credit ,transcribed from the #ahhj ,robert ,banks edition by ,david ,price1 email ccx#jgdpglaf4org ,,london3 ,,printed ,,by ,,robert ,,banks1 ,,racquet ,,court1 ,,fleet ,,street1 ,e4,c4 ,picture3 ,book cover ,,the ,,lost ,,ten ,,tribes1 ,,and #ahhb4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,joseph ,,wild1 ,d4,d41 ,,pastor ,,of ,,union ,,congregational ,,church1 ,,brooklyn1 ,n4,y4 ,,london3 ,,robert ,,banks1 ,,racquet ,,court1 ,,fleet ,,street4 ,e4,c4 #ahhj4 ,picture3 ,great seal of the ,united ,states ,this device of the great ,seal was adopted by act of the ,continental ,congress1 on ,june #bjth1 #aghb1 and re-adopted by the ,new ,congress1 ,september #aeth1 #aghi4 ,the act provided for an obverse and a reverse1 as set forth in this plate2 the reverse is not used4 ,this is a plate of the first and original ,seal1 which1 by use1 has been worn out4 ,the one now in use is the second2 it differs from the first that1 by an accident1 seven arrows were left out of the eagle's talon4 ,,by ,,the ,,same ,,author4 ,price #bs41 post free #bs4 #c;d41 ,,the ,,future ,,of ,,israel ,,and ,,judah4 ,,with ,a ,,portrait ,,of ,,dr4 ,,wild4 ,,philo-,,israel says3--,we recommend most strongly that all our friends should obtain the book4 ,once in their hands1 we know they will read it to the end4 ,,london3 ,,robert ,,banks1 ,,racquet ,,court1 ,,fleet ,,street4 ,,preface4 ,the following ,discourses are presented to the public in book form1 agreeable to the request of numerous friends4 ,i have selected twenty from one hundred and thirty which ,i have given to my own congregation during the past three years4 ,i have tried to have them lean one against another1 to the end that the argument might be continuous and somewhat complete4 ,the reader will remember1 however1 that the vast subject of which they treat1 cannot be fairly and completely presented in such a volume as this4 ,also1 it should be borne in mind that the language1 style1 and structure1 are sermonic4 ,pulpit literature1 in these things1 is peculiar and distinctively characteristic4 ,when ,i first entered the ministry1 ,i made up my mind that ,i would try and thoroughly understand the ,scriptures4 ,i soon found that a large portion was of a prophetic nature4 ,i set to work according to the usual method1 but to my sorrow ,i soon discovered that the method and rules in general use for ,scripture exegesis1 among what they called orthodox authors1 were very defective and unsatisfactory4 ,the fact was forced upon me that the true method1 or key of interpretation1 was not in use4 ,i was always persuaded that the ,bible was a unit1 and that the principles contained in such a unit were beautifully related2 and because of such a faith1 ,i wondered more and more as ,i grew older why we had not a better key of interpretation4 ,men spiritualised at random1 without any kind of rule1 except their own fancy4 ,in this manner they expounded the material history of the ,old ,testament4 ,the whole arrangement was a ,babel4 ,i had faintly discerned that the ,scriptures made a distinction between the ,house of ,israel and the ,house of ,judah1 and that the prophecies belonging to one could not1 in fairness1 be applied to the other2 and that some prophecies applied to both4 ,it always seemed strange to me1 that the people which ,god said ,he had chosen for ,himself1 should not be known4 ,the ,jews were always known1 but where was ,israel1 ,his inheritance8 ,again1 ,i could see no point in the ,lord swearing so positively about ,david's seed and throne lasting to the end of time4 ,taking them in a typical sense1 they were about the poorest types that could have been selected1 because of the shortness of their existence1 according to the general mode of interpretation4 ,just at this point of my experience ,i came across a book1 entitled ,our ,israelitish ,origin1 by the late ,john ,wilson1 the reading of which confirmed me in my convictions1 and aided me to a better knowledge of the good ,book of ,providence4 ,after some twenty years of experience1 ,i began to teach the principles of interpretation embodied in these discourses4 ,some three years ago ,i began to give a series of sermons on the ,ten ,lost ,tribes4 ,i soon found my own congregation1 as well as the public1 were interested and profited with the same1 as was manifest from the large and constant attendance thereon4 ,by personal interviews and letters1 ,i have been gratified to learn that many have been savingly and truly converted to ,god through these ,discourses4 ,especially has this been the case with those who were infidel in faith and action towards ,god and ,his ,word4 ,i have received hundreds of letters thanking me that the key of interpretation presented had made the ,bible an interesting and easily understood book4 ,the interest created gave rise to numerous requests for copies of my sermons4 ,the notice by the public press now and again intensified the interest and increased the demand4 ,to meet this desire ,i made arrangements with the editor and proprietor of a weekly paper called the ,champion to publish my evening ,discourses4 ,at once the arrangement was found to be profitable to him1 agreeable to me and admirably suited to the public4 ,so for more than a year the ,champion has been my faithful messenger on this line1 and will continue to be4 ,it is a weekly paper1 published at #acb1 ,nassau ,street1 ,new ,york2 price one dollar per year4 ,i am not personally interested more than this4 ,with its politics and other matter ,i have nothing to do2 but for the sermonic matter ,i hold myself responsible4 ,i feel free to express my pleasure in the wonderful increase of its circulation4 ,i am glad it goes all over the ,states1 the ,dominion of ,canada1 and is in goodly demand in ,great ,britain4 ,after ,i had been preaching on this subject for some time1 ,i made1 fortunately1 the acquaintance of a name-sake of mine1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,wild1 of ,bay ,ridge1 near ,brooklyn4 ,on this subject ,i found him remarkably well posted4 ,he had lots of books1 pamphlets1 papers1 and maps on the matter1 any or all of which he gave me liberty to use4 ,through him my attention was called to the valuable writings of our ,english brethren on this point1 ,edward ,hine1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,glover1 ,m4,a41 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,grimaldi1 ,m4,a41 ,philo-,israel1 and a host of others1 whose writings have helped me very much4 ,our ,english friends have now a vast store of this kind of literature2 while1 so far as ,i know1 we have no home production4 ,this is one reason ,i feel satisfied in sending forth this volume4 ,for years ,i have been greatly interested in ,pyramidology1 in the teachings of the ,great ,pyramid at ,gizeh in ,egypt4 ,twenty years ago ,i had confidence to lecture frequently on the subject1 and a few years since it was in my mind to publish a small work on it4 ,the necessity of such work was wisely and competently taken out of my hands1 however1 by the appearance of a book entitled1 ,the ,stone ,miracle1 by ,rev4 ,dr4 ,seiss1 of ,philadelphia4 ,this is a book admirably suited to beginners on this line of study4 ,and if one wants to go further and be specially informed on ,pyramidology1 why let them get ,our ,inheritance in the ,great ,pyramid1 a work by ,professor ,piazzi ,smyth1 ,astronomer-,royal of ,scotland4 ,to this man ,god has given a fine mind and a large heart for a special place and work4 ,but what pleases me above all1 is that this ,pyramid1 being the ,lord's ,pillar1 and ,his ,witness1 should so finely tally with the ,scriptures and ,providence2 that the teachings of this monument are in harmony with the principles of interpretation1 as applied to the prophecies in these ,discourses4 ,by several small engravings ,i have sought to aid the mind of the reader through the eye4 ,in the ,royal ,arms of ,england there is considerable of history2 the position of the lions1 unicorn1 crown1 and indeed all connected with it is significantly expressive4 ,in these things1 the accidental grouping1 so far as man was concerned1 were as much under ,divine supervision as the blundering of the ,jews in the crucifying of ,jesus4 ,so1 ,divinely considered1 they ,divinely reveal4 ,we know not the mind of our fathers in the matter of selecting and composing the items that make up the great seal1 but we know the mind of ,providence4 ,the plate of the ragged old stone1 called ,jacob's pillow1 is not very distinct1 but it is the best we could do4 ,as it is1 it will aid the reader in forming a better idea4 ,the stone in shape is an oblong square1 about #cb inches long1 #ac broad1 and #aa inches deep4 ,at each end is an iron ring1 much worn and rusted4 ,it is a bluish steel-like colour1 mixed with some veins of red4 ,it has been in its present resting place #ehc years4 ,the main idea ,i wish to convey in this book1 is that ,god is conducting ,his ,providence through ,his ancient chosen people1 ,israel1 whom ,i believe are found in the ,saxon race4 ,and ,his throne on earth1 through which flow the purposes of ,providence1 is ,david's throne1 which ,i believe to be at present the ,english throne4 ,queen ,victoria 7and ,god bless her7 ,i believe to be of ,david's seed4 ,the ,united ,states fulfils the role of the ,tribe of ,manasseh4 ,therefore1 to understand the prophecies1 ,providence1 and the present movement of nations1 as well as the future lot and destiny of each1 we must read the ,scriptures in this light4 ,god has made the children of ,israel and throne of ,david ,his executive1 in time1 on earth4 ,they are ,his executive for civilisation1 evangelisation1 order1 and conquest4 ,through them ,god will conquer the world to an universal peace4 ,as ,moses was to ,god1 so is ,israel4 ,moses being a ,divine executor1 was to the people a god--so is ,israel to all mankind4 ,spiritual ,israel will come through literal ,israel4 ,i have expressed myself freely1 and shall cheerfully grant reviewers1 critics1 and readers1 the same privilege4 ,i send forth this book with a pure desire that it may do good4 ,amen1 so mote it be4 ,,joseph ,,wild4 ,brooklyn1 ,may #ast1 #ahgi4 ,,key ,,distinctions4 ,,discourse ,i4 ,we have a more sure word of prophecy2 whereunto ye do well that ye take heed1 as unto a light that shineth in a dark place1 until the day dawn1 and the day star arise in your hearts4 ,knowing this first1 that no prophecy of the ,scripture is of any private interpretation4--#b ,peter i4 #ai1 #bj4 ,i am about to give you a few ,discourses on ,prophecy1 and in doing so ,i desire1 in the first place1 to point out to you a few very important distinctions included in the prophecies4 ,suppose the ,bible to be a great palace1 with its royalty1 royal children1 servants1 and subjects4 ,you desire to go through it and view it intelligently1 and to understand all about its inhabitants and laws of government2 now to do so1 you must have keys1 and you must learn who is who1 their place1 authority1 and work4 ,if not so qualified1 you could not pass from room to room1 and you might confound the ,king with some servant1 and visitors might be mistaken for the children of the household4 ,thus your ideas would be considerably mixed2 you would be guilty of talking about the ,king1 when you really meant some servant1 and of prophesying for the royal children in the name of the visitors4 ,the years would come and go1 but events would not happen as you had prophesied4 ,each generation would take your report and follow in your footsteps1 thus confusion and disappointment would keep pace with the passing generations4 ,what is here made a matter of supposition1 has been a solemn fact on the line of human experience4 ,men have studied the ,bible and ,providence in this ignorant and confused way4 ,theologians have thrown aside all restraints1 and well-defined limitations and distinctions of the ,bible in their assumed liberty of expounding and spiritualising the same4 ,no matter to them that there is a ,god-revealed distinction between ,judah and ,israel1 ,manasseh and ,ephraim1 ,samaritans and ,gentiles1 and the throne of ,david and the throne of the heathen4 ,writers and speakers are guilty of using the words ,judah and ,israel in a synonymous sense1 though the words stand for different people1 history1 and prophecies1 soon after the descendants of ,jacob settled in ,palestine4 ,to aid you in seeing this historical confusion and folly1 let me call your attention to them separately4 ,,judah4 ,what does this word stand for in the ,bible8 ,in the first place it is the name of the fourth son of ,jacob4 ,in the second place it was the name of his direct descendants or ,tribe4 ,in the third place it became the name of the portion of the country occupied by this ,tribe in the ,promised ,land4 ,in the fourth place it became the name of a kingdom and government2 this fourth name included the ,tribe of ,benjamin and their territory4 ,in the fifth place it became the name of the whole country of ,palestine1 and is now often so used4 ,to-day this word stands for those we call ,jews1 who1 as they allow among themselves1 represent and only include ,judah and ,levi4 ,on the death of ,solomon the country and ,tribes finally separated into two ,houses1 kingdoms1 and governments4 ,nine ,tribes went with ,jeroboam1 and three with ,rehoboam--namely1 ,judah1 ,levi1 and ,benjamin4 ,the nine-tribed ,house was called ,israel1 the three-tribed ,house ,judah4 ,this separation was about #ige ,b4,c4 7#a ,kings xii474 ,from that day to this these two ,houses have never been united2 but they are to be1 as scores of statements to that effect are in the good ,book 7,hosea i4 #aa74 ,about #ehj ,b4,c4 the ,house of ,judah was taken captive into ,babylon1 remaining #gj years1 then they returned to their own land and remained till the year of our ,lord #gj1 when ,jerusalem was destroyed and they were scattered4 ,prophecies referring to the ,jews are numerous and in striking contrast to those that refer to ,israel4 #a4 ,the ,jews were to be a scattered people4 #b4 ,a specially persecuted people4 #c4 ,to be without a nationality4 #d4 ,to be without government4 #e4 ,not to be owners of landed property1 though they will have money1 until toward the latter days4 #f4 ,they were to be a proverb4 #g4 ,they were to be few in number4 #h4 ,they are to retain a special type of features4 #i4 ,they were to be repeatedly robbed4 #aj4 ,they were to reject ,christ4 #aa4 ,to retain the ,mosaic service till returned to their own land4 #ab4 ,they are to keep their name1 and many such distinctions1 none of which should be applied to ,israel4 ,all these things have been and are fulfilled1 or fulfilling1 and though men are wonderfully given to spiritualising1 few1 if any1 venture to spiritualise ,judah's curses4 ,men and ministers calling themselves ,gentiles1 are rude enough to spiritualise the blessings of ,judah1 and stealing them1 apply them to themselves4 ,,israel4 #a4 ,a name given to ,jacob after wrestling with the ,angel4 #b4 ,a term applied sometimes to all the descendants of ,jacob4 #c4 ,in a spiritual sense1 those who believe in ,christ4 #d4 ,a name that covered and included the nine ,tribes which went with ,jeroboam and formed the kingdom of ,israel4 ,they remained a distinct kingdom1 and till now a nationality4 ,from #ige to #gbe ,b4,c4 they had some #ai kings4 ,they were finally carried captive into ,assyria by ,shalmanezer 7#b ,kings xvii474 ,from that captivity they have never returned2 as a body they never can1 only representatives1 as stated in ,jer4 iii4 #ad1 ,one of a city1 and two of a family4 ,now prophecy points out that it was ,israel that was to be lost for a while1 and come to light in the latter day4 ,they are known in the ,scriptures in contradistinction from others by such terms as the following3 ,all ,israel1 ,all the ,house of ,israel wholly1 ,the ,house of ,israel1 ,men of ,israel1 and ,god calls them ,his ,servants1 ,witnesses1 ,chosen ,people1 ,inheritance1 and ,seed4 ,the lot1 course1 and providential portion of this people are very marked from any other1 especially from the ,jew1 with whom they are so often confounded4 ,the history of the two peoples have been wide apart and as different as they well could be4 #a4 ,they were to be lost4 #b4 ,they were to be divorced from the ,mosaic law4 #c4 ,they were to lose their name4 #d4 ,they were to lose their language4 #e4 ,they were to possess the isles of the sea1 coasts of the earth1 waste and desolate places1 to inherit the portion of the ,gentiles1 their seed1 land1 and cities4 #f4 ,they are to be great and successful colonisers4 #g4 ,before them other people are to die out4 #h4 ,they are to be a head nation4 #i4 ,to be a company of nations4 #aj4 ,to be great in war on land or sea4 #aa4 ,to be lenders of money4 #ab4 ,to have a monarchy4 #ac4 ,to be keepers of the ,sabbath4 #ad4 ,to have ,david's throne and seed ruling over them4 #ae4 ,they are to possess ,palestine1 and invite their brethren of ,judah to return4 ,and thus ,i might repeat some sixty positive marks and distinctions setting forth ,israel2 and yet men wilfully persist in confounding them with the ,jews1 or looking for this great and favoured people of the ,lord among the lowest of human kind1 ,indians1 ,africans1 and so on4 ,,samaritans4 ,the ,samaritans were not ,jews or ,israelites1 strictly speaking4 ,they of course became ,jewish in their customs and worship4 ,originally they were ,assyrians4 ,when the nine ,tribes were carried captive1 they were brought and put in their place4 ,and the ,king of ,assyria brought men from ,babylon and from ,cuthah1 and from ,ava1 and from ,hamath1 and from ,sepharvaim1 and placed them in the cities of ,samaria1 instead of the children of ,israel 7#b ,kings xvii4 #bd74 ,the ,jews and the ,samaritans never wholly mixed2 one was always distasteful to the other4 ,they never were taken captive1 and to this day they live in and about ,mount ,scychar1 numbering between three and four hundreds4 ,,benjamin4 ,the ,tribe of ,benjamin has a singular and special place in the history of ,israel and ,judah4 ,neither the ,old or ,new ,testament can be well understood unless one understands the place of this ,tribe in ,providence4 ,they were always counted one of the ,ten ,tribes1 and reckoned with them in the prophetic visions4 ,they were only loaned to ,judah about #hjj years4 ,read #a ,kings xi4 ,they were to be a light for ,david in ,jerusalem4 ,god1 foreseeing that the ,jews would reject ,christ1 kept back this one ,tribe to be in readiness to receive ,him1 and so they did4 ,at the destruction of ,jerusalem they escaped1 and after centuries of wanderings turn up as the proud and haughty ,normans4 ,finally they unite with the other ,tribes under ,william the ,conqueror4 ,a proper insight into the work and mission of ,benjamin will greatly aid one in interpreting the ,new ,testament4 ,he was set apart as a missionary ,tribe1 and at once set to work to spread the ,gospel of ,jesus4 ,most of the disciples were ,benjaminites4 ,then1 after #hjj years of fellowship with ,judah1 they were cut loose and sent after their brethren of the ,house of ,israel4 ,it was needful that the ,lion and the ,unicorn should unite4 ,,manasseh ,,and ,,ephraim4 ,the history of these two representative characters is worth your careful study4 ,the whole of the circumstances of ,jacob blessing them must be accepted as ,divinely directed4 ,manasseh was to be a great people1 and so ,i believe he is4 ,in the ,united ,states ,i find this promise literally fulfilled4 ,this is the ,key to the settlement of this land2 to the agitations of the ,pilgrims and ,puritans in ,england4 ,the mission1 work1 and place of the ,united ,states may be found in the prophecies relating to this ,tribe4 ,let anyone examine the great seal of the ,united ,states1 and study its design1 and surprise will fill the mind that facts1 ,providence1 and prophecies do so wonderfully agree4 ,take the obverse side4 ,here you have an eagle with outstretched wings2 the bird is perfect1 not double headed and deformed1 as in other cases where the eagle has been or is the national bird4 ,the striped escutcheon on its breast1 in its beak a scroll1 inscribed with a motto1 ,e pluribus ,unum--one out of many1 as ,manasseh was1 and as the country is building up a grand nationality and oneness out of all nations nearly4 ,over the head of the eagle there is a glory--the parting of clouds by light2 in the opening appear #ac stars1 forming a constellation argent1 on an azure field4 ,in the dexter or right talon is an olive branch1 a symbol of peace2 in the sinister or left talon is a bundle of #ac arrows4 ,but it is on the reverse side of the great seal that we have a wonder4 ,here we have an unfinished ,pyramid2 a portion of the top is gone1 exactly the same as the ,great ,pyramid in ,egypt is at this day--anticipating this very day 7,isa4 xix4 #ai73 ,in that day shall there be an altar to the ,lord4 ,and it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the ,lord of hosts in the land of ,egypt4 ,now it is somewhat singular that the ,congress of #aghb should have adopted so remarkable a sign1 one that would witness to ,god and tell of their origin4 ,the reverse side is the under side1 and shows from whence the nation came1 and on what it is built4 ,in the zenith--that is1 above the top of the ,pyramid--is a triangle surrounded by a glory2 and in the centre is an all-seeing eye4 ,over the eye we have ,annuit ,coeptis1 which means1 ,he prospers our beginning4 ,on the base of the ,pyramid we have in letters1 #aggf1 and underneath the following motto--,novus ordo seclorum1 meaning a ,new era in the ages4 ,the suggestion of the items upon the great seal was from ,sir ,john ,prestwich1 ,bart41 an ,englishman4 ,he gave the suggestions to the ,american ,minister1 ,john ,adams1 and thus the same were conveyed to ,congress and adopted4 ,we have in the facts of the great seal a series of coincidents that connect this country with the ,tribe of ,manasseh4 ,when the ,tribes marched1 ,benjamin1 ,ephraim1 and ,manasseh went together on the ,west side of the ark1 for their homes were ,westward4 ,on their battalion banner was the figure of a youth1 denoting activity1 with the motto1 ,the cloud of ,jehovah rest on them1 even when they go forth out of the camp4 ,here we have the origin of the cloud on the seal4 ,and when we remember that ,manasseh was brought up at the foot of the ,pyramid1 and could see it from his palace home at ,memphis1 then we get a cue to the figure of the ,pyramid on the seal4 #bc ,,pyramid4 ,the ,pyramid is a wonderful witness for ,god and ,his people4 ,this building in ,egypt has stood for #d1jjj years2 finished and complete1 it stood for about #c1jjj before anybody ventured to find a way into it4 ,then1 at a great cost of men1 money1 and time1 a way was forced in by an ,arab chief4 ,there surely is something remarkable that the only thing found in it should be a stone trough1 and more singular to my mind1 that the ,ark of the ,covenant and this stone trough should be of equal capacity2 and the laver in which the priest washed his feet in the temple was exactly of the same size4 ,and ,solomon's molten sea contained just as much water as would fill the ,king's ,chamber in which this trough was found4 ,can any man know these things and believe them to be accidental8 ,verily not4 ,they do most assuredly pledge a ,god and ,providence4 ,,ephraim4 ,this word is not only the name of ,joseph's son and the ,tribe1 but it is used quite frequently in a generic sense1 and stands for the ,ten ,tribes and ,manasseh4 ,to ,reuben by birthright was the lead politically1 but it was taken from him and given to ,joseph1 and so to ,ephraim4 ,from ,judah came the ,chief ,ruler--that is1 ,christ2 but the birthright was ,joseph's 7#a ,chron4 v4 #a74 ,,throne ,,of ,,david4 ,to this throne ,god pledged under oath a perpetuity4 ,also ,he pledged that some one of ,david's seed should always be on it4 ,the throne and seed are pledged an unconditional existence4 ,this being so1 it follows that they must be now in existence1 and that finally all thrones will be swallowed up by this one4 ,queen ,victoria is of ,david1 and the ,english throne is ,david's4 ,hence all the promises and prophecies referring to ,david's throne may be found on this line4 ,for prophecy not being of private interpretation such facts may be proven4 ,,gentiles4 ,the word ,gentile generally embraces all those nations and people outside of the ,twelve ,tribes4 ,keeping these few distinctions in mind1 you will be enabled to read the ,bible interestingly and with the proper understanding4 ,prophetic evidence is a strong kind of proof4 ,study the ,word on this line and you will find ,providence and history lending glorious confirmation to the same4 ,,israel ,,and ,,the ,,gates4 ,,discourse ,,ii4 ,,israel--,,how ,,the ,,gates ,,of ,,his ,,enemies ,,are ,,to ,,be ,,given ,,him--,,by ,,this ,,sign ,,lost ,,israel ,,may ,,be ,,known--,,the ,,giving ,,will ,,correspond ,,to ,,the ,,multiplying--,,the ,,promise1 ,,in ,,this ,,day1 ,,is ,,rapidly ,,fulfilling--,,england1 ,,disraeli ,,and ,,tancred1 ,,and ,,russia4 ,that in blessing ,i will bless thee2 and in multiplying1 ,i will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven1 and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore2 and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies4--,gen4 xxii4 #ag4 ,under a ,divine oath was this prophetic promise made to ,abraham4 ,at the time it was given ,abraham had1 by command1 offered his only son ,isaac1 which offering1 to all human appearance1 would leave the old patriarch again childless2 but his faith staggered not1 for human incompetence does not circumscribe the bounds of ,divine sufficience4 ,the ,god who commanded ,abraham to offer1 recalled the command at a certain stage of the fulfilment1 counting the faith of ,abraham for righteousness4 ,in ,abraham's faith ,isaac was really sacrificed2 hence the ,divine approval3 ,by ,myself have ,i sworn1 saith the ,lord2 for because thou hast done this thing1 and hast not withheld thy son1 thine only son1 that in blessing ,i will bless thee1 and in multiplying ,i will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven1 and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore2 and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies4 ,an oath with men in this day does not mean much in the way of confirmation1 but not so with ,god's oath4 ,an oath ought to be sacred1 and should be the end of doubt and strife4 ,god made a promise to ,abraham1 and because ,he could swear by no greater1 ,he sware by ,himself4 ,and ,abraham lived to see the promise begin to fulfil1 and to-day the heirs of ,abraham may look and see the same promise fulfilling1 for1 as ,paul says in ,heb4 vi4 #ag3 ,wherein ,god1 willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of ,his counsel1 confirmed it by an oath4 ,who are the heirs of promise8 ,for to them belong many and precious promises1 both spiritual and temporal4 ,spiritually1 they are to lead and be responsible for the evangelisation of the world4 ,temporally1 they are to be a numerous seed1 a powerful people4 ,they are to occupy the ends of the earth1 the uttermost parts of the earth1 the coasts of the earth1 the waste and the desolate places of the earth1 the isles of the sea1 the heathen1 as an inheritance4 ,they are to inherit the ,gentiles1 and make the desolate cities to be inhabited2 they are to be the chief of nations2 they are to be a company of nations2 they are to be a great people2 they are to possess the gates of their enemies4 ,surely such a people should be found1 for all these things make it impossible for them to be hid in a corner4 ,one cannot help saying with the ,psalmist3 ,blessed is the nation whose ,god is the ,lord2 and the people whom ,he hath chosen for ,his own inheritance4 ,in the ,english ,court of ,chancery are vast sums of money1 large fortunes waiting for heirs4 ,the court frequently advertises for them1 and many in every land respond and are eager to prove their claims2 they are anxious to be known and accepted as the descendants and lawful heirs of certain testators4 ,it is oftentimes difficult to establish their claims and prove satisfactorily their identity4 ,the court demands that the evidences of heirship be very definite4 ,in this they are right4 ,but we venture to say that even the ,english ,court of ,chancery would not turn away a claimant who had all the distinct marks and abounding evidence of identity that mark and characterise the children of ,abraham1 especially so in the latter day1 for then these characteristics are to be clearer and fuller4 ,the ,jews are known2 they have been known all down the centuries2 they have not been able to hide themselves4 ,in keeping with the ,word of ,god they have fulfilled up to the present time the prophecies attaching to them4 ,in all the world they are estimated to number some nine millions4 ,the ,jews include the children of ,judah and ,levi2 these ,two ,tribes only4 ,the ,jews themselves consent to this statement1 and allow that the descendants of ,reuben1 ,simeon1 ,zebulun1 ,issachar1 ,dan1 ,gad1 ,asher1 ,naphtali1 ,joseph1 and ,benjamin1 are lost1 but not extinct4 ,they are in the world1 for ,god has not cast away ,his people for ever4 ,if the ,two ,tribes give us nine millions1 how many should we expect the ,ten ,tribes to furnish8 ,most certainly not less than forty-five millions4 ,to the ,ten ,tribes the special promises of fruitfulness were given4 ,to the ,ten ,tribes belong a greater portion of prophecy2 and in the history of the world more is allotted to ,israel than to ,judah4 ,indeed1 the world's history pivots on the ,ten ,lost ,tribes4 ,i believe you know the ,god-revealed distinction between the words ,israel and ,judah4 ,you know that they have a distinct history4 ,their place and work1 promises and blessings1 chastisements and rebukes1 are as distinct and different as silver and gold4 ,the spiritual heirs of ,abraham are all who are embraced in the saving and atoning covenant of grace in ,christ4 ,i do not say all who believe1 for there will be more in heaven without faith than those with--namely1 all those who have died before the years of responsibility1 with many of the ,pagan world who1 never having heard of a ,saviour1 have therefore never denied ,him4 ,in a spiritual sense1 they are children4 ,i believe in this matter with ,paul1 who says1 when writing to the ,romans1 chap4 ii43 ,there is no respect of persons with ,god2 for as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law1 and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law4 ,for when the ,gentiles1 which have not the law1 do by nature the things contained in the law1 these1 having not the law1 are a law unto themselves2 which show the work of the law written in their hearts1 their conscience also bearing witness1 and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing1 or else excusing one another4 ,thus1 under the law which governs the ,pagan1 ,i presume many will be saved and many lost1 just as under the law of the ,gospel4 ,in ,abraham all nations were to be blessed1 spiritually4 ,in this sense ,abraham's seed embraces persons of every age1 clime1 and race4 ,but who are the seed of ,abraham according to the flesh8 ,we answer1 the descendants of the ,twelve ,tribes4 ,now to the natural seed the ,bible assigns a distinct work and place4 ,this natural seed is divided in the ,bible1 the word ,israel standing generally for the ,ten ,tribes1 and ,judah for ,two ,tribes4 ,these divisions have separate paths appointed them to walk in through the centuries4 ,all the ,house of ,israel wholly1 the whole ,house of ,israel1 all the ,house of ,israel1 have a special work4 ,the ,ten ,tribes are especially called in the ,scriptures the seed of ,abraham4 ,sometimes ,my chosen1 again ,mine inheritance1 and ,my servant4 ,god1 in referring to them in their scattered state1 and of ,his gathering them together1 says 7,isa4 xli4 #h73 ,but thou1 ,israel1 art ,my servant1 ,jacob1 whom ,i have chosen2 the seed of ,abraham ,my friend--thou whom ,i have taken from the ends of the earth1 and called thee from the chief men thereof1 and said unto thee1 ,thou art ,my servant2 ,i have chosen thee and not cast thee away4 ,the ,ten ,tribes are sometimes designated by the word ,jacob4 ,if we once get a clear idea who the seed are1 then we can search among the people of the earth to find them1 because in the latter day they were to be so different from other people1 and distinctly marked1 we will have no great difficulty in finding them4 ,of the special marks1 one was they were to possess the gates of their enemies4 ,the multitudinous seed and other characteristics we will pass by for the present4 ,this seed were to possess the gates of their enemies2 of this we are assured by the oath of ,god4 ,the word gate here1 you will admit1 is used in a generic sense4 ,it means a place of prominence1 a position of strength1 a strategetic point1 as the entrance into a city4 ,remembering that in olden times the cities were walled around1 the gate was an important point of defence2 or1 as the narrow entrance into a bay1 like the entrance into ,new ,york ,bay or port1 the ,narrows we call them4 ,here the cities of ,new ,york and ,brooklyn could best and first be defended4 ,again1 a gate in the general vernacular means any stronghold3 a tower1 an island1 a mountain pass4 ,now1 of this seed it is plainly stated that they shall possess the gates of their enemies4 ,the text would be very finely illustrated if we supposed that ,mexico held ,governor's ,island1 in the middle of our bay1 and defiantly dictated to us doctrines of trade1 politics1 and religion4 ,as arrogant and as impudent as this would seem1 yet such is the case with this seed of ,abraham and other nations4 ,believing that the ,saxon race are the ,ten ,lost ,tribes1 it then follows that the ,english nation is the chief representative of these ,tribes1 and that they should be in possession of the gates of their enemies4 ,are they8 ,we answer1 yes4 ,and every year confirms and makes more clear the answer4 ,this you say is a theory4 ,grant it4 ,you know that in science a theory is formed and then applied4 ,if you form a theory about the tides or formation of the planets1 or this world1 your theory with others is applied to known facts to see if it will fit them1 to see if it will account for them1 and to see if it is in harmony with the same4 ,now science accepts that theory which applies best1 that which accounts for facts the most reasonably1 and harmonises the most naturally4 ,such theory is then the science of the day1 and will be so accepted and so taught until it is supplanted by a better4 ,try1 then1 the theory ,i have advanced by these rules4 ,take the ,islands of ,jersey and ,guernsey in the ,english ,channel1 between ,england and ,france1 nearer to the ,french shore than ,england2 the inhabitants1 being a majority of them ,french1 speaking ,french4 ,yet when ,france was ,england's greatest and most dangerous enemy1 ,england held then1 as now1 the gates of her enemies4 ,properly speaking1 and adjudged by any human rule1 they belong to ,france--as naturally as the island of ,heligoland1 at the month of the ,elbe1 belongs to ,germany4 ,gibraltar1 ,malta1 ,cyprus1 ,suez ,canal1 ,island of ,perim in the ,straits of ,babelmandeb in the ,red ,sea1 and ,socotra1 in the same sea2 also ,aden in the ,red ,sea1 covering ,arabia2 ,peshawur1 the very entrance of or from ,india into ,afghanistan4 ,in and around the vast empire of ,india you have ,bombay1 ,calcutta1 ,madras1 with many similar strongholds2 ,rangoon1 on the ,irawady river1 commanding and even menacing ,burmah4 ,the vast empire of ,china is carefully guarded and held in check by such gates as ,singapore1 ,malacca1 ,penang1 ,hong ,kong and ,cowloon4 ,sarawak in ,borneo1 and ,labuan off the coasts1 are such gates4 ,africa is being gradually gobbled up2 her strongholds and vast areas of country are falling into the hands of ,england2 the coasts are fast coming under ,british rule4 ,recently ,england has come into possession of three gates--namely1 the island of ,socotra1 near the ,red ,sea1 the island of ,cyprus in the ,mediterranean1 and the ,sublime ,porte1 the lofty gateway1 ,constantinople4 ,and it is now rumoured that ,england is negotiating with ,portugal for ,delogoa ,bay in ,south-eastern ,africa2 price1 three million dollars4 ,but this people are not satisfied with all these gates4 ,they want--and they will get what they want in a very short time1 thank ,heaven2 not what they deserve6--they want the famous ,khyber ,pass4 ,this pass is a narrow road between mountain rocks that rise over two thousand feet at the lowest point4 ,it is some twenty-eight miles long1 while for twenty-two miles the average width is only #aej feet4 ,the ,eastern end the ,english already hold1 called the ,peshawur ,pass4 ,afghanistan is a country in ,asia4 ,it is about the size of ,england1 #dfj miles from ,north to ,south1 and #dcj from ,east to ,west4 ,on the ,north it is bounded by ,turkestan1 ,east by ,india1 ,south by ,beloochistan1 and ,west by ,persia4 ,the population numbers about #g1jjj1jjj4 ,they are as wild as the country is broken and irregular4 ,they are chiefly agriculturists4 ,the country is rich in minerals and timber4 ,in time past they have seldom been at peace1 being very generally at war among themselves4 ,afghan is a ,persian word1 and means that which is wrapped around--no doubt having reference to the mountain chain that hems in the whole land4 ,the people themselves1 however1 name their country ,vilayet1 which means the land of our ancestors4 ,they claim that in their country lived ,adam and his children1 also ,noah and his4 ,they say they had in their possession once the ark of the covenant1 but they have lost it4 ,while it was with them1 if they took it into battle1 victory was sure to be theirs4 ,at the present time they have ,noah's ark4 ,it is embedded in the ground1 with a portion protruding out1 which pilgrims to the top of ,dera ,ismael ,khan--that is1 the sacred mountain of ,israel--are permitted to see and touch4 ,many have supposed the ,afghans to be the ,ten ,lost ,tribes4 ,it has been the folly of many of the learned1 in time past1 to hunt for1 and actually expect to find1 the chosen of ,god in some out-of-the-way place2 to find them few1 poor1 and deluded--the poorer1 the fewer1 and the more wretched1 the better4 ,hence1 the wild ,indians of the continent1 the bushmen of ,africa1 the aborigines of ,australia1 the ,laplanders of the ,north1 and many such have been chosen of men--though not of ,god4 ,the ,afghan country1 no doubt1 once had intercourse with ,palestine4 ,during ,solomon's reign many ,jews left the land as merchants4 ,solomon built store cities in ,hamath1 ,tadmor in the wilderness1 and many others4 ,these store cities were on the great highway which he made through the desert1 so as to bring the trade of ,dedan and ,sheba to ,jerusalem4 ,that ,hebrew names are given to the mountains1 places1 rivers1 and persons1 no one can deny2 but such does not prove them to be the ,lost ,tribes--it shows away back ,jewish influence and intercourse4 ,they do not speak the ,hebrew1 but two languages called the ,pukhtu and ,pushtu4 ,in either language there are few1 if any1 traces of the ,hebrew4 ,no doubt the ,lost ,tribes1 after being scattered into ,central ,asia1 when taken captive about #gbe ,b4,c41 wandered1 some of them into ,afghan1 and probably for a time settled there1 and gave names to the country4 ,the ,afghans themselves went into the country from ,india1 and as the ,tribes moved ,westward they left the ,afghans in possession4 ,the ,afghan country comes now into great importance because it is on the highway of the march of ,israelitish civilisation and progress4 ,england wants it2 and ,i predict she shall get it4 ,russia wants it1 and at present seems to have the upper hand2 but ,russia or ,england1 or the world1 can avail nothing against the purposes of ,jehovah4 ,the gates are promised to ,israel1 therefore she will get them4 ,the ,english have already an army of #ce1jjj men in the ,peshawur ,valley4 ,russia is gathering a force1 and ere long the two countries will