...Apostle John reveals, by holy vision, the grandeur of tlie heavenly Zion, he selects the same emblem, " The street of the city was pure gold as it were transparent glass." Rev. xxi. 21. There is an allusion made to gold by the Apostle Peter well deserviug the consideration...

...; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an ' amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten...

...beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." Meanwhile the wicked are permitted to trouble, and to break down with axes and hammers the carved work...

...the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of it." It cannot...

...exposition. One expression, in particular, has, I believe, puzzled wiser heads than mine to explain. "The street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." The construction likewise in the Greek is difficult Some render it pure gold transparent as glass:...

...11. amethyst (a). And the twelve gates were twelve 21. pearls ,• each one of the gates severally was of one pearl ; and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent crystal. And a temple I did not 22. see in it; for the Lord, the God, the Almighty,...

...; the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, achrysopras us; the eleventh, a jacinth ; thetwelfth,an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 f And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 B And...

...beryl, the ninth a topaz, the tenth a chrysoprasus, the eleventh a jacinth, the twelfth an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass," We have no distinct account of the early history of genns. In the scriptures we read of the gem that...

...ga'tes 'were' twelve pearl's ; ev'ery seVeral ga'te was of pn'e pearl' : and the stre'et of tjie eit'y 'was' pu're go'ld, as it were transpa'rent glass'. 22 And I sa'w no tem'ple therein' : for tjie Lp'rd Gp'd A'lmight'y and tjie Lam'b are tjie tem'ple of it. 23 And tjie eit'y had no ne'ed of...

..." And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones." " And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several...city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." And " the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of it." " And the city had no need of the...