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ing horses and rattling wheels. But the prophet Nahum told them that when Nineveh had been laid waste, and was set as a gazing stock—and that is just what Nineveh is now—that there would be better chariots than theirs. For the prophet says, in chapter 2, verses 3-4, "The chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation; the chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways, and they shall run like the lightnings." Now, the lightnings can only run in their own prescribed tracks; they can only run in or from clouds that are over-charged with electricity. Now let us suppose that we are visiting one of our great depots or railway stations on a lovely summer morning. As we arrive, the train-men are busy making up a train; whether this train is to carry an excursion party or is loaded with merchandise, it makes no difference. No horses, camels, mules or dromedaries are seen to move this long row of caravans; but we move on to the end of the train, and at the head of the train and coupled to it, there stands a magnificent chariot. If it is