trimmed—but for the neglectful, there is not wherewith. It is not enough to have burnt, but to be burning, when He comes. Raise the wick as they will, what avails it if the oil is spent? trimmed] “by pouring on fresh oil, and removing the fungi about the wick: for the latter purpose a sharp-pointed wire was attached to the lamp, which is still seen in the bronze lamps found in sepulchres.” Webst. and Wilk. 8, 9.] are going out;—not as A. V.,—‘are gone out:’ and there is deep truth in this: the lamps