...(ch. vi.) "And when he had opened the first seal, I heard the first living creature say, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse ; and he that...him ; and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." The whole scope of this vision is to shew the successive states of the Christian Church, to its final...

...as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw and beheld a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow; and...him; and he went forth conquering and to conquer." This hieroglyphic is differently explained by different great authors. One class of them suppose it...

...vision which the apostle had of the Lamb, opening the first seal. " And I saw," says he, " and behold a white horse ; and he that sat on him had a bow,...him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." The history of the apostles and first preachers affords a striking comment on these words, at the same...

...vision which the apostle had of the Lamb, opening the first seal. " And I saw," says he, " and behold a white horse ; and he that sat on him had a bow,...him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." The history of the apostles and first preachers affords a striking comment on these words, at the -same...

...Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of ' the four blasts saying, Come and see. '2. And I saw, and behold a...him : and he went forth conquering and to conquer. When the Lord made this Revelation to St. John, the situation of the Church of Christ was peculiarly...

...heard as it were the moise of thunder., one of the fonr beasts (living creatures) saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat...him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." Under this symbol is represented the gospel of Jesus Christ, going forth in its purity, and in the...

...heard as it were the noise of thunder, one of the fonr beasts (living creatures) saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat...him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." Under this symbol is represented the gospel of Jesus Christ, going forth in its purity, and in the...

...when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the Jour beasts saying, Come and see. 2. And I saw, and behold,...him; and he went forth conquering and to conquer. When the Lord Jesus, as the " Lamb that had " been slain," opened the first seal, the Apostle's attention...

...same events. This may soon be made evident. At the opening of the first seal (vi. 2.) St. John says, " I saw, and behold, a white horse : and he that sat...him, and he went forth, conquering and to conquer." This image can only be applied to a prosperous time of Christianity, viz. that of its first diffusion....

...present seal, the extension of the kingdom of the Redeemer is exhibited to us. The apostle beheld " a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow ;...him, and he went forth, conquering and to conquer." It is the blessed Saviour who is here presented with traits, similar to those by which he is painted...