be brought face to face4 ,the end of the whole muddle will be that ,england will take charge of ,afghan4 ,thirty-three years ago ,disraeli wrote his novel called ,tancred4 ,in this novel he makes the ,queen of ,england the ,empress of ,india1 and one of her favourite officers is made ,earl ,beaconsfield2 so far fancy has become fact4 ,but in that same novel the future of the present strife has been set forth4 ,it has been very finely put by the ,london ,spectator3-- ,there is a story going about1 founded1 we believe1 on good authority1 that when some one quoted ',tancred1' two or three months ago1 in ,lord ,beaconsfield's presence1 the ,prime ,minister remarked3 ',ah6 ,i perceive you have been reading ,tancred4 ,that is a work to which ,i refer more and more every year--not for amusement1 but for instruction4' ,and if anyone will take the trouble just now to refresh his memory of ',tancred1' he will see how much ,lord ,beaconsfield has borrowed from it in relation to his policy4 ,turn1 for instance1 to this passage3 ',if ,i were an ,arab in race as well as in religion1' said ,tancred1 ',i would not pass my life in schemes to govern mere mountain tribes4' ',i'll tell you1' said the ,emir1 springing from his divan1 and flinging the tube of his nargileh to the other end of the tent1 'the game is in our own hands if we have energy4 ,there is a combination which would entirely change the whole face of the world and bring back empire to the ,east4 ,though you are not the brother to the ,queen of the ,english1 you are1 nevertheless1 a great ,english prince1 and the ,queen will listen to what you say1 especially if you talk to her as you talk to me1 and say such fine things in such a beautiful voice4 ,nobody ever opened my mind like you4 ,you will magnetise the ,queen as you have magnetised me4 ,go back to ,england and arrange this4 ,you see1 gloss over it as they may1 one thing is clear1 it is finished with ,england 4 4 4 ,let the ,queen of the ,english collect a great fleet1 let her stow away all her treasure1 bullion1 plate1 and precious arms2 be accompanied by all her court and chief people1 and transfer the seat of her empire from ,london to ,delhi4 ,there she will find an immense empire ready-made1 a first-rate army1 and a large revenue4 ,in the meantime ,i will arrange with ,mehemet ,ali4 ,he shall have ,bagdad and ,mesopotamia1 and pour the ,bedouin cavalry into ,persia4 ,i will take care of ,syria and ,asia ,minor4 ,the only way to manage the ,afghans is by ,persia and by the ,arabs4 ,we will acknowledge the ,empress of ,india as our suzerain1 and secure for her the ,levantine coast4 ,if she like1 she shall have ,alexandria1 as she now has ,malta4 ,it could be arranged4 ,your ,queen is young4 ,she has an avenir4 ,aberdeen and ,sir ,robert ,peel will never give her this advice2 their habits are formed4 ,they are too old1 two ruses4 ,but you see6 the greatest empire that ever existed2 besides which she gets rid of the embarrassment of her chambers6 and quite practicable6 ,for the only difficult part1 the conquest of ,india1 which baffled ,alexander1 is all done4' ,who can avoid seeing that ,lord ,beaconsfield has been quite recently referring to this passage--'not1' as he said1 'for amusement1 but for instruction8' ,these are all the ideas of his recent policy in germ--especially the treatment of the ,british ,empire as having its centre of gravity in the far ,east--the use of the ,indian ,army for conquest to be made in ,western ,asia--the acquisition of the ,levantine coast for ,great ,britain--the active alliance between the ,british power and the ,mohammedan power--and last1 not least1 the getting rid1 to a great extent at least1 by the help of ,indian leverage1 of 'the embarrassment of the chambers4' ,for the last eight months1 at least1 ,english policy has evidently been borrowed from ',tancred4' ,the monarch1 for anything we know1 has been 'magnetised4' ,the ,cabinet assuredly have4 ,lord ,derby and ,lord ,carnarvon have been treated much as the ,emir in ',tancred' would have treated ',aberdeen and ,sir ,robert ,peel'--thrown aside as two 'ruses4' ,england has indeed adopted an ,oriental policy1 and forward she must go to execute ,jehovah's purpose4 ,russia is preparing on a gigantic scale4 ,in ,prussia the most flourishing branch of trade among the ,germans at present is the manufacturing of arms for ,russia4 ,though the late war be over1 still ,russia is buying ships1 and fitting them out in this country4 ,she feels bitterly her defeat through ,english diplomacy3 ,england taking ,cyprus1 assuming protection over ,asiatic ,turkey1 and making ,russia yield back to ,turkey #cj1gjj geographical miles which was contained in the original ,treaty of ,san ,stefano4 ,the following from the ,government organ of ,russia will give you some idea of her chagrin4 ,the ,st4 ,petersburg ,golos says that the ,treaty of ,berlin has produced an almost crushing impression on the ,russian public4 ,it is felt that ,russia has not attained her object2 that she has been deceived by her friends1 and that she has foolishly helped her enemies with her victories 4 4 4 ,what is the reason of our failure8 ,one-half per cent4 of our population have perished in the war1 hundreds of millions have been expended1 and yet the ,eastern ,question is not solved and the ,treaty of ,berlin is merely a truce4 ,the last war has clearly shown all our national peculiarities as well as our moral and material strength 4 4 4 ,all the military requirements which depended on the inbred qualities of the ,russian soldier were brilliantly carried out2 but where knowledge and preparation were demanded we were not equal to the task4 ,it was probably for this reason that we felt so much hurt on reading of the boldness of ,lord ,beaconsfield1 who doubtless reckoned on the superior culture of ,englishmen to that of ,russians4 ,all classes of ,russian society are responsible for this4 ,we do not estimate culture and knowledge at their true value4 ,most of us say that mental work does not bring money1 and that culture is a means of corruption 4 4 4 ,in ,western ,europe1 on the other hand1 people have arrived by hard experience at the conviction that intelligence1 capacity1 culture1 and energy1 bring men to the front1 and give them peace at home and power abroad4 ,it is the knowledge of how to make the best possible use of their energy and abilities that has enabled the ,english to derive success from our victories and sacrifices4 ,may this be a lesson to us4 ,but enough2 one knows the end ere they begin1 for the ,word of ,god is true4 ,we do not argue that the ,english are so much smarter than other people2 no1 but we account for their success because they are the executive nation of ,divine ,providence4 ,it falls to the lot of those who do not believe this theory to account for their success without allowing them to be smarter4 ,,israel ,,and ,,territory4 ,,discourse ,,iii4 ,,promises ,,to ,,israel--,,material ,,nature--,,location ,,of ,,the ,,tribes ,,in ,,christ',s ,,day--,,god',s ,,providence--,,british ,,and ,,american ,,rule--,,life ,,from ,,the ,,dead--,,teaching ,,the ,,nations ,,peaceful ,,arbitration--,,england ,,and ,,russia--,,afghanistan ,,falls ,,to ,,anglo-,,israel--,,god',s ,,political ,,geography--,,anglo-,,saxon ,,evangelisation--,,russia ,,opposing ,,it--,,british ,,and ,,russian ,,outposts ,,in ,,contact--,,wail ,,of ,,judah--,,earth',s ,,girdle4 ,enlarge the place of thy tent1 and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations2 spare not1 lengthen thy cords1 and strengthen thy stakes2 for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left2 and thy seed shall inherit the ,gentiles1 and make the desolate cities to be inhabited4--,isa4 liv4 #b1 #c4 ,in the writings of the prophets the feminine gender is often used when speaking of the ,house of ,israel1 and the masculine when denoting the ,house of ,judah4 ,quite frequently ,israel is spoken of as a divorced woman1 as being cast off1 and as being barren4 ,judah remaining faithful to the throne of ,david and the temple service1 and abiding in the land much longer than ,israel1 is presented as one married4 ,so you will understand ,jeremiah iii4 #h1 when he says3 ,and ,i saw1 when for all the causes whereby backsliding ,israel committed adultery ,i had put her away1 and given her a bill of divorce4 ,again1 ,isaiah l4 #a3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 ,where is the bill of your mother's divorcement whom ,i have put away8 ,yet1 though ,israel was divorced1 forsaken1 cast off1 and desolate1 she was to have more children than married ,judah4 ,so the verse preceding the text says3 ,sing1 ,o barren1 thou that didst not bear2 break forth into singing1 and cry aloud thou that didst not travail with child2 for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife1 saith the ,lord4 ,then come the words of the text bidding her enlarge the place of her tent1 or dwelling-place1 to stretch forth her curtains1 so as to cover over the new-gotten habitations4 ,to spare not--that is1 to be not tardy1 or slow--in lengthening out her cords--that is1 her influence--and strengthen her stakes--that is1 her authority2 but to break forth on every hand where there is an opening1 and inherit the seed of the ,gentiles1 and make the languishing and poverty-stricken cities of the nations to be inhabited2 in this conquest to go on and fear not4 ,these exhortations are given1 and promises are made to ,israel after she had left ,palestine4 ,no one can say truthfully that they have yet been fulfilled in no degree or sense1 unless they find such fulfilment in the conquests of the ,saxon race4 ,these predictions cannot apply to the ,jews1 for they are few1 nationless1 and without a government4 ,touching the past history of both ,judah and ,israel in ,palestine1 we shall find it to be barren of victories1 territory1 acquisition1 and number1 in comparison to other nations4 ,they have never occupied the land given to ,abraham in fulness4 ,in ,solomon's time they bare rule only over a part of it4 ,the ,gentiles and heathens have occupied it more and longer than the sons of ,abraham4 ,but what failed to be accomplished in the past1 is held grandly in reserve for this day1 the next few years4 ,god will remember ,his promise to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 ,jacob1 and ,david4 ,he will remember it to fulfil it1 in spite of hell or earth4 ,we have been blind and guilty in the past1 unconscious of our origin1 and as a natural consequence1 ignorant of our place and special work4 ,in interpreting the ,word of ,god we have been lavish in spiritualising1 and greedy in materialising1 overlooking the fact that nine-tenths of the ,old ,testament is a material history about one people1 and that through them ,god's special providence was to flow to all other nations2 and the ,new ,testament plants the life and prosperity of the ,gentile world upon the course and progress of ,israel4 ,god said to ,abraham1 ,in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed3 and more1 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed4 ,israel1 being scattered and cast off1 became a blessing to the world4 ,they gave to the surrounding nations the only true idea of ,god1 for in their lowest condition and idolatry they preserved the name and knowledge of ,jehovah1 and ,christ sent ,his disciples after them through one of their own ,tribe--namely1 ,benjamin--telling them not to go into the way of the ,gentiles1 nor into the cities of the ,samaritans1 but go rather to the lost sheep of the ,house of ,israel4 ,to these sheep ,christ declares ,he was sent4 ,where were these sheep8 ,they were scattered about in ,central ,asia--in ,scriptural language in ,cappadocia1 ,galatia1 ,pamphylia1 ,lydia1 ,bithynia1 and round about ,illyricum4 ,from these very regions came the ,saxons3 from here they spread abroad ,north and ,west1 being the most ,christian of any people on the face of the earth then1 as well as now4 ,their reception of the ,gospel gave them power over the surrounding nations1 to whom they were1 as it had been foretold1 witnesses for ,jesus and providence in a very special manner4 ,what then1 we say with ,paul1 will be the blessing of ,israel--recognized and fully restored to ,god's favour8 ,if so much good was carried and bestowed upon the ,gentile nations because ,israel was scattered1 how much1 and what are the blessings in store for those nations when ,israel and ,judah be restored8 ,paul compares it to a resurrection--like as when the barrenness and desolation of a ,winter is supplanted by the fruits and beauties of ,summer4 ,if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world1 what shall the receiving of them be1 but life from the dead8 7,rom4 xi4 #ae74 ,it is reasonable to suppose that this world is subject to the providence of ,god4 ,such a supposition is grandly sustained by the laws and operations of nature without1 and the experience and intuitions of the mind within2 and ,i believe this providence to be all-comprehensive1 bounding1 and cognising all things1 past1 present1 and future1 both small and great2 claiming the ages for its measure1 the universe for the field of its operations1 and the ,infinite as the source of power4 ,the ,lord ,jehovah reigns1 let the earth rejoice4 ,let me persuade you to thoroughly believe in the precision1 the intimacy1 and the completeness of this providence4 ,this doctrine we need to fully learn and accept4 ,in the beginning ,god created the heavens and the earth1 and it is ,he who hath measured the waters in the hollow of ,his hand1 and meted out heaven with a span1 and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure1 and weighed the mountains in scales1 and the hills in a balance4 ,aye1 and more1 yet closer still does this providence approach us in our affairs4 ,by ,him kings reign and princes decree judgment4 ,he bringeth the princes to nothing2 ,he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity4 ,even closer yet1 for without ,his permission a sparrow cannot fall to the ground2 and so intimate is ,he with us1 that ,he knoweth the number of the hairs of the head4 ,now all this kind of ,bible instruction is intended to teach the nearness of ,god to us1 and ,his interest and intimacy with nations and nature4 ,let us not think for a moment that nations can rush to war and be outside this circle of providence4 ,let us study to know ,god's mind1 ,his plans and purposes with the nations2 for rest satisfied that ,his plan will finally be accepted by men and nations1 and ,his purposes will prevail4 ,kings may plan1 diplomatists may diplomatise1 scientists may analyse1 theologians may teach and preach their isms1 and politicians may make platforms and construct rings1 yet none1 nor all combined1 can stay the hand of ,god4 ,he doeth according to ,his will in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth4 ,he can initiate1 permit1 modify1 and destroy4 ,once we truly recognise the sovereignty of ,god over us1 conceit will lie dead at the feet of humility4 ,the ,church at large has but a slender hold upon this great doctrine4 ,they look upon the great movement of wars and strife1 rising and falling of nations1 as looks the country stranger upon a railway engine the first time1 the whirling wheels1 the steam and smoke and burnished boiler rivet his attention so completely1 that he sees not the driver in his car4 ,so men are dazed with the show of pomp of courts and councils1 with the harangues of legislators and march of regiments1 that they discern not the master hand behind that directs all4 ,verily1 ,thou art a ,god that hidest ,thyself4 ,no1 no1 friends2 ,english bravery1 nor ,american ingenuity will not account for all that ,england has done on the line of victories1 and the marvellous and rapid growth of these ,united ,states4 ,as ,god said long ago through ,moses1 so ,he could say to-day--for heavenly counsel was given to the children of ,israel on entering the ,promised ,land1 with a design of suppressing their pride and enabling them to form a correct idea of their success in driving the strong and greater nations of ,canaanites and ,philistines--,speak not thou in thine heart1 after that the ,lord thy ,god hath cast them out from before thee saying3 ,for my righteousness the ,lord hath brought me in to possess this land2 but for the wickedness of these nations the ,lord doth drive them out from before thee4 ,not for thy righteousness1 or the uprightness of thine heart1 dost thou go to possess the land1 but for the wickedness of those nations the ,lord thy ,god doth drive them out from before thee1 that ,he may perform the word which the ,lord sware unto thy fathers1 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 ,understand1 therefore1 that the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness1 for thou art a stiff-necked people 7,deut4 ix4 #d74 ,by the same rule and for the very same reason that ,israel conquered ,palestine1 does ,england go on from conquest to conquest4 ,and because ,god remembered to perform ,his promises made to the patriarchs upon their seed1 ,america was opened for the ,puritans1 who are without doubt the descendants and representatives of ,manasseh1 of whom ,god said he should be a people1 a great people4 ,the rule of ,england and ,america over other people1 is to be as life from the dead--that is1 whatsoever country ,england conquers and rules1 it is better for the people1 and the country1 and the world4 ,they give to the people a liberty that they would not have given to themselves2 they develop the resources of the country as never before1 and by trade and commerce bless the people and cause them to be a blessing unto others4 ,and better still1 they make known to the conquered ones1 in due time1 the riches of faith in ,christ4 ,so we have no hesitation in saying1 a thing patent to every unprejudiced observer1 that the aborigines of the conquered colonies of ,great ,britain are treated better by their conquerors than they ever treated themselves4 ,the ,africans1 in the conquered colonies of ,africa1 are better off under ,british rule than those colonies or portions unconquered are4 ,the hosts of ,india enjoy more1 fare better in every grace and virtue in all that goes to adorn and develop mankind1 under the ,british government and protection than they ever did or would under self-government4 ,so the ,french1 ,germans1 ,italians1 ,russians1 ,spaniards1 and the numerous progeny of emigrants to this country1 fare better in every way with ,manasseh1 than they did in their own lands4 ,of course1 both in ,england's rule and ,america's1 there are many defects2 but taking all in all1 the good will out-weigh the bad2 and more so as the years roll on4 ,true1 an arbitrary purpose and an individualism is seen on the surface1 yet under it all there is the hand of ,god4 ,the farmer is free as to what he sows1 but the ,divine1 without interfering with his freedom1 regulates the harvest to plenty or famine4 ,the ,saxon people1 ,england and ,america1 stand in a new light to the world by the teachings of the ,bible4 ,being ,israel or the ,ten ,lost ,tribes1 they become at once the chosen agents of ,god for the glorious purpose of evangelising the whole world1 and finally1 by reducing the whole earth to the plane of universal liberty and peace4 ,it was necessary that these two nations should first be taught the art of mediation1 for the ends of peace2 that they should learn and show to the world that national disputes and grievances can be settled without an appeal to the sword4 ,hence we have1 and what is much better1 the world has1 ,geneva and ,alabama and the fish bounty treaty of ,canada and the ,united ,states4 ,not all the press did on either side1 nor all the carping and blustering of individuals1 could prevent the happy consummation of both these treaties4 ,to ,god be praise1 for they are prophetic harbingers of a better day coming4 ,no hand nor power1 nor combination of powers1 can stop the onward march of ,israel to her ,god-ordained goal4 ,her future is to spread on the right hand and on the left4 ,island after island1 colony after colony1 will fall into her hands for mutual benefit4 ,russia may contest this march1 and will1 for she is as much the appointed agent of contest from ,heaven as ,england is to advance4 ,in a few years she will try to take the place of ,england among the nations1 as she has just done in ,afghan4 ,russia promised1 no doubt1 that she would and could protect the ,ameer against ,england1 but the bargain was outside of the aims of ,providence1 hence it could not be sustained4 ,it is ordained of ,heaven that ,afghan fall into the hands of ,england1 if ,england be ,israel4 ,against this fate-like division of the world ,russia is going to contend and fight whenever she gets a chance4 ,it would pay ,russia and many other countries to read that ,when the ,most ,high divided to the nations their inheritance1 when ,he separated the sons of ,adam1 ,he set the bounds of the people according to the children of ,israel 7,deut4 xxxii4 #h74 ,these bounds ,god will maintain wherever they run2 whatever country they cut in two1 no matter1 the earth must finally conform to this ,divine geography4 ,this purpose is strongly set forth by ,isaiah xliv4 #g3 ,and who1 as ,i1 shall call and shall declare it1 and set it in order for ,me1 since ,i appointed the ancient people8 and the things that are coming and shall come4 ,this same sturdy fact is taught by ,paul when speaking to the ,athenians1 telling them that ,god hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth1 and hath determined the times before appointed1 and the bounds of their habitations4 ,national destinies are not so much things of chance1 or prizes for the sword1 as many think4 ,god promised to ,david1 when both ,israel and ,judah were prosperously settled in ,palestine under ,david's reign1 that ,he would appoint a place for ,his people ,israel1 and plant them there1 and they should not be moved1 neither should the wicked afflict them1 as aforetime 7#b ,sam4 vii4 #aj47 ,this promise ,god has kept4 ,he has given them the ,british ,isles1 where none can afflict them1 as they were wont to do when ,israel was scattered in ,asia and ,europe4 ,god has found ,manasseh a home in this land of blessings and rich acres4 ,england1 by a necessity1 was forced to find new countries to provide for her multiplying population4 ,then she is forced to enter other nations as a missionary4 ,she1 with ,manasseh1 is chiefly responsible for the evangelisation of the world1 and of course they are at work all over the world1 for ,england and the ,united ,states send out more missionaries than all the world beside4 ,russia needs no land for colonisation1 for now her inhabitants number only thirty-four to the square mile1 while ,england numbers #hhi4 ,if we take in all the territory under ,russia and ,england1 even then ,england has more to the square mile than ,russia4 ,russia comprises about #h1jjj1jjj square miles1 and ,england1 with her late additions1 leaving out the ,united ,states1 numbers about #i1jjj1jjj4 ,joining ,ephraim and ,manasseh together1 they own one-fourth of the whole world--namely1 about #ac1jjj1jjj square miles2 the whole earth numbers #ea1cdj1hjj square miles4 ,besides1 ,russia is not a missionary country4 ,she neither sends any1 nor accepts any1 being at present the only nation closed to missionary operation and toleration4 ,the past few years ,russia has gained rapidly in territorial power4 ,with the conquest of ,bokhara and portions of ,turkestan1 or ,independent ,tartary1 she has added some #hjj1jjj square miles4 ,at the beginning of the last century the ,russian advance forts were #b1ejj miles distant from those of ,england4 ,at the close of the century the distance was #b1jjj4 ,then in #ahaj it was reduced to #a1jjj4 ,and since #ahee it has been reduced to #djj4 ,and now1 of course1 they want it reduced to nothing by getting control of ,afghan4 ,how wonderfully clear are the fulfilling events of the prophecy4 ,this king of the ,north is to become a strong king1 who1 when ,israel and ,judah are settled in ,palestine1 will have spirit and power to attack them4 ,so he is ripening1 growing1 and gathering power ready4 ,russia now comprises nine crowns1 eight of which are crowns of conquest4 ,russia's one grand desire is to possess ,palestine1 especially ,jerusalem4 ,the ,crimean war was waged for rights and extended privileges in this holy city4 ,to-day ,russian pilgrims swarm thither by the thousands every year4 ,a few years ago she built outside the ,jaffa gate what she called an hospice1 which was designed to be nothing more nor less than a fort4 ,it is in a position commanding the whole city1 and is a place of great strength4 ,often she has tried to possess the city and land4 ,by-and-bye she will be permitted by ,providence to pour her troops into this land of unwalled villages1 and when having nearly achieved the ambitious plan of ages1 and nearly realised her one great national idea1 she will perish1 to rise no more1 on the mountains of ,israel4 ,her history is set forth by ,ezekiel xxxviii4 and xxxix4 chapters4 ,palestine and ,jerusalem have borne undeniable evidence for prophecy and ,providence4 ,the whole land and the ,book have been wonderfully agreed during the past eighteen centuries4 ,how significant and telling the wailings and lamentations of the devout ,jews1 who crowd under the walls of the mosque of ,omar1 the site of the ancient temple4 ,here1 each returning ,sabbath1 groups of ,jews may be heard dolefully crying3 ,ali bene1 ,ali bene2 bene bethka2 bekarob1 bimheira1 bimheira2 beyamenue1 bekarob1 which1 being interpreted1 means1 ,lord build1 ,lord build2 build ,thy house speedily1 in haste1 in haste2 even in our day build ,thy house speedily4 ,yes1 mourning brethren of ,judah1 the time is coming when the house shall be built and the voice of wailing no more heard in the streets4 ,can any student or inquirer after the truth fail to see that in our day a prophecy is being fulfilled8 ,can any one shut their eyes to the wonderful fact that ,israel is breaking forth on the left and on the right8 ,god has long ago said that ,israel were the people of ,his inheritance1 and that ,jacob was the lot of ,his inheritance1 or ,his girdle1 or cord1 as the word lot means4 ,then1 if you turn your attention to ,great ,britain and her colonies1 including ,manasseh1 you will see this girdle or measuring line around the earth4 ,let me aid you by pointing the same out for you4 ,look at the ,eastern hemisphere circle1 enclosing the ,gentile nations4 ,begin with ,great ,britain2 pass on to the ,channel ,islands1 ,gibraltar1 ,malta1 ,cyprus1 ,west ,coast ,african ,colonies1 ,st4 ,helena1 ,cape ,colonies1 ,mauritius1 ,seychelles1 ,perim1 ,aden1 ,ceylon1 ,india1 ,burmah1 ,straits ,settlements1 ,labuan1 ,australian ,colonies1 ,hong ,kong1 and the ,dominion of ,canada4 ,in the ,western hemisphere commence the circle with ,canada and ,united ,states1 ,fiji ,islands1 ,new ,zealand1 ,falkland ,islands1 ,british ,guiana1 ,british ,honduras1 ,west ,india ,islands1 and ,newfoundland4 ,do we not plainly see that ,israel is possessing the isles of the sea1 coasts of the earth1 waste and desolate places8 ,these things are not hid in a corner2 they proclaim the intentions of ,god1 an over-ruling ,providence2 and who and where the ,lost ,tribes are4 ,a miracle and prophecy are fulfilling before our eyes4 ,,israel ,,and ,,population4 ,,discourse ,,iv4 ,,prophetic ,,latter ,,days--,,our ,,bearings ,,in ,,the ,,ages--,,unwise ,,impatience--,,israel ,,to ,,be ,,always ,a ,,nation--,,her ,,empire--,,historic ,,career ,,of ,,and ,,future ,,of ,,england1 ,,america1 ,,and ,,judah--,,relative ,,increase ,,of ,,population--,,the ,,infidel ,,saxon--,,jewish1 ,,british1 ,,and ,,american ,,interests ,,one--,a ,,full ,,end ,,of ,,all ,,nations ,,but ,,israel--,,famine ,,henceforth ,,only ,,for ,,the ,,heathen--,,arbitration ,,to ,,be ,,enforced ,,by ,,israel--,,american ,,absorbtion--,,startling ,,figures ,,of ,,future ,,population--,,the ,,balance ,,of ,,power4 ,yet the number of the children of ,israel shall be as the sand of the sea1 which cannot be measured or numbered2 and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them1 ,ye are not ,my people1 there it shall be said unto them1 ,ye are the sons of the living ,god4--,hosea i4 #aj4 ,a period of time is frequently referred to in the ,scriptures as being the latter days4 ,it is1 therefore1 very important for the prophetic student1 and the ,church of ,christ at large1 that the time of days spoken of should be known4 ,for connected with these days are a number of prophecies waiting fulfilment1 and they are of such a nature that their fulfilment may easily be discerned4 ,in breadth and scope they cover much territory and include many people4 ,they cannot be hid in a corner1 for the parts are so numerous and the interests so great4 ,the fulfilment of these prophecies will make a radical and fundamental change in ,church and ,state4 ,i take it for granted we are now entering into the time of the latter days--a time that precedes by a natural consequence the millennium4 ,it is1 therefore1 unwise on the part of any person to claim that ,christ may come any day1 and that ,his millennial reign may be begun at any moment4 ,it is but fair that we should carefully consider our bearings in the circle of ,providence and our position in the ages4 ,the story and work of redemption are grand1 full of interest and thrilling incidents2 still we must take things in their order4 ,some stories we read are very fascinating4 ,the plot culminates1 the characters and incidents converge toward and centre in the hero4 ,at such a point we are often carried away with our sympathy for the hero2 we become anxious for him1 and desires to know the issues1 and so are tempted to skip a few pages and get at the end unwisely and unlawfully4 ,thus ,i think many are carried away by a loving desire for the millennium2 they become anxious for the return of the ,hero of redemption2 they skip a few pages of ,providence1 and come to the end too soon4 ,these days are preparative1 and in such a preparative stage we are warranted to look for the fulfilment of certain prophecies2 for prophecies1 indeed1 of such a nature and character that no ,bible student need be mistaken as to the time1 place1 and conditions of fulfilment4 ,we have called your attention to one of these prophecies1 and pointed out to you how the same was literally fulfilling before the eyes of all4 ,god1 in olden times1 made promises to ,abraham1 the patriarchs1 and their seed4 ,these promises were nothing more nor less than prophecies4 ,he attested the same by ,his own oath4 ,he called to witness the sun1 moon1 stars1 sea1 night1 day1 the seasons1 seedtime and harvest4 ,these ,he called ,his ordinances4 ,these ordinances may depart from before ,him1 but the seed of ,israel should not cease to be a nation4 ,they were not only to be a nation1 but a company of nations4 ,to this end1 in the latter days1 they were to come in possession of the isles of the sea1 the coasts of the earth1 waste and desolate places2 to inherit the seed of the ,gentiles1 and cause their desolate cities to be filled4 ,they were to possess and rule over the heathen4 ,in the latter days they were to possess ,edom and ,esau--that is1 ,turkey--and so come in possession of their own land1 ,palestine4 ,now ,i call you to witness1 and ask you if these things are so8 ,before your eyes1 before mine1 before the eyes of all the world1 ,god is fulfilling ,his promises made to the fathers4 ,the very exceptions to the sweeping and comprehensive possessions of the seed of ,jacob are pyramidal witnesses to the same4 ,the ,house of ,judah was to become homeless1 without a nation and without a government1 after they left ,palestine2 but to be a people known by the race feature1 and by their unwavering adherence1 attachment1 and fidelity to the ,mosaic worship4 ,this exception all can see1 and none can truthfully deny4 ,they have had money and men enough to buy and rule a nation1 but as yet they have none4 ,their talent1 their ability1 and their money1 have been the chief factor in the rule1 prosperity1 and greatness of many nations in the past as well as now4 ,and the second conception is not less grand and conclusive4 ,let any one inquire what was to be the portion of the ,tribe of ,manasseh1 and they will find that ,manasseh was to be a distinct people1 a great people2 for so said the dying patriarch ,jacob4 ,now such a people1 a great people1 we hold ,manasseh to be at this day in the people of the ,united ,states4 ,some sixty colonies ,england has overrun1 established1 or conquered1 and she is busy at work yet conquering and gathering in4 ,but is it not remarkable that she has never lost one of the many save the ,united ,states8 ,will any one give an earthly reason for this marvellous exception8 ,i presume no one can4 ,there is1 however1 a ,divine reason4 ,moses1 when giving his prophetic benediction to the ,tribes of ,israel1 gives us an insight into this question4 ,speaking of ,joseph and the wonderful blessing in store for his sons ,ephraim and ,manasseh1 he says3 ,his glory is like the firstling of his bullock1 and his horns are like the horns of unicorns2 and with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth2 and they are the ten thousands of ,ephraim1 and they are the thousands of ,manasseh 7,deut1 xxxiii4 #ag74 ,and further light is thrown on this subject when we notice what ,isaiah says in the forty-ninth chapter4 ,the children of ,israel1 when settled in some ,isles1 would lose a portion of themselves1 and still the children which thou shalt have after thou hast lost the other1 shall say again in thine ears1 ,the place is too strait for me1 give place to me that ,i may dwell4 ,the simple and natural interpretation of such a passage is1 that the ,isles referred to were the ,british ,isles4 ,the children lost refer to ,manasseh1 the ,pilgrims1 and ,puritans who came from ,england4 ,and the cry for more room after they have left1 shall lead ,england to look for lands in which to colonise her surplus population1 all of which she has done and is doing4 ,surely in these things there is something more than chance4 ,yes1 there is a divine purpose fulfilled4 ,seeing1 then1 that ,god will put the land into ,israel's hand1 there will run another blessing parallel with this--namely1 a peculiar increase of the seed1 or children of ,israel1 so that they may occupy and control these lands4 ,these two prophecies are to be fulfilling on a parallel line at the same time4 ,are they so fulfilling8 ,we answer1 ,yes2 and the answer all the world may verify1 for the facts are of such a nature that if they are not so fulfilling it can be very easily disproved4 ,the prophet tells us in the text that the children of ,israel are to be numerous--to be numerous in an extraordinary degree--so much so that it shall appear partly miraculous when such increase is compared to other people or judged by the common methods of reasoning4 ,hosea had three children2 the first a son4 ,he called him ,jezreel4 ,this son was set for a witness that ,god would cause to cease the ,house of ,israel in ,palestine--that ,israel should cease to be a nation for a time4 ,this idea ,isaiah points out under the type of an abandoned wife4 ,god styles ,himself the ,husband of ,israel1 and that ,he had given the wife a bill of divorcement4 ,thus the two prophets agree1 and history ratifies both4 ,hosea's second child he calls ,lo-,ruhamah4 ,she was set for a witness that ,god would take away ,his mercy from the ,house of ,israel for a time1 and that ,god would utterly take them away out of the land4 ,so ,he did2 for a few years after this we find the children of ,israel were carried captive into ,assyria by ,shalmaneser1 and the ,assyrians were brought and put in their place4 ,and from these ,assyrians1 who were planted in the cities and country left by the children of ,israel1 we get the ,samaritans1 who were1 as you see1 not ,jews nor ,israelites by generation--they were manufactured ,jews only4 ,and the ,lord removed ,israel out of ,his sight1 as ,he had said by all ,his servants the prophets4 ,so was ,israel carried away out of their own land to ,assyria unto this day 7#b ,kings xvii4 #bc74 ,during this captivity1 which is even in force till now1 barren ,israel1 the divorced one1 was to have more children than the married one--namely1 ,judah4 ,we find that the third child born to ,hosea is called ,lo-ammi1 meaning1 ,ye are not ,my people4 ,this child pro-figured the casting out of the ,jews2 that they would refuse to accept ,god in ,christ1 and ,he therefore would reject them4 ,thus the ,jews became wanderers from their own land4 ,and the land rests in desolation1 enjoying her ,sabbath of rest1 while her sons and daughters are being chastised and trained for their return4 ,the time will come when ,god will call ,israel to ,him1 and have mercy upon her1 when the divorced one shall be restored to her husband4 ,and it shall be at that day1 saith the ,lord1 that thou shalt call ,me ,ishi1 and shalt call me no more ,baali 7,hos4 ii4 #af74 ,now ,ishi means husband1 and ,baali stands for ,lord4 ,saxons have been looked upon as being infidels by the rest of the world4 ,the ,mohammedans and ,buddhists never reckoned the ,saxons as being the sons of ,god2 and ,catholic ,europe and ,greek ,russia have looked upon ,england as infidel and heretical4 ,and the ,saxons themselves never went so far in their knowledge as to know who they were1 their origin and work4 ,but the prophet says3 ,it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them1 ,ye are not ,my people1 there it shall be said unto them1 ,ye are the sons of the living ,god4 ,and the time will come when ,lo-,ruhamah shall become ,ru-hamah1 which means to have obtained mercy4 ,and ,lo-,ammi shall become ,ammi1 which means that this is ,my people4 ,and ,jezreel1 which was a sign of dispersion1 shall be the sign of gathering4 ,then shall the children of ,judah and the children of ,israel be gathered together1 and appoint themselves one head1 and they shall come up out of the land2 for great shall be the day of ,jezreel4 ,then the ,jews 7,ammi7 will call the ,saxons their sister1 long lost1 but found at last4 ,the ,saxons 7,ru-hamah7 will call the ,jews their brother1 those whom in the past they have hated and persecuted2 and thought themselves far removed from ,jewish blood4 ,now they both will acknowledge a common generation1 and ,abraham their father4 ,and one with his eyes half open can see this part of the prophecy fulfilling4 ,the ,jews1 ,england1 and ,united ,states1 from this and henceforth1 are one in interest1 policy1 and destiny4 ,these being the latter days1 let us look for the signs of the multiplying of the seed so that they be as the sea sands ,god promised to ,abraham1 saying3 ,that in blessing ,i will bless thee1 and in multiplying ,i will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore2 and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies 7,gen4 xxii4 #ag74 ,old ,jacob foretold that ,joseph would be a fruitful bough1 whose branches would run over the wall--that is1 colonise4 ,this increase is to be seen in two ways4 ,let me direct your attention to one of these ways1 in a special manner1 because it is so singular and unique1 so distinct and discernable4 ,in ,jeremiah xxx4 #aj1 #aa1 we find a remarkable statement3 ,fear not1 ,o ,israel1 for ,i am with thee1 saith the ,lord1 to save thee4 ,though ,i make a full end of all nations whither ,i have scattered thee1 yet will ,i not make a full end of thee2 but ,i will correct thee in measure1 and will not leave thee altogether unpunished4 ,that ,israel has been punished and corrected no one will deny who is acquainted with her history and sojourn from the time she was carried captive to this day4 ,but has the other part of the saying been fulfilled8 ,we answer1 ,yes--as the law of colonisation has progressed4 ,the ,ancient ,britons are no more2 ,saxon ,israel has entirely supplanted them1 just as ,manasseh in the ,united ,states is supplanting the aborigines or ,indians4 ,they perish and disappear like snow before the rising sun4 ,not all we can do on the line