OF AGES. The explanation of this vision was given to me, with these Scriptures: 2 Esdras, vii. chapter, 26th and 27th verses :Behold the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the Bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth. And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my wonders. : The cxIxth Psalm, 18th verse ---Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold the wondrous things of thy law. The Lth chapter of Isaiah, 7th verse ---For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. The Ligth chapter of Isaiah, 12th verse :--- I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass. The xvth chapter of 2d Esdras, from the 1st to the end of the 6th verse :---Behold, speak thou in the ears of my people the words of prophecy, &c. The x vith of 2d Esdras, 73d verse :---Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as gold in the fire. The xvth chapter of 2d Esdras, the 21st verse :-Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, and recompense in their bosom. Thus saith the Lord God. Here begins the explanation of the Vision: "The Rock is the Rock of Ages, that stands firm on the dark cloud for man; on the dark cloud that came to man in the Fall, that Rock was fixed for man; and that Rock was fixed again for man, in the type of Moses, when he was warned to call the children of Israel from the hand of Pharoah; they were preserved and Pharoah destroyed. Now mark the Scriptures, of the Bride that shall appear, that is now withdrawn from the earth. Now I tell thee, the Bride that is there mentioned, as withdrawn from the earth, but is to appear, is the SPIRIT that shall appear in the last days, to shew the Promise that was made to Eve: for though she is withdrawn from the earth, and no man thought of the Promise that was made to her; yet in the last days they were to appear, and now they shall be seen plain to all TRUE BELIEVERS; for whosoever is delivered from the evil of sin and the power of the Devil will see all the wonders that I promised to the Bride in the Creation; and whether they are living, or whether they die before the time, they will then come forth and be with ME, when I come to execute my decrees. Now mark, the Ship is the token of the Sea; and know how I told thee the type of Moses and the children of Israel, was a type of the last days of Satan's destruction, and man's preservation; then as the type of Moses, see the ship and the sea before thee, and the angel leading them to the ship out of the dark clouds they were in, in the land of Egypt, and my power standing over them in a bright cloud to destroy their enemies, when my servant and angels had called away my people Israel. Now I tell thee, the enemies are those that have heads without bodies, treading down my people as Pharoah trod down the children of Israel. But mark the one hath no feet to stand on, but the other as men all ready to flee, and the ship is ready to receive them. Now thou sayest in thy heart, they had no ships, only the open sea; but the type of the Gos pel must now join with the type of the Law: and, as I worked miracles on the seas, by dividing it for the children of Israel to pass through, so I worked miracles on the seas to come to the ship, which gave Peter faith to launch into the great deep when he saw me walking on the seas :-- So now the deep for all is near: The depth and breadth you can't command, The ship must be the faith of man, To launch into my Bible deep; And then you'll see how all must sink, That will not come this way by faith; And mark my Bible what it saith. But now my chosen they shall know, Who by faith are launching so; Though as gold they may be tried, Yet my words are deep and wide; Wide as the ocean doth appear, Faith will find an anchor here For to launch into this deep: Know my Bible speaks of it, How my angel must appear, Blow the trumpet for men to hear, While I stand on the bright cloud-. Hear the trumpet then aloud : All your evils are at hand: Let my chosen people stand; Because that I'll deliver them. You see my angel now is come To call my chosen ones away; Then the black cloud you there may see Must all be trod beneath my feet. The Vision there for all goes deep: As I am calling them away, To leave the cloud and come to ME; That is, to launch into the deep: Now mark the other side, how bright, And bright the end will be for all That do obey this heavenly call; Because my brightness shall appear To tread down every cloud that's there. For so the clouds I'll now tread down; And then my chosen will be found In all the brightness that is there. The other side they must appear; Because the clouds must pass away, For perfect as this Vision lays, I say the end will be to all. The clouds foretel the Devil's fall: For I, the Moses, now am come, To call my children all from him; And so my chosen need not fear, Because the other side is clear: And full as clear, shall't be for manThese Visions both are joined as one: As to the tree the one is plac'd, The TREE of LIFE for man to taste; For so the trumpets do men callBut mark this Vision, one and all, How on the seas I came to man, And how the ship I brought to land, When they were frighted by the stormM Ship, the faith of Man Freinds to be Tried The shadows first you don't discern ; Lands To spread the TRUTH in Foreign Lands, And on the Rocky Hearts descend, same as Before the Power of Hell I shake, 119 Palm 18 And from the Psalm judge thou the rest. For wondrous things I now shall do, And every soul will find it true, That I in wonder shall appear, on ten And come with triumph in the air; You know the Type I've said to men; For so the end to all must burst. And know, to him I came alone, |