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heads erect: for ‘Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth,” and “there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit "—Rom. 8 : 1.

202 The Jews who struggled up the First Ascending Passage, and the world who labour down the Descending Passage are weary and faint because of their galling yoke and heavy burden; ‘“ But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary ; and they shall walk, and not faint”—Isa. 40: 31. The reason is that they have hearkened to the Lord’s words: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for 1am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light ’—Maitt. 11 : 28-30.

203 Nevertheless, although this way is lofty, it is a narrow way, for ‘‘ narrow is the way which leadeth unto life'’—Matt. 7:14. It is rather less than seven feet wide above the Ramps, and the walking part between the Ramps is even less than this. It is only three and a half feet wide—just room for two to walk abreast, “ My Lord and I.” However anxious the Lord’s brethren may be for some dear one to share this pathway with them, while they may assist him to see his privilege, none of them can lead him up. They must urge him to take Jesus’ hand; and all who respond will find Jesus able to save to the uttermost. They will hear Jehovah’s tender words: “ Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness ’Isa. 41 : 10.

204 The way is dark; “but unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.”’ Those who walk this way have a “lamp,” the Word of God, by the light of which they are enabled to see the pathway, and this lamp is shining more and more brightlyPsa, 112:4; 119:105; Prov.4:18. The way is also slippery; but the wayfarers have the Lord as their yoke-fellow ; if they should slip, he will help them. Moreover, they have the Ramps beside them all the way, representing the grace of God, his “ great and precious promises" to support them when they are weary, to cling to when they slip. ‘* When I said, ‘My foot slippeth,’ thy mercy, O Lord, held me up"—Psa. 93: 18. Should anyone wilfully begin to retrace his steps, he will find that the way of the backslider is hard, just as in the Great Pyramid the descent of the Grand Gallery is even harder than the ascent. Persistence in this downward course must eventuate in the Second Death—Heb. 6: 4-6; 10:29; 2 Pet. 2: 20-22.

205 The Step at the head of the Grand Gallery represents the last great trial to be overcome in each individual Christian's course; but just as visitors to the Pyramid can surmount this Step and gain entrance to the King’s Chamber by taking advantage of the help afforded them by their guide and by the Ramps, so all who are true Christians will prove overcomers if their strength is not in themselves, but in the Lord, and if they rely on the grace of God, “the exceeding great and precious promises: that by these they might be partakers of the Divine nature "—2 Pet. 1: 4.

206 When we examine the two side-walls of the Grand Gallery, we see that-they are each composed of eight courses of masonry above the Ramps, and that each course projects about three inches beyond the one below it—Plate XIII. There are thus seven

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