THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

John did not end his life at Pat-
mos. After a time, he was set free,
and went to Ephesus, where he died
when he was a very old man. John
wrote three epistles, besides the
Book of Revelation. The first is
called “General ;” that is, it was not
sent to any one place or person in
particular, 1t was addressed to all
the churches of Christ throughout
the world. The second was written
to a lady and her children, whom
John loved “in the truth ;” and
the third, to a kind friend, a very
good man, named Gaius.

When John was too old to walk
about, or preach much, he used to
be carried to the places where the
people met together, and say to
them, “ Little children, love one
another.” Thus “the disciple
whom Jesus loved ” remembered to
the very last His master’s command,
“Love one another, as I have loved
you;” and he tried, till his death,
to teach others, as he had him-
self been taught of Christ.

And now we are come to the end
of the Bible History; for John was
the last inspired writer of God’s
Word; and the Book of Revelation

 

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is the last book in the Bible. And
what is the last message which God
has left us? How does the Bible
end? ‘The last invitation is this:
“The Spirit and the bride say,
come. And let him that heareth
say, come. And let him that is
athirst, come. And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.”
One of the last words in the Bible is,
“Come.” Come, for all things are
now ready. The Father is willing to
receive you; Jesus Christ is willing
to wash away your sins in His own
blood; the Holy Spirit is willing to
renew and sanctify your heart.
Come then, and pray for these
blessings before it is too late; for
Jesus says again, “Surely, I come
quickly.” Death is coming, Christ
is coming, the day of judgment is.
coming; and there will be no time
then to pray for pardon, and salva-
tion, and happiness, and Heaven.
Seek for them now; for “now is
the accepted time, now is the day of
salvation; ” and then you will be
ready to meet your Saviour with
joy, and say, “ Even so, come, Lord
Jesus.”-