of legislation1 philanthropy1 and religion1 is sufficient to stay the ravages of this long-ago declared decree of ,heaven4 ,go to ,canada1 and you find they are perishing2 in ,newfoundland they are entirely gone1 and in every other province they are fast disappearing1 save such as are saved by incorporation1 by marriage1 and salt stayed by the power of ,christianity2 but both these remedies are only temporal--they perish in spite of all in the heated atmosphere of ,israel's civilisation4 ,some few tribes may hold their own and seem to increase1 but such does not invalidate the evidence of the decree4 ,for they have perished in such numbers1 and so uniformly1 when in contact with ,israel1 that history proclaims the decree fulfilled4 ,the native inhabitants of ,van ,dieman1 called ,tasmanians1 have entirely become extinct4 ,the ,maories of ,new ,zealand are rapidly diminishing4 ,fifty years ago they were #bjj1jjj strong2 now only about #ej1jjj4 ,in a few more years they will be gone4 ,the same is true in all the other ,australian provinces4 ,the same is true of many isles of the sea1 also of the ,african colonies4 ,in these things1 so exceptional1 we can surely say1 with the magicians of old who contended against ,moses1 ,this is the finger of ,god4 ,thus we see ,israel increasing1 by the law of diminution going on among the ,gentiles4 ,israel in the latter day was to be blessed with plenty in the orchards1 stall1 and field3 ,for ,i will lay no more famine upon you1 saith the ,lord4 ,the past year we learn that some #aj1jjj1jjj of ,chinese perished in famine4 ,india1 in one part1 has been greatly reduced in number by the same scourge4 ,this country will be partly protected from the operation of this law--for no doubt a large portion are from ,abraham4 ,but unto the sons of the concubines1 which ,abraham had1 ,abraham gave gifts1 and sent them away from ,isaac his son1 while he yet lived1 ,eastward1 unto the ,east country 7,gen4 xxv4 #f74 ,this same scourge does not follow the colonising of other nations4 ,it did not follow ,spain1 nor the ,dutch1 nor ,france4 ,if you turn to the prophets1 you will soon learn how they are to increase in the latter days--not by a comparison on the line of diminution only1 but in and from themselves4 ,behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will sow the ,house of ,israel and the ,house of ,judah with the seed of man and beast 7,jer4 xxxi4 #bg74 ,have these days come8 ,we again say1 ,yes2 and these kind of prophecies are being fulfilled in this day in so special a manner as to make certain the times we live in4 ,through ,israel1 ,judah1 and ,manasseh1 the earth is to find the equilibrium of peace4 ,the ,jews will furnish the money1 for in the increasing ascendancy1 and multiplying power1 and authority of ,england and ,america1 the ,jews will draw closer to them and invest more and more their money with them1 because of greater security and profit4 ,the balance of power and even compulsion will be in the hands of ,england and ,america1 to force arbitration on disputing nations1 and they will do so1 having set the precedents themselves in the ,alabama and fish treaties4 ,at present1 many will refuse this idea1 and point to the famous ,monroe doctrine4 ,now that doctrine has had its time1 nearly2 and it has served a good purpose for the country4 ,the mercantile growth1 and general producing power of this country1 will cause us to abandon our selfish protection policy2 for of all other people on the face of the earth we will want free trade2 for we will have the greatest surplus of mercantile and agricultural productions1 and in a short time our very position and ability will push away all competitors4 ,once our mercantile and agricultural interests are cast in other nations1 we will then have an interest in their wars and peace1 and will be led to interfere4 ,the chief way in which the balance of power will fall into ,english and ,american hands is in the fulfilling of the blessings of the text3 the multiplying of this people1 first by natural increase1 and second by incorporation and absorption4 ,look at this law of absorption2 how vigorous and sure6 ,if you turn into a field of grass fowls1 pigs1 horses1 and cows1 you get chicken-meat1 pork1 horseflesh1 and beef4 ,the individualism in each creature absorbs and converts the same field of grass into themselves4 ,so into this country are coming people of every nation and race1 but the individualism of ,manasseh will in due time make them all ,manassehites4 ,the children of the ,russians1 ,poles1 ,spanish1 and so on1 become ,american in taste1 manners1 and sympathies4 ,they are being grafted into the tree of ,manasseh4 ,but look at the law of increase naturally4 ,take the population of several countries as given in the last census1 and carefully note the relative increase1 and how long it takes each nation to double its number4 ,russia1 eighty-six millions1 doubles every #ajj years2 ,germany1 forty-two millions1 doubles every #ajj years2 ,turkey1 forty-seven millions1 doubles every #eej years2 ,austria1 thirty-seven millions1 doubles every #ajj years2 ,france1 thirty-six millions1 doubles every #adj years2 ,great ,britain1 thirty-three millions1 doubles every #ee years2 ,united ,states1 forty millions1 doubles every #be years2 ,italy1 twenty-seven millions1 doubles every #abe years2 ,egypt1 seventeen millions1 doubles every #aej years2 ,spain1 sixteen millions1 doubles every #aab years2 ,english colonies1 ten millions1 doubles every #be years4 ,now make a calculation for #ajj years1 from #ahgh to #aigh1 and see how these countries stand in population and their relative position4 ,russia will have one hundred and seventy-two millions2 ,germany1 eighty-four2 ,turkey1 fifty-six2 ,austria1 seventy-four2 ,france1 fifty-nine2 ,great ,britain1 one hundred and thirty-seven2 ,italy1 forty-one2 ,egypt1 twenty-nine2 ,spain1 twenty-eight2 ,united ,states1 six hundred and forty2 and the ,english colonies1 one hundred and sixty--and that is not reckoning the natives in the colonies1 only the descendants of the ,english4 ,of course1 in a country like ,india1 the natives will be a considerable number1 and they might properly be reckoned in with the colonial items1 and so swell the number of ,israel's power4 ,now these figures show a wonderful conclusion4 ,in simple language1 we find that in #aigh1 the ,english-speaking race1 or ,israelites1 will number #icg millions1 while all of ,russia1 ,germany1 ,turkey1 ,austria1 ,france1 ,italy1 ,egypt1 and ,spain1 will only number #edc millions4 ,where then1 we ask1 will be the balance of power8 ,and why should this certain law come into operation at this time1 if it be not the blessing foretold by the prophets8 ,and can we not see that these are the latter days1 and that ,god is fulfilling ,his promises to ,israel8 ,the blood of ,abraham and the faith of ,abraham have been wonderfully preserved and projected down through the centuries with telling effect4 ,and on this line the ,darwinian theory of election is very true1 for the survival of the fittest is the proclaimed law of ,heaven4 ,there is power in land possession and there is power in number1 and if these two factors maintain their force for one hundred years1 then we infer of certainty that the sceptre of rule and destiny of the world will be in the hands of ,israel1 unless the laws of nature are reversed1 and the promises of ,god fail4 ,the ,word of ,god cannot fail or return unto ,him void2 it must accomplish that whereunto ,he sent it and prosper in things designed1 or as ,jeremiah xxiii4 #bj says3 ,the anger of the ,lord shall not return until ,he has executed and till ,he has performed the thoughts of ,his heart2 in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly4 ,,israel ,,and ,,language4 ,,discourse ,v4 ,,latter ,,day ,,prophetic ,,promises--,,time ,,of ,,israel',s ,,revival--,,pyramid ,,testimony--,,british ,,island ,,population ,,in #ahhb--;,,affinity ,,between ,,english ,,and ,,hebrew--,,cell ,,of ,,the ,,honeybee--,,origin ,,of ,,language--,,lion ,,of ,,languages--,,foreign ,,testimony--,,all ,,tongues ,,indigenous ,,but ,,english--,,the ,,pre-,,millennial ,,tokens4 ,for then will ,i turn to the people a pure language1 that they may all call upon the name of the ,lord1 to serve ,him with one consent4--,zephaniah iii4 #i4 ,in the last two discourses we called your attention to two prophecies that are now fulfilling2 they are on parallel lines of time and territory4 ,the first had reference to the rapid accumulation of the lands of the earth by ,israel4 ,accepting the ,anglo-,saxons as being the children and descendants of ,jacob1 it naturally follows that the prophetic blessings and promises made to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 ,jacob1 and their heirs1 should find a fulfilment in these1 the latter days1 and that such fulfilment should be found in the ,english nation1 among the ,jews1 and in the ,united ,states4 ,it is easy to see and believe that the curses prophetically pronounced on ,judah and ,israel have been fulfilled1 especially on the ,house of ,judah4 ,the promises to the ,house of ,israel are now being grandly realised4 ,england is in possession of the isles of the sea1 the coasts of the earth1 the waste and desolate places1 the heathen is her inheritance1 and she is inheriting the seed of the ,gentiles1 and causing their desolate cities to be inhabited4 ,from the taking of ,jamaica1 by ,general ,penn1 in #afee1 to the peaceful cession of ,cyprus1 the course of this little island nation has been onward and upward4 ,and if her conquests and progress are not amenable to prophecy1 for an interpretation1 then the wonder is still greater4 ,the facts are with us1 and must be accounted for some way4 ,the second had reference to the multitudinous seed of ,israel in the latter days4 ,till two hundred years ago the ,anglo-,saxons were not in this respect distinct from other races2 indeed1 for centuries they were distinct rather for their weakness in multiplying power and number4 ,many other races have exceeded them in this particular4 ,but no sooner do we come abreast of the latter day time than we find the laws of centuries changed4 ,in thermal science it is an axiom that heat expands all bodies1 and of course that cold contracts them4 ,but to this general rule there is one beautiful and benevolent exception3 it is in water2 for if we start with water at thirty-two degrees1 we find the remarkable phenomenon of cold expanding all below thirty-two1 and heat expanding all above4 ,if we take water at #bab degrees and withdraw it from the heat1 it will continue to contract till we reach thirty-two2 then the law is reversed1 and the water expands4 ,now the reversion of this law1 at this particular point1 is wonderfully expressive of ,divine forethought and benevolence4 ,by such a change ice is made to float in water1 and so save our lakes1 streams1 and wells from being frozen solid4 ,as this exception is to thermal science1 so is the law of reproduction to ,israel in this day4 ,this people1 who have been behind other races1 now1 at an appointed time1 step to the front4 ,the law seems to be reversed1 and that too for a benevolent purpose--for the very purpose that they might be able to fulfil the mission assigned them in these last days1 to occupy the new lands and evangelise the world4 ,one prophecy seems to call for the other1 for what would be the use of the lands without the people1 or the people without the lands8 ,it is an amazing fact that ,queen ,victoria should bear rule over one-third of the population of the whole earth1 and that ,israel1 including ,manasseh1 should own one-fourth of the land4 ,but this amazing fact is made reasonable when we accept the ,queen as being of the seed of ,david1 and an heir to the promises attaching to ,david's throne1 and when we accept the ,anglo-,saxons as being the ,ten ,lost ,tribes of ,israel4 ,then prophecy1 ,providence1 and facts1 are a trinity--they are one sublime whole4 ,god1 speaking through ,moses1 said ,he would punish to reform ,israel for seven times--and seven times prophetically understood1 means #b1ebj years4 ,if we allow that ,israel were carried captive in the year #gbe before ,christ1 then ,israel would come into freedom1 or be reformed1 about #agie2 because if we add #gbe to #a1gie1 we get #b1ebj4 ,up to this point they were to be robbed of their children and to be few in number 7see ,lev4 xxvi4 #bb74 ,in the year #agie ,israel were to be relieved from these curses2 and about this time this special law of reproduction came into operation2 or1 if we take the lamentations of ,hosea vi4 #a-c3 ,come and let us return unto the ,lord1 for ,he hath torn1 and ,he will heal us2 ,he hath smitten1 and ,he will bind us up2 after two days will ,he revive us2 in the third day ,he will raise us up1 and we shall live in ,his sight4 ,then shall we know if we follow on to know the ,lord4 ,his going forth is prepared as the morning1 and ,he shall come unto us as the rain1 as the latter and former rain unto the earth4 ,by this passage1 our day and the special providences of this period are mournfully and graphically referred to4 ,here a day stands for a thousand years1 for a day with the ,lord is as a thousand years2 so that when two thousand years should have passed by1 ,ephraim1 who stands for ,israel1 was to be revived and blessed with fruitfulness sometime during the third day1 or thousand years4 ,in ancient time a day was counted when it had a majority--that is1 when it had passed the half4 ,the prophet here says we were to be revived1 or raised up1 on the third day4 ,so1 if you again take these three thousand-year days1 you will find that two of them are to be completely passed1 and during the third we were to be raised4 ,the number we have given1 #b1ebj1 exactly meets the interpretation--#b1jjj complete1 and #ebj make a majority for the third day by the twenty over the half4 ,these prophetic figures tally well with the existing state of things4 ,about the beginning of this century ,england assumed to lead the world4 ,it is a remarkable coincidence that1 in the last century1 the question of how to multiply the population was a subject of debate and legislation in the ,british ,parliament4 ,but what legislation failed to do1 ,god in ,his providence did at the appointed time4 ,it is a curious fact1 and well worth noticing1 that the famous witness of the ,lord of hosts in ,egypt1 the ,great ,pyramid1 forecasts what the number of ,israel and ,judah would be in the year #ahhb4 ,as ,israel is symbolised in the ,grand ,gallery1 it is found that the cubic contents of the same1 in inches1 is about #cf1jjj1jjj2 thus by some this is interpreted to mean that inches stand for individuals1 and if so1 then ,england proper will have this number in #ahhj4 ,whether this is a true interpretation or not1 we all know that these figures will be about right4 ,the ,queen's ,chamber of the ,pyramid symbolises the number and condition of the ,jews4 ,from these two prophecies1 so sublimely fulfilling1 let me invite your attention to another that is now maturing4 ,it1 too1 is parallel with the other two4 ,we refer to the peculiar growth1 power1 and progress of the ,english language4 ,after ,israel went into captivity1 they were to lose their language and take or form another4 ,for with stammering lips and another tongue will ,he speak to this people 7,isa4 xxviii4 #aa74 ,we will all agree that the ,english language is not the ,hebrew2 and if we are ,israelites1 then indeed ,god is speaking to us in another tongue1 for few of us read ,his ,word in ,hebrew4 ,it is read to the millions in the ,english2 hence the millions hear ,god speak to them in another tongue than that of ,hebrew4 ,between the ,english and ,hebrew languages there is an intimate relation1 especially back a few years1 before the ,english had grown so much4 ,the ,hebrew was a very limited language2 not numbering more than #g1jjj words4 ,the ,english is now said to number about #hj1jjj4 ,the most lavish writer does not use over #aj1jjj2 the common average is about #c1jjj4 ,in the ,english we have not less than #a1jjj ,hebrew roots4 ,this1 comparing the languages a few years back1 is a large percentage4 ,in names of persons and places the ,hebrew is very prominent in ,england4 ,i take it for a fact that language is of ,divine origin4 ,men have written on the origin of language from every standpoint2 the majority of them trying to account for its existence without allowing so noble a source4 ,the first man1 ,adam1 ,i believe1 could talk as easily and naturally as he could see1 and hear1 and taste4 ,speech was a part of his endowment4 ,there is nothing more wonderful in a man talking than a bird singing1 save that speech is a higher order of utterance4 ,dumb nature performs marvels every day as mighty and wonderful as man's talking4 ,the honey-bee builds its cells1 ignorant of the fact that such construction is the solution of a problem which had troubled men for centuries to solve4 ,at what point shall certain lines meet so as to give the most room with the least material and have the greatest strength in the building8 ,this problem is said to have been worked out by a ,mr4 ,mc,laughland1 a noted ,scotch mathematician1 who arrived at his conclusion by laborious and careful fluxionary calculation4 ,to his surprise1 and to the surprise of the world1 such lines and such a building were found in the common bee cell4 ,now ,i hold that the same ,creator who gave to the bee the mathematical instinct could endow man with the instinct of speech4 ,even to animal instinct we find a certain variation and permitted latitude in what is called adaptive instinct4 ,so in man we find this same instinct of adaptation in a higher sense4 ,the instinct comes into play when we suppose a number of persons separated from others1 each living in different quarters of the globe4 ,in such a condition1 though of the same language when first separated1 they would not remain so long--that is1 in the primitive state of society4 ,thus1 among the tribes of ,africa1 at this day1 languages are widening and varying from a once common centre4 ,so ,israel in captivity would lose the ,hebrew gradually4 ,the language of the people among whom they settled was the ,sanskrit1 from which a score of languages have come--the ,german1 ,french1 and ,italian1 ,saxon and others4 ,the ,saxon of to-day1 compared with the ,saxon of #b1jjj years ago1 is very different2 so much so that for us to learn and speak it would be equal to learning a new language4 ,thus the ,english language is a thing of growth4 ,in the year #acfb the ,saxon was made the court language of ,england4 ,from that time onward its growth has been wonderful4 ,the prophetic outlines and ,divine place of this language may be seen in the germal foundations1 which give unto it such vigour1 tenacity1 and capabilities of expansion4 ,all the features of this language go to show that it is destined to be the medium of a world's intercourse1 and that it very suitably belongs to ,israel1 in whose hand will be the destiny of the world4 ,it is the lion of languages4 ,it will grow anywhere1 and by reason of its tenacity when once it gets a foothold it abides4 ,it is peculiarly suited to the humanities of every race1 clime1 and condition2 there is no limit to its expansive adaptability4 ,it is in a special manner voracious in the destruction of other languages2 wherever it goes1 it sounds the death-knell of all the rest4 ,soon as this language entered ,britain1 it began its work of destruction4 ,before it has disappeared the real ,british1 the ,cymric or ,welsh1 ,erse or ,irish1 the ,gaelic of ,scotland1 and the ,manx of the ,isle of ,man4 ,the ,british ,keltic is entirely gone2 the rest are entirely local4 ,beside these it ousted from the island the ,norse1 the ,norman-,french1 and several other tongues that tried to transplant themselves on ,english soil4 ,it is at work in every part of the globe1 planting itself and displacing others4 ,a few years ago ,french was the language best suited for a traveller on the ,continent4 ,but this has changed4 ,now the ,english is by far superior4 ,and why is it that the ,english is supplanting all others8 ,to answer such a question in a scientific way1 one cannot do better than quote from the great and learned ,german philologist1 ,prof4 ,grimm1 of ,berlin4 ,he says of it3 ,it has a thorough power of expression1 such as no other language ever possessed4 ,it may truly be called a world-language1 for no other can compare with it in richness1 reasonableness1 and solidity of texture4 ,but perhaps the most definite and distinct testimony given by a foreigner touching the future ubiquity of the ,anglo-,saxon race and language1 is that put forward by ,provost ,paradol1 a learned ,frenchman4 ,he says that neither ,russia nor united ,germany1 supposing that they should attain the highest fortune1 can pretend to impede that current of things1 nor prevent that solution1 relatively near at hand1 of the long rivalry of ,european races for the ultimate colonisation and domination of the universe4 ,the world will not be ,russian1 nor ,german1 nor ,french1 alas6 nor ,spanish4 ,he concludes that it will be ,anglo-,saxon4 ,a ,british poet has presented in poetry the special features of several of the ,european languages1 which we give3-- ,greek's a harp we love to hear2 ,latin is a trumpet clear2 ,spanish like an organ swells2 ,italian rings its bridal bells2 ,france1 with many a frolic mien1 ,tunes her sprightly violin2 ,loud the ,german rolls his drum ,when ,russia's clashing cymbals come2 ,but ,british sons may well rejoice1 ,for ,english is the human voice4 ,there are eight languages in the bounds of ,christian civilisation that may be accounted powerful1 because they are the tongues of vigorous people2 they are the ,english1 ,russian1 ,german1 ,french1 ,spanish1 ,italian1 ,portuguese1 and ,scandinavian4 ,but of these all are indigenous1 except the ,english1 so that they die if transplanted4 ,look at this country and behold what a cemetery it is for languages4 ,once the ,french had strong hold and promised to abide here2 but it is now nearly gone1 even from the state of ,louisiana and ,canada1 the last places of retreat4 ,if we take note of the population according to these several languages1 we shall see the prophetic future of the ,english4 ,it is spoken by about ninety millions1 ,russian seventy-five1 ,german fifty-six1 ,french forty1 ,spanish thirty-eight1 ,italian twenty-nine1 ,portuguese fourteen1 and ,scandinavian nine4 ,within the control of the governments of these languages we find ,england to have rule over #bee1jjj1jjj people1 who do not as yet speak ,english1 and we find that the other seven have only seventy-five millions outside of themselves4 ,here is an important difference4 ,if we look at them by territorial limits1 leaving out ,russia1 we find the ,english language to own #ac1chb1fhf square miles1 ,germany #ddi1fhd1 ,french #ega1egh1 ,spanish #d1fid1haa1 ,italian #aad1dff1 ,portuguese #d1jbh1caa1 and ,scandinavian #a1cjh1hcj4 ,the aggregate number of square miles possessed by these six languages1 is #aa1afg1fbj1 which altogether1 you see1 own #b1bae1jff miles square less than the ,english4 ,the balance itself is more than ,germany1 ,france1 and ,spain put together4 ,the ,english language is divided only into two governments1 but the other six are divided into twenty-six1 all of which governments are bitter one toward the other2 each trying to supplant one another1 while ,england and the ,united ,states are at peace1 and will ever remain so4 ,in one hundred years from now the ,english language will be spoken by a thousand million people4 ,thus we need no stretch of fancy to see that what the prophet speaks of in the text will be accomplished in due time4 ,this language will soon be universal2 by common consent it will become the language of the world4 ,all the changes going on among nations forecast its ubiquity4 ,china1 by an imperial decree1 has just added to her language #gjj ,english words4 ,her sons by the thousand are with us1 and by the thousand they are learning our mother tongue4 ,the ,japanese1 till a few years ago1 carried on their foreign correspondence through the ,dutch1 but now they have changed to the ,english4 ,besides1 in the #ej1jjj schools in ,japan ,english is being taught4 ,if science has an answer for this strange phenomenon1 so have we4 ,ours is1 that it is the will of ,heaven4 ,confusion of tongues came at ,babel as a punishment4 ,by this means ,heaven scattered the unwilling descendants of ,noah4 ,when ,noah came forth from the ,ark1 ,god bade him multiply and replenish the earth--that is1 fill it up4 ,babel1 however1 was built as a monument of centralisation1 for the builders gave as a reason for building it1 ,lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth4 ,by a confusion of tongues they were scattered4 ,since then we have had some #a1ejj distinct languages1 and some #c1ejj colloquials1 or say #e1jjj different forms of speech4 ,at the present time #fjj of the primary are dead1 so that there are about #ijj languages now spoken on all the earth1 with about #b1ejj colloquials4 ,when these means have answered their end--namely1 to make us occupy all parts of the earth--then they will die out4 ,it then follows that as the world fills1 languages must disappear4 ,so they do4 ,the ,english and ,german were the last languages to come into existence4 ,no new ones are now being made4 ,alphabets are increasing1 because missionaries are reducing spoken languages among the heathen into a written form4 ,the ,bible is translated into two hundred different tongues4 ,this itself will only lead the millions back to ,english4 ,all ship papers are now made out in ,english excepting the ,french1 and no doubt they will soon have to follow in the wake4 ,the day of ,pentecost foreshowed the universality of some language4 ,pentecost was a type1 and the ,english is the antitype4 ,the strangers from ,phrygia1 ,pamphylia1 ,libya1 ,pontus1 and ,cappadocia1 mingled with the ,parthians1 ,medes1 ,elamites1 ,cretes1 and ,arabians4 ,they all heard the ,gospel in their own tongue4 ,the different tongues make a wall of division1 making them strangers one with another2 but the ,holy ,ghost took away this wall1 and they were all face to face1 able to understand one another4 ,the same power that here multiplied the gift of tongues--giving to some several--surely could give to ,adam one4 ,away with a faith that cannot give ,god credit with being the ,author of language4 ,no sooner do we see ,england in guardian possession of ,syria than the idea enters into the scheme of reform of extending the ,english language4 ,the ,board of ,directors of the ,syrian ,protestant ,college at ,beyrout have shown their appreciation of the new era of ,british influence by a recent vote1 which is to the effect that on ,january #a1 #ahgi1 all instruction in the college shall be through the ,english language4 ,the ,arabic will only be taught as any other dead language4 ,this remarkable action shows that ,british influence in ,syria is hereafter to be more than simply diplomatic2 it is to be an all-pervading and controlling power1 affecting every interest of ,society4 ,truly another ,pentecostal day is drawing nigh--a day when all the world shall hear the ,gospel in the language of ,israel4 ,in all these things we see the lively tokens and pre-millennial agencies hastening on the day of the ,lord4 ,,israel ,,and ,,gentile ,,fulness4 ,,discourse ,,vi4 ,,meaning ,,of ,,gentile ,,fulness--,,blessings ,,through ,,judah ,,and ,,ephraim--,,best ,,religion--,,jews ,,outwitted--,,why ,,benjamin ,,was ,,kept ,,at ,,jerusalem--,,french ,,protestantism--,,gentile ,,fulness ,,contemporary ,,with ,,to-,,day--,,what ,,it ,,is--,,exceptional ,,turkey4 ,now1 if the fall of them be the riches of the world1 and the diminishing of them the riches of the ,gentiles1 how much more their fulness4--,rom4 ii4 #ab4 ,paul1 the author of this epistle to the ,romans1 tells us that he was an ,israelite of the seed of ,abraham and of the ,tribe of ,benjamin4 ,the fact so conveyed it is necessary that we keep in mind1 if we would interpret aright this epistle4 ,he introduces to our notice three parties3 the ,jews1 who include at this time the ,tribes of ,judah and ,levi2 the ,israelites1 who embraced the ,tribe of ,benjamin and the other nine ,tribes that had been in captivity for about eight hundred years--the whole together are generally known as the ,ten ,lost ,tribes4 ,in the third party we have the ,gentiles4 ,this word ,gentile usually denotes and includes the non-,jewish nations and people4 ,the ,hebrew word goyim1 in early ,bible history1 was equivalent to our word nation4 ,it finally began to denote any people who were not of the sacred seed of ,abraham4 ,the ,greek word so rendered is ethnos1 which means a multitude or nation4 ,in the ,new ,testament another word is sometimes used in a more limited sense--namely1 hellenes1 which is translated ,greeks4 ,ignorance of these three parties1 their place in ,providence1 and relation one to the other1 has given rise to much needless controversy and division in the domain of theology4 ,men have argued for an election and a reprobation1 laying great stress on the #ith1 #ajth1 and #aath chapters of ,romans1 that is in no wise taught4 ,the election ,paul deals with is a literal one1 having reference to a distinct people1 whom ,god has elected for a special work in this world4 ,this people ,god calls ,his people1 ,his inheritance1 ,his chosen1 ,his witnesses1 ,his servants4 ,this people have ,i formed for ,myself2 they shall shew forth ,my praise 7,isa4 xliii4 #ba74 ,hence exclaims the ,psalmist1 ,blessed is the nation whose ,god is the ,lord2 and the people whom ,he hath chosen for ,his own inheritance4 ,it will be evident to any careful ,bible reader that ,god called ,abraham from ,ur1 in ,chaldea1 from his own kindred1 for a special design4 ,through ,abraham's seed ,jehovah designed that blessings1 temporal and spiritual1 should flow to all nations4 ,he selected this seed for ,his own training1 instruction1 and culture1 to the end that they might train1 instruct1 and evangelise the rest of mankind4 ,through ,judah was to come spiritual blessings1 because from ,him was the ,messiah2 and through ,ephraim1 as representative of the ,ten ,tribes1 was to come temporal blessings4 ,and this in the past has been the order of providential procedure2 it is the present order1 and it is to be the future4 ,look and verify this statement and order by an examination of the nations of the earth at this time1 by asking yourselves the question3 ,what form of religion among the many on earth is best suited to develop man1 to conserve his truest interest1 and crown him with the greatest measure of peace1 plenty1 liberty1 and security8 ,surely to this question there can be but one answer--it is the religion of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,and it is evident that ,christ came of the ,tribe of ,judah4 ,if we seek among the nations for the best form of civilisation and the best government1 we shall find the same to be in the bounds of ,israel and ,manasseh--,england and ,america4 ,here we shall find individualism the best developed1 and liberty the fullest grown4 ,in this conclusion the intelligent of every other nation will concur4 ,we assume no risk in making this statement4 ,thus1 without doubt1 the world at large is greatly indebted to the religion of ,jesus1 who was of ,judah1 and to the ,anglo-,saxons1 for the best and purest forms of political organisations or governments4 ,the ,anglo-,saxons being the ,ten ,lost ,tribes1 it therefore follows that ,god has carried out the design included in ,abraham's call1 and the promise made that in his seed should all the nations of the earth be blessed4 ,to us it seems to have been a roundabout way4 ,had ,israel been obedient to ,god in ,palestine1 and had ,judah received ,jesus as the true ,messiah1 the state of the nations most certainly would have been very different to what it is now4 ,still1 through all1 and for all1 the purpose of heaven has been carried forward4 ,in studying ,providence it is always well to remember that ,god is not dependent on the harmonious co-operation of ,his creatures for the accomplishment of ,his purpose4 ,he can gain ,his ends either through our hate or love1 resistance or co-operation4 ,when the ,jews had crucified ,christ1 they naturally thought they had cut short ,his career and cut off ,his influence2 for so it would appear by all human reasoning4 ,even the disciples did not see how ,he could be the ,messiah and ,deliverer of ,israel when ,he allowed ,himself to be crucified4 ,the hope of ,israel was buried with the dead ,christ4 ,they had hoped that it had been ,he who should have redeemed ,israel2 but this hope was then dead4 ,but by ,his resurrection they saw through the secret of ,providence1 and they saw that ,god was faithful in devising a way of escape1 and able to bring to pass ,his own glorious purpose4 ,so ,peter voices their experience when he says1 ,blessed be the ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 which1 according to ,his abundant mercy1 hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of ,jesus ,christ from the dead4 ,the ,jews soon found out they had made a mistake in crucifying ,jesus2 for the risen ,christ was mightier than the teaching ,jesus4 ,they had crushed a seed to the earth which sprang forth in renewed beauty and grace2 whose death was life and whose loss was gain4 ,in common parlance they had been outwitted4 ,they slew a man and ,he rose a ,god4 ,they in wrath offered a sacrifice once and for all1 even for the very sin in which they were then indulging4 ,they unknowingly abolished death1 and brought life and immortality to light4 ,the critical and unbelieving ,sadducees1 who denied another life than this1 gave aid in proving another and a better2 for ,christ risen condemned their unbelief4 ,the proud and ritualistic ,pharisee1 who loved the temple and its gorgeous ceremony1 destroyed one and made the other of none avail1 for in the planted death of ,jesus they laid the foundation of another and grander temple--one composed of living stones--and made the temple service meaningless2 for the anti-type had swallowed up the type2 the real1 the ideal4 ,in all this they had reasoned on a human plan1 which is not high enough to wholly overlook and explore the kingdom of ,god4 ,paul1 in #a ,cor4 ii4 #g1 makes this matter plain3 ,but we speak the wisdom of ,god in a mystery2 even the hidden wisdom which ,god ordained before the world unto our glory1 which none of the princes of this world knew2 for had they known it1 they would not have crucified the ,lord of glory4 ,jesus committed ,his life to the wave-tide of their rage1 and was floated to death and victory4 ,on the man side there was purpose and hate1 and for this they were responsible2 and on the ,divine side we have wisdom and love working out the salvation of a lost race4 ,jesus came to ,his own and they did not receive ,him4 ,who were ,his own8 ,we answer1 the ,jews2 for ,he was of ,judah4 ,but if ,his own did not receive ,him1 we ask1 who did8 ,the answer is1 that ,israel received ,him4 ,the ,israelites in the land at that time were the ,tribe of ,benjamin4 ,they had been providentially selected for this work nearly a thousand years before4 ,this one ,tribe of ,benjamin has a very peculiar history2 and it you will study it over1 it will greatly serve to confirm your faith in the ,divine inspiration of the ,bible and the unity and forethought of ,providence4 ,the original theocracy of ,israel consisted of ,twelve ,tribes4 ,this theocracy was divided under ,rehoboam1 ,solomon's son and successor4 ,ten ,tribes seceded1 and formed a kingdom1 which is ever after called the kingdom of ,israel2 their first king was ,jeroboam4 ,but it is very singular to notice1 that one of these ,ten ,tribes is lent to the kingdom of ,judah1 and this one ,tribe is ,benjamin4 ,in this was the ,divine provision for the time of ,christ4 ,we find in the first book of ,kings1 eleventh chapter1 that ,solomon displeased the ,lord by his wicked ways1 and the ,lord said3 ,forasmuch as this is done of thee1 and thou hast not kept ,my covenant and ,my statutes which ,i have commanded thee1 ,i will surely rend the kingdom from thee1 and ,i will give it to thy servant 7,jeroboam was ,solomon's servant at that time72 notwithstanding in thy days ,i will not do it1 for ,david thy father's sake2 but ,i will rend it out of the hands of thy son4 ,howbeit ,i will not rend away all the kingdom1 but will give one ,tribe to thy son1 for ,david ,my servant's sake1 and for ,jerusalem's sake1 which ,i have chosen4 ,all the kingdom evidently meant the ,ten ,tribes4 ,the same truth ,ahijah1 the ,shilonite1 taught when he rent his new garment into twelve pieces1 and gave to ,jeroboam ten4 ,and he said to ,jeroboam1 ,take thee ten pieces2 for thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold1 ,i will rend the kingdom out of the hands of ,solomon and will give ,ten ,tribes to thee4 ,then comes in the reserve clause again3 ,but he shall have one ,tribe for ,my servant ,david's sake1 and for ,jerusalem's sake1 the city which ,i have chosen out of all the ,tribes of ,israel4 ,and the reason for the reservation of this ,tribe is clearly expressed in verse #cf3 ,and unto his son will ,i give one ,tribe1 that ,david ,my servant may always have a light before ,me in ,jerusalem4 ,now it is plain why this ,tribe was an exception4 ,the city of ,jerusalem1 ,god says1 ,he has chosen out of all the cities of ,israel1 because to this city would the ,messiah come4 ,and beautifully agreeing with the forethought is the fact that when the ,tribes had their lots assigned them in ,palestine1 the city of ,jerusalem fell in the portion of ,benjamin4 ,the ,tribe then were owners of the city1 and they received ,christ4 ,the disciples and first followers and converts were chiefly from this ,tribe of ,benjamin4 ,after this ,tribe received ,christ1 then their work was done in ,jerusalem4 ,so they were to separate from the kingdom of ,judah1 and seek out their own brethren and unite with them4 ,the time of their separation had been foretold by the prophet1 and pointed out by the ,saviour4 ,the time of their departure would be coincident with the siege and destruction of their beloved city4 ,so cried ,jeremiah down through the centuries1 ,oh1 ye children of ,benjamin1 gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of ,jerusalem1 and blow the trumpet in ,tekoa1 and set up a sign of fire in ,beth-haccerem1 for evil appeareth out of the ,north and great destruction 7,jer4 vi4 #a74 ,if any of you are mindful to examine history1 you will find that war came1 that the destruction was terrible1 and more1 you will find that the ,benjaminites escaped4 ,these points profane historians thoroughly confirm4 ,having fulfilled their ,god-appointed mission with the kingdom of ,judah and in ,jerusalem1 ,heaven gave them to be light-bearers to the whole world2 first to specially find their own brethren of the ,house of ,israel1 and carry them the ,gospel1 and they would carry it unto all the earth4 ,thus the ,saviour said1 ,go not in the way of the ,gentiles1 and into any city of the ,samaritans enter ye not4 ,but go rather to the lost sheep of the ,house of ,israel4 ,peter in his epistle tells where these lost sheep were scattered4 ,agreeable to the ,saviour's command they went forth1 and preached as they went1 and so carried the ,gospel of ,jesus with them4 ,as a ,tribe they finally settled in ,normandy1 and gave to ,france her ,protestantism1 which1 from that day to this1 ,catholicism has not been able entirely to uproot1 though it has made several desperate attempts4 ,they finally1 however1 as a ,tribe1 under the ,norman conquest1 entered ,england and united with the other nine ,tribes4 ,their advent1 and the way they came1 is very graphically symbolised in the unicorn on the royal arms of ,england4 ,the unicorn is looking ,westward1 and is attached to the crown by a chain--showing that it came from the ,east4 ,with these facts in one's mind1 read those difficult passages in ,romans1 and all will be plain4 ,take1 for