who were begging for bread, but no way to procure it.  Eleven hundred thousand he saw in a state of starvation, who were to fall by famine, sword and pestilence.  He saw their cruel enemies surround the walls of their city, who would allow no sustenance to be given them, but determined to reduce them by hunger and sword to one common grave.  All these things, that were coming upon them, rushed at once upon the mind of the compassionate Redeemer of the world.  The affecting scene moved so strongly upon his heavenly feelings, that he dropped the the melancholy subject and burst into a flood of tears.  He beheld the city and wept over it—­“O Jerusalem!  Jerusalem!  Thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not!” He then left the temple for the last time; but as he was departing from it, his disciples, astonished at his denunciation, and regretting that such a magnificent edifice should be destroyed, exclaimed—­“Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!” And he said unto them “there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.”  The disciples immediately asked him saying, “tell us when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?” By the end of the world we are to understand the end of the Jewish age.  As they asked him the signs portending this terrible destruction, so that they might know when it was nigh at hand, he immediately proceeded to point them out, and warned them to flee to the mountains of Judea for safety.

The signs are as follows—­many false Christs should arise, there should be wars and rumors of wars, nation should rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there should be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places.  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name sake.  Then shall there be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be.  The most prominent sign he gave them, and one that more immediately concerned his disciples, was that they should deliver them up to be afflicted, and they should be brought before kings and governors for his name’s sake.  “But, (says Jesus) when they persecute you in one city, then flee ye to another.”

Christ gave his disciples plainly to understand, that when the Jews began their persecutions against his followers, then the destruction of Jerusalem was nigh at hand.  After giving these instructions to his disciples, he laid down his life, and on the third day he arose, triumphing over death and leading captivity captive.  His disciples soon after commenced the spread of the gospel of peace, and waived the banners of the cross over kings and subjects, calling upon