the parable. The glorious truth, which has cheered many a heart darkened by the clouds of oppression and adversity, was not left by our Lord to be obscured by one shadow of doubt, but was affirmed by his emphatic I say unto you, and thus rendered available to the weakest exercise of faith in the divine protection. Speedily. In comparison with the duration of peace and freedom from oppression, which shall follow this divine interposition in favor of the elect, it may well be said to have taken place