instance1 ,romans xi4 #ag3 ,and if some of the branches be broken off1 and thou1 being a wild olive tree1 wert grafted in among them1 and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree4 ,here it is manifest that we have three parties mentioned4 ,the branches broken off mean ,judah and ,levi1 the wild olive stands for the ,gentiles1 the people in among whom they were grafted1 or root of whose fatness they were partakers1 mean the ,israelites4 ,the hope of ,jewish restoration is nicely set forth in verse #bd3 ,for if thou wert cut out of the olive tree1 which is wild by nature1 and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree1 how much more shall these1 which be the natural branches1 be grafted into their own olive tree4 ,again1 the wild olive stands for the ,gentiles1 the good olive tree for ,israel1 the branches broken off1 but which may be grafted in again1 for the ,jews4 ,thus to this theory of interpretation the whole ,bible responds easily and reasonably4 ,with this kind of interpretation one need not twist and distort the sacred ,word in order to understand it4 ,i trust the day is near when men will expound the sacred ,scriptures by the rules of common sense4 ,the calamity that happened to the nine ,tribes of ,israel in been carried captive has been turned into good by our heavenly ,father--into good for them and all the world4 ,therefore the ,lord removed ,israel out of ,his sight1 as ,he had said by all ,his servants the prophets4 ,so was ,israel carried away out of their own land to ,assyria unto this day 7#b ,kings xvii4 #bc74 ,keeping back the ,tribe of ,benjamin is a marvel of goodness4 ,and with ,paul we may exclaim3 ,now if the fall of them be the riches of the world1 and the diminishing of them the riches of the ,gentiles1 how much more their fulness4 ,if ,israel had been able to contribute so much of ,christianity to the world1 and evolve in her imperfect state such an equitable form of government1 what will her contribution be when gathered1 restored1 and once again put into a theocratic relation to ,god8 ,for if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world1 what shall the receiving of them be1 but life from the dead8 ,this people who have been scattered among the ,gentiles ,god is collecting out from among them for ,his own glorious purpose and work4 ,thus scattered they have been a mystery--a mystery among the ,gentiles4 ,paul to the ,colossians says3 ,to whom ,god would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the ,gentiles1 which is ,christ in you the hope of glory4 ,when will the fulness of the text take place8 ,we answer4 ,before long4 ,the fulness here stands over against the ,gentile fulness4 ,in the three last discourses we called your attention to ,israel's maturing fulness in land1 people1 and language4 ,and now1 if you will consider the state of the ,gentile nations1 it will be apparent to you that the time of ,gentile fulness is now present4 ,these ,gentile nations are now overflowing4 ,take ,china with her teeming millions1 and ask why she has not peopled the world8 for surely she could have done so long ago4 ,but she barred her own doors by making it unlawful for any of her subjects to leave the flowery kingdom--forbidding heaven to such as should die outside4 ,now1 however1 she must permit emigration or perish by famine4 ,take the countries of ,europe1 and is it not strange that ,israel's fulness of land1 people1 and language is made the fuller by these nations contributing towards the same8 ,the fulness of the ,gentiles is made to flow into the fulness of ,israel4 ,these countries1 outside of ,israel-,england1 have no colonies to send their overflow to2 hence1 they are filling up the domain of ,israel and so hastening on her fulness4 ,the ,french1 ,germans1 ,italians1 and ,spaniards forsake their land and language1 thus adding to ,israel's fulness2 for they chiefly settle down within the bounds of ,israel4 ,to this ,gentile fulness there was to be one strange exception--that was in the ,turkish nation4 ,this nation is set forth by the prophet under the figure of the ,river ,euphrates4 ,in their first appearance they were to be very numerous4 ,in the eleventh century they began to invade ,europe4 ,the historian ,gibbon1 speaking of them1 says3 ,myriads of ,turkish horsemen overspread the whole ,greek empire1 until at last ,constantinople fell into their hands4 ,from #adec till now have they held this grand capital4 ,john1 in ,rev4 ix41 pictures this invasion1 and speaks of the number of horsemen4 ,he speaks of them as having power in their mouths and tails4 ,this language is very expressive when we remember the ,moslem's war-cry1 which was ,the sword of ,mahomet and of ,god4 ,and in one of the first of their great battles they lost their standard2 but1 not long baffled1 the commander-in-chief cut off the tail of his beautiful steed1 and1 putting it on the end of a pole1 hoisted it as a standard4 ,this ensign they long used4 ,this kingdom1 however1 is to dry up--that is1 to disappear gradually1 as a river dries up4 ,all this is taking place4 ,turkey sends emigrants nowhere4 ,they are literally dying out4 ,in number they are fewer each year4 ,turkey will pass away for want of ,turks4 ,her territory will be taken away from her gradually4 ,how remarkable the dealings of ,providence with men and nations6 ,up to the point of ,gentile fulness1 ,israel was to be partly blind1 for ,god's plans1 through ,israel1 were to remain a mystery for a time4 ,for ,i would not1 brethren1 that ye should be ignorant of this mystery1 lest ye should be wise in your own conceits2 that blindness in part is happened to ,israel1 until the fulness of the ,gentiles be come in4 ,our idea is that the ,gentile fulness is now in1 and if so1 it is natural1 then1 that ,israel should be found1 and about this time have her eyes opened4 ,up to this time of fulness1 ,jerusalem was to be trodden down4 ,and they shall fall by the edge of the sword1 and be led away captive into all nations2 and ,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the ,gentiles1 until the times of the ,gentiles be fulfilled 7,luke xxi4 #bc74 ,now1 the ,jews did fall by the edge of the sword1 as the ,saviour foretold2 they were carried captive into all nations2 ,jerusalem has been trodden under foot4 ,thus1 then1 do we see three parts of ,his prophecy literally fulfilled2 and so surely will the fourth part be1 which is1 that in connection with ,gentile fulness this treading shall cease1 and proud1 imperial ,salem shall lift her head once more free from tyrant hands and heathen tramping1 to become the city of ,god and ,his chosen ones4 ,when ,moses was sent to deliver the children of ,israel from ,egypt1 he was equipped with miraculous power that he might convince ,pharaoh and the ,egyptians what was the will of ,jehovah2 but not more so than are the prophetic students of this day2 for the presence of the ,divine gleams forth all around in the miracles of prophecy now so wonderfully fulfilling in this our day4 ,,dream ,,image ,,of ,,nebuchadnezzar4 ,,discourse ,,vii4 ,,future ,,history ,,of ,,the ,,world--,,the ,,destruction ,,of ,,the ,,papacy ,,commenced--,,ireland ,,to ,,be ,,free ,,and ,,independent ,,of ,,england ,,and ,,rome--,,future ,,glory ,,of ,,britain ,,and ,,the ,,united ,,states4 ,thou1 ,o ,king1 sawest and beheld a great image4 ,this great image whose brightness was excellent1 stood before thee2 and the form thereof was terrible4--,dan4 ii4 #ca4 ,about #b1ejj years ago the kingdom of ,babylon was strong1 great1 and prosperous4 ,the king of this vast empire is known in history as ,nebuchadnezzar4 ,his reign had been marked with great victories over the surrounding nations4 ,the mighty ,empire of ,assyria he had conquered2 ,egypt he had wasted and almost destroyed2 ,palestine he had reduced to strange and pitiable desolation1 having carried the ,jewish inhabitants captive into the region of ,babylon4 ,among these captives we find ,daniel1 the prophet of ,judah4 ,in the second year of ,nebuchadnezzar's consolidated reign1 as king over ,babylon and ,assyria1 he dreamed a dream which gave him much anxiety of mind and troubled him very much4 ,this dream he could not remember nor explain1 save that it had left a terrible impression on his mind4 ,the wise men were confounded1 for they could neither declare the vision or its meaning4 ,the king1 in his rage1 decreed them all to death4 ,at this point appears ,daniel1 one of the captives of ,judah4 ,moved of ,god1 he presents himself before the king and makes known to him the vision and interpretation4 ,the king had seen a great metallic image1 excellent in brightness and terrible in form4 ,it was a human figure of massive proportions1 standing erect with outstretched arms1 and of a mixed and strange composition4 ,the head was of fine gold4 ,the breast and arms were of silver4 ,the belly and thighs of brass4 ,the legs of iron1 the feet part of iron and part of clay4 ,while the king was gazing on this monstrous figure with intense interest1 his attention was arrested by the appearance of a small stone--this stone was alone2 there appeared no hands handling it or moving it4 ,it was cut out of the mountain without hands4 ,in this stone there appears to be a good deal of the supernatural4 ,at once this little stone assaults the image1 beginning at the feet4 ,the battle is surely unequal2 the battle continues1 and during the struggle the stone actually grows2 the image falls to pieces--the feet1 thigh1 breast1 and head--and victory is with the stone4 ,by the time the image is wholly destroyed the stone has become a mountain2 or1 as ,daniel said to ,nebuchadnezzar1 ,thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands1 which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay1 and brake them to pieces4 ,then was the iron1 the clay1 the brass1 the silver1 and the gold broken to pieces together1 and became like the chaff of the ,summer threshing-floors2 and the wind carried them away1 that no place was found for them2 and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth4 ,in this vision and interpretation we have a line of history laid bare so clearly that we need not err4 ,the beginning is the time and kingdom of ,nebuchadnezzar4 ,the image stands for four great earthly monarchies1 extending down through the centuries even to this time and day--and a little further2 for these monarchies are not yet wholly destroyed1 and the stone-kingdom does not yet fill the world4 ,of this fifth1 or stone kingdom1 there is to be no end by conquest1 or decay1 or succession4 ,daniel says that this kingdom shall not be left to other people--that is1 it shall never be succeeded4 ,the peculiar features of the stone-kingdom make it interesting to ascertain what kingdom1 monarchy1 and people stand for it2 for such kingdom1 though small at the beginning1 is to grow1 prosper1 and continue to the end of time4 ,guided by the ,scriptures and history1 let us look for these four earthly monarchies2 and the better to accomplish our task1 let us stretch the giant figure on his back2 then his head of gold will rest in ,babylon1 his silver breast and arms will take in ,media and ,persia1 his belly and thighs will take in ,greece1 and his legs and feet will take in ,rome4 ,thus1 then1 the gold head stood for ,babylon1 and is now in this day represented and found in ,russia--for ,russia is a continuation of ,babylon4 ,the ,czar is on the line of ,nebuchadnezzar4 ,this gold-headed kingdom will be the last destroyed--the destruction begins at the feet4 ,russia1 therefore1 has yet a lease of life and prosperity2 but1 finally1 she too will yield the contests and disappear before the stone-kingdom4 ,the gold stands for work and endurance1 as the head is significant of supremacy2 but the stone will finally destroy it4 ,the silver1 next in value and endurance1 of which were the arms and breast1 stands for ,persia4 ,centuries ago ,persia was the great ,power of the earth4 ,at one time it would seem as if she never would decay or ever have a rival2 but her day came1 and she has dwindled down to the little kingdom and monarchy--the ,persia of to-day4 ,her power is gone1 she is consumptive1 and will soon disappear as a separate kingdom4 ,the present visit of the ,king of ,persia to the ,czar at ,st4 ,petersburg is not without meaning4 ,the gold head of ,russia will need the assistance of the arms of ,persia by-and-bye4 ,the brass parts stand well and appropriately for ancient ,greece--an ,empire once so gigantic and powerful1 a people so polished and learned1 but long ago their time1 and work1 and place were marked out4 ,and now the time is nearly gone and the work done1 hence they will soon disappear4 ,the present little kingdom of ,greece is all that is left4 ,brass is in itself corrosive1 so the ,greek ,empire has gradually eaten itself away4 ,what sublime lessons the prophets of old taught us6 ,the iron and clay1 of which were the legs and feet1 stand for the great ,roman ,empire1 which in its day was so solid and grand with its law and order1 its soldiers and statesmen4 ,this ,empire that tried the hopeless experiment of mixing clay and iron--that is1 ,church and ,state as inaugurated by ,constantine4 ,this nation that tried to fuse together ,paganism and ,christianity4 ,this nation that tried to stand on two equal feet1 and to encompass the whole of man1 body and spirit4 ,well might ,daniel say of this brittle ,empire that it should be partly strong and partly weak4 ,in conscience and the empire of the soul ,christ alone is ,king4 ,no wonder that the ,roman ,empire has disappeared4 ,the iron part is now entirely gone4 ,the ,pope and the ,church of ,rome foolishly arrogate to themselves to be this kingdom4 ,they still try and believe in mixing the iron and clay--they yet claim authority in the spirit realm4 ,obedience to ,christ and the ,pope cannot be on the spiritual or clay side4 ,no man can supremely serve two masters4 ,on the iron side no man can be loyal to his country and the ,pope at the same time4 ,no man can serve two masters at the same time1 both of which claim and demand supremacy4 ,these things cannot be mixed4 ,and whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay1 they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men1 but they shall not cleave one to another1 even as iron is not mixed with clay4 ,how true the prophetic utterances of the prophet6 ,the ,catholics and ,protestants do not mix easily1 not socially1 not politically1 nor educationally4 ,how are we to mix freely with those who think we are heretics and damnable8 ,how can we socially mix with a people so lordly in their claims and deficient in character as many are--a people who1 when true to their profession1 must be our secret or open enemies--who sink their manhood and parental claims1 so as to depend upon the priest for forgiveness and on him for instruction8 ,thus1 at the priest's command1 the coming generations are divided and embittered in the fact of separate schools for ,catholics and ,protestants4 ,these men of clay and lordly air1 claim rights superior to the ,state1 despising the ,state provision for education4 ,daniel said1 ,the dream is certain1 and the interpretation thereof sure4 ,if so1 as sure as the iron part has disappeared1 so will the clay4 ,now a clearer view1 a purer faith and greater liberty are dawning upon our ,catholic friends1 which is making many of them feel too manly and noble to be longer slaves to priest or ,pope4 ,bereft of temporal power1 they henceforth will have to win and fight their way1 as others1 on the purity of their doctrines and practice4 ,in such a strife we can but wish them1 and all who love the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 great success4 ,thus in the short outline of these four kingdoms we see enough to show us that ,god has kept ,his word4 ,how marvellous are ,his ways6 how complete ,his work6 ,let us now look at this stone kingdom4 ,this fifth kingdom is as much material and political as the other four1 and stands for a king1 country1 and people4 ,it does not come into existence until the image is perfect4 ,for it is while ,nebuchadnezzar was looking at the image he saw the stone cut out of the mountain--its growth was gradual4 ,its work was to destroy this image and fill the world4 ,as these kingdoms became weaker and smaller1 it would become stronger and larger4 ,what king1 country1 and people respond to this kingdom8 ,the answer is as easy as to find the other1 if we keep our minds free from prejudice and open to truth4 ,first1 this kingdom was of ,divine origin4 ,second1 it was small at first4 ,third1 the more it fights the more it grows4 ,fourth1 it breaks in pieces this image1 beginning at the feet4 ,it is in fact the sworn enemy of all the four kingdoms4 ,fifth1 it is to fill the world and thus become a universal kingdom and monarchy4 ,in this latter sense it will be a fit type of the kingdom of ,christ4 ,just such a kingdom as this did ,god repeatedly promise to ,abraham and his descendants4 ,david's throne and seed royal are to be established before ,him for ever4 ,he promised to ,david's throne perpetuity1 and that ,david's seed should always be on the throne--not in a spiritual sense as some think--but naturally and actually in this world4 ,god promised to ,israel1 as a people and a kingdom1 such pre-eminence in origin1 power1 and growth4 ,the answer1 then1 is simple and plain--,england1 as representing the ,lost ,tribes of ,israel1 and ,queen ,victoria being a direct descendant from ,david4 ,for she came of ,james ,,vi41 of ,scotland--he from ,bruce and ,duncan1 and ,malcolm1 and ,kenneth1 and ,kenneth through the kings of ,argyleshire1 ,alpin1 and ,donald1 and ,fergus4 ,then through the long line of ,irish ,kings from ,earca to ,heremon1 of ,tara1 and he married ,tea ,tephi1 the daughter of ,zedekiah1 who1 through ,jeremiah the prophet1 had been hid from the destroying vengeance of ,nebuchadnezzar4 ,he killed all her brothers and kindred1 and put out the eyes of ,zedekiah and took him a captive to ,babylon1 where he died4 ,look also at the ,british nation1 learned as they are1 yet no historian can tell who the ,english were originally4 ,sharon ,turner1 the best and most trustworthy on the origin of the ,saxons1 fails to solve the question4 ,he traces them into ,central ,asia1 but there he stops4 ,they here form part of the ,aryan race1 speaking the ,sanscrit language1 from which came the ,greek and ,latin4 ,and from this place and people came forth the ,goths and their language1 and also the ,saxons and their language came to view here4 ,the ,german and ,saxon both seem to have come forth from the ,aryan stock4 ,the very place the ,saxons came from is the very place where the ,lost ,tribes were carried captive to by the ,king of ,assyria1 about #gbe years before ,christ1 as we read in the second book of ,kings1 seventeenth chapter4 ,take the very word ,saxon4 ,this word comes from the ,sanscrit3 ,saka ,suna4 ,saka means era1 epoch1 or date1 and ,suna means void1 without4 ,hence the word ,saxon means a people whose origin is unknown--void of date4 ,true1 ,nebuchadnezzar saw no hands cutting the little stone out from the mountain4 ,the origin of the ,english nation is hid because ,god cast away ,his people for a time--not for ever4 ,it is this view of the stone kingdom that corresponds to the prophets1 to history1 especially to the ,english history4 ,the very island itself is insignificant1 and no doubt was once joined to the continent of ,europe4 ,the formation on both sides of the ,english ,channel--that is1 on the ,french and ,english coasts1 are the same--namely1 chalk4 ,the ocean in time past washed through a passage1 and thus prepared a place for exiled ,israel to rest in1 and renew their strength4 ,why should this small island and a few and scattered people become so powerful1 so as to sweep the sea1 and dictate on land1 constantly engaged in war1 and though small1 winning victory upon victory1 and like the stone1 growing stronger and stronger1 after fighting the whole of ,europe1 giving liberties in religion that oftentimes imperilled her safety at home1 opening her ports to all the world1 and venturing to compete in trade with all nations8 ,how came they to take ,india1 a country of so vast an extent1 so powerful1 rich1 and chivalrous a country1 at that time composed of sixteen separate and powerful nations1 speaking thirty-six different languages1 and numbering in population some #bjj1jjj1jjj8 ,with all her faults1 still to her the world owes much4 ,she has stood for liberty in person and conscience4 ,the world has little to-day which ennobles men and nations but what she has produced or aided in producing4 ,the right foot of the image stands for ,france1 while the left signifies ,spain4 ,on these two feet long stood ,rome1 as all know4 ,when these two feet were broken1 then soon followed the downfall of ,rome as an empire1 and as they are conquered for ,jesus1 so will the empire of ,rome1 as a ,church1 fall4 ,in the year #acdf took place the battle of ,cressey1 led by ,edward ,,iii4 ,then the little stone fell on the right foot1 and since then it has fallen on that same foot victoriously #bah times4 ,on the left foot1 ,spain1 thirty-five times4 ,all this time this stone has been growing4 ,in #affe the ,english1 under ,general ,penn1 took ,jamaica1 and every four years since they have added a colony4 ,now that little stone bears rule over fifty-five colonies1 one empire1 namely1 ,india1 and one dominion1 ,canada4 ,and yet1 mighty as ,england was1 she could not subdue the ,american provinces1 feeble and scattered colonists as they were4 ,then they sought to fight against ,providence4 ,old ,jacob blessed the sons of ,joseph1 ,ephraim1 and ,manasseh1 and then predicted their destiny1 saying of ,manasseh1 ,he also shall become a people1 and he also shall be great2 but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he1 and his seed shall become a multitude of nations4 ,so they are2 and so ,manasseh is a great people in the ,american nation4 ,this stone cut out of the mountain has much to do and destroy2 it is still watching the head of gold4 ,israel and ,babylon are still face to face4 ,greece will first disappear1 although ,england is trying to revive it4 ,next1 ,persia will go1 then ,babylon1 or head of gold4 ,russia will have grown to giant-like proportions1 and will finally measure swords with ,england4 ,the stone will win4 ,england will then move her royal residence and throne to ,jerusalem4 ,every country and province may then be independent1 like ,canada1 but federated to the central government4 ,ireland will then be free1 yes1 doubly free--free from ,rome and free from ,england as a ,state1 but still federated to the central government4 ,it is thus this stone will fill the earth4 ,america will federate1 the central government will be destroyed4 ,state rights increase4 ,these are some of the things suggested and taught by this vision4 ,,little ,,horn ,,and ,,turkey4 ,,discourse ,,viii4 ,,the ,,turks ,,the ,,ishmaelites--,,england ,,and ,,russia ,,to ,,partition ,,the ,,mahommedan ,,empire--,,why ,,england ,,sympathises ,,with ,,turkey4 ,and out of one of them came forth a little horn1 which waxed exceeding great1 toward the ,south1 and toward the ,east1 and toward the pleasant land4--,daniel viii4 #i4 ,nebuchadnezzar had a dream1 in which he saw a great metallic image of human form4 ,the head of gold stood for ,babylon2 the silver arms and breast for ,persia2 the brass belly and thighs for ,greece2 the iron legs and feet of iron and clay for ,rome4 ,to all this we find history has faithfully and beautifully responded4 ,a few years after this we find that ,daniel has a dream1 which is interpreted to him by an angel4 ,from it we learn that the ten toes symbolised ten kingdoms which were to arise out of the ,roman ,empire4 ,in the chapter from which we take our text1 we are introduced into the secrets of a vision which ,daniel had4 ,the place of the vision is on the banks of the ,river ,ulai1 in the province of ,elam1 and in the gorgeous palace of ,shushan--a place and palace made famous and familiar to us by the doings of ,king ,ahasuerus and ,queen ,esther4 ,in other words1 the scene is changed from the palace of ,babylon to the palace of ,persia4 ,in this vision1 ,pesia is typified by a ram1 the two horns of which represented ,persia and ,media1 for they formed one ,empire at this time1 under the powerful rule and reign of ,cyrus1 who1 coming from the ,east1 pushed his conquests ,westward1 and ,northward1 and ,southward4 ,the two horns were high2 but one was higher than the other1 and the higher came up last4 ,from history we know that ,media conquered ,persia1 and we know1 also1 that finally ,persia gained ascendancy1 so that the higher came up last1 and is even in existence to-day as the small kingdom of ,persia2 but ,media has long since disappeared4 ,while the seer ,daniel was considering1 behold an he-goat came from the ,west4 ,this goat had a notable horn between his eyes4 ,horn generally symbolises power2 here it symbolises a king of peculiar power1 ,daniel tells us4 ,goat-like1 it bounded over the earth rapidly1 pushing and goring its adversaries4 ,can any one at all acquainted with history fail to see how fitly and grandly this description of the goat forecasts the origin and progress of the ,greek ,empire8 ,substitute ,alexander the ,great for the notable horn1 and you at once mate history and this vision4 ,surely ,god has not left ,himself without witnesses4 ,then the magicians said unto ,pharaoh1 ,this is the finger of ,god4 ,so we may freely say unto the historians and students of history1 ,truly1 in these things we see the finger of ,god4 ,could any historian describe more faithfully and accurately the invasions1 conquests1 and victories of ,alexander the ,great1 especially his assault on the ,persians8 ,how marvellous and simple the description by ,daniel3 ,and he came to the ram that had two horns 7,persia71 which ,i had seen standing before the river1 and ran unto him in the fury of his power2 and ,i saw him come close unto the ram1 and he was moved with choler against him1 and smote the ram1 and brake his two horns2 and there was no power in the ram to stand before him1 but he cast him down to the ground1 and stamped upon him3 and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand4 ,and with the same majestic simplicity we have the downfall of ,alexander and the division of his ,empire described4 ,listen6 ,therefore the he-goat waxed very great2 and when he was strong the great horn was broken2 and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven4 ,to fully understand the sacred writer here1 you must call to mind a little of history1 more and better1 for all knowledge only aids us the better and better to read the ,bible4 ,what beast save the goat could characterise ,alexander and his reign8 ,he was the son of ,philip of ,macedon1 born #cef ,b4,c41 and died in #cbc4 ,he began his reign at twenty years of age1 and closed it in twelve years and eight months4 ,no man in the same time ever fought so many battles1 won so many victories1 and subdued so many people4 ,no man1 before or since1 ever ruled over so many people and such a kingdom4 ,queen ,victoria is in these things his only rival4 ,but with his sudden death the fruits of his victories are re-distributed4 ,his ,empire was divided into four parts2 the four ,diadochi were his successors4 ,what lessons may men and nations learn by studying the prophecies6 ,for prophecy came not in old time by the will of man2 but holy men of ,god spake as they were moved by the ,holy ,ghost2 and unto this sure word of prophecy we do well to take heed1 as unto a light that shineth in a dark place4 ,knowing this first1 that no prophecy of the ,scripture is of any private interpretation 7#b ,peter i4 #bj74 ,as naturally as nature responds to the seasons1 so will providence to prophecy4 ,we can discern ,spring-time1 ,summer1 ,autumn1 and ,winter4 ,the garden will reveal to us ,winter as distinct from ,summer1 so in interpreting prophecy we must always look for an agreement between providence and the world4 ,as naturally as the goat symbolises ,alexander1 so will providence in natural history respond4 ,winter1 with its winds1 storms1 and frost2 with its leafless trees and desolate gardens1 proclaim1 beyond a doubt1 which season of the four is bearing rule4 ,such a thing cannot be of private interpretation2 and prophecy1 when fulfilled1 is as easy seen1 and is not of private interpretation4 ,a man is as foolish in forging prophecy as one would be in trying to forge ,winter by putting artificial leaves on trees1 and flowers on bushes4 ,the thing is easily known if we exercise our reason4 ,in this line of thought we are sorry to note that men have more faith than reason2 hence the blunderings of prophetic writers1 and the leaders of ,adventism and ,millenarianism4 ,prophecy unfulfilled commands and demands our faith--much more faith than reason1 for it is impossible to see how some things can come to pass1 but if they are subjects of prophecy they surely will1 whether we understand them or not4 ,a prophecy fulfilled1 however1 appeals more to reason than faith1 for if fulfilled1 it can readily be demonstrated4 ,as naturally as the female and male birds know each other and mate together1 so will events and prophecy4 ,this kind of argument ,isaiah uses3 ,seek ye out the ,book of the ,lord and read2 no one of these shall fail1 none shall want her mate1 for ,my mouth it hath commanded1 and ,his ,spirit it hath gathered them 7,isa4 xxxiv4 #af74 ,i charge you to beware of prophetic dentists who put false teeth in the mouth of prophecy2 who by their haste and impatience forestall prophecy and weaken men's faith instead of strengthening it4 ,prophetic evidence is very strong evidence1 both for the ,christian and the infidel4 ,some will fail to be convinced when prophecy is fulfilled4 ,jew-like1 they will blind their eyes and shut their ears to the evidences and voice of fulfilled prophecy4 ,the entire career of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ was foretold and mapped out by the ,old ,testament writers4 ,moses declared ,his family2 ,micah the place of ,his birth2 ,isaiah the virginity of ,his mother2 ,zechariah ,his triumphant entry into ,jerusalem2 ,david ,his life1 resurrection1 and ascension1 with many other kinds of evidence of a detailed and general character2 yet the ,jews1 who claimed to be well versed in the ,old ,testament1 rejected ,christ4 ,keep these things in mind while we now consider the text more directly4 ,you remember that out of the goat kingdom there came up four notable ones1 and out of one them came forth a little horn1 which waxed exceeding great toward the ,south1 ,east1 and pleasant land1 or land of ,palestine4 ,now this horn is not to be confounded with the little horn of the fourth kingdom spoken of in chapter vii41 for that horn might justly be called the eleventh toe horn1 as it comes into existence after the ten-toe kingdoms4 ,the little horn of the text is explained in verse #bc to be a king of fierce countenance4 ,he was to appear in the latter time4 ,it will be interesting for us to ascertain what king1 people1 and country this little horn stands for4 ,daniel has given us a very vivid picture of the king4 ,he is to be of fierce countenance1 to understand dark sentences1 to stand up in power and might1 not however in his own power2 he will claim to be appointed and authorised of ,god1 and will pretend to rule in ,god's name2 he will destroy wonderfully even the mighty of the world and the holy people2 he will be very prosperous and practical1 giving a great impetus to trade4 ,by means of his prosperity he will become proud and strong1 and will destroy many4 ,he will actually stand up in place of ,jesus--,prince of princes4 ,but finally he will be broken without a hand4 ,thus1 you see1 ,daniel gives us twelve special features of his person and reign4 ,without doubt the mate of these descriptions will be found on the person of ,mahommed1 and his successors in religion ,mahommedanism1 and in people and country the ,turks and ,turkey4 ,mahommed had his religion and himself recognised about the year #fbb at ,mecca4 ,from that time and place he went forth to waste and to destroy4 ,as his religion prevailed1 so he subdued the country or territory4 ,he united in himself the rights and prerogatives of king1 priest1 and prophet1 making it obligatory upon his followers to prepare a way and enforce his religion by the sword4 ,he was indeed a king of fierce countenance4 ,thus sprang ,mahommedanism and the ,turkish nation into existence4 ,as a people1 they are chiefly the descendants of ,esau and ,ishmael4 ,if one desires to know the history and final destiny of this people1 let him study the prophetic utterances concerning ,esau and ,ishmael4 ,they are the descendants of ,abraham1 and so they very naturally fall into the prophetic line4 ,the ,hungarians came from this family through ,lot4 ,the ,poles and ,magyars are from ,moab and ,ammon4 ,these things being so1 it is no wonder the ,hungarians and ,turks should sympathise1 nor that ,england should have a liking for ,turks1 ,england being the ,ten ,lost ,tribes of ,israel4 ,alliance and sympathy between ,england and ,turkey has a deeper root and meaning than some are willing to admit4 ,turkey1 however1 as a distinct empire1 is nearly at an end4 ,the recognition of the ,ten ,lost ,tribes1 and their restoration with the ,jews to ,palestine1 is connected with the downfall of ,turkey4 ,saviours are to come up on ,mount ,zion to judge the ,mount of ,esau1 and the kingdom shall be the ,lord's 7,obad474 ,how clearly speaks ,obadiah again when he says1 ,how are the things of ,esau searched out6 how are his hidden things sought up6 ,all the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border2 the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee1 and prevailed against thee2 they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee2 there is none understanding in him4 ,shall ,i not in that day1 saith the ,lord1 even destroy the wise men out of ,edom1 and understanding out of the ,mount of ,esau8 ,these are the latter times of the king of fierce countenance4 ,hear ,daniel inquiring of the angel in this vision1 ,how long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation1 to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot8 ,and he said unto me1 ,unto two thousand and three hundred days4 ,these days are generally allowed to stand for years4 ,if so1 ,jerusalem was destroyed #gj ,a4,d4 ,the time ,daniel saw this vision was about #dij ,b4,c42 take #gj from this leaves #dbj4 ,from #b1cjj take #dbj1 and we have #a1hhj4 ,then shall the sanctuary be cleansed4 ,what means this8 ,it means ,jerusalem will recur back again into the hands of the ,jews and ,israel4 ,christ said that the ,jews should fall by the edge of the sword1 and be led away captive into all nations2 and ,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the ,gentiles1 until the times of the ,gentiles be fulfilled 7,luke xxi4 #bd74 ,now we know the ,jews did fall by the sword when the ,romans took ,jerusalem4 ,second1 we know they were scattered among the nations4 ,third1 ,jerusalem has been trodden under foot--so much so1 that ,christians have not been permitted to stand on ,mount ,zion1 where now stands the ,mosque of ,omar4 ,and this is the city of the great ,king4 ,this is ,mount ,zion1 from which is yet to go forth the law4 ,this is ,jerusalem that ,god promises to yet again make the chief place of the earth4 ,arise1 shine1 for the light is come1 and the glory of the ,lord is risen upon thee4 ,when1 we ask1 will the fulness of the ,gentiles come in8 ,we answer1 ,soon4 ,think of what ,god has taught us in ,his ,word4 ,we1 as the ,lost ,tribes1 have indeed been ignorant of our origin and destiny4 ,for ,i would not1 brethren1 that ye should be ignorant of this mystery1 lest ye should be wise in your own conceits1 that blindness in part is happened to ,israel1 until the fulness of the ,gentiles be come in 7,rom4 xi4 #be74 ,this time is nicely pointed out by ,john in ,rev4 xi4 #b3 ,but the court which is without the temple leave out1 and measure it not2 for it is given unto the ,gentiles1 and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months2 or1 as explained in the following verse1 a thousand two hundred and three-score days4 ,accepting a day for a year again1 and we have #a1bfj years4 ,taking ,mahommed power to date from #fbb1 or about1 then #fbb and #a1bfj make #a1hhb4 ,now just as sure as ,jerusalem is now trodden under foot1 as certainly will it be free4 ,awake1 awake2 put on thy strength1 ,o ,zion2 put on thy beautiful garments1 ,o ,jerusalem1 the holy city2 for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean4 ,shake thyself from the dust2 arise and sit down1 ,o ,jerusalem2 loose thyself from the bands of thy neck1 ,o captive daughter of ,zion 7,isa4 lii4 #a1 #b74 ,england is appointed of ,god to take possession of ,palestine and restore ,jerusalem4 ,god has told us through ,isaiah that ,he will lay vengeance upon ,edom by the hand of ,israel4 ,the many days of the vision of ,daniel are now gone2 the time is nearly up4 ,for ,zion's sake will ,i not hold ,my peace1 and for ,jerusalem's sake ,i will not rest1 until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness1 and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth2 and the ,gentiles shall see thy righteousness1 and all kings thy glory4 ,it is the duty of the watchmen of ,zion to discern the signs of the times and become obedient unto heavenly instruction4 ,ye that make mention of the ,lord1 keep not silence1 and give ,him no rest till ,he establish1 and till ,he make ,jerusalem a praise in the earth 7,isa4 lxii4 #a1 #b1 #f1 #g74 ,,little ,,horn ,,and ,,anti-,,christ4 ,,discourse ,,ix4 ,,prophetic ,,wonders--,,twenty ,,marks ,,of ,,the ,,monster--,,the ,,berlin ,,congress--,,anti-,,christs ,,many--,,mistakes ,,by ,,writers4 ,i considered the horns1 and behold6 there came up among them another little horn1 before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots2 and behold6 in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man1 and a mouth speaking great things4--,daniel vii4 #h4 ,in the visions and dream recorded by ,daniel in this chapter we have the same subject matter as that contained in the dream of ,nebuchadnezzar of the metallic image4 ,in this the subject is carried further into the future1 bringing to view some new items of interest1 under different symbols and more of detail4 ,the four kingdoms of the metallic image are in this dream presented by the symbolism of four beasts4 ,babylon by a lion which had eagle's wings1 setting forth the strength and swiftness of the same4 ,persia by a bear raised up on one side4 ,persia at this time was composed of ,media as well1 but the one-sided position of the bear denotes the dying out of ,media and the continuance of ,persia4 ,the same idea is conveyed in the eighth chapter and third verse3 ,the ram had two horns1 and one was higher than the other1 and the higher came up last4 ,media was a kingdom before ,persia1 but ,persia was to survive ,media2 all this history confirms4 ,after the ,medo-,persian ,empire declined1 ,persia surviving1 held on to ,babylon1 ,lydia1 and ,egypt--that is1 when the bear was raised up on one side1 it held in its mouth three ribs1 and was strong for a time4 ,the ,macedonian ,empire ,daniel saw under the type of a leopard1 which had on its back four wings of a fowl2 the beast also had four heads4 ,babylon was represented by two wings1 but it is very fitting that ,alexander and his empire should have four wings1 for no conqueror ever flew so fast over the earth as this same monarch4 ,in the metallic image he is represented by brass1 in this by a leopard1 and in the one we noticed in ,discourse ,,vii41 by the goat4 ,how wonderfully appropriate are these symbolisms4 ,the four heads of this leopard stand for the four kingdoms into which the ,macedonian ,empire was divided on the death of ,alexander--namely1 first1 ,egypt under ,ptolemy2 second1 ,syria under ,antigonus2 third1 ,asia ,minor under ,lysimachus2 fourth1 ,greece under ,cassandar4 ,these four kings were the four leading generals of ,alexander4 ,the fourth beast of this vision is a nondescript2 for among all the animal creation there could not be found one that could suitably represent ,rome4 ,but one was made for the purpose1 combining in itself all that is fierce and terrible4 ,and behold a fourth beast1 dreadful and terrible1 and strong exceedingly2 and it had great iron teeth2 it devoured and brake in pieces1 and stamped the residue with the feet of it2 and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it2 and it had ten horns4 ,its teeth were of iron and its claws of brass4 ,what a monster6 ,the other beasts faithfully represented their respective kingdoms1 and so did this4 ,what a record6 ,what a counterpart we have in history of this beast6 ,tell it not in ,gath1 publish it not in the streets of ,askelon1 lest the ,pagan rejoice1 and the heathen mock at us1 and the infidel triumph over us4 ,blot out from ,time's record the #bdth of ,august1 #aegb4 ,let not our children learn the name of ,st4 ,bartholomew1 for fear they should despise ,christianity4 ,quench the flames of ,smithfield1 destroy the ,inquisition1 and divorce ,christianity from such a kingdom1 from such a beast4 ,thank heaven6 the beast is dying2 its teeth are worn to the very gum by the gnawings of centuries2 its claws are not now sharp1 so it cannot now crush the innocent1 as in days gone by1 nor tear with its brass claw the weak4 ,though the beast is growing old and weaker1 yet let us remember that its death struggle is yet to come4 ,the beast has been wounded1 but this shall only serve to intensify its rage4 ,to be forewarned is to be forearmed1 if we are wise4 ,this beast1 ,daniel tells us1 had ten horns1 and these horns are ten kings--that is1 kingdoms--that shall arise4 ,just here we may reasonably ask whether these ten kingdoms are yet in existence1 and the answer is1 ,no4 ,some of them may be2 of course they are in existence1 as was ,general ,grant before the war1 but not yet distinct or assigned their special work and place4 ,the time1 however1 for them all to appear is near at hand4 ,of this we may rest satisfied1 when once they are all in existence we will have no difficulty in knowing them4 ,prophecy unfulfilled is always more difficult to interpret than when it is fulfilling or fulfilled4 ,we have no doubt but some of these horns are in existence1 and from what we can glean from prophecy and history1 some are not yet in their proper place4 ,the special province of prophecy is to prepare us for what is coming4 ,searching into prophecy enables us to forecast the future with tolerable certainty1 just as the scientists can tolerably forecast the weather by studying the laws1 forces1 and inclinations of nature4 ,so the ,christian student1 by studying prophecy1 ,providence1 and history1 and comparing them1 can know much of what is coining4 ,on the ,divine side all prophecy is certain1 but on the human it can only be approximated4 ,prophecy furnishes the strongest kind of evidence in favour of the existence of ,god--inspiration of the ,scriptures and ,providence4 ,the ,lord ,himself calls our attention to this kind of evidence frequently in the ,bible4 ,produce your cause1 saith the ,lord2 bring forth your strong reasons1 said the ,king of ,jacob4 ,let them bring them forth and show us what shall happen2 let them show the former things what they be1 that we may consider them1 and know the latter end of them2 or declare us things for to come 7,isa4 xli4 #ba1 #bb74 ,prophecy does not interfere with the coming to pass of an event1 or suppress man's freedom no more than the man at ,washington1 who gives us the weather probabilities1 makes the weather or regulates nature4 ,even when men know the sequence of a thing they oftentimes persist in doing it4 ,the soldiers who wrangled at the cross about the dividing of the garments of the crucified ,one1 thought little and cared less for prophecy2 but when they came to the ,saviour's vest1 they fell into the line of prophecy1 for at once they cast lots for that1 all of which had been fore-written for hundreds of years4 ,run and tell that young man that the place he is entering is the way of death4 ,tell him that the air is foul1 that the furniture and painted humanity are all gotten up to deceive4 ,tell him that in a few years he will repent ever having seen such a place4 ,and what is your reward8 ,it is that you are laughed at and esteemed as one that interferes1 and told to mind your own business4 ,the young man is free and self-confident4 ,look in a few years for that same young man and you shall find him a terrible example of fulfilled prophecy4 ,diseased1 worn1 weak1 and weary1 he cries in the anguish of soul for his folly4 ,and thou mourn at the last1 when thy flesh and thy body are consumed1 and say1 ,how have ,i hated instruction1 and my heart despised reproof8 7,prov4 v4 #aa1 #ab74 ,the famous ,european ,congress which met in ,berlin1 we foresaw would meet1 near three years ago1 and told you the conditions under which it would be called4 ,in the dark days of the past did we not repeat to you our faith1 as fostered from prophecy1 that ,england could not go to war8 ,many of you1 and persons in different parts of the country1 advised me by letter when the telegraph despatches came crowding and threatening1 that ,i had so said4 ,the intention was to break my faith1 or at least to remind me that ,i had not spoken correctly4 ,what now8 who is right8 ,this ,congress completed a prophetic period4 ,after it was over new scenery appeared and a new act came upon the stage4 ,but more of this by-and-bye4 ,among the results of this ,congress will be an enlargement of ,england's power over ,turkey and ,egypt4 ,for ,england must possess ,constantinople1 because to ,israel it is promised that he shall possess the gates of his enemies1 and this is one of the finest gates in the world4 ,palestine will come into the hands of ,england1 and be opened up for the return of the ,jews1 who1 when the time comes will go in multitudes1 and the ,lost ,tribes representatively4 ,i will take you one of a city1 and two of a family1 and ,i will bring you to ,zion 7,jer4 iii4 #ad74 ,in a few years men will understand why1 in this country1 as well as in ,england1 people are hunting up their genealogy1 and by tradition1 history1 and heraldry1 trying to ascertain of what family they are4 ,the re-settlement of ,palestine by ,god's chosen people1 the ,lost ,tribes1 no one can deny who reads and believes the ,bible4 ,hanging upon the fulfilment of this great fact are many other prophecies and events1 which are of great interest to the ,church and the world4 #ast4 ,the ten-toed kingdom must be formed4 ,these kings are to form an alliance with the beast1 or ,church of ,rome1 as representative of this beast4 ,and the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings1 which have received no kingdom as yet1 but receive power as kings one hour with the beast4 ,these have one mind1 and shall give their power and strength unto the beast 7,rev4 xvii4 #ab74 ,thus strengthened1 the beast will make war with the saints1 or chosen1 but it will be her final struggle1 for in struggling she will die4 ,these ten kings will forsake her4 #bnd4 ,anti-,christ has to appear after the settlement of ,palestine4 ,anti-,christ is represented by the other little horn spoken of in the text4 ,this little horn is to come forth from one of the ten horns4 ,he1 too1 will ally with the beast4 ,the subject of ,anti-,christ is a very interesting one2 on it men have written and speculated much and wildly4 ,in studying a subject of this kind1 we should first ascertain the ,scripture teachings on it1 then look for the preparative signs in the ,church and world1 and finally1 for the counterpart1 which1 once in existence1 no one can fail to recognise4 ,the time1 person1 and work of ,anti-,christ have been very clearly set forth in the ,old and ,new ,testaments1 especially by ,isaiah1 in the fourteenth chapter and twelfth to sixteenth verses2 by ,daniel in the seventh and eleventh chapters1 under the symbolism of this little horn2 by ,paul in second ,thessalonians1 second chapter and first to twelfth verses2 also by ,john in ,revelation1 thirteenth chapter and nineteenth chapter and twentieth verse1 besides many other references4 ,of ,anti-,christ the early ,christian fathers had different views4 #ast4 ,some thought that he would be ,satan assuming the appearance of a man4 #bnd4 ,some thought he would be a hybrid1 the offspring of ,satan by a harlot2 of this opinion were ,lactantius and ,sulspitius4 #crd4 ,hilary1 ,jerome1 and others thought he would be ,satan incarnated4 #dth4 ,chrysostom1 ,theopolact1 and ,theodoret thought he would be a real man under the influence of the devil4 ,this latter view we accept as being the nearest to the ,scripture teaching4 ,in the ,scriptures he goes by the names of ,lucifer1 man of sin1 son of perdition1 and that wicked one4 ,now all these names are indicative of some special feature of his character4 ,man of sin points out the intensity of the person in wickedness4 ,as some time ago a man was called the wickedest man in ,new ,york1 so ,anti-,christ will be called the man of sin1 having been the greatest sinner of human kind4 ,from the ,scriptures we find that he will be characterised by some twenty peculiarities4 ,these we will just enumerate3 a cunning seducer1 a vile imposter1 a bold blasphemer1 a great tyrant1 a wonderful organiser and diplomatist2 hence he will readily make alliances with other kings and strengthen himself2 a pretentious and hypocritical ,communist1 dividing his lands1 money1 and treasure among the people2 he will be very ambitious and aspiring1 doing or being anything so he may gain his point2 he will be very self-willed2 he will be very boastful1 speaking great words2 he will be very cruel1 not heeding the plea of woman2 he will be very sacrilegious1 sitting in the temple of ,god--that is1 the new temple1 built by the returned ,jews--and actually claim to be ,god2 he will be a scientific spiritualist1 able to work miracles1 even to bring fire down from the clouds2 he will be very powerful by his alliance1 apparent generosity1 and scientific deception2 he will be a great liar1 making treaties and breaking them whenever it suits him2 he will be very wicked1 guilty of all manner of crime2 his reign will be short as a king1 only about three-and-a-half years4 ,before this he will have been a man of power and position4 ,he will suddenly be destroyed in the time of a fearful uprising of the people2 he will remain unburied in the streets of ,jerusalem for a time1 then1 finally1 his remains will be burnt up4 ,these and many other facts inspiration furnish us beforehand of this most wonderful character4 ,against this person our ,saviour warned the ,jews and all the ,church1 but especially the ,jews1 and ,he did so for special reasons1 which will appear hereafter in this discourse4 ,christ said1 ,i am come in ,my ,father's name1 and ye receive ,me not2 if another shall come in his own name1 him ye shall receive4 ,at the time of ,anti-,christ's death there will be raging a fearful war1 and coincident with this war there will be another ,saint ,bartholomew massacre in several of the ten-toed kingdoms4 ,the beast and ,anti-,christ are to be destroyed about the same time4 ,it will be the last plot of the ,jesuits1 who are hounding to death poor ,leo4 ,,xiii4 ,a glimpse of that time the ,saviour showed to ,his disciples1 when ,he said3 ,for then shall be great tribulation1 such as was not since the beginning of the world1 to this time1 no1 nor ever shall be2 and except those days should be shortened1 there should no flesh be saved2 but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened4 ,then1 if any man shall say unto you1 ,lo6 here is ,christ1 or there1 believe it not2 for there shall arise false ,christs1 and false prophets1 and shall show great signs and wonders1 insomuch that1 if it were possible1 they shall deceive the very elect4 ,behold6 ,i have told you before 7,matt4 xxiv4 #ba-be74 ,what a warning the ,saviour gave the ,jews1 but how little have they and the ,church heeded it6 ,in the second century appeared the famous ,bar ,cochebas1 with his thousands of followers1 who in his final struggle was slain with some sixty thousand of his adherents4 ,also1 think of ,antiochus ,epiphanes and his terrible delusions1 the thousands and tens of thousands who flocked to his standard4 ,so marvellous was this delusion1 that many have actually made him out to be ,anti-,christ1 but those who thus reason take the shadow for the substance1 and do violence to all true ,scripture exegesis4 ,antiochus ,epiphanes could not be ,anti-,christ1 for he was out of time1 and meets but few of the special conditions of ,anti-,christ4 ,history records the appearance of not less than twenty-five ,anti-,christs1 or persons who have claimed to be the ,messiah of the ,jews4 ,how unbelief exposes a man or a people6 ,some have laboured to make it appear that ,mahommed was ,anti-,christ1 but with all his badness1 he is not bad enough to be ,anti-,christ4 ,he reviled not ,god1 he never sat in ,his temple1 he did not die in ,jerusalem4 ,he had an honourable burial4 ,some have tried to prove that ,romanism and the ,pope were ,anti-,christ1 but this cannot be1 you will see at a glance4 ,the beast has its own character2 that was long ago written out by the prophets1 and up to the present time it has filled in the outlines with a marvellous minuteness4 ,in these things many good and wise men have erred in making prophecies fit certain persons1 and nations1 and times1 instead of waiting for these things to fit on to prophecy4 ,let us not be prophetic forgers4 ,let no one deceive you in these matters4 ,adventism1 ,millerism1 ,shakerism1 ,spiritualism1 are untimely excesses4 ,as systems they are1 as yet1 out of place4 ,this subject of ,anti-,christ1 as to who he will be1 and when he will appear1 ,i shall be obliged to leave for next ,sunday evening1 as my time is up4 ,may the good ,lord guide us into the ways of truth and peace4 ,,anti-,,christ ,,and ,,little ,,horn4 ,,discourse ,x4 ,,second ,,discourse ,,of ,,the ,,monster--,,who ,,he ,,will ,,be ,,and ,,his ,,name--,,how ,,he ,,will ,,obtain ,,power--,,trouble ,,for ,,germany1 ,,france1 ,,and ,,russia--,,communism--,,romanism--,,sha kers--,,matthias1 ,,west--,,chester ,,prophet4 ,let no man deceive you by any means2 for that day shall not come1 except there come a falling away first1 and that man of sin be revealed1 the son of perdition2 who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called ,god1 or that is worshipped1 so that he1 as ,god1 sitteth in the temple of ,god1 showing himself that he is ,god4--#b ,thess4 ii4 #c1 #d4 ,we may reasonably ask why ,paul gave the ,thessalonians this caution1 and the answer will appear at once if we read his first epistle to this people4 ,there you will find ,paul writing to them about the second coming of ,christ1 which writing the ,thessalonians had evidently misunderstood1 and this misunderstanding was working mischief among them4 ,they had false hopes and expectations4 ,their faith1 instead of exciting them to holy activity in ,church and ,state1 had begun to paralyse all their efforts4 ,for this we say unto you by the word of the ,lord1 that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the ,lord shall not prevent them which are asleep2 for the ,lord ,himself shall descend from heaven with a shout1 with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of ,god2 and the dead in ,christ shall rise first 7that is1 before ,christ descends72 then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds1 to meet the ,lord in the air2 and so shall we ever be with the ,lord 7#a ,thess4 iv4 #ae-ag74 ,it was the frequent use of the pronoun we that had confused them--we who remain1 we who are alive4 ,the ,thessalonians had inferred from this that the second coming of ,christ would take place in their day4 ,hence1 to correct this impression ,paul thus writes in his second epistle4 ,the two verses preceding the text show us ,paul's intent4 ,now we beseech you1 brethren1 by the coming of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and by our gathering together unto ,him1 that ye be not soon shaken in mind1 or be troubled1 neither by spirit1 nor by word1 nor by letter as from us1 as that the day of ,christ is at hand4 ,then comes in the text1 ,let no man deceive you1 c4 ,in reasoning on such important subjects as ,anti-,christ1 resurrection1 and second coming of ,christ1 we should always be mindful of the ,scriptural order4 ,when we sit down to take dinner1 we follow the order that custom has prescribed1 soup1 fish1 meats1 and dessert4 ,children1 however1 if let alone1 would reverse this order by beginning with the dessert first4 ,so with many ,christians1 they reverse the order of things as laid down in the ,bible4 ,they make ,christ to come before ,anti-,christ1 and ,anti-,christ to come before the ,jews and ,ten ,lost ,tribes are gathered together again and settled after their first estate in ,palestine4 ,the ,millerites could neither have deceived themselves nor others had they taken knowledge of the relation of things4 ,the ,jews and ,lost ,tribes had not been gathered together then1 the temple had not been built in ,jerusalem1 as described in the last chapter of ,ezekiel1 neither had ,anti-,christ appeared4 ,but such was the folly of men then1 and not less now than then4 ,four-fifths of the prophecies of the ,bible refer to the history of ,judah and ,israel in their own land1 their captivity and return in the latter day4 ,still men take one-fifth and confuse themselves and everybody else4 ,they have brought the prophets and prophecy into bad repute by ignorantly or wilfully interpreting the same4 ,we freely avow now that the prophecy fulfilling at present is the finding of the ,lost ,ten ,tribes1 then their union with the ,jews1 then their restoration to ,palestine1 then after being settled there for some time1 the ,jews1 as ,jews1 having built their new temple1 and having established the ,mosaic temple service again1 and the ,lost ,tribes as ,christians1 then and there we may look for ,anti-,christ--not before4 ,not for the sake of boasting1 and yet without fear1 we freely invite ministers or laymen anywhere to disprove these facts1 and to such we will respond cheerfully if asked for farther proof4 ,the ,lost ,tribes1 we believe1 are come to light1 and may be found in the ,saxon race chiefly as represented in this country and ,great ,britain4 ,if this be so1 then we may look for the preparatory signs in ,providence and nations1 and thank ,heaven1 these are at hand and in accord with the ,divine ,word4 ,in ,nebuchadnezzar's metallic image we saw ,rome symbolised by the legs1 composed of iron and clay4 ,we saw1 also1 that the little stone cut out of the mountain began its destructive assault on the image1 by striking the feet2 these it would first break1 so ,rome politically has disappeared4 ,the ten toes1 however1 symbolised ten kings or kingdoms that were to arise in the latter day1 or at the time of the end4 ,these ten kingdoms are also symbolised in ,daniel's dream by ten horns that came out of the head of the nondescript animal that stood for ,rome4 ,it is out of one of these ten horns that another little horn grows1 having eyes like a man and a mouth speaking great things--that is1 ,anti-,christ4 ,it is at once plain1 then1 that ere ,anti-,christ can appear1 these ten kingdoms must be formed4 ,how1 when1 and where will these ten kingdoms be formed8 ,the clay part of ,rome is still alive1 and is designated by ,daniel1 and by ,john in ,revelation1 under the name of beast2 and here you need to be careful1 for the word beast is sometimes given to ,anti-,christ1 so as not to confound it with the word beast when it stands for the ,romish ,church4 ,they will be formed out of ,spain1 ,italy1 ,france1 and part of ,austria4 ,edom1 ,moab1 and the sons of ,ammon in ,austria1 are to be free--that is1 the ,poles1 ,magyars1 and ,hungarians4 ,the setting up of these ten kingdoms will begin in ,france by a revolution4 ,by the doctrine of infallibility1 these countries are claimed by ,rome1 and wedded to her1 and this doctrine of infallibility makes a divorce impossible4 ,rome waits only her time to reclaim her supposed own4 ,and this doctrine of infallibility will make it a holy war1 hence good and true ,catholics everywhere will be obliged to sustain the same by their money1 or presence1 or prayers4 ,this1 to many of our ,catholic friends1 will sound strange4 ,but this they know1 if such an emergency ever does arise--they cannot well fight against the infallible ,church--between commands and duties1 they will readily prefer the ,pope and ,church to king and country4 ,the ,jesuits are now1 and have long been1 preparing for such an event3 they expect it4 ,by their plottings and intrigues they will again1 as many times before1 involve the ,church in war4 ,they are busy sowing the seeds of discord4 ,in past time both the ,church itself and nations have banished these crafty fellows from their pale and country4 ,the ,united ,states alone1 of the nations of the earth1 is the only one that has not so done4 ,but even among us they are plotting and manoeuvring to such an extent that it will not be long before ,america will be tested and tried on this same subject4 ,among the preparatory signs of the coming of ,anti-,christ we have ,communism1 which is destined to spread4 ,in ,europe it will unsettle every throne but one--that is1 ,israel1 ,england4 ,we fear that neither the ,church nor ,state comprehend the terrible power that is thus quietly organising in this and other lands4 ,it is this uprising of the ,communists and intriguing of the ,jesuits in our own land1 that will call ,general ,grant once more to the front1 as we pointed out to you months ago4 ,the recent ,european ,congress resulted in patching up a temporary peace between ,russia1 ,england1 and ,turkey4 ,a place will be provided for the ,duke of ,edinburgh1 who1 having married the ,czar's daughter1 will enable the two ,powers to agree4 ,he may not be the first prince1 still he and his seed are to find a kingdom in that place4 ,russia will be willing for ,england to have ,constantinople1 and exercise a provisional protectorate over ,turkey1 with a view of strengthening his daughter's chances4 ,england will thus come peaceably in possession of ,palestine4 ,germany1 being tied to both the ,russian and ,english thrones by blood and marriage1 will also freely consent4 ,besides1 ,germany is going to pass through a severe trial4 ,the old ,emperor will soon die1 and also ,bismarck1 then a new prince will advise the new king1 new counsel1 and new blood1 near and on the throne4 ,germany will become a prey to internal strife1 fanned by the discontented ,catholics of the ,empire1 that number some #ae1jjj1jjj1 and weakened by the ,communistic elements4 ,not much longer can ,germany bear the strain of her immense army and enormous taxes in consequence4 ,russia also will have all she can do to stay the desire for reform1 and the claims of the ,nihilists or ,communists4 ,thus will ,providence prepare ,his people's way back to ,palestine4 ,if ,god promises once ,he does so fifty times1 that ,he will restore ,israel and ,judah to their own land4 ,to this one thing all ,providence is concentrating1 and this is the key that unseals prophecy and ,providence4 ,and ,i will cause the captivity of ,judah and the captivity of ,israel to return1 and will build them as at the first 7,jer4 xxxiii4 #g74 ,they will form a free province1 electing their own rulers and governors4 ,they will be quite democratic1 doing away with all titles1 being the children of the ,lord4 ,and the nobles shall be of themselves1 and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them 7,jer4 xxx4 #ba72 or1 as stated by ,isaiah1 chap1 i1 verse #bf1 ,and ,i will restore thy judges as at the first1 and thy counsellors as at the beginning2 afterward thou shalt be called1 ,the city of righteousness1 the faithful city4 ,thus they will be a free province1 managing their own affairs under the patronage and protection of ,england4 ,now it is this freedom that will open the door and prepare the way for ,anti-,christ4 ,he will be elected governor because of his supposed superiority in manners1 science1 and benevolence4 ,he will appear as a lamb at first1 according to ,john1 but once in power his true character will appear4 ,he will be a great scientist1 and in the eyes and faith of the multitude ,he will be able to work miracles--to bring1 scientifically1 fire down from heaven4 ,so clever will he be that he will deceive some of the very elect4 ,before his election he will have been a man of great power and influence4 ,once in power he will contrive to centre all power and interests in himself4 ,he will pander to the ,communists--to the ,romish ,church--to the scientific infidels of the day4 ,in this feature he will draw heavily upon the ,germans1 and create quite a sympathy in ,england and this country4 ,for some of them of understanding shall fall1 to try them1 and to purge1 and to make them white even to the time of the end 7,dan4 xi4 #ce74 ,the ,scriptures having pointed out the special features of his character1 we see that many of these features are already in the world4 ,this is ,anti-,christ4 ,this is the spirit of ,anti-,christ4 ,and when ,god withdraws ,his restraining power1 ,anti-,christ will embody all these forces and characteristics in himself4 ,and all men having these features1 will sympathise with him1 and aid him4 ,god alone is now keeping back and down this spirit of ,anti-,christ until ,his own chosen time4 ,and now ye know what withholdeth1 that he might be revealed in his time2 for the mystery of iniquity doth already work1 only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way 7that is1 till ,god withdraws ,himself71 and then shall that wicked be revealed4 ,anti-,christ means one opposed to ,christ4 ,also it means one opposed to ,christ1 and yet desires to be ,christ--who wishes to be received as ,christ4 ,and when the time comes1 he will be received by many4 ,the ,jews will be looking for1 and expecting the coming of1 their ,messiah1 hence many of these will be deceived4 ,many radical ,adventists and ,millenarians will accept him1 because they are in haste in their expectations3 many of these will follow him4 ,indeed1 the whole world seems ripe to furnish him a quota4 ,but who will he be8 ,answer3 ,he will be a ,french ,jew1 who will intermarry into the ,bonaparte family4 ,his title will be ,napoleon ,i4 of ,palestine4 ,this word ,napoleon1 resolved into ,greek equivalents1 is equal to ,apollyon1 and as a number stands for #fff4 ,here is wisdom4 ,let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast1 for it is the number of a man2 and his number is six hundred threescore and six 7,rev4 viii4 #ah74 ,christ1 when warning the ,jews of ,anti-,christ1 said1 ,i am come in ,my ,father's name1 and ye receive ,me not2 if another shall come in his own name1 him ye will receive4 ,here1 and in other discourses1 we have to content ourselves at many points with mere statements1 for to defend every point would take too long a time1 and would not suit our purpose4 ,it is our desire in all these discourses to incite you to study1 to teach you to examine for yourselves2 to prepare you against being unduly led away by ,adventism1 ,communism1 or ,infidelity2 to give you an interest in ,providence and history4 ,do you ask if any will be led away by such a false pretender8 ,we answer1 ,yes--unless humanity undergoes some radical change4 ,take a few instances3-- ,our ,shaker friends believed in ,mother ,ann ,lee4 ,this woman in #aggj1 while living in ,manchester1 ,england1 pretended to have a special revelation from ,heaven1 making known unto her that she was the female side of ,christ--as ,jesus was the revelation of the male side4 ,as ,eve was taken out of ,adam1 the female principle separated from the male1 so she was separated from ,christ4 ,this1 and much that is curious1 do these sincere1 honest1 and industrious people believe4 ,take another example1 nearer home1 and of which some of you are cognizant1 having known the pretender and many of his duped followers4 ,we refer to ,matthias1 the prophet of ,westchester ,county4 ,this pretended lord began his labours in ,albany1 ,n4,y41 in #ahcj4 ,first he taught himself to be ,god's high priest1 then the ,saviour1 then he claimed to be ,god4 ,on being asked where he was from1 he would answer3 ,i am a traveller1 and my legal residence is ,zion ,hill1 ,westchester ,county1 ,new ,york ,state4 ,i am a ,jewish teacher and priest of the ,most ,high ,god1 saying and doing all that ,i do1 under oath1 by virtue of my having subscribed to all the covenants that ,god hath made with man from the beginning up to this time4 ,i am chief high priest of the ,jews of the ,order of ,melchizedec1 being the last chosen of the twelve apostles1 and the first in the resurrection which is at the end of #b1cjj years from the birth of ,mahommed1 which terminates in #ahcj4 ,i am now denouncing judgment on the ,gentiles1 and that judgment is to be executed in this age4 ,he appeared in fine pontifical robes1 with a rule six feet long in his right hand2 with this he was to measure off ,god's holy city4 ,in his left hand he had a two-edged sword4 ,underneath his pontifical robe he had a rich olive broadcloth cloak1 lined and faced with silk and velvet2 besides1 he wore a brown frock coat1 with several stars on each breast1 with a splendid gold star on the left4 ,his belt was of white cloth1 fastened by a golden clasp1 and surmounted with an eagle4 ,he wore a cocked hat of black beaver1 trimmed with green1 the rear angle being surmounted by the golden symbol of glory4 ,he moved from ,albany to ,new ,york1 and here succeeded most wonderfully1 winning over some of the finest families of ,fifth ,avenue1 and the richest and best merchants of this city4 ,his followers furnished him with plenty of money1 carriages1 a mansion in the city1 and one in the country4 ,finally he was accused and detected of the worst crimes1 and at last was sent to ,sing ,sing4 ,while in jail he issued the following proclamation3 ,as ,i live1 there shall be no more sowing in the earth until ,i1 the twelfth and last of the apostles1 am delivered out of the house of bondage4 ,for fear of this proclamation many of the farmers refused to sow1 and they set to work to deliver him1 and succeeded4 ,he left the jail1 and may be living yet to read what we now state to you4 ,it is really wonderful how easily men are deceived in religious matters4 ,let us study the ,word1 ask ,god's guidance in knowing and doing ,his will4 ,time is gone4 ,i have said but little1 much more might be said4 ,in my next discourse ,i will introduce you to two old men who will visit ,anti-,christ4 ,,the ,,two ,,witnesses4 ,,discourse ,,xi4 ,,troublous ,,times--,,appearance ,,of ,,the ,,witnesses--,,who ,,are ,,they8--,,how ,,they ,,can ,,be ,,identified--,,their ,,mission1 ,,work1 ,,and ,,suffering--,,the ,,time ,,and ,,circumstances ,,of ,,christ',s ,,coming4 ,and ,i will give power unto ,my two witnesses1 and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three-score days1 clothed in sackcloth4--,rev4 ii4 #c4 ,we will all agree that the person and work of ,anti-,christ are yet in the future4 ,for while ,anti-,christ is ruling in ,jerusalem1 and battling with the saints of the ,most ,high1 having conquered and plucked up by the roots three of the ten-horned kingdoms by his victories and cunning craft1 and his alliance with the beast or the ,church of ,rome1 he will become proud1 blasphemous1 and arrogant1 and will at once try to force the people to worship the beast4 ,he will claim to be the promised ,jewish ,messiah4 ,he will enter the new ,jewish ,temple and actually sit enthroned as ,god incarnated1 commanding the people to worship him4 ,he will be so received by the ,jews1 some of the ,israelites and the ,romish ,church1 by the ,communists and scientific infidels1 and by such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries1 men of understanding shall fall2 indeed1 ,christianity will seem to be about destroyed4 ,russia will aid by her influence his pretensions with a secret purpose to take the spoils and gain her long-desired object1 ,jerusalem and ,palestine4 ,england will stand aloof for a time1 waiting an opportunity to interfere4 ,then will be a time to try men's faith--to test the ,church4 ,england and ,america will stand alone as representing freedom and religious liberty4 ,and then shall many be offended and shall betray one another1 and shall hate one another4 ,and many false prophets shall arise and deceive many2 and because iniquity shall abound1 the love of many shall wax cold2 but he that shall endure unto the end shall be saved4 ,this is the time when ,communism1 infidelity1 and ,romish ,jesuitism will combine against ,god and liberty1 and1 thank heaven1 this is the time appointed when they all will be destroyed4 ,then the kingdoms of this world will be given to the saints of the ,most ,high4 ,the struggle will be fierce1 long1 and terrible1 but victory will be on the ,lord's side4 ,in the very midst of these awful times there will appear two famous persons as witnesses for ,jesus3 one who will specially appear to the ,jews1 the other to ,israel1 and both testify for ,god and ,jesus4 ,these two witnesses will turn the tide of battle1 confront ,anti-,christ and his host1 and give to the world new views of ,god and ,providence4 ,these two old men1 or witnesses1 will be endowed with miraculous power to bring fire down from heaven1 or turn the water streams into blood1 and smite the earth with all manner of plagues1 as often as they will4 ,their presence and power will cast a gloom o'er the nations of the earth1 and ,anti-,christ and his allies4 ,they will finally be slain in the streets of ,jerusalem4 ,at the time of their death a great feast will be held to commemorate the victories of ,anti-,christ1 and to inaugurate the setting up of an image of him in the temple4 ,so in the city there will be peoples1 kindreds1 and tongues of many nations4 ,and they will see the dead bodies of the two witnesses lying exposed and unburied in the streets for three days and a-half1 for ,anti-,christ will not suffer them to be buried4 ,on the wings of the wind1 by the telegraph and by signals1 the news of their death will spread rapidly abroad to all the nations of the earth4 ,infidelity1 and ,communism1 and the ,jesuits will be emboldened4 ,feasting and rejoicing will be the order of the day4 ,and they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and make merry1 and shall send gifts one to another1 because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth4 ,that will be the merry wake for you--a wake that will suddenly end1 and that too1 before the corpses are buried4 ,the victories will be cut short and the rejoicing checked4 ,the spirit of life from ,god shall enter into the two exposed and corrupting bodies1 and they shall stand upon their feet to defy ,anti-,christ and his host1 and laugh at the pains of death4 ,great fear will fall upon them who saw the dead so raised4 ,this time the telegraphs will be muffled1 and the news is kept back from the nations as much as possible2 but astonishment ends not here1 for over the destroying and now idolatrous city of ,jerusalem hangs a peculiar cloud1 and voices peal as thunder through the air1 to call the attention of the multitudes4 ,and when every eye is skyward1 the cloud moves and opens1 as a chariot of fire and glory1 and rising in majesty and composure up above roofs1 temples1 and pinnacles1 will be seen the two witnesses of ,christ2 they enter in and are borne heavenward4 ,and they ascended up to heaven in a cloud1 and their enemies beheld them4 ,then1 while the multitude are wrapt in wonder and all amazement1 the pinnacles sway to and fro1 the houses rock1 the earth trembles1 the walls of the city fall1 and ,olivet cleaves in twain4 ,then ,anti-,christ is slain with many of his followers1 and the remnant fear unto repentance4 ,and the same hour there was a great earthquake1 and a tenth part of the city fell1 and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand1 and the remnant were affrighted1 and gave glory to the ,god of heaven4 ,and the seventh angel sounded1 and there were great voices in heaven1 saying1 the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our ,lord and of ,his ,christ1 and ,he shall reign for ever and ever4 ,these are some of the wonders yet to come4 ,then how say some that ,anti-,christ has already been8 ,the witnesses have not yet appeared3 they have not yet wrought their miracles4 ,the ,lost ,ten ,tribes and the scattered ,jews have not yet been gathered from all countries whither the ,lord ,god hath scattered them1 and placed in their own land1 to go out no more1 to be plucked up no more4 ,jerusalem is yet being trodden under foot1 the land is comparatively desolate1 no temple yet adorns the city1 nor priest1 nor ,levite1 attend at the altar4 ,pshaw6 upon the ,biblical interpreters of this day1 who wilfully or ignorantly careen through the line of prophecies1 despising the order established by ,god4 ,they are like the girl with her novel1 who cannot wait to read through the book1 and take events in their order1 but she turns to the last leaf to find the destiny of her hero4 ,so men1 borne by passion and choice1 skip by several of the prophecies1 and harp everlastingly on the last--the coming of the blessed ,jesus--,he whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things1 which ,god hath spoken by the mouth of all ,his holy prophets since the world began 7,acts iii4 #ba74 ,the world is not yet ready for ,christ2 it is yet too much upside down1 too much confused4 ,but ,god is in ,christ reconciling the world unto ,himself4 ,it does not now look like ,god2 so ,god and ,christ1 ,providence and the ,church1 must work on till the house is in order for ,his return4 ,hon dei ouranon men dexasthai archri chronon apokataseos panton1 whom1 indeed1 heaven must retain until the time of restoration of all things4 ,if things are not now restored or reconciled1 or in order1 why1 then1 ,christ cannot come4 ,he will not come to put them in order2 this ,he has left for and with the ,church to do1 and has promised to be with ,his ,church to the end4 ,a few ,sunday evenings ago1 a brother kindly asked me where the ,church would be while ,anti-,christ was reigning4 ,i simply said anywhere and everywhere1 wherever it happened to be4 ,he thought the ,church would be taken away by ,christ2 he referred me to several passages4 ,i said1 ,come next ,sunday evening1 as those passages will be partly considered in my next sermon4 ,he replied that he might be taken up by that time4 ,all right1 ,i said1 then we will excuse you4 ,now1 in the name of common sense1 why have men1 and why do men1 down through the centuries1 and now1 entertain such views8 ,because every ,bible reader must see that there are many prophecies that must be fulfilled before ,christ can come--one of which is the appearance of the two witnesses of the text4 ,they will be specially sent and commissioned to testify for ,christ1 as against ,anti-,christ4 ,let us now ascertain who these two witnesses are1 or are to be4 ,i find on examining the subject all manner of views set forth4 ,and1 as is often the case in studying a subject of this kind1 ,i find few that agree--so much so1 that at last ,i found relief in turning from what men said and thought to what ,god in ,his ,holy ,word had written and said4 ,first4 ,they are two men4 ,second4 ,they are sent to ,jerusalem which1 because of the wickedness of the city at the time of their visit1 will be called ,sodom and ,egypt2 but1 lest we should mistake the place from these names1 ,john adds3 ,where also our ,lord was crucified4 ,so ,isaiah i4 #aj says3 ,hear the word of the ,lord1 ye rulers of ,sodom2 give ear unto the law of our ,god1 ye people of ,gomorrah4 ,this fixes safely the place4 ,besides1 the place is pointed out from the fact that they oppose ,anti-,christ1 who at that time we know will be at ,jerusalem4 ,third4 ,they are sent4 ,you ask where they are sent from8 ,the answer is1 ,from heaven1 from standing before the ,god of the whole earth4 ,fourth4 ,who sends them8 ,we answer1 ,jesus--because the ,book of the ,revelation is the ,revelation of ,jesus ,christ1 which ,god gave unto ,john4 ,fifth4 ,what were they sent for8 ,in the first place they were to be special witnesses for ,jesus1 for ,he calls them ,his two witnesses4 ,in the second place1 they were to prophesy1 to be prophets in the fullest sense1 to forecast the future1 to interpret past and present2 to work miracles2 to assume control in directing ,state affairs4 ,sixth4 ,it is worth your careful notice to note that they are not constituted witnesses by being sent2 they are sent because they are witnesses4 ,they are not then to be endowed with miraculous power2 these have power in the present tense4 ,these facts1 if nicely considered1 will at once suggest the persons4 ,whoever they are1 they must have gone from earth to heaven with their bodies1 two persons who have escaped death1 for their death takes place in ,jerusalem4 ,they must have been prophets before they left earth for heaven the first time4 ,and in the third place1 they must at some time and place have been special witnesses for ,christ4 ,in fact1 they are two anointed ones1 or1 in other words1 they are two persons who have been set apart and prepared for the very visit spoken of in the text4 ,daniel1 when speaking of them1 and the visit spoken of in the text1 calls one the ,ancient of ,days2 the other one was like the ,son of ,man4 ,he represents these two persons as sitting in judgment on ,anti-,christ1 and the seven horns1 or kingdoms4 ,and the ten horns that were in his head and of the other which came up1 and before whom three fell2 even of that horn that had eyes1 and a mouth that spake very great things1 whose look was more stout than his fellows 7this is ,anti-,christ74 ,i beheld1 and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them1 until the ,ancient of ,days came1 and judgment was given to the saints of the ,most ,high1 and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom 7,dan4 vii4 #bj74 ,many interpret the ,ancient of ,days and the one like the ,son of ,man to be ,christ4 ,they stagger not at the fact that there are two persons1 and that they are introduced one to another1 and that the ,ancient of ,days seems to be the greatest4 ,it is nothing to such interpreters that there are two persons2 these they make one4 ,the one looking like the ,son of ,man they make out to be the ,son of ,god1 although ,daniel says he only looked like ,him4 ,the judgment spoken of by ,daniel they make out to be the general judgment1 when1 in fact1 ,daniel tells on what and where they sat in judgment--namely1 at ,jerusalem4 ,about ,anti-,christ--and that ,anti-,christ is soon destroyed after this--and as concerning the rest of the beasts 7that is1 the seven horns71 they had their dominion taken away2 yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time4 ,the vision and scene of the whole chapter belongs to this world1 and the kingdom of the saints here spoken of is as much material and political as the other4 ,the difference is1 the rulers and people are ,christians1 they are called saints4 ,every throne should be double-kinged2 that is ,god's purpose1 that is ,heaven's plan4 ,christ wants no earthly throne excepting that way4 ,as the ,creator is ,lord of lords and ,king of kings1 so ,christ after ,his resurrection assumed ,his ,father's place1 and stands to us as ,god to the ,jews of old4 ,all power was given to ,him in heaven and in earth1 therefore1 ,he1 ,christ1 has long since begun ,his reign1 and ,he must continue to reign until ,he hath put all enemies under ,his feet4 ,when ,david was king over ,israel and ,judah1 so was ,god4 ,we repeat1 every throne should be double-kinged4 ,to this end will come these two witnesses4 ,who will they be8 ,we answer1 ,moses and ,elijah3 these are the two brave old men now living and waiting to fulfil their mission4 ,for hundreds of years they have been anointed4 ,moses is the ,ancient of ,days2 the one like the ,son of ,man is ,elijah the ,tishbite4 ,this interpretation chimes in with the ,divine ,word1 without twisting and distorting to make both ends meet4 ,we said these two were to be human3 so they are4 ,they being sent from heaven1 we said they must have passed by death with their bodies2 so they did4 ,they were to be prophets2 so they are1 two of the grandest prophets of all4 ,they were to have power over fire and water2 so they had when they lived on earth4 ,the bloody stream of the ,nile gives witness for ,moses4 ,the parched land and time of drought speaks of ,elijah in ,ahab's time4 ,they both called fire down on them who sought to hurt them4 ,they were to be special witnesses of ,christ2 so they were on the ,mount of ,transfiguration4 ,these two olive trees stood one on each side of the golden candlestick1 ,jesus2 ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john1 testify to having seen ,moses and ,elijah4 ,these two old veterans know ,christ well1 hence they will be sent to testify for ,him against ,anti-,christ4 ,moses is a ,jew4 ,he will appeal unto the ,jews1 who will be found in the new temple1 performing according to the old ,mosaic law4 ,he will change and lead his people from ,anti-,christ to ,christ4 ,elijah is an ,israelite4 ,he will specially bear testimony to the ,israelite1 his long-lost1 but then restored1 brethren4 ,more next ,sunday evening on these two ,christian heroes4 ,,moses ,,and ,,elijah4 ,,discourse ,,xii4 ,,more ,,about ,,the ,,two ,,witnesses--,,mormonism--,,god ,,ruling ,,among ,,the ,,nations--,,career ,,of ,,the ,,two ,,witnesses--,,anti-,,christ--,,the ,,throne ,,and ,,house ,,of ,,david4 ,and the seventh angel sounded2 and there were great voices in heaven1 saying1 ,the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our ,lord1 and of ,his ,christ2 and ,he shall reign for ever and ever4--,rev4 ii4 #ae4 ,last ,sabbath evening we called your attention to two special witnesses who are at a given time to appear at ,jerusalem for a specific purpose4 ,at the time of their appearance ,anti-,christ will be reigning with great power and pomp4 ,he will have succeeded in persuading the ,jews and many others that he is the promised ,jewish ,messiah2 this claim he will be able to sustain and confirm in the eyes of the multitude1 from the very fact that he will1 to all appearance1 work miracles4 ,nor need we query that such a thing can take place4 ,look at some of the facts of our own day1 and see how pliable human nature is4 ,there are millions of people who sincerely believe that ,leo ,,xiii4 is ,god's vicegerent1 and that he is infallible4 ,take into account the ,mormonism of this day1 and see how terrible a thing in the name of ,christianity can be established and maintained4 ,aye1 in the nineteenth century1 and in the ,united ,states of ,america4 ,or look in upon the ,spiritualists and consider their claims and pretensions4 ,thousands upon thousands of them are persuaded that they are en rapport with heaven and in communication with spirits and spirit-land4 ,then you will not be surprised at the pretensions1 claims1 and success of ,anti-,christ4 ,in our calm and unprejudiced consideration of these organisations1 we are bound to admit that they have done more1 and owe more for their success1 to deception and error1 than to truth and openness4 ,each in its turn has been caught in the act of deceiving1 and has been frequently exposed1 but of what avail8 ,truly but little4 ,we do not mean that in these systems there is no good1 for surely there is1 but that the errors and deceptions are of so glaring a kind1 that we wonder that anybody of common sense can be so easily led astray4 ,with these facts before us1 can we wonder any longer that ,anti-,christ shall be so successful8 ,the very occasion and peculiar times and incidents of the reign of ,anti-,christ will call for some special manifestations on the part of the ,divine ,one that shall soberly and clearly confront the hollow and hypocritical pretensions of that age4 ,hence the appearance of the two witnesses--,moses the ,ancient of ,days1 and ,elijah the ,tishbite1 who will look like the ,son of ,god4 ,allow us to submit further evidence in proof that the two witnesses of ,john in ,rev4 xi4 are none other than ,moses and ,elijah3 for many passages of ,holy ,writ are sealed to the understanding till we comprehend who the two witnesses are1 their mission and work4 ,we will notice the attributive features of these witnesses as they are related by ,john in this chapter--that is1 ,rev4 xi4 ,in the first place1 there are two persons or individualities2 this appears plainly from the tenor of the whole record4 ,they are spoken of as they1 them1 their mouth1 their feet1 as dying and being resurrected4 ,but1 strange to say1 after all this plainness of speech1 men have become so accustomed to spiritualise and generalise that ,anti-,christ stood for ,rome1 and naturally enough1 having generalised ,anti-,christ1 they must do the same with the two witnesses2 hence they found them in the ,churches of the ,waldenses and ,albigenses4 ,in such an interpretation nearly all the attributive features of these witnesses are ignored4 ,such as that they had power to work miracles1 to lie unburied in the streets of ,jerusalem for three days and a half4 ,some have laboured to prove that the ,old and ,new ,testaments were these witnesses1 others that they were symbolised by the law and ,gospel4 ,again1 some that the two sacraments1 baptism and the ,lord's supper1 were these two witnesses1 and so on almost without end4 ,these instances will suffice for our present purpose2 for surely any of you reading ,god's own ,word need not so blunder4 ,in the second place1 ,jesus calls them ,his two witnesses4 ,now1 in what sense were they ,his8 for such they are now4 ,not that they will be ,his when they appear1 but they will appear to oppose ,anti-,christ at ,jerusalem because they are sent4 ,the prophets are all witnesses2 for1 as ,peter says1 ,to ,him give all the prophets witness4 ,the apostles were witnesses1 and all believers are witnesses for ,jesus2 yet these two are so in a special and pre-eminent sense4 ,let any one read the account of the transfiguration of ,jesus and the circumstances attendant thereon1 and all will be plain4 ,moses and ,elias 7another spelling for ,elijah7 we find were present1 as well as ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john4 ,when ,christ was transfigured1 ,behold there appeared unto them ,moses and ,elias 7,matt1 xvii4 #c74 ,these two persons talked with ,jesus1 and spake of ,his decease which ,he should accomplish at ,jerusalem4 ,thus1 then1 they were special witnesses for ,christ1 and so they will come again and witness for ,him in the time appointed4 ,the number of days we must take in a literal sense2 here the #a1bfj days and #c4e days are the days appointed for their work and death4 ,it is well to remember that many of the prophetic numbers contain a double prophecy4 ,thus #a1bfj here may be coincident with the treading down of ,jerusalem by ,mahommedanism4 ,but whether it is or not1 does not vitiate the literal quantity when applied to these two witnesses4 ,in the third place1 they are called two olive trees and two candlesticks standing before the ,god of the whole earth4 ,the figurative meaning will be found by finding some passage where two trees are mentioned in the interpretation given--such a passage by ,zechariah iv4 ,here the prophet saw two olive trees and asked of the angel the meaning2 and the angel said1 ,knowest thou not what these be8 ,and ,i said1 ,no1 my ,lord4 ,then said he1 ,these are two anointed ones that stand by the ,lord of the whole earth4 ,the simple meaning is1 that the two olive trees mean two persons1 who are in heaven at present1 but are anointed--that is1 set apart1 selected for some distinct work for ,god4 ,moses and ,elijah evidently were anointed and specially selected1 for it is probable they both escaped death4 ,the wonder connected with the disappearance of ,moses and the translation of ,elijah now finds some measure of explanation4 ,none doubt the translation of ,elijah4 ,john the ,baptist was not ,elias1 except he was to go before ,christ in the spirit and power of ,elias2 in this sense ,john stood for ,elias4 ,john the ,baptist prepared the way of ,christ the first time1 so will ,elias for ,christ's second coming4 ,the record of ,moses's departure from this world is as mysterious as it is dramatic4 ,but1 certainly1 neither the mysterious nor the dramatic have any meaning excepting we allow something ,divinely special4 ,to die as other people1 would mean nothing on the line of specialities2 but he did not so die4 ,he went from the people alive2 no one saw him die or dead4 ,he went up into ,mount ,horeb and never returned4 ,so1 so far as the people were concerned1 he was to them a dead man1 for he went from them no more to return4 ,the word death in ,hebrew has not less than six meanings1 one of which is simply to disappear4 ,this is the meaning that we must attach to the death of ,moses4 ,neither his grave nor body have ever been found4 ,there is a peculiar passage in the book of ,jude where ,michael the archangel1 when contending with the devil1 he disputed about the body of ,moses1 durst not bring against him a railing accusation1 but said1 ,the ,lord rebuke thee4 ,now1 ,satan then had power over death in some way ,divinely permitted4 ,paul says 7,heb4 ii4 #ad71 speaking of ,christ1 ,forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood1 ,he also ,himself likewise took part of the same2 that through death ,he might destroy him that had the power of death--that is1 the devil4 ,when ,god was translating ,moses1 passing him by death1 ,satan fought with ,michael1 who was ,god's messenger1 to inflict the sting of death on ,moses1 and although ,michael carried ,moses on by death into the presence of ,god1 ,satan durst not bring a railing accusation against him4 ,jude1 in his epistle1 probably quoted from one of the now lost books of ,revelation1 which was entitled1 ,the ,ascension or ,assumption of ,moses the servant of ,god4 ,the ,church father1 ,origen1 makes mention of this work1 but1 like the book and prophecies of ,enoch1 from which ,jude makes a quotation1 it has been lost1 they having served their purpose4 ,the fairest and most generous interpretation1 then1 is1 that ,moses did not die the ordinary death1 but disappeared1 was1 in fact1 translated1 anointed1 and set apart for a special work in connection with his own people1 the ,jews1 in the days of the coming ,anti-,christ4 ,thus1 without any trouble1 he could appear with ,elijah on the ,mount of ,transfiguration4 ,and it is worthy of note that before he disappeared in ,horeb--the sacred writer is mindful to tell us ,moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died--his eye was not dim nor his natural force abated 7,deut4 xxiv4 #g74 ,but1 supposing ,moses died naturally1 there is nothing unreasonable or irregular in concluding that ,god resurrected him as a mortal for future use4 ,true1 he will die again as a witness2 so there are in heaven now eight persons who have died twice in this world--namely3 ,the child raised by ,elijah 7#a ,kings xvii4 #ba74 ,the child of ,elisha 7#b ,kings iv4 #ce74 ,the ,moabite soldier who came to life on touching the bones of ,elisha 7#b ,kings xiii4 #ba74 ,the daughter of ,jairus 7,luke viii4 #ee74 ,the widow's son at ,nain 7,luke vii4 #ae74 ,lazarus of ,bethany 7,john xi4 #dd74 ,dorcas or ,tabitha by ,peter 7,acts ix4 #dj74 ,eutychus by ,paul 7,acts xx4 #aj74 ,anti-,christ will be a great electrician2 electricity by that time will be a fearful power in the hands of science4 ,edison with his genius and marvellous discoveries1 and others of like gifts1 will have perfected the use of this agent in a wonderful degree4 ,anti-,christ will make use of this power to cower his enemies and bring them in fear-subjection4 ,he will bring fire down from heaven4 ,the two witnesses1 however1 will be clothed with ,divine power2 they will be able to bring fire by a simple command--this they both understood and used when on earth4 ,moses called fire down upon the #bej rebellious ,korahthites1 as we read in ,numbers xvi4 ,ahab1 the ,king of ,israel1 thought to punish and compel the obedience of ,elijah2 but ,god gave fire from heaven in answer to the prophet's prayer4 ,so when ,ahaziah sent a captain and fifty men to bring ,elijah into the king's presence1 they found him sitting on the top of a hill and commanded him to come down4 ,and ,elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty1 ,if ,i be a man of ,god1 then let fire come down from heaven1 and consume thee and thy fifty4 ,and there came down fire from heaven1 and consumed him and his fifty 7#b ,kings i4 #aj74 ,thus will these two anointed ones be able to contend with ,anti-,christ and all the powers of scientific infidels4 ,if any man hurt these two witnesses1 by the very means used so shall they be killed4 ,these have power to shut heaven1 that it rain not in the days of their prophecy1 and have power over waters to turn them to blood4 ,to whom would these gifts and attributes apply better than to ,elijah1 who in the days of the wicked ,king ,ahab sealed the heavens against rain for three years and a half8 and to ,moses1 who1 when contending with ,pharaoh1 turned the sweet flowing ,nile into a stream of blood8 ,what two prophets had such a wide range of prophetic energy and liberty as ,moses and ,elijah8 ,none4 ,well may the ,revelator say1 then1 of them1 that they can smite the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they will4 ,by awful and sublime manifestations the world shall see that ,god rules in the heaven and on the earth4 ,they shall learn that ,anti-,christ is a false ,christ4 ,then shall fear and repentance fall upon the people4 ,the ,jews shall be convinced1 and converted1 and persuaded by the appearance of their beloved ,moses4 ,they shall know of a truth that the ,messiah has been1 and is waiting to come again4 ,referring to that time the prophet ,zechariah calls it a time of trembling1 the time of a terrible siege4 ,but he tells us that ,the ,lord also shall save the tents of ,judah first1 that the glory of the ,house of ,david1 and the glory of the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 do not magnify themselves against ,judah4 ,thus we learn that the ,jews1 who have been so long despised and bereft of a king1 country1 and government1 shall see through the great mystery of ,providence first4 ,the ,house of ,david is found in the royal family of ,england4 ,the ,jews1 seeing this1 will invite1 in concert with all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 the ,english ,government to take charge of their affairs4 ,then shall the children of ,judah and the children of ,israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head 7,hosea i4 #b74 ,the ,jews will then be ,christians4 ,for they shall look upon ,him whom they have pierced1 and they shall mourn for ,him1 as one mourneth for his only son4 ,at this time the whole world will be amazed and confounded at the destruction of ,anti-,christ and his host4 ,the ,jews1 the ,house of ,david1 and the ,lost ,tribes1 ,israel1 the ,saxons1 will hold a council in ,jerusalem4 ,david's house1 which ,god selected1 and throne1 both of which the ,almighty promised perpetuity to1 shall be found and recognised in the ,english throne and royal family4 ,the ,saxon race shall distinctively appear as long-lost ,israel4 ,so that the ,jews1 and ,david's ,house1 and ,israel1 will unite and acknowledge ,christ as ,lord and ,master4 ,they will make known to ,america1 who stands for ,manasseh1 and all the colonies1 the decision of the said council2 all parties will see1 and accept1 and federate for the world's conquest and peace4 ,this federation of the ancient people1 the literal seed of ,abraham1 will cause jealousies and alliances on the part or rest of the world1 excepting some portions of ,france1 ,austria1 and ,prussia4 ,the beast1 dragon1 and ,anti-,christ's force1 that will survive the shock of the two witnesses1 will all unite for an onslaught upon ,england1 but especially ,palestine4 ,russia1 though nominally ,christian1 will join the beast or ,romish ,church4 ,the dragon means the ,pagan portion of the world4 ,thus will be inaugurated the battle of ,armageddon1 the issues of which we are permitted to know through ,revelation4 ,then will the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our ,lord and ,his ,christ4 ,with many1 and to many1 these things are but as dreams2 they are chimerical4 ,but one thing is certain3 the history of the ,church and ,providence in the future are appallingly grand4 ,providence was grand in leading forth ,his people of old from ,egypt4 ,but ,he will be no less grand when ,he shall set ,his hand a second time to recover ,his people as ,he has promised to do4 ,behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will raise unto ,david a righteous branch1 and a king shall reign and prosper1 and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth4 ,in ,his days ,judah shall be saved1 and ,israel shall dwell safely1 and this is ,his name whereby ,he shall be called1 ,the ,lord our ,righteousness4 7,that is1 the ruler of ,god's choice--a king1 then1 in fact1 by ,divine right47 ,therefore1 behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that they shall no more say1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt2 but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up and which led the seed of the ,house of ,israel out of the ,north country1 and from all countries whither ,i had driven them1 and they shall dwell in their own land 7,jer4 xxiii4 #fh74 ,god has now one of the seed of ,david on the throne1 and ,he has a ,jew doing her bidding1 executing her decrees over and for ,israel4 ,for though ,israel were to be numerous and powerful1 yet to ,david's seed belongs the throne4 ,the recent ,congress was but a forerunner of the one yet to come4 ,the crownless king1 ,disraeli1 who forced the ,congress1 is1 perhaps1 an unconscious instrument in the hands of ,providence4 ,but whether he be or not1 he is hastening on the day with lightning speed4 ,forth from the recent ,congress he goes1 having once again linked the destinies of ,england to the ,continent1 which has been so strangely severed1 till ,russia1 ,italy1 ,austria1 ,france1 and ,spain might each test the other1 and each find their appointed place4 ,now1 again1 ,england pledges herself a ,continental ,power--nay1 more--an ,asiatic ,power4 ,she will come forth from the ,congress the virtual ruler of ,turkey1 the owner of ,palestine4 ,,battle ,,of ,,armageddon4 ,,discourse ,,xiii4 ,,the ,,combatants ,,on ,,both ,,sides--,,who ,,the ,,kings ,,of ,,the ,,east ,,are--,,the ,,great ,,napoleonic ,,idea--,,disraeli1 ,,lincoln ,,and ,,grant--,,england',s ,,policy ,,in ,,turkey--,,future ,,wars ,,and ,,intrigues--,,the ,,great ,,battle-,,field--,,gathering ,,of ,,the ,,nations--,,earthquakes--,,jerusalem ,a ,,seaport4 ,and ,he gathered them together into a place called in the ,hebrew tongue ,armageddon4--,rev4 xvi4 #af4 ,christian students and prophetic writers are generally agreed on three things touching this great event4 ,first1 that there is to be such a decisive battle fought4 ,second1 that it will take place in some part of ,palestine4 ,third1 that this great struggle will be final1 the end of war1 the beginning of the ,millennium morn4 ,in the ,scriptures the contestants are pointed out1 as they rally under the standards of the dragon1 the beast1 and ,anti-,christ on one side1 and on the other1 under the standard of ,david1 will be the called1 the chosen1 and the faithful2 or1 in other words1 the ,ten ,lost ,tribes as found chiefly in the ,saxon race1 with all who sincerely believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,in another sermon we pointed out to you the plain fact of the existence of ,david's throne and ,david's seed as found and seen specially in the throne of ,england4 ,we there see how faithfully ,god has kept ,his promise to ,david and ,his people4 ,for ,god frequently told ,david that his throne should be established unto all generations1 and of ,david's seed there should never be wanting a man to sit thereon4 ,it is the permanence1 the grandeur1 and progressive character of this throne and people that make it a fitting type of ,christ and ,his ,church4 ,nay1 more1 it is on this throne that ,christ now sits1 so far as this world goes2 and it is through this people that ,he reigns1 and ,he will and must reign until ,he has conquered a universal peace4 ,it is a delusion too long entertained by the ,church to think that ,david's throne and seed have not now1 nor for centuries had1 an existence4 ,it is a delusion that we should not entertain for a moment to think that the ,ten ,tribes of ,israel are lost for ever1 or that their work or mission is fulfilled4 ,as surely as the ,two ,tribes1 ,judah and ,levi1 now exist1 fulfilling and filling in the outlines of prophetic history1 so surely are ,reuben1 ,simeon1 ,zebulun1 ,issachar1 ,dan1 ,gad1 ,asher1 ,naphtali1 ,benjamin1 ,ephraim1 and ,manasseh in existence1 answering the purpose of an all-seeing ,providence4 ,who are the kings of the ,east spoken of in the ,scriptures8 ,we answer1 ,they are the royal ones of the ,house of ,david4 ,the word king1 both in ,hebrew and ,greek1 means such4 ,this seed ,god chose1 and made them royal by that very selection4 ,they have been away from their own land1 ,palestine1 wandering and dwelling in the ,west4 ,but ,god in ,providence is preparing a way for their return4 ,in connection with the pouring out of the sixth vial upon the great river of the ,euphrates1 or upon ,turkey1 as most writers agree1 the waters are to dry up--that is1 ,turkey is to decay1 to be absorbed4 ,and why8 ,that the way of the kings of the ,east might be prepared 7,rev4 xvi4 #ab74 ,these kings have been away from the ,east1 and their return is assured1 and the preparation for such return is to be seen at this time and in connection with the decay of ,turkey4 ,if ,turkey1 as symbolised by the river ,euphrates1 is drying up1 then these kings must be advancing ,eastward2 and so they are4 ,the crownless king1 ,disraeli1 who1 like many other men ,god has raised up1 is for these times an index finger pointing out the way of ,providence4 ,he is a receptive agent of ,divine force1 to the intent that he may interpret a ,divine purpose4 ,he may know1 or he may not know1 that he is so directed of heaven4 ,the prophets of old were seldom permitted to interpret or understand their own prophecies4 ,if they asked1 like ,daniel1 the meaning1 they were told to go their way1 for oftentimes the words were closed up and sealed until the time of the end4 ,no wonder this man1 against all ,england nearly1 and to the amazement of all the world1 proclaims the ,queen of ,england the ,empress of ,india1 for the way of the kings of the ,east must be prepared4 ,napoleon ,bonoparte's grand idea was to prepare the way of the kings of the ,east and make himself and his descendants these kings4 ,conquer ,england and the world is ours1 he said4 ,but when his secret and well-prepared assault on ,england was revealed and frustrated by a chain of providential events1 he hit upon another plan to get possession of ,palestine4 ,seventy years ago he invited all the leading ,jews of the world to a secret council in ,paris2 he wished them to aid him in getting possession of ,palestine4 ,he pretended to want their return4 ,he gave them certain privileges and laboured to procure more from the other nations2 he did much for the ,jews in enlarging their liberties and taking away from them the curse of society4 ,the one idea that is distinctly ,napoleonic1 is to possess ,palestine4 ,the late ,napoleon had his idea1 and in his day this idea had become a part of ,france2 so much so1 that ,france thought herself to be then and now the real protector of ,palestine4 ,it was for this idea that she allied with ,england and ,turkey in the ,crimean war4 ,it was to keep ,russia back from possessing the holy places4 ,not till ,france was weakened could ,england advance on her way ,east rapidly2 so ,germany was used to destroy her prestige and cause her to stand aside till ,england proceeds on her way homeward4 ,it was a comely sight1 some five years ago1 to see two ,jews closeted together making a secret bargain--one had power1 the other had money4 ,the man of power asked the man of money to lend him twenty million dollars2 it was done4 ,at once the man of power purchases with this twenty millions part of his fatherland back again--the ,suez ,canal4 ,this very canal is on the boundary of the land of ,palestine as given to ,abraham centuries ago4 ,by this very route the old patriarch entered the ,promised ,land4 ,it was fitting1 indeed1 that this should be the first piece purchased back4 ,no one knew save those directly interested4 ,england murmured and ,france protested1 but the thing was done4 ,poor ,france1 bleeding and divided1 could do but little2 for ,disraeli and ,rothschild had done the work4 ,the way of the kings of the ,east must be prepared4 ,so on they go4 ,a man who executes a ,divine purpose is always strong4 ,abraham ,lincoln1 in the history of our country1 was so chosen and led of ,god4 ,the politicians1 and statesmen1 and generals1 and many of the people were against him at first2 but the ,lord was with him1 so he marched on to victory1 the country following in the wake4 ,and though dead1 not forgotten1 the country and the civilised world are marching on after him1 and now they have nearly overtaken him4 ,lincoln's ideas and the country's are nearly equal4 ,a man led of ,god is generally a good distance behind1 and the people led by such a man are equally as far behind him as he is behind ,god4 ,but this nation and ,abraham ,lincoln are now one1 and in those things in which they once were divided they are a unit1 with more than the honoured ,lincoln2 for they are a unit with ,god and providence4 ,thus follows the ,english nation in the wake of ,disraeli1 and the world is coming on behind1 and the day will come when all will be a unit4 ,it does not shock our idea of human honesty much when we learn that this crownless king played a double game with ,russia and ,turkey4 ,it is intensely ,jewish1 but if it were only ,jewish1 then it would be very detestable2 it is more1 it is ,divine in part4 ,had the princes of this world known1 they would not have crucified the ,prince of ,glory4 ,had the princes of the late ,berlin ,congress known the double game being played by one of the quietest of their number1 they would not have done as they did4 ,turkey in ,asia was given over to ,england's protection1 aye1 yes1 that included ,palestine4 ,the island of ,cyprus is given over entirely--surely the way of the kings of the ,east is being grandly prepared4 ,why did not the ,congress hand over to ,england's protection ,turkey in ,europe8 ,for reasons good and sufficient4 ,turkey in ,europe will be the cause of much strife1 of several wars1 and of strange alliances2 hence it would not have done for ,israel-,england to be mixed up with it4 ,constantinople alone1 of ,european ,turkey1 ,england will keep4 ,israel is to be much preserved from war1 until the great battle of ,armageddon comes on4 ,against that time she will have to husband her strength and resources4 ,it is marvellous now to think that what the ,congress settled as belonging to ,england1 none dispute--all is peace4 ,but ,russia's share and ,austria's are in arms4 ,servia1 ,greece1 ,roumania1 and all the ,turkish provinces rebel and are in a state of disquietude1 that portends war and strife again in a few years4 ,but ,england will have nothing to do with it1 excepting that ,russia and ,austria1 with the consent of ,germany1 ,italy1 and ,france1 are to set a precedent for ,england1 which in a few years she will need4 ,it is plain that if ,russia and ,austria can force by arms the conditions of the ,berlin ,congress1 ,england will be at liberty to do the same without any interference even from ,france4 ,the ,congress handed over to ,england's keeping ,turkey4 ,england1 then1 can make ,turkey do her bidding by force of arms sustained by the very precedent already set4 ,thus will ,israel-,england open up ,palestine for ,christian settlement4 ,the ,mahommedans will murmur and resist to have the holy places taken from them1 but no matter2 ,england1 when the time comes1 will enforce it4 ,it is just here that ,turkey and ,england will dispute1 and in each dispute ,england will find a reason for drawing the lines a little tighter around poor ,turkey4 ,the contestants on one side at the great battle of ,armageddon1 you remember1 are the dragon1 the beast1 and ,anti-,christ4 ,now what people is represented by the term dragon8 ,we answer1 the ,pagan nations and authorities1 just as the ,chinese have on their standards to-day a dragon1 as we have the eagle4 ,the ,mahommedans1 ,hindoos1 ,brahmins1 ,buddhists1 and all ,pagan idolaters1 are summed up in the word dragon4 ,at present1 ,england is tolerant with the subjects and adherents of these different worshippers and religions2 but the time will come when she will no longer tolerate the same2 thus will they arraign themselves against her in the battle of ,armageddon4 ,this will come to pass as the gradual destruction of ,mormonism in our country4 ,this system has been fortified by law2 now laws are being arraigned against it4 ,it is now only tolerated1 and in a short time it will be wiped out of existence4 ,the final battle referred to in the text is to occur at a place called in the ,hebrew tongue ,armageddon1 the literal meaning of which is at the mount of ,megido4 ,in olden times there was a city called ,megiddon2 it stood in what is now called the great plain of ,esdraelon--a plain that lies midway between the ,sea of ,galilee and the ,mediterranean4 ,it was also called ,jezreel4 ,the prophet ,hosea speaks of this place1 battle1 and time1 all by this one word4 ,referring to the time when the children of ,judah and of ,israel are gathered together under one head in their own land1 he says1 ,for great shall be the day of ,jezreel 7,hos4 i4 #aa74 ,it is spoken of in the ,scriptures and history as the valley of ,jehoshaphat1 because here ,jehoshaphat1 the ,king of ,judah1 gained a great victory2 for here the ,lord fought against the enemies of ,israel1 as ,he will in the coming battle4 ,joel iii4 #ab says1 referring to this coming struggle1 ,let the heathen be waked up and come to the valley of ,jehoshaphat3 for there will ,i sit to judge all the heathen round about4 ,there is one name given to this time and battle that is very significant and striking4 ,have you ever noticed it8 ,if not1 let me call your attention to it4 ,it is called ,that great day of ,god ,almighty1 by ,john in the chapter of the text4 ,the day of the ,lord of hosts by ,isaiah4 ,ezek4 xxx4 #c3 ,howl ye6 ,woe worth the day6 ,for the day of the ,lord is near3 it shall be the time of the heathen4 ,and ,joel says1 ,multitudes1 multitudes1 in the valley of decision2 for the day of the ,lord is near in the valley of decision4 ,by the prophets ,amos1 ,obadiah1 ,zephaniah1 ,zechariah1 ,malachi1 and apostles ,paul and ,peter1 it is called the day of the ,lord4 ,you ask if this battle may not have taken place4 ,we answer1 ,no4 ,of such a battle we have no record4 ,again1 it will be the end of the war--the final overthrow of ,paganism1 the beast1 and ,anti-,christ4 ,malachi says1 ,behold ,i will send you the prophet ,elijah before the coming of that great and dreadful day of the ,lord4 ,elijah has not yet been a witness4 ,at the time of this great battle nature is to take a wonderful part4 ,as when ,christ was on the cross1 the sun darkened1 the rocks rent1 the mountains shook1 so in connection with this battle there shall be some strange wonders--earthquakes1 thundering1 lightning1 hail and fire4 ,the ,mount of ,olives will divide2 the valley of the ,dead ,sea will fill with water and join to the ,mediterranean2 ,jerusalem will become a seaport2 an appointed centre from which1 being central to all the world1 will go forth the ships of the ,lord4 ,the city of ,jerusalem1 between this time and that1 will be considerably enlarged1 then it will divide into three parts4 ,at the time of this dividing ,john says1 ,that the cities of the nations are to fall--,london1 ,paris1 ,berlin1 ,rome1 ,st4 ,petersburg1 and many others--that all may turn to ,jerusalem1 the capital appointed of ,heaven4 ,if you wish to know more of the particulars of this day1 read the prophets1 study what ,john the ,revelator says under the sixth vial and sixth seal4 ,with awful grandeur and with terrible majesty have the sacred writers set forth this day and time4 ,that this day will come1 who will deny8 ,look at the world ripening for this day4 ,here1 in our own land1 as well as others1 the forces are maturing1 the agents are at work4 ,many of the events of the past year we were permitted to forecast by looking into the future through the prophets1 and onward yet we look4 ,and the events coming are neither less in number1 merit1 or force1 than those passed4 ,keep the events of prophecy in their proper order lest they confuse you4 ,the ,jews and ,ten ,lost ,tribes are to be found and possess ,palestine before this battle4 ,anti-,christ is to appear4 ,the two witnesses1 ,moses and ,elijah1 are to appear4 ,and ,jesus1 our beloved ,master1 will not come till the world is settled long in perpetual peace--till the house is prepared for the bride1 then shall ,he come4 ,but with lightning speed events are crowding on along the ages4 ,the accumulative forces of centuries are pressing hard upon time present4 ,the time of the end is near--not the end of time1 but the time appointed of ,god in which certain great things are to be accomplished4 ,eighteen hundred years ago ,john cried out1 ,loose the four angels which are bound in the great river ,euphrates4 ,and the four angels were loosed1 which were prepared for an hour1 and a day1 and a month1 and a year 7,rev4 ix4 #ad74 ,the ,turkish ,power originated on the banks of the ,euphrates4 ,it first was divided into four ,sultanies--namely1 ,bagdad1 ,aleppo1 ,damascus and ,cesarea4 ,these are typified under four angels4 ,their time was to be #cif years and a fraction--an hour1 day1 month1 and year4 ,thus1 taking a day for a year1 #cfe for the year1 thirty for the month1 one for the day1 and we have #cif4 ,so from the taking of ,bagdad by the ,turks in #ajeg1 which was the overthrow of the ,saracens1 until the capture of ,constantinople in #adec1 which overthrew the ,greek ,empire1 we have just #cif years4 ,and the time for the drying up of ,turkey is at hand2 and so it comes to pass4 ,dear friends1 how wonderful are the dealings of our ,god6 ,can we shut our eyes to ,his ,divine revelation8 ,let us be wise in the day of grace1 taking heed to the sure ,word of prophecy1 as unto a light that shineth in a dark place4 ,the world indeed is dark1 and all confusion4 ,but ,his ,word shows unto us order in all this confusion1 blessed be ,his name4 ,more next ,sunday evening4 ,,armageddon ,,and ,,the ,,pyramid4 ,,discourse ,,xiv4 ,,the ,,forces ,,in ,,the ,,battle--,,time ,,of ,,its ,,occurrence--,,mistakes ,,of ,,adventists--,a ,,church ,,strike ,,wanted--,,the ,,hard ,,times ,,after #ahhb--;,,history ,,of ,,the ,,world ,,till #aice--;,,hine',s ,,theory4 ,these shall make war with the ,lamb1 and the ,lamb shall overcome them2 for ,he is ,lord of lords and ,king of kings2 and they that are with ,him are called1 and chosen1 and faithful4--,rev4 xviii4 #ad4 ,last ,sunday evening we considered the subject of the great battle of ,armageddon4 ,this evening we will take up the same subject for further consideration4 ,this battle1 we learn1 is to be very terrible1 such a one as the world has not had4 ,fearful as some of the wars of the past have been1 this will overshadow them all in skill1 fierceness1 number1 slaughter1 devastation1 and wide-spread ruin4 ,it will1 in some respects1 be like one of the wars of olden