"All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place" (Zech. xiv. 10).

Therefore, take a line from Geba to Rimmon (Paver) for a bearing.

"Thus saith the Lord, A line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem; behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner, a sure foundation" (Isa. xxviii. 16). Therefore, parallel to the given bearing, stretch a line over Zion, and continue it down to the Red Sea, and up to the Euphrates. A perpendicular to this line will run down the Euphrates from the angle where the river turns due north, to its mouth; and prolonged westward, comes to the head of the Bay of Scanderoon. From the point of intersection with the perpendicular, the line thus stretched forth upon Jerusalem, if divided into thirteen equal parts, will be found to give each of fifty ancient Roman miles; shewing the settlement of the twelve tribes, with an holy oblation, in parallel portions-with one such, the eighth from the north, having Zion for its precise centre; and coming exactly, as by Ezekiel it should come, for an holy oblation, between the portion for Judah and the portion for Benjamin.

The accompanying little sketch will, I trust, shew all plainly, if you can afford space to print it; and it shews all Syria and Arabia distributed equally in thirteen portions, Ishmael inheriting along with his brethren, and only one corner of Arabia left unoccupied, below the portion of Gad, of whom it is written," Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad." To Almighty "God," omniscient, predestinating, foretelling, and forthshewing, be honour, praise, love, adoration, through "Jesus Christ" our Saviour. And speedily may His kingdom come, and His (not Antichrist's, not Napoleon's) will be done, in the restoration of His own people in their promised land, in the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles, and in the glory of the Lord covering the earth, as the waters of the great sea shall rush through Mount Olivet, by the Straits of Azal (Zech. xiv. 5), and cover the sea (Hab. ii. 14).—I remain, dear sir, most faithfully yours, J. SCOTT PHILLIPS, Major.

The Holy City, New Jerusalem of Revelations, coincides with the area of the holy oblation, in the centre of which will be the millennial New Jerusalem of Ezekiel. The interpretation turns upon the rendering of the word furlongs (Rev. xxi. 16) as stadia-2 S. The bearing-3 S. The line over Mount Zion and Jerusalem.

Poetry.

THE NEW JERUSALEM.

BATHED in unfallen sunlight,
Itself a sunborn gem,
Fair gleams the glorious city,
The New Jerusalem!
City fairest,
Splendour rarest,

Let me gaze on thee !

Calm in her queenly glory,
She sits, all joy and light;
Pure in her bridal beauty,

Her raiment festal-white !

All readers of this Journal are most earnestly besought to give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may be honoured and His truth advanced; also, that it may be conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp unbrotherly disputation.

BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.