though a wall was round them, though the world know it not, and yet for all this, other nations shall gather together the gold from this land England, they shall take it from the farmer, and the farmer from the landlord, by cattle and by minerals, and by corn, and it shall not return again till they know what they have done unto the poor of my flock; and yet for all this I will protect it from foreign powers, and from sword, yet its own sword shall go through it, and its own plagues.

"And an acre of land shall be as an acre of another nation, and many shall flee to other nations, and though they flee, they shall meet it-a continuance of full storehouses, and the subjects nothing to buy it with. I will punish them, and not by famine, till they return and know that I have sent my word amongst them; and their hearts yet will be more hardened that Í may bring my plagues upon them; and yet for all this there shall be no end of ingenuity. These things are upon them, yet they will boast."

As regards the following words, taken from the above Communication, "Its own sword shall go through it, and its own plagues," we would direct the attention of the reader to the following extracts, taken from the Newspapers of 1849, relating to the many deaths which took place during the passing of the cholera through England, when in London alone the deaths occasioned from cholera and diarrhoea were 18,166. There were also many thousand deaths in other parts of the United Kingdom.

The cholera cost the ratepayers of the metropolis for medical attendance, medicine, funerals, &c., £200,000, besides an annual cost for some years of £15,000 to £20,000 for the maintenance of the widows and orphans.

Cost of Cholera in Liverpool.-At the last fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool board of sewers,

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the proceedings related chiefly to the sanitary measures adopted by the board at the present juncture. Mr. Harboard said, the board were spending about £10,000 a year, in order to relieve the sufferers from cholera.

See newspapers for 1851-52, as to the number of persons emigrating to America, Australia, &c., being a fulfilment of that part of the previous communication, "Many shall flee to other nations."

Wakefield, 14th of 11th month, 1842.

FROM Margaret Bishop, of America.-Thou mentions a person inquiring if Christ was the rock of which they all drank; what was the type of the beasts drinking? It is said by Jacob, "Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them." Gen. xxix. 7.

The sheep drinking is set a figure of Jew and Gentile drinking of the sacrifice; all those that believed in him should be buried with him in baptism, and that their souls should be justified from the corruptible earth into incorruptible earth, in the first or final resurrection.

"To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly." Rom. iv. 5. This is to him that worketh not in either the law or the gospel but believing he will justify them in the first resurrection.

These are they that drink of the water in the wilderness. But when the cattle are gathered they have their works with them, of what the law and gospel bids them do, proving of what sort it is, it being the great salvation of the redemption of their natural bodies, being delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of God; (Rom. viii. 21;) fulfilling the words in the 4th verse of the 4th chapter, Their works not being of grace but of

debt, owing to them in the last hour of the sixth thousand years.

Thou mentions an observation of a woman on the doctrine of the Universalists, that if it was true, she hoped no one would go there to preach it, the people took so much liberty from it. He that preacheth this doctrine ought to understand it that there is two resurrections, and though it shall be so, at the final resurrection the wicked are the least among the incorruptible bodies, proved by the following words, "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Matt. v. 19.

Wakefield, 29th of 11th month, 1842.

THE Spirit of the Lord being on me, it answering John and Margaret Bishop's inquiry touching the creation.

"When I created the body of man out of the ground, I brought his spirit to it, which was in paradise, and by it I breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living soul, liable to that which he was taken from, that I might shew my power in raising his soul out of that which he was liable to. I then took a rib from him, and of it I made a woman, flesh and bone; not of the earth, but of his flesh and bone, and I brought her spirit unto it, which was in paradise, and she became a living soul; and I placed in her life and good, death and evil.

"I placed also courses within the woman to keep the evil from the good, and the good from the evil, which is unto this day, that each might be set before the man, and I said unto them whom I had created-This day have I set before you good and life, death and evil; and touch it not, for in the day ye eat of it ye shall surely die; for out of the earth

1 The Spirit.

I formed thee, liable to return unto the earth. I put them in the garden of Eden.1 (Gen. ii. 16, 17.)

"And the Lord God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Gen. ii. 15.

"Satan came also and tempted the woman, so that she said, We may eat of all the trees of the garden but of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said we should not eat of it, for in the day we eat of it we should surely die. Satan said unto her, Ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as gods, knowing good and evil. She then took of the fruit of the tree and did eat, and gave also to her husband and he did eat, and they had evil hearts. So she hid the good in man in the evil of the tree, so that their bodies died and saw corruption within the day. (Gen. iii. 4—6.)

"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."" Gen. iii. 17, 23.

"But I still remembered the woman, the good divided from the evil, so that the man had always good and evil set before him, and in the fourth thousand years I remembered the woman, and overshadowed her good, which was separated from the evil which she had eaten of; and of it she brought forth a body, which saw not corruption, and of him did I set a light in the earth for all men to walk by, specially to them which believed in him, though they

The garden being the spirit of man, death dividing the body from the Spirit, so the body went to till the ground, till enmity be put between the woman and the serpent, that she may by her seed bruise his head.

2 But if she ate of it, it became as salt water and sweet water mixed in one fountain, or as the ore.

were dead, that they should live in the first resurrection as the angels, they being baptized with him, should be justified with him in the first resurrection. For as they have been planted together in the likeness of his death, they will also be in the likeness of his resurrection. Therefore they are buried with him by baptism into death. (Rom. vi. 4, 5.) And they that believed before he came are equal with them that believed after.

"And all that lived and believed in him, the work that he had done should be done in them, that their mortal bodies should put on immortality, for they that are planted with him in their mortal life, being made free of sin, will be planted with him in a natural immortal body, an image of my own eternity in the last hour of the sixth thousand years; and that evening and morning should be as the first day.

"Now, Oh man! this is a part of my work which I have shewed thee on a bed of affliction, sealed to them that are to die, but unsealed to them that are to live! For the day is now come that that which I shewed unto the woman I will also shew unto thee ; her writings shall be unto thee as the Scriptures. My children may inquire of me touching them, and I will answer by thee, if they be not as thou hast been, asking amiss, opposite to the Scriptures. For mine honour I will not give unto another, but it shall be unto them for whom I have reserved it."

The following prophecy was uttered by John Wroe, on the 26th of 6th month, 1836, as he was on his way from a place called Flowery Field, (where he had been preaching,) to Dukinfield, in company with John Hall, John Beaumont, and John Roddis, all of or near Mossley.

John Beaumont asked him when he thought he must enter Ashton?

He answered, "I have not been shewn as yet the time; but stand still, now the Spirit is upon me to