times4 ,for in this struggle ,god is again to take a direct part1 as ,he did for ,his people ,israel and ,judah in times of old4 ,again shall the forces of nature do battle for ,god and ,his people2 again they shall be full of instinctive revenge4 ,hear us1 and believe us1 ,denis ,kearney1 ,providence will then pool the issues of the called1 the chosen1 and the faithful4 ,the called are the ,jews1 the chosen are ,israelites1 and the faithful embrace all of every nation who believe in ,christ4 ,then many will wade in pools of blood and perish4 ,the birds of prey are to hold high carnival on the dead bodies of the slain4 ,the spirit of ,satan1 that now worketh in the children of disobedience1 will pool the issues of hell and death in the hosts of the dragon1 beast1 and false prophet4 ,for though these three powers are diverse in their aims1 professions1 and intents1 yet we learn from many passages of the ,divine ,book that they will join hands and agree upon a common policy1 federating together that they may contend with the called1 the chosen1 and the faithful4 ,and ,i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon1 and out of the mouth of the beast1 and out of the mouth of the false prophet4 ,for they are the spirits of devils working miracles1 which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world1 to gather them to the battle of that great day of ,god ,almighty 7,rev4 xvi4 #ac1 #ad74 ,here indeed will be a pooling of the issues1 a pooling that will divide the whole world into two forces or parties4 ,now the canvass has begun1 preparations are going on1 party lines are being drawn1 powers are concentrating1 and men are rallying under their respective standards1 getting the world ripe and ready for the coming generations1 into whose hands the destinies of that day will be cast4 ,few of us now living can personally take part in that final battle1 excepting as we do so by impressing the unborn millions with our ideas4 ,like as ,david prepared the material for the building of the temple1 and his son ,solomon carried forward the same1 so the work of this generation is simply preparatory1 and that of the coming will be executive4 ,several wars will take place before that of ,armageddon1 which in their nature will be fierce and terrible4 ,still these will all be preparatory--leading on to the day of decision and the battle final4 ,on this point many err1 and their error has a pernicious influence on the ,church and the world4 ,they interpret the preparatory signs as if they were final2 hence the end with such is too near4 ,a sincere anxiety takes possession of their soul1 which utterly unfits them to judge aright the signs of the times and tokens of ,providence4 ,thus were a portion of the ,advent ,church thrown into confusion the #hth of last ,july because they had fixed upon the seventh as the time for the ending of the world4 ,and human folly and haste will repeat itself again on the #ajth of ,april next1 because another portion of the ,advent brethren have fixed upon the #ith of ,april as the time of the end4 ,it is a wonder the first did not take the #dth of ,july instead of the seventh1 for then a stranger might think the end was nigh in some of our cities2 or why didn't the other party select the #ast of ,april1 for no doubt it would have proved a more propitious day8 ,but thus it is1 and will be again before the appointed time of ,heaven comes4 ,man is a creature of haste and sudden impulse1 especially so in his religious experience4 ,kings and nations1 ,churches and sects1 have laboured hard in times past to force the issues of ,providence and give speed and certainty to times and events4 ,the prophecies affecting our days are clear2 so much so1 that he who runs may read1 if need be4 ,but an impatient activity urges men on1 bedazzling their eyes1 which at once unnerves and unfits them for reading or judging4 ,in your patience possess ye your souls1 said the blessed ,master to ,his disciples of old1 and not less through them unto us4 ,order is ,heaven's first law1 it has been said2 and surely order pervades the prophecies4 ,but the pulpits in general over-ride this order1 and are not slow to malign such men as ,edward ,hine1 of ,london1 ,england1 when the fact is1 that his theory of the prophecies and mode of interpretation are vastly more natural1 responsive1 and reasonable than the ill-adjusted1 unnatural1 and non-responsive system of current theology4 ,a person is under obligation to use that key for the unlocking of prophecy which fits the best1 and that responds to providential events the most natural1 without regard to the antiquated systems and mode of ,church1 sect1 or college theology4 ,hine's theory1 as it is called sometimes1 is as much superior to the old system of interpretation1 as the railway ,pullman car is to the ricketty old stage coach4 ,the ,anglo-,saxon ,israel theory neither destroys or introduces any new principle1 but discovers and applies that which had been long hidden4 ,the introduction of steam and electricity did not destroy or produce any new principle1 but simply discovered and applied1 in an improved form1 that which had been in the world from ,adam down till now4 ,as men in science1 mechanics1 and practical life1 throw overboard men and things of the past1 so should we in theology1 ,church life1 and experience1 when we can do better4 ,reverence for persons1 and respect for ideas1 should not enslave us4 ,let us move on1 doing better and better4 ,we do not care to believe all the theology of a ,martin ,luther4 ,when we can make an advance on men1 or theories1 we should do so4 ,bacon and ,newton are now in part rejected1 without intending1 or in fact doing them any dishonour or disrespect4 ,so are ,calvin and ,wesley1 on the same principle1 by every good theologian4 ,if a theory be advanced that opens up the ,scriptures1 and especially the prophecies1 better than those before existing1 let the pulpit accept it1 throwing aside its mawkishness and age-intrenched stupidity4 ,i have no hesitation to say1 after over twenty-five years of experience with preachers and pulpit1 that the majority of preachers are lazy and indifferent in study4 ,for this reason many of them are deterred from examining any new theory4 ,many have said to me1 and written to me1 that if they accepted the ,lost ,tribe theory it would destroy nearly all their old sermons1 and necessitate the making of new ones--a work they were not willing to undertake4 ,it will1 therefore1 be a long time before the pulpit is reformed4 ,in these days there are many strikes4 ,while in ,canada1 on my vacation1 ,i agreed to lecture for a ,church choir on the prophet ,jeremiah's visit to ,ireland4 ,but some preachers banded together and stopped it2 and1 in consequence of it1 the choir struck and refused to sing the following ,sunday4 ,passing by this strike1 ,i really wish the laymen would strike and call the pulpit to an account and rouse it from its lethargy1 and demand that it should untrammel itself and be free and equal to the age and demand4 ,i have met with miserly persons who didn't believe in beautiful churches1 or the missionary cause1 or any cause indeed that wanted money4 ,they would argue for plainness1 and so on4 ,the secret of their peculiar ideas on these matters was to be found in their stinginess and their love of money4 ,they advocated such theories because it saved them from contributing4 ,like a man ,i met with on my vacation tour who said that he saved forty dollars a year by pretending to be angry with the minister or some of the deacons when they came round collecting money4 ,some ministers1 no doubt the majority of them1 talk about holding on to the old landmarks and being orthodox for the very reason that to make a move implies labour1 which they are not willing to give1 hence they prate about orthodoxy and landmarks as a pretext to cover over their indifference4 ,he is the most orthodox who searches after the truth and keeps up with the age4 ,prove all things1 hold fast that which is good1 says ,paul4 ,these pretended followers of ,paul say3 ,prove nothing1 hold fast what you have got4 ,it is as plain as ,a1 ,b1 ,c1 that the ,bible teaches the return of the ,jews and ,ten ,lost ,tribes of ,israel to the land of ,palestine4 ,also1 that after they are settled in this land ,anti-,christ appears4 ,the dragon and beast are already in existence1 but ,anti-,christ is not2 the spirit of ,anti-,christ is4 ,when ,israel and ,judah are settled and prosperous in the old fatherland1 then is to come on the battle of ,armageddon4 ,thank ,heaven6 that though the struggle will be awful1 it will be final1 and victory will turn on the ,lord's side4 ,then will be set up a kingdom that shall endure in abiding peace and prosperity for at least a thousand years4 ,the world will nestle in regaling plenty and great assurance4 ,this kingdom is to be set up in the latter days of the four kingdoms spoken of by ,daniel4 ,by this we understand that these kingdoms will have their day1 and by succession1 after a time1 run out4 ,these kingdoms--namely1 ,babylon1 ,persia1 ,greece1 and ,rome--are now disappearing4 ,rome1 politically1 is gone1 ,persia will soon be absorbed1 also ,greece4 ,babylon1 being continued in the ,empire of ,russia1 has yet a glorious future before it for the next fifty years or so1 then she will disappear to rise no more4 ,the cry will go forth1 ,babylon is fallen4 ,in ,nebuchadnezzar's image you will remember that the stone cut out of the mountain began to destroy the metallic image upward1 hence these kingdoms will disappear in reverse order to their origin4 ,first ,rome1 which has gone2 next ,greece1 which is nearly gone2 then ,persia1 and then ,russia4 ,the new kingdom will fill the world4 ,already it foreshadows the outlines of possession by its immense territory of to-day4 ,then a scion of the ,house of ,david shall be enthroned in ,jerusalem4 ,all the other great capitals will have been destroyed4 ,it is surprisingly grand to read of that day1 king and kingdom4 ,let me read to you a few verses from ,jeremiah1 chapter xxiii43 ,behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will raise unto ,david a righteous branch1 and a ,king shall reign and prosper1 and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth4 ,in ,his days ,judah shall be saved1 and ,israel shall dwell safely2 and this is ,his name whereby ,he shall be called3 the ,lord our ,righteousness4 ,therefore1 behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that they shall no more say1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt2 but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up and which led the seed of the ,house of ,israel out of the ,north country1 and from all countries whither ,i had driven them2 and they shall dwell in their own land4 ,the words1 that day1 are often used1 and if we desire to know when that day is1 we have data in the great fact that it is the other side of ,armageddon1 and ,armageddon is the other side of the settlement of ,israel and ,judah in ,palestine4 ,i wish1 just here1 to correct many of you1 as well as some of the public journals4 ,of late ,i have frequently seen it stated in the papers that ,i predicted the end of the world in #ahhb4 ,and many persons have actually asked if ,i did really think so4 ,the truth of the matter is1 in my sermons on the ,great ,pyramid ,i pointed out to you the remarkable fact that the ,grand ,gallery was #a1hhb inches long4 ,beginning with the birth of the ,saviour1 these inches stand for years4 ,this gallery suddenly ends1 excepting that it is continued in a narrow passage1 the narrowest in the whole building1 for fifty-three inches4 ,then comes the ,king's ,chamber1 which before you enter1 you pass under a portcullis in the form of an olive leaf4 ,in this chamber all is equal1 quiet1 and central4 ,now1 what ,i believe this pillar of witness in ,egypt teaches 7see ,isa4 xix4 #ai7 is1 that in #ahhb the whole world will enter upon a time of great trouble1 war1 pestilence1 and famine1 and for fifty-three years these troubles will continue more or less4 ,then about #aice will occur the battle of ,armageddon1 which will be the finishing touch1 the end of wars4 ,i arrive at this1 when ,i follow the teachings of the ,pyramid1 by adding #ahhb and #ec1 which gives me #aice4 ,even then the world will not end1 but only begin the millennium morn1 which will last for a thousand years or more4 ,now corresponding to these facts are the events of ,providence4 ,as when ,spring is nigh we know by certain signs1 so we know from the ,scriptures1 ,providence1 and ,pyramidal teaching1 where we stand and the season we are in4 ,o ye hypocrites1 ye can discern the face of the sky1 but can ye not discern the signs of the times8 said ,jesus to the proud and critical ,pharisees and learned and doubting ,sadducees4 ,these parties affected to be specially wise and discriminating in their knowledge of the times and seasons1 and interpreting the prophets and writings of ,moses4 ,yet their conduct betrayed their ignorance1 for they saw not the end of that grand old prophetic age1 nor the fading symbolism of the temple1 nor the departing glory and decay of their nation4 ,they knew not the fulness of the time in which they lived1 though it bulged out like a mountain4 ,they did not know that one time hath ended1 another time begun1 for they still dated their documents #djcb of the world1 when it was the year of our ,lord and their ,lord #cb4 ,the antediluvians stand condemned because they were willingly ignorant of the ,providential tokens and signs of the times4 ,they set at naught the teachings and warnings of ,noah1 and in exulting pride they rejected the idea of a special ,providence4 ,their faith1 like many in this day1 was planted and nourished by the laws of nature1 and the analogous continuance of the same1 not accepting the doctrine of a ,divine ,providence4 ,they cried aloud1 ,where is the promise of ,his coming8 ,for since the fathers fell asleep1 all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation4 ,do you1 like the ,jews of old1 demand more signs1 when those given you are not understood1 or1 if understood1 they are undervalued8 ,the prophets have been lavish in portraying the calamities of the last days1 or the times into which we are entering4 ,for the words last days are the few years preceding the battle of ,armageddon4 ,the calamities of these days are of four kinds3 ,first1 social disorders2 second1 religious feuds and wars2 third1 wonderful political disturbances2 fourth1 temporal or physical disasters4 ,of the social condition of these last days1 ,paul instructs us3 ,this know1 also1 that in the last days perilous times shall come4 ,then he groups together nineteen immoral attributes of the social state of these last days3 ,men shall be lovers of their own selves1 covetous1 boasters1 proud blasphemers1 disobedient 7to parents especially71 unthankful1 unholy1 without natural affection1 truce breakers1 false accusers1 incontinent1 fierce despisers1 traitors1 heady1 high-minded1 lovers of pleasure more than ,god1 formal in religion 7#b ,timothy iii474 ,what1 we ask1 will be the state of society when the social condition becomes such8 ,the religious feuds and persecutions of the last days we can but faintly conceive4 ,it was terrible when the beast1 two hundred years ago1 held sway4 ,the ,inquisition1 the rack1 the stake1 and all the horrors of a wise age will be brought to bear4 ,for in these days to come1 the beast will be joined by ,anti-,christ1 who will burn with rage1 and vent his displeasure on ,christ's followers4 ,also the barbarism and savage disposition of the ,pagans will be let loose4 ,then will the dragon tear and destroy4 ,this will1 indeed1 be a day or time of visitation4 ,the political disturbances will be terrible4 ,nation against nation plotting and deceiving2 internal strife and outward dangers4 ,these are of a kind to appal one in reading them4 ,then come the temporal or physical evils4 ,these are to be a horrible train of ills in the form of pestilence1 famine1 and earthquakes4 ,the plague of yellow fever is as nought to some of the scourges that will then go forth4 ,gibbon1 the historian1 tells of a plague that swept away two-thirds of ,europe and ,asia4 ,at that time the dead lay unburied by thousands4 ,in ,constantinople1 for three months1 five and even ten thousand persons died daily4 ,the famines in ,india and ,china give us some idea of those yet to come4 ,of the earthquakes1 such as have been will be repeated in increasing terror1 violence1 and destruction4 ,to all these shall be added fire from heaven1 hail1 whirlwinds1 and floods4 ,these are times that will try men's souls4 ,read the prophets for yourselves1 and range yourselves on the ,lord's side4 ,,wonders ,,of ,,the ,,future4 ,,discourse ,,xiv4 ,,purpose ,,of ,,the ,,flood--,,the ,,abrahamic ,,current--,,rending ,,mount ,,olivet--,,former ,,earthquakes--,,boundaries ,,of ,,palestine--,,dan ,,and ,,gad ,,to ,,guard ,,the ,,gates--,,gad ,,the ,,scotchman--,,the ,,future ,,jerusalem--,,the ,,dead ,,sea ,,and ,,mediterranean ,,to ,,be ,,joined--,,mistake ,,of ,,spiritualising ,,everything4 ,and ,his feet shall stand in that day upon the ,mount of ,olives1 which is before ,jerusalem on the ,east3 and the ,mount of ,olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the ,east and toward the ,west1 and there shall be a very great valley2 and half the mountain shall remove toward the ,north1 and half of it toward the ,south4--,zech4 xiv4 #d4 ,some four thousand years ago the earth was washed with the regenerating waters of a terrible flood4 ,millions were suddenly cut off1 with their handiwork and antediluvian civilisation4 ,the swelling floods subsided1 and the ,god-avenging waters retired to their appointed place4 ,the earth again stood forth in virgin strength1 lonely1 bare1 and citiless1 but with a potency and promise inviting and grand4 ,across these swelling floods one craft had been safely borne2 in it was stored the seed-stock of a new world of man and beast4 ,the destruction had been complete and terrible4 ,if we credit ,dr4 ,gurney and others who have written on this subject1 the population far exceeded the inhabitants of to-day4 ,but whether they did or did not1 we know that many must have perished1 and civilisation must have been hurled back to a primitive beginning4 ,no doubt the present seas and oceans cover over the ruins of that age4 ,eliphaz1 the ,temanite1 when addressing ,job1 said3 ,hast thou marked the old way1 which wicked men have trodden1 which were cut down out of time8 whose foundation was overflown with a flood8 ,now is it not reasonable to suppose that in this and every other great change in nature ,god has a purpose--a design agreeable with ,his own exalted character8 ,he is too wise to err1 and too good to be unkind4 ,the flood came for the same reason that ,he only gave ,adam one wife4 ,and what was that reason8 ,it was that ,he might fill the world with a godly seed4 ,and did not ,he make one8 ,yet had ,he the residue of the ,spirit4 ,and wherefore one8 ,that ,he might seek a godly seed 7,mal4 ii4 #ae74 ,the same ,spirit which made one ,eve could have made twenty1 for the residue of the ,spirit was with ,him4 ,it was in the interest of morality and godliness that the flood came4 ,when this design began to fail of being accomplished by the increased wickedness of the post-diluvians1 then ,god called ,abram1 and through ,abraham and his seed designed that this purpose should flow on and be fulfilled4 ,through this ,abrahamic channel flow all the purposes of a ,divine ,providence in this world4 ,through his seed all the nations of the earth are to be blessed4 ,the children of ,abraham are the appointed and ,divinely authorised agents of ,god4 ,through them1 as primary1 he has1 and is1 and will evangelise the world4 ,abraham stands to the generations of earth as the ,gulf-stream to ,europe and the isles of the sea4 ,this ,gulf-stream is our largest river2 being the longest1 broadest1 and deepest4 ,its bottom and banks are cold water4 ,compressed by the straits of ,florida1 it rushes forth to warm and replenish the earth and isles of the sea4 ,so the forces of a ,divine ,providence compressed in ,abraham go forth to bless mankind4 ,the ,gulf-stream is water in water1 and ,abraham's seed are men among men4 ,providence is at once clear and intelligible1 and history is at once plain1 reasonable1 and harmonious1 when interpreted in harmony with the ,abrahamic covenant4 ,the scattering and returning of ,israel and ,judah to ,palestine1 and the intervening history1 from the time of dispersion to the ,return1 is clear as noon-day4 ,their location1 oppression1 prosperity1 and victories1 have long been foretold by prophets inspired of ,god4 ,through all the changes in nature ,god has a design4 ,he prepared the world for ,adam and his seed1 and ,he did so by some wonderful upheaving and overturning2 this scientists will admit4 ,this world1 in its present shape and condition1 indicates fierce and protracted struggles4 ,the outlines of strange and sublime revolutions are imprinted on her rock-ribbed bosom4 ,look at her cloud-capped mountains1 her snow-crowned peaks1 her wild and rocky wastes1 her barren plains and sandy deserts1 her fruitful hills and luxuriant valleys1 her mighty oceans and swelling seas1 her inland lakes and rolling rivers2 these tell us of a time long ago--of the time when the ,mighty ,one went forth to work a work1 to build a house and make a home for ,his creature1 man4 ,and as it was necessary in the preparatory stage to tune nature to the coming man1 so all along through the history of the centuries we find nature holding a subordinate relation to man4 ,the world is not run on one principle and man on another1 but both are permeated by a ,divine force and led on to a ,divine end4 ,all things are ours1 and we are ,christ's1 and ,christ is ,god's2 this is the established order of subordination4 ,most certainly it cannot be unscientific in the ,author of nature to make the same ,his messenger for good or evil4 ,it is not unscientific to throw a line from the shore to a ship in distress1 even though thrown from the mouth of a cannon1 nor is it counted unscientific to use that same cannon in war to destroy men4 ,the earthquake spoken of in the text is1 indeed1 a small affair in comparison to some that have occurred in this world2 and if the same ,god be living now as then1 surely ,he can rend in twain the little mountain of ,olivet4 ,and if we grant to the infidel scientist of to-day the fact that there is no ,god1 still the thing prophesied of is neither unreasonable or impossible1 because what has been may be again2 and as the demand in this case is small in comparison to what has been1 surely this thing may come to pass4 ,in times past ,providence and the wants of the ,church have been timely aided by convulsions in nature1 and if they were only so accidentally1 why then accidentally they may all agree again4 ,to the scientist1 especially the geologist1 there can be no great difficulty in crediting the miracles of the text when we think of the successive revolutions that have taken place4 ,fires1 and floods1 and earthquakes1 have done sublime service in the past1 whether we credit the same to ,nature or to ,god4 ,that an earthquake1 or any peculiar expression of nature1 should be timed to meet a special condition of the ,church or the special purposes of a ,providence1 is not strange4 ,in such an event there really is no more wonder than that a man should set an alarm on his clock to go off at three minutes past four in the morning4 ,some men can swallow big things if you will only allow them to make out the author to be ,nature4 ,but whether we attribute the things past to ,nature or to ,god1 we know that wonderful things have happened4 ,seismology1 the science of earthquakes1 is by no means void of interest4 ,the earthquake catalogue of the ,british ,association takes notice of1 and records the occurrence of1 over #f1jjj that happened between #afjf ,b4,c4 and #ahdb ,a4,d4 ,some of these have been terrible in force1 destruction1 and extent1 oftentimes changing the whole face of a country1 its climate1 and river courses4 ,the great earthquake of #aghc in ,calabria1 probably caused the death of #ajj1jjj people2 it was felt over a great part of ,europe4 ,the city of ,lisbon was visited on the morning of ,november #ast1 #agee1 with an earthquake so severe that in a few minutes #fj1jjj persons perished1 and most of the city was destroyed and buried beneath the water of the bay some #fjj feet4 ,the country given to ,abraham embraces all of what we call ,syria4 ,it is central1 and specially adapted for the future purposes of ,god through ,abraham's seed4 ,beginning with the ,north-west corner1 the boundaries will be ,mount ,taurus1 river ,euphrates1 ,persian ,gulf1 ,arabian ,sea1 ,red ,sea1 ,river ,nile1 and ,mediterranean1 enclosing ,syria1 ,arabia ,deserts1 ,arabia ,felix and ,arabia ,petroea4 ,thus it will be seen that the ,abrahamic inheritance is surrounded by water1 except at two points--namely1 the ,north-west land boundary1 which is between the ,euphrates and the ,mediterranean ,sea4 ,the entrance is through the mountain range of ,taurus1 and forms a natural gate or mountain pass from ,europe and ,asia into ,palestine4 ,here1 when the ,tribes are resettled in the land of ,palestine1 this gate will be in the allotment of ,dan4 ,our ,irish brethren will again be in the ,north-west1 where they will have to fight and defend the land and the truth1 as in days of old1 for their brethren4 ,the fact is1 ,dan shall judge his people as one of the ,tribes of ,israel1 said old ,jacob4 ,the judge in olden times sat in the gate4 ,so will ,dan sit4 ,moses said that ,dan was a lion's whelp4 ,among ,israel it is customary to put lions as guards at gateways4 ,the ,southwest corner1 between the ,mediterranean and the ,sea of ,suez1 forms the other land boundary4 ,through this gate will come the teeming millions of ,africa4 ,at this gate will be the ,tribe of ,gad--that is1 a portion of the ,scotch1 the lowlanders4 ,the ,tribes will be hemmed in one by another so that they cannot enlarge their territory2 but ,gad can1 for a vast country opens up beyond the gate4 ,it is barren2 still the desert is to blossom as a rose4 ,of ,gad it was said by ,moses1 ,blessed be ,he that enlargeth ,gad2 he dwelleth as a lion and teareth the arm with the crown of the head4 ,and he provided the first part for himself1 because there1 in a portion of the lawgiver1 was he seated4 ,you remember that ,sinai is in this portion4 ,what sight and foresight ,jacob and ,moses had6 ,the land as thus bounded would be #fjj miles broad from the ,red ,sea to the ,river ,euphrates1 and #a1cij between the ,red ,sea and ,persian ,gulf1 and from the ,mediterranean to the ,arabian ,sea1 #a1fjj4 ,these boundaries you will glean by taking note of the several promises to ,abraham and his seed1 as recorded in ,gen4 xv4 #aj1 and ,exod4 xxiii4 #ca1 and ,deut4 xi4 #bd4 ,the land so promised and given specially to ,abraham and his seed1 the descendants of ,abraham never yet occupied1 no1 not half of it1 even in the palmy days of ,king ,solomon4 ,will it ever be8 ,we answer1 ,yes1 as sure as the seasons and night and day4 ,he is faithful that has promised1 and will do it4 ,this remarkable peninsula will be the theatre of the future glory of ,israel and ,judah4 ,as finely described by the ,rev4 ,a4 ,b4 ,grimaldi1 it will be found to be most exactly and suitably placed to enable them to fulfil their high destiny to all nations1 and become the centre of all lands1 the praise and beauty of the whole earth4 ,this land has1 in fact1 a central position for communication1 commerce1 and all other advantages of civilisation not enjoyed by any other portion of land in the whole world2 while the peculiar geographical formation is such that it has an immense seaboard1 and is therefore fitted for vaster commercial and naval operations than have ever yet been seen1 commanding1 as it does1 the three most important seas and the two largest rivers of the whole world4 ,this land1 as laid out by ,ezekiel1 will be divided into thirteen longitudinal strips1 sixty miles long1 and twenty broad4 ,in the very centre will be a portion1 some fifty miles square1 which will be divided and apportioned to what is called the holy oblation--namely1 in the very middle will be the temple1 a mile square1 or larger than ever the whole city of ,jerusalem has yet been4 ,then the city will be ten miles square4 ,on one side will be a portion for the priests2 on another1 a portion for the ,levites2 and on the other two sides1 the prince's or king's portion4 ,this portion1 which will be on the ,east and ,west sides1 will be sixty miles long by ten broad1 or some #fjj miles square4 ,but it is clear he will need it1 for he will not be supported by taxes4 ,he will have to judge the land4 ,he cannot take any more land4 ,he will have to support his own family4 ,no public grant to his children4 ,he will have to be liberal with the temple4 ,he will have sixty miles of sea coast to defend and sixty miles of land frontier to protect1 and thus cover some of the weaker tribes4 ,the city will have #gbj square miles as a suburb1 in which to raise supplies specially for itself4 ,it will in reality be in two parts--one called by the prophets the profane2 here will the commercial business be done4 ,the other part will be sacred4 ,into it strangers will not enter2 it will be holy--a quiet habitation4 ,there the glorious ,lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams1 wherein shall go no gaily with oars1 neither shall gallant ships pass thereby4 ,the city proper will be some thirty miles ,north of the present city of ,jerusalem4 ,,nineteen ,,hundred ,,and ,,fifty-,,seven4 ,,discourse ,,xvi4 ,,signs ,,of ,,the ,,times--,,the ,,return ,,to ,,jerusalem--,,forces ,,of ,,russia ,,and ,,england--,,present ,,locality ,,of ,,ancient ,,nations--,,origin ,,of ,,american ,,republicanism--,,federation ,,of ,,the ,,nations ,,coming--,,evolution ,,and ,,devolution4 ,blessed is he that waiteth1 and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days4--,daniel xii4 #ab4 ,so according to the prophet ,daniel there is a time to come in which it will be blessed to live4 ,the prophecies of ,daniel are generally of a material character--that is1 they have special reference to this world politically1 and to this end he had direct and special reference to certain kingdoms in existence at the time of writing1 as well as others that were to come into being4 ,of all the prophets he concerns himself the most with positive data of the rise and fall of nations4 ,the figures of the data used1 we freely confess1 are difficult to understand and interpret4 ,the ,church and times are greatly in need of some man competent on this point4 ,all prophetic students know the diversity and confusion in this department of theology4 ,of all the difficult departments of theology none exceed the numerical4 ,the numerical symbolism of the ,bible is as yet but little understood4 ,true1 indeed1 we are improving4 ,aided by ,providence1 we are enabled to interpret some dates by data--that is1 certain events occurring locate us and point out the prophetic period we are in4 ,like the captain who is unable by his certain and usual modes of calculating to find his whereabouts1 does so by currents1 the ,gulf-stream1 islands1 colour of waters1 c41 did we know the exact quantity of ,daniel's two thousand and three hundred days1 his times1 time1 and half a time1 his seventy weeks1 his thousand two hundred and ninety days1 and the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days1 then we could deal with the prophecies with a definitiveness to which as yet we are strangers4 ,the times1 however1 are peculiarly interesting from the very fact that the ,church is waking up to the importance of prophetic study4 ,coming events cast their shadows before1 is a trite but true saying1 and here as true as anywhere4 ,men feel in their fears and hopes the pressure of prophecy4 ,the ,church is remarkably anxious and unrest4 ,governments are suspicious and confused4 ,the populace are restless and threatening4 ,indeed1 everything conspires in ,church1 ,state1 and people1 to forecast the future4 ,a thunderstorm is felt before it is seen or heard4 ,it shadows the mind1 thrills the nerves1 and pains the rheumatic limbs4 ,many in #aheh felt war coming in our own country4 ,many were at a loss to interpret their fears4 ,some1 however1 interpreted the signs of the time and sounded an alarm4 ,the few years to come are pregnant with angry forces4 ,men are busy in ,russia1 ,germany1 ,france1 ,england1 and ,america1 sowing the winds1 and the harvest will surely be whirlwinds4 ,but1 beyond all1 the sky is clear4 ,war ceases1 commerce revives1 the nations accept a settled peace1 science and religion join hand in hand to prepare the wastes and woes of war4 ,the beast is overcome1 ,anti-,christ is slain1 and the dragon is banished from the earth4 ,jerusalem again rises in splendour from the grave of desolation4 ,again ,canaan will become the glory of all lands1 and ,jerusalem the glory of ,canaan4 ,here1 again1 after centuries of wandering1 shall the throne of ,david find rest1 and on it one of ,david's seed1 chosen and anointed of ,god1 accepted of men1 and served by the nations4 ,crowned and imperial ,salem shall become the home of her long-captive sons and daughters4 ,israel and ,judah shall meet together1 and shall be one stick1 one people1 having one head1 one throne1 one city1 one ,lord1 even ,jesus4 ,therefore1 they shall come and sing in the height of ,zion1 and shall flow together to the goodness of the ,lord1 for wheat1 and for wine1 and for oil1 and for the young of the flock and of the herd2 and their soul shall be as a watered garden1 and they shall not sorrow any more at all 7,jeremiah xxxi4 #ab74 ,no one can read the prophecies that find their fulfilment after the battle of ,armageddon--or1 as the prophets have it1 after those days--without being ravished with delight4 ,israel in her palmy days1 and ,judah in her glory6 ,a nation called of ,god1 and ruled by ,god through ,david or ,solomon2 how inviting6 ,when ,heaven was their ,defence and ,provider2 when the fidelity of men to ,god was enough of defence1 and the morality of a people was a rich manure giving an abundant harvest in field1 stall1 and orchard2 then we see the true position of a nation1 its grandeur and prosperity4 ,i am convinced that morality has a more intimate relation with the forces and wealth of nature than we are in the habit of believing4 ,god can give increased measure to the harvest1 fruitfulness to the vine1 plenty in the orchard1 increase in the stall1 and addition to the household4 ,time upon time are these blessings promised by the prophets to ,israel and ,judah in the latter day4 ,take notice of a few statements of the prophets responding to those times--the times that will ensue after the ,ten ,lost ,tribes of ,israel and the ,jews are again possessed of1 and settled in1 ,palestine4 ,jeremiah1 in the #cjth chapter and #cast1 refers to those times3 ,for lo1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will bring again the captivity of ,my people1 ,israel and ,judah1 saith the ,lord2 and ,i will cause them to return to the land that ,i gave to their fathers1 and they shall possess it--referring to this time and the battle of ,armageddon1 in which ,israel will be tested as we have before shown4 ,alas6 for that day is great1 so that none is like it2 it is even the time of ,jacob's trouble2 but he shall be saved out of it4 ,now1 we ask1 why will it be specially a time of trouble8 ,we answer1 ,because of the strength of the combined forces that will be arrayed against ,israel--that is1 ,england4 ,the forces1 as set forth in the ,scriptures1 are thirteen on one side1 led by ,russia1 and four on the other1 which will be led by ,england4 ,the thirteen are3 #ast1 ,gog2 #bnd1 ,magog2 #crd1 ,rosh2 #dth1 ,meshech2 #eth1 ,tubal2 #fth1 ,persia2 #gth1 ,ethiopia2 #hth1 ,libya2 #ith1 ,gomer2 #ajth1 ,togarmah2 #aath1 the ,beast2 #abth1 the ,dragon2 and #acth1 ,anti-,christ4 ,the four are3 #ast1 ,sheba2 #bnd1 ,dedan2 #crd1 ,merchants of ,tarshish with all their young lions2 #dth1 the ,jews and ,israelites settled in ,palestine1 that will not be led astray by ,anti-,christ4 ,to understand the prophets when forecasting the future1 we must keep in mind that in speaking of a nation's destiny in the future1 they would speak of it by the name it had at that time1 if such a nation had an existence at that time4 ,but in course of time1 such nations would change their name1 and sometimes locality2 in such a case they must be found4 ,for instance1 if one desires to know the destiny of ,turkey1 he will find it set forth by the prophets under the name of ,edom and ,esau4 ,moab and ,ammon are found in the ,poles and ,hungarians2 they were the sons of ,lot4 ,in all parts of the world the children of ,abraham have an attachment for each other4 ,thus ,india was peopled at first by the descendants of ,abraham2 hence they will mix with1 and accept ,english rule sooner than any other people4 ,but unto the sons of the concubines which ,abraham had1 ,abraham gave gifts1 and sent them away from ,isaac his son1 while he yet lived1 ,eastward1 unto the ,east country 7,gen4 xxv4 #f74 ,if we trace back the origin of a people to their head or founder1 we will better understand their peculiarities and national idiosyncrasies4 ,study ,ishmael to understand the ,arabs1 ,esau to understand the ,turks1 ,ammon and ,moab to understand the ,poles and ,hungarians4 ,study the character and condition of ,manasseh in ,egypt1 as being brought up in a palace1 and being the lawful heir1 but deprived of his birthright by a ,providence which he could not understand1 and you have at once a key to the ,pilgrim character1 and the characteristics of a real ,american--why he hates titles1 kings1 and aristocracies4 ,but he forgets not the place of his youth when he had the great seal made2 for on the reverse of the great seal of the ,united ,states you will have the figure of a ,pyramid crowned with the ,all-seeing eye4 ,no ,tribe but the ,tribe of ,manasseh could say1 or did say1 ,we are a great people4 ,yet so this ,tribe said to ,joshua 7see ,josh4 xvii474 ,so we often say1 ,we are a great people4 ,rachel and ,leah1 the two wives of ,jacob1 are the real source of the separation of the ,ten ,tribes of ,israel from ,judah4 ,each wife sought to have her son as a leader4 ,thus between ,judah and ,joseph began the spirit of rivalry4 ,ephraim took up the cause of ,rachel4 ,david and ,saul's bitterness lies here4 ,david stood for ,leah1 and ,saul for ,rachel4 ,the descendants of the ,north of ,ireland1 being from the ,tribe of ,dan1 have ever been distinct from the rest of the ,irish in features1 enterprise1 spirit and religion2 for the others are the ,canaanites of old1 the ,philistines4 ,who do the thirteen enemies stand for to-day8 ,let me answer you briefly4 ,gog stands for the ,caucasians or mountain tribes of ,caucasus4 ,magog covers the inhabitants and country ,north of the ,caucasian mountains1 and they are known as ,tartars4 ,rosh1 or ,roosh1 means the real ,russians4 ,their ruler is called by the ,prophet ,ezekiel ,nasi ,roosh4 ,we translate it the chief prince of ,meshech4 ,this portion1 or people of ,russia1 are the old ,babylonians1 hence the hate and rivalry between ,england and that nation4 ,meshech means the ,muscovites1 who made ,moscow what it is4 ,tubal is found in the ,siberians4 ,meshech and ,tubal are generally mentioned together in the ,scriptures1 and1 strange to say1 they are found together in history to-day4 ,moscow is the capital of ,meshech1 for though to the world ,st4 ,petersburgh seems to be1 yet every imperial document is signed and dated ,moscow4 ,tobolski is the capital of ,tubal or ,siberia4 ,persia still retains its ancient name1 and will be easily recognised4 ,also the same with ,ethiopia4 ,libya takes in a portion of the ,african race4 ,gomer stands for the ,germans in part1 for those who descended from ,gomer4 ,from this word ,gomer is ,gomeron1 ,gemren1 and the country ,germia1 hence1 ,germany