until the end of the age,—one chain of many links reaching from a Lost Eden to a Regained Paradise! This is an “apostolic succession” indeed, in which the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the holy company of the apostles, the noble army of martyrs, Jesus Christ Himself, all take part, with God the Father of all, in testimony to the truth. It may well be doubted whether he who bears no part in this testimony has any part in the salvation. Would that every reader might feel the full force of this