view of the heavenly angels, and every faithful disciple may be, if he will, as was Ezra before the king. The hand of God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against those who forsake Him, and who trust in the help and friendship of the world, going to the God of Ekron to inquire, and heeding not the counsel of the living God. The children of God will know who is their helper. They will know in whom they can trust implicitly, and with Christ’s help, they may,