and ,germans4 ,togarmah includes the people of ,independent ,tartary4 ,the ,dragon includes ,china4 ,the ,beast1 the ,jesuits and their followers1 which will take in ,france1 ,spain1 ,italy1 and ,south ,america2 and at first divide even ,england1 especially ,ireland1 and the ,united ,states4 ,anti-,christ will be chiefly sustained by the ,jews1 who will have been settled in ,palestine4 ,the four opposing forces led by ,england3 ,sheba represents ,india1 who is already training for this time of battle4 ,dedan embraces ,arabia1 especially that part occupied by the ,sultan of ,muscat4 ,merchants of ,tarshish and all the young lions1 means ,england and her colonies1 in which is embraced the ,united ,states4 ,manasseh will have to stretch out a helping hand to ,jacob in the time of his trouble1 for she cannot allow liberty to be enslaved1 and freedom of worship and conscience to be trampled under foot4 ,the plague will come here sooner than we think1 by a civil and internal division among ourselves1 which will force us to take part4 ,the ,jews that are not carried away with ,anti-,christ will join with their brethren of ,israel4 ,the called1 the chosen1 and the faithful1 will be one party1 and they will be on the ,lord's side4 ,if during the late ,turkish war we could have had our despatches agreeable to ancient names of people and country1 they would have sounded queer4 ,instead of reading of the ,russians passing the ,caucasus1 and moving upon ,erzeroum by way of ,kars1 we should have read3 ,rapid advance of the ,babylonians under the chief prince of ,meshech4 ,successful passage of the ,pison4 ,the whole land of ,havilah occupied4 ,the men of ,togarmah rally at ,gihon4 ,fierce fighting in ,eden4 ,the invaders defeated in the mountains of ,ararat4 ,for according to ancient names of people and country1 such was the fact4 ,it is comforting to all ,god's people to know from ,his ,word that there is a time of peace2 that there is a golden age in the near future4 ,dr4 ,mc,kay has the ,christian idea in his poem3 ,there is a good time coming1 boys1 ,wait a little longer2 ,let us aid it all we can1 ,every woman1 every man1 ,the good time coming4 ,when will the #a1cce days of years1 spoken of in the text1 end8 ,we answer1 ,about the year #aieg4 ,and why that year8 ,because these days evidently date there1 beginning from the time the daily sacrifice is taken away and the city trodden under foot4 ,the little goat horn of ,daniel viii4 #i stands1 we have before shown you1 for ,turkey4 ,and out of one of them came forth a little horn1 which waxed exceeding great toward the ,south1 and toward the ,east1 and toward the pleasant land4 ,it stands for ,mahommedanism1 which was to overturn ,christianity for a given period1 a time1 times1 and a half time1 or in figures1 #abfj4 ,now ,mahommed was accepted and crowned at ,mecca in the year #fbb4 ,if we add #abfj and #fbb1 we have #ahhb--;a time that is very plainly pointed out in the ,pyramid4 ,daniel says1 ,seventy weeks are determined upon ,thy people and upon ,thy holy city1 ,jerusalem4 ,these weeks put into prophetic years make #dij1 which1 of course1 brings us to the time when ,jerusalem was destroyed by ,titus4 ,daniel asked how long the vision concerning the daily sacrifice and transgression of desolation to give the sanctuary and people to be trodden down8 ,the answer was1 ,unto #b1cjj days1 taking a day for a year4 ,jerusalem was destroyed in the year #gj4 ,take this from #dij and we have #dbj4 ,now these #dbj years taken from #b1cjj will bring #ahhj4 ,then the sanctuary is to be cleansed--that is1 ,jerusalem will be in the possession of ,england4 ,she now is4 ,from about #ahhj1 or #ahhb1 ,england will possess ,jerusalem4 ,in the twelfth chapter of ,daniel1 eleventh verse1 we find thirty days added to the #a1bjj1 making #a1bij2 these added thirty years denote the time ,england will have to contend for her right to ,palestine4 ,it will finally be acknowledged1 however1 by all nations4 ,in #aice the battle of ,armageddon will end1 but ,palestine will not be fully settled down to a peaceful possession till #aieg4 ,then the government will be fully established and acknowledged all over the world4 ,the kings and ,gentile nations will have gone up to ,jerusalem and given in their adherence4 ,then all the world will be federated to ,david's throne4 ,the year #aieg ,i arrive at by the same rule as the other--#a1cce when added to #fbb1 makes #a1ieg4 ,blessed1 says ,daniel1 are they who see that time4 ,the world is to undergo some marvellous changes these next few years--mechanically1 politically1 socially1 and morally2 the telephone1 the phonograph1 the microphone1 the telemachole and coming improvements will transform our modes of labour and learning beyond our present conception4 ,god times inventions and improvements to the advancement of ,his kingdom4 ,i do not regard inventions as mere accidents1 but as the outcoming of a ,divine intent through human agencies4 ,watts and ,wesley both did good service for the ,church and the world4 ,edison and others of kindred minds are scientific prophets4 ,the earth is the ,lord's and the fulness thereof4 ,all is made subservient to the progress of the kingdom of heaven4 ,the doctrine of the evolution of man as taught by ,darwin is neither complimentary to man or ,god2 but the doctrine of devolution is4 ,man is a developing creature2 a creature who takes centuries to grow in4 ,the devolution of ,god is through man by means of all the increasing facilities and agencies that make man stronger1 wiser1 and better4 ,the secret powers and forces of nature are revealed to man in the ratio of his ability to apply them1 on the same scale as we instruct our children4 ,in the latter days1 or the period spoken of by ,daniel1 nature will be ,divinely prompted with an impulse of generosity not now known1 for then men will be wise enough1 strong enough1 and good enough1 to use the same and not abuse4 ,the prophetic teachings glow with promises of regaling plenty1 peace and good will in those days4 ,i will multiply upon you man and beasts2 and they shall increase and bring fruit2 and ,i will settle you after your old estates1 and will do better unto you than at your beginnings2 and ye shall know that ,i am the ,lord 7,ezek4 xxxvi4 #aa74 ,again3 ,i will multiply the fruit of the tree1 and the increase of the field1 that ye receive no more reproach of famine1 among the heathen4 ,i submit and believe that all this ,god will do by what men are pleased to call natural law4 ,the ,divine will not rudely break in upon ,his own established laws4 ,sin impairs the energy and growth of man1 and so infringes upon ,nature4 ,as man frees himself from the bondage and sequences of sin1 he will rise higher and higher in his command and authority over ,nature's forces4 ,three several times the earth has been cursed1 which curse is gradually removed as man returns unto his ,god in loving and obedient service4 ,and now art thou cursed from the earth1 which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand4 ,when thou tillest the ground1 it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength 7,gen4 iv4 #aa74 ,the secret of a world's wealth and peace lies here1 and it were well if reformers and agitators understood this4 ,for they work best who work in harmony with ,god and ,his laws4 ,picture3 ,pyramid picture ,in that day there shall be an altar to the ,lord in the midst of the land of ,egypt1 and a pillar at the border thereof to the ,lord2 and it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the ,lord of hosts in the land of ,egypt4--,isaiah xix4 #ai4 ,,the ,,stone ,,witness4 #aei ,,discourse ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,great ,,pyramid--,,who ,,job ,,was--,,who ,,built ,,the ,,pyramid--,,what ,,it ,,was ,,built ,,for--,,an ,,epitome ,,of ,,the ,,earth--,,the ,,history ,,of ,,man ,,contained ,,in ,,it1 ,,past ,,and ,,future--,,science ,,and ,,the ,,bible1 ,,etc41 ,,etc4 ,the wonderful discourses of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,wild1 of ,brooklyn1 were continued last ,sunday evening1 before a thronged congregation in ,elm ,place ,church4 ,under the organ gallery1 behind the pulpit1 was a representation of the ,pyramid1 or as the learned doctor terms it1 the stone ,bible1 its massive rectangular dark stone foundation and some of the most interesting of its interior passages1 chambers1 and mysteries4 ,all eyes were fastened in scrutiny upon it1 well knowing that some revelation of unusual ,christian interest would be made by the ,doctor from it as soon as his lecture commenced4 ,the preliminary exercises of singing by a well-trained choir and prayer were therefore impatiently listened to by many whose thoughts were concentrated on the wonders of the ,pyramid and its astounding confirmation of the prophetic ,scriptures4 ,dr4 ,wild read a lesson from ,job xxxviii41 remarking that the author of that book was also the engineering director or architectural author of the ,pyramid and identical with ,shem and ,melchisedec4 ,the book of ,job is the oldest book in the world by #bjj or #cjj years4 ,shem1 or ,job1 was ninety-eight years old when he entered the ark1 and he lived thirty years after ,abraham1 with whom therefore he shook hands1 as well as with ,methuselah1 who shook hands with ,adam4 ,only one man1 therefore1 stood between ,adam and ,shem1 and only two1 or not quite two1 between ,adam and ,abraham4 ,the book of ,berosus1 of ,babylon1 is the only one that compares with ,job in antiquity4 ,this was the age of tradition before ,moses compiled the first portions of it4 ,in the days of ,abraham1 ,shem was the patriarch1 or oldest1 of his family2 and it was therefore to him he did homage1 according to the patriarchal custom1 under the name of ,melchisedec1 when returning from the slaughter of the kings4 ,shem had brought with him from the days before the flood much of the knowledge and wisdom which had been accumulated in the earth during the #b1jjj years previous to that event1 and which was swept away when only eight persons were saved in the ark4 ,we have been told that the human race has gradually improved1 and that our ancestors in far off ages were monkeys1 or something of that sort1 but the remains of the ruins and knowledge of antiquity show everything the reverse of this to be the truth4 ,look at that ,pyramid4 ,we could not build it to-day1 with all our boasted science4 ,it will bear in every respect the closest scientific scrutiny4 ,our greatest scientists are only beginning to comprehend the depths of its mysteries1 yet it is over #d1jjj years old4 ,the capstone on top of it is a ,pyramid in itself1 in miniature1 unlike anything of the kind or any other building on the earth4 ,the reverend gentleman then continued to read from ,job xxxviii41 and shew that the writer of it was master of astronomical and geographical science and the builder of the ,pyramid1 which is a miniature of the measurement of the earth and indicates the history of the human race4 ,after this preliminary dissertation he took for his text ,isaiah xxviii4 #bi3 ,this also cometh forth from the ,lord of hosts1 which is wonderful in counsel1 and excellent in working4 ,the ,bible is a growing book1 being more read and better understood as the years pass by2 and as men shall increase in knowledge and power1 so the ,bible will gain in influence and authority4 ,opposition to its teaching1 and vaunting denial of its authority1 shall be made subservient to its interests by goading on the ,church to a wiser and more noble defence and exposition of the same4 ,no theology can levy upon the well-defined facts of science in confirmation of the sublime teachings of inspiration4 ,the ,christian student need not hold himself in timid dread for fear the scientist will discover aught in the realms of nature that will contradict the ,word of ,god3 for as sure as ,god is the ,author of both1 so surely shall we find an agreement between revelation and science at every point truly understood--increased light means increased evidence4 ,nations and men1 nature and ,providence1 are united witnesses for ,god1 and the ,scriptures1 and the more we know of the past1 the better shall we understand the present and forecast the future4 ,let us recognise the future4 ,let us recognise the important difference between the ,bible subjectively and objectively--that is1 between what the ,bible really is and what men think it is4 ,let us be free enough1 bold enough1 and wise enough1 to claim the ,bible itself4 ,let us unyoke it from tradition1 which claims to be superior1 or even equal4 ,let us divorce it from councils1 from creeds1 from sects and denominations2 let us lift it up out of the ecclesiastical rut of ages4 ,let us with a commendable pride count ourselves worthy and able to formulate our own creeds1 make our own prayers and confessions1 accounting that the liberties of our fathers have been bequeathed to their children1 and that the same ,god who gave them liberty and power is no less gracious to us1 their offsprings4 ,traditions1 councils1 creeds1 and degrees are worth much unto us as aids to a higher life1 and a nobler civilisation4 ,the ,christian fathers1 the ,luthers1 ,calvins1 ,knoxes1 ,wesleys1 and others1 were our servants1 as we will be the servants of coming generations4 ,they worked grandly1 they wrought well1 they procured for us a goodly heritage2 to them we are indebted4 ,yet it was not their purpose nor the design of ,providence to enslave us1 or to stereotype the ,church for the ages to come4 ,increased light is increased evidence1 enabling us the better to understand the ,word of ,god4 ,when a publisher has stereotyped a book1 he is naturally loath to make any change or correction2 so ,churches who have stereotyped the ,bible are very unwilling to change1 to receive light4 ,hence1 they are sometimes found opposing the march of a better civilisation1 proving and sustaining all manner of institutions and tyrannies3 the torturing and terrible ,inquisition of ,spain1 the punishment and hanging of supposed witches by ,england and ,new ,england1 the bondage and slavery of the ,south4 ,so1 to prove their creeds and systems correct1 they each have a mode of their own1 ,catholic1 ,episcopalian1 ,baptist1 ,congregational1 ,methodist1 c4 ,so also1 theologians have often been impatient to reconcile the ,scriptures with history1 even to suggest mistakes in the sacred record4 ,instance ,daniel being made the ,,third ,,ruler4 ,they supposed it meant second1 but later researches show that ,babylon had two rulers at that time--namely1 ,nebuchadnezzar and ,belshazzar--so ,daniel was made a third4 ,see the remains of ,borsippia1 near ,babylon 7,dan4 v4 #bi74 ,now we know that both ,daniel and ,berosus1 the old ,babylonian historians1 were right1 and the ,bible was right in using the word third4 ,god in ,his revelation has always been equal to man's need4 ,tradition--,abraham saw ,shem1 for ,shem lived some thirty years after ,abraham's death4 ,shem1 and ,melchisedek1 and ,job1 are likely the same person4 ,certainly1 ,shem and ,melchisedek are the same1 and by ,egyptian historians called ,philitis4 ,this ,philitis was the builder of the ,great ,pyramid4 ,now ,shem saw ,methuselah and ,methuselah ,adam4 ,thus1 then1 tradition would be sufficient4 ,as tradition failed1 the written ,word began4 ,there is little doubt now but that ,shem1 called also ,melchisedek1 was the builder of the ,pyramid1 being instructed of ,god1 as his father ,noah had been in building the ark1 and as ,moses with the tabernacle1 and ,solomon with the temple1 as the prophet in the text and context shows that the wisdom of the man is often the gift of ,god4 ,see ,moses also4 ,and the ,lord spake unto ,moses1 saying3 ,see1 ,i have called by name ,bezaleel1 the son of ,uri1 the son of ,hur1 of the ,tribe of ,judah2 and ,i have filled him with the ,spirit of ,god1 in wisdom1 and in understanding1 and in knowledge1 and in all manner of workmanship3 to devise cunning works1 to work in gold1 and in silver1 and in brass1 and in cutting of stones1 to set them1 and in carving of timber1 to work in all manner of workmanship4 ,and1 behold1 ,i have given him ,aholiab1 the son of ,ahisamach1 of the ,tribe of ,dan2 and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted ,i have put wisdom that they may make all that ,i have commanded thee 7,exodus xxxi4 #a-f74 ,let us look at this building1 for it is a special revelation for these times4 ,for this precise and scientific day ,god has provided4 ,science and the ,bible are interlocked in this building2 they agree1 they testify for the same ,god1 yet they witness to the same ,christ1 the ,providence and history of ,his chosen people4 ,this stone book could not be read till now2 it even takes the most precise scientific men of the day to read it4 ,for thousands of years there has been no one in the court of the world able to question and interpret this witness of the ,lord in ,egypt4 ,the scientists have been asking for some other revelation than the ,bible1 for the supernatural in a scientific form1 for something beyond man1 for something all could see1 for something that would answer to pure science1 for something that could be seen1 handled1 measured1 tested1 and amenable to mathematics2 something superhuman1 for something in which the human and the ,divine blend4 ,thank ,heaven1 all they ask is granted in this stone monument4 ,here we have science forecast for thousands of years2 here we have the grandest of problems in science solved1 and the sublimest phenomena of religion and science crystalised1 symbolising and teaching the most marvellous facts in religion1 sociology1 and astronomy4 ,it is not a tomb1 nor granary1 nor temple1 but a pillar and witness unto the ,lord of hosts4 ,think of a few facts4 #a4 ,its location1 the centre of the land surface of the whole earth4 ,hence the best zero point on earth for meridianal and latitudinal calculations4 ,central to clime--here is no rust1 moss1 nor frosts to destroy1 nor earthquake--a well-chosen spot for such a pillar4 #b4 ,its form and size--symbolising the earth quantity in its weight of five millions of tons--the freight of #a1bej of the largest steamers leaving ,new ,york4 ,its shape1 or inclination from base to apex1 the same as from the pole to the equator4 ,to express this the builder sloped in ten feet for every nine in height4 ,on this building the sun can shine upon the whole of it twice a year without a shadow4 ,this building is the most correctly orient of any structure on the earth4 ,it is the highest1 largest1 and oldest building on earth1 rising to the height of #dhf feet and a fraction1 which height if multiplied by ten nine times gives the distance of the earth from the sun2 or pile a thousand million pyramids one on the other1 and the last would touch the sun4 ,as it stood perfect it was the circle squared2 for the height is the radius of a circle1 whose circumference1 if divided into four equal parts1 each part would equal one of the surface sides of the base--closer in approximation than ,walli's ,indivisibles1 or ,newton's ,fluxions1 or ,liebnitz's ,calculus4 ,the door of entrance was some forty-nine feet from its base1 and #cjj inches ,east of the centre1 so as at once to express the tilt of the earth's axis from the plane of its orbit1 and by its height from the ground express the ,precession of the ,equinoxes4 ,what a witness outwardly1 when complete1 of polished marble1 covering some thirteen and a half acres1 within and without clean and free from idolatrous marks4 ,but ,god foretold the place and purpose of this huge pile through the prophet ,isaiah 7xix4 #ai1 #bj73 ,in that day shall there be an altar to the ,lord in the midst of the land of ,egypt1 and a pillar at the border thereof to the ,lord4 ,and it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the ,lord of hosts in the land of ,egypt4 ,here we see the altar and pillar are one and the same1 and a scientific fact is expressed when the prophet says it shall be in the midst and on the border4 ,the position of the ,pyramid is such1 being at the sector point of ,upper and ,lower ,egypt1 thus being on the border of both1 yet in the midst4 ,the sector point of the arm is where the wrist joins the hand4 ,the spreading hand represents ,lower1 and the arm ,upper ,egypt4 7,see on frontispiece the sector plate47 ,may we ask what the pillar and witness--the ,pyramid--has to say on the ,jewish question1 for it has not left this fact unnoticed8 ,at the junction of the first ascending passage with the ,grand ,gallery1 on the left-hand side1 or ,east1 there is a horizontal passage-way leading to what is called the ,queen's ,chamber4 ,this chamber is on the twenty-fifth course of masonry4 ,now1 it is allowed1 the ,grand ,gallery expresses the time of ,christ's advent and fulness of time--enlarged liberty4 ,the ascending passage being only four feet high1 men were cramped in passing up1 but on reaching the ,grand ,gallery they were free1 for it is twenty-eight feet high4 ,the passage to the ,queen's ,chamber is only four feet1 and is it not strange that it is altogether ,jewish8 ,this low horizontal passage terminates in a grand ,sabbatic room1 which symbolises the ,jewish ,sabbath-week1 feasts1 and time periods4 ,from this passage we learn that the ,jews rejected ,christ1 and went off by themselves1 refusing the liberty of ,christ4 ,so as truly as the coming of ,christ had been forecast in this ,pyramid1 so had ,his rejection by the ,jews4 ,the very mortar in this chamber is mixed with salt4 ,the chamber is seven-sided4 ,the last seventh of the passage-way sinks down1 giving more room to move in4 ,salt was an article used freely with the ,jews in sacrificing4 ,seven was a sacred number4 ,the sinking of the last seventh part of the passageway floor may mean the enlarging privilege of the ,jews in this latter day4 ,of the civilised nations1 only ,russia and ,spain forbid them citizenship4 ,even ,turkey admits them now as citizens4 ,the ,jews have been represented as being blind in part4 ,the passage-way and chamber have been difficult to explore because of foul air1 there being no ventilating tubes as in the ,king's ,chamber4 ,but1 strange to say1 a gentleman exploring this chamber a short time ago1 found two tubes by an accident in striking the side wall with a hammer4 ,the tubes had been left entirely closed over with a thin unbroken scale4 ,these tubes extended inward through the masonry1 and into the stones forming the walls of the room1 all nicely cut1 but for about one inch they were not cut through into the room itself4 ,thus the whole was designed is evident4 ,this thin scale no doubt symbolises the condition of the ,jew4 ,his eyes are now open1 the time of his wandering nearly spent1 as told by this ,pyramid4 ,the curses foretold upon the ,jews have been terribly fulfilled4 ,so shall the blessings foretold now in reserve4 ,it was foretold that he would reject ,christ2 so he did4 ,but it is also foretold that he will yet look upon ,him whom he pierced1 and mourn and repent1 and accept the true ,messiah4 ,lo-ruhamah represents ,lost ,israel2 ,lo-,ammi represents cursed ,judah2 ,ruhamah represents ,israel found2 ,ammi represents the curse removed from the ,jews4 ,so now we must say1 as the prophet ,hosea long ago instructed us--we ,saxons--,say ye unto your brother1 ,ammi1 and you ,jews1 say to your sisters1 ,ruhamah4 ,we have esteemed the ,jews as cursed2 we will soon esteem them blest4 ,the ,jews have never thought we were their brethren1 the descendants of ,abraham4 ,but ,god is revealing in this latter day ,his own great plan2 and ,christ will be the ,saviour of both4 ,in ,his days ,judah shall be saved1 and ,israel shall dwell safely4 ,therefore1 behold1 the days come1 saith the ,lord1 that they shall no more say1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up the children of ,israel out of ,egypt2 but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up1 and which led the seed of the ,house of ,israel out of the ,north country1 and from all countries whither ,i had driven them2 and they shall dwell in their own land 7,jer4 xxiii4 #f-h74 ,glorious times are near at hand for the ,church and the world4 ,great things hath ,god promised1 all of which ,he will in ,his own good time bring to pass4 ,the very dimensions of the doorway are of thrilling import1 expressing in square inches the time of the ,adamic world1 which1 when added to other figures1 forecast the time of the end1 or the #f1jjj years1 and point out the date of the beginning of the ,millennium morn1 or ,sabbath of the earth--the period spoken of by ,daniel when he says1 ,blessed is he that waiteth1 and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days4 ,this period we approximated in our last ,discourse1 and made it out to be about #a1ieg4 ,the door-way in square inches is #a1idi2 take these inches for years1 and we have1 before the building of the ,pyramid1 of years #aidi ,a4,m41 time of building #bagj ,b4,c41 and length of ,grand ,gallery1 #a1hhb1 and we get a total of #f1jja4 ,this is indeed a close approximation4 ,,signs ,,and ,,wonders4 ,,discourse ,,xviii4 ,,the ,,stone ,,prophet ,,is ,,the ,,wilderness--,,no ,,war ,,for ,,four ,,years--,,the ,,great ,,struggle ,,to ,,commence ,,in #ahhb--,,prussia ,,ancient ,,assyria--,,england1 ,,germany1 ,,and ,,egypt ,,to ,,be ,,allies--,,the ,,future ,,history ,,of ,,the ,,world--,,the ,,philistines ,,the ,,southern ,,irish--,,who ,,their ,,great ,,ancestor ,,was1 ,,etc4 ,the great1 the mighty ,god1 the ,lord of hosts1 is ,his name4 ,great in counsel1 and mighty in work2 for ,thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men2 to give every one according to his ways1 and according to the fruit of his doings2 which has set signs and wonders in the land of ,egypt1 even unto this day4--,jer4 xxxii4 #ah-bj4 ,egypt is intimately connected with ,palestine in providential history1 both past1 present1 and future4 ,no student can have a proper knowledge of the ,jewish and ,israelitish nation unless he be familiar with the early civilisation and power of ,egypt4 ,from this land went forth the ,caphtorim to settle ,palestine1 led forth by the great and good ,melchisedek1 after he had built the ,pyramid4 ,under his reign they first settled ,palestine1 built and made ,jerusalem their capital4 ,on the death of ,melchisedek they lost their allegiance to ,god1 they became an idolatrous people1 and were rejected by ,jehovah as ,his special agents4 ,they are known in after history under the name of ,philistines1 which simply means the followers or subjects of ,philitis--a name which the early historians of ,egypt gave to the builder of the ,pyramid1 which was none other person than ,melchisedek4 ,by the ,israelites they were driven out of ,palestine1 and finally settled in the ,south of ,ireland1 as ,irish historians allow4 ,another member of the family of ,shem was called--namely1 ,abraham1 from whom came ,god's chosen people--,israel and the ,jews4 ,they also had to sojourn in ,egypt1 and they1 too1 were sent to ,palestine1 and graffed on to the purpose of ,god1 where the ,philistines had been broken off4 ,have not ,i brought up ,israel out of the land of ,egypt1 and the ,philistines from ,caphtor8 7,amos ix4 #g74 ,egypt has played a noble part in the providence of ,god through ,melchisedek1 ,abraham1 ,joseph1 and ,moses4 ,even the blessed ,jesus is said to be called from this land4 ,out of ,egypt have ,i called ,my ,son4 ,the ,egyptians gave to the world the first translation of the ,hebrew ,bible1 and it was for centuries the stronghold of ,christianity after the destruction of ,jerusalem4 ,the best of the ,christian fathers were ,egyptians1 and in the coming struggle1 the great war1 which will begin about #ahhb1 again ,egypt will become conspicuous with ,england and ,prussia4 ,for the ,prussians are the ,assyrians as the ,english art the ,lost ,tribes of ,israel4 ,bismarck may manoeuvre as he please1 and be as pro-,russian as ,dr4 ,storrs1 yet when the time comes he and his people will fall in with the providential purpose1 and become an ally with ,israel-,england2 and timid and bankrupt ,egypt will then come forth to take her place once more among the nations of the earth as an independent ,power4 ,hear what the prophet ,isaiah says in chap4 xix43 ,and the ,lord shall smite ,egypt1 ,he shall smite and heal it1 and they shall return even to the ,lord1 and ,he shall be entreated of them1 and shall heal them4 ,in that day shall there be a highway out of ,egypt to ,assyria1 and the ,assyrians shall come into ,egypt and the ,egyptians into ,assyria1 and the ,egyptians shall serve with the ,assyrians4 ,in that day shall ,israel be the third with ,egypt and with ,assyria1 even a blessing in the midst of the land1 whom the ,lord of hosts shall bless1 saying1 ,blessed be ,egypt ,my people1 and ,assyria the work of ,my hands1 and ,israel ,mine inheritance4 ,in that day refers to this day1 now at hand4 ,to this the ,great ,pyramid is witness4 ,for in verses #ai and #bj of this chapter we read3 ,in that day shall there be an altar to the ,lord in the midst of the land of ,egypt1 and a pillar at the border thereof to the ,lord4 ,and ,,it shall be for a ,,sign and for a ,,witness unto the ,lord of hosts in the land of ,egypt4 ,the word translated pillar is from the ,hebrew word ,matzaybhah1 and means a large structure--some monument that is pre-eminent4 ,the ,hebrew word ,ammood is translated pillar also1 and corresponds to the ,english word pillar much better4 ,the word altar1 in ,hebrew1 means lion1 carrying with it the same meaning as pre-eminence4 ,and is not this ,pyramid preeminent8 and is it not the lion of monuments1 pre-eminent as being the oldest1 pre-eminent as being the highest1 pre-eminent as being the largest1 pre-eminent in location--being central to all the land surface of the earth1 pre-eminent in construction1 unlike any other buildings1 except such as have been modelled after it1 pre-eminent in orientation--that is1 being exactly ,east1 ,north1 ,west and ,south4 ,perfect orientation men in past ages and countries have tried to express in temples1 churches1 observatories1 and monuments1 yet none have succeeded so well as the ,pyramid builders4 ,the famous ,uranibourg ,observatory1 built by aid of the ,european ,governments1 under the skilful supervision of the learned ,tycho ,brahe1 was found to be five minutes of a degree askew in its orientation when finished4 ,a few years ago our ,government determined to have one perfect point of orientation1 fixing upon ,mount ,agamenticus in the ,state of ,maine4 ,they1 at a great cost1 and time1 and labour1 concluded their work1 and found they were in error somewhere about the four-hundredth part of a second2 although they tried to solve the problem by three distinct processes--namely1 differences of zenith distance1 absolute zenith distances1 and by transits in prime vertical4 ,how then came these ancient architects so early in the world's history and progress to build so skilfully8 ,how were they able some #d1jjj years ago to find the poles1 and determine the latitude and longitude so precisely8 ,answer1 ye godless scientists1 and tell us how these monkey-men were so skilled4 ,how did they know without your instruments and instruction which parallel of latitude to choose so as to be on that line which would mark the half-way of the world's surface between the equator and the poles8 ,and why did they lay bare and make smooth the lime-stone table rock on which they built close to its ,northern edge8 ,why press so closely to the brink of the hill on the ,north side when there was plenty of room on the ,south side8 ,truly this witness of ,god is against you4 ,in this building are signs and wonders even to this day1 and as surely also are the eyes of ,jehovah open upon all the ways of the children of men4 ,know ye not that the accumulated forces and results of centuries have been bequeathed to the present generation as a legal heritage for culture and profit8 ,happily for us ,god has not left ,himself without witnesses4 ,long before ,god made bare ,his arm through ,moses1 and wrought miracles to convince ,pharaoh and the ,egyptians1 ,he had wrought one miracle1 a miracle which would cover the ages2 not to be seen by a few only1 or last for a day1 but to be seen by the millions and last for centuries4 ,in this ,pyramid we have a valuable inheritance4 ,its finish1 its beauty1 its magnitude provokes our criticism1 and yet must command our admiration4 ,this watchman on the walls of time1 this sentinel in charge of the secrets and treasures of the sires of long ago1 this prophet in the wilderness in rugged garb1 proclaiming the will of ,heaven1 as then made known1 and now manifest1 this ,daniel who can interpret for us the future1 this mile-stone of the ages1 we do revere4 ,by it we are enabled to adjust our chronological dates1 rectify history in some of its most important points1 and judge more correctly of the attainments of our ancestors2 nay1 more and better1 to form a truer estimate of ourselves and discern the finger of ,god in the manipulations of men1 and an overruling ,providence in the rise and fall of nations4 ,these signs and wonders confirm ,god's ,word1 for they prove inspiration a fact2 inspiration of a kind and in the very manner demanded by the unbelieving scientists4 ,here is a building superhuman1 and of course in part supernatural1 like the ,bible4 ,in this building the human and the ,divine blend4 ,if any deny this1 it remains with them to account for it1 and show how a people so far back in the world's history could be so wise and learned2 how they could embody so much of the sciences4 ,one thing is certain1 if the ,divine had nothing to do with this building1 then we are left to the conclusion that man was much superior to what the ,darwinian theory admits4 ,if void of the ,divine1 then the development theory is destroyed4 ,if we admit the ,divine1 then it follows that inspiration is a fact4 ,the building is there1 and it was there in the day of ,egypt's oldest historians4 ,it has been counted as one of the seven wonders of the world4 ,it did not embody the ideas of the ,egyptians in science1 astronomy1 meteorology1 or religion4 ,as their historians allow1 it was built by foreigners which they hated4 ,nothing idolatrous was carved on it1 within or without4 ,it was a witness pure and clean4 ,the ,egyptians proclaimed and believed the earth to be square--this building proclaimed the earth round4 ,the builders bevelled the face of the rock in a ratio of eight inches to the mile--the very quantity that science to-day admits to be the curviture of the earth--and accepts in surveying4 ,it was their knowledge of this fact that kept the building sound1 without the cracking of a joint1 through centuries1 though so high4 ,the ,egyptians did not use the sacred amma1 or cubit1 which is about twenty-five of our inches4 ,they used a profane cubit1 as ,sir ,isaac ,newton shows4 ,this sacred cubit was a well and easily established proportion of the earth's diameter--the very standard now used by the ,english ,government in surveying4 ,the stones of the ,pyramid were twelve feet long1 eight feet broad1 and five deep1 making twenty-five total4 ,the building itself was a five-faced figure4 ,the ,egyptians hated five4 ,no wonder that ,moses harnessed the ,israelites in fives as they left ,egypt1 or that he should divide his book into five parts4 ,no wonder that the ,queen's ,chamber should be on the twenty-fifth course of masonry1 and the ,king's ,chamber on the fiftieth course1 which is the year of jubilee1 or deliverance--which year1 as indicated in the ,pyramid1 is the year #aice4 ,the ,egyptians calculated from the moon in their chronology4 ,but this building takes its calculations from the sun circle4 ,the ,egyptian year was #ced days1 with an intercalary month of thirty-three days added every three years4 ,the year embodied in the ,pyramid was #cfe days1 five hours1 forty-eight minutes1 forty-seven and seven-tenths seconds4 ,if a person took a rod of a cubit length1 and measured one of the base sides of the ,pyramid1 he would find this twenty-five inch measure to be contained as often as there are days in the year1 with the same fraction in inches as the hours1 minutes1 and seconds4 ,is it impious to ask how these builders knew the solar year so completely8 ,they knew the sun's circle of #ddh years1 which completes a circle of time without any excess or deficiency4 ,this they ran into weights and measures as ,god's religion does4 ,the ,pyramid1 having four sides1 would divide this circle into four parts1 which make #aab pounds1 or a hundred-weight2 or1 if multiplied by five1 the faces of the ,pyramid1 #ddh would give #b1bdj1 or a ton4 ,in the descending and ascending passages a person must stoop to pass through them1 but when the ,grand ,gallery is reached1 they can stand upright1 for this gallery enlarges seven times the proportions of the others4 ,the first passages are only four feet high2 this is twenty-eight4 ,the first ascending passage is #a1edb inches in length--the time1 taking inches for years1 from the exodus of ,israel from ,egypt to ,christ4 ,christ brings enlarged liberty4 ,he was symbolised by the ton--the end of weight scale4 ,when the fulness of time was come1 ,god sent forth ,his ,son4 ,again1 thirty-three inches in this gallery is an open sepulchre with fifty-six empty graves in miniature1 carved out1 telling1 again1 by a strange coincident1 the life years of the ,saviour and ,his resurrection2 also the number of those who rose immediately after4 ,for the graves were opened1 and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out of the graves after ,his resurrection 7,matt4 xxvii4 #eb74 ,another remarkable feature is1 that at the end of this gallery1 the wall bulges forward about four inches1 as if it were going to fall in4 ,this gallery1 on the floor is #a1hhb inches2 on the roof1 #a1hgh inches4 ,this explains to us our very times4 ,the shadow of war--,russia and ,england appearing as if they would fight every day4 ,but they know not the counsels of ,god1 nor ,his sublime purpose4 ,surely1 as the text declares1 ,our ,god is great in counsel and mighty in work2 and ,his eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men4 ,more next ,sunday evening1 ,god willing1 about ,his own marvellous witnesses4 ,let us praise and adore ,him4 ,and the remnant of ,jacob shall be among the ,gentiles1 in the midst of many people as a ,,lion among the beasts of the forest1 as a ,,young ,,lion among the flocks of sheep3 who1 if he go through1 both treadeth down and teareth in pieces1 and none can deliver4--,micah v4 #g4 ,picture3 ,coat of ,arms with ,lion and ,unicorn ,his glory is like the firstling of his bullock1 and his horns like the ,,horns ,,of ,,unicorns3 with them he shall push the people together to the ,,ends of the ,,earth4--,deut4 xxxiii4 #ag4 ,,the ,,throne ,,of ,,david4 ,,discourse ,,xix4 ,,england',s ,,prophecy ,,fulfilled ,,in ,,the ,,berlin ,,congress--,,the ,,harp ,,of ,,tara ,,the ,,harp ,,of ,,israel--,,the ,,future ,,european ,,alliances--,,royal ,,succession ,,of ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,israel4 ,i will overturn1 overturn1 overturn it2 and it shall be no more1 until ,he comes whose right it is2 and ,i will give it ,him4--,ezekiel xxi4 #bg4 ,the closing of the famous ,european ,congress will now freely permit us to canvass the work and results of the same1 and to compare the sequences with the teachings of the prophets and intentions of ,providence4 ,the results of the ,congress have taken the world by surprise4 ,the very fact that one should have been held under the enforced conditions of the crownless king1 ,disraeli1 was a wonder in itself4 ,but the wonder is not confined to the meeting and work of the ,congress1 for outside of1 and in spite of the ,congress1 a treaty has been made which converts wonder into amazement4 ,back in the middle of last ,may 7#ahgh71 ,england and ,turkey formed an alliance1 offensive and defensive4 ,nay1 more1 for ,turkey cedes to ,england the fruitful and strategic island of ,cyprus4 ,what a triangle of strongholds--,cyprus1 ,malta1 and ,gibraltar6 ,shades of ,bonaparte6 ,where is ,france in these days8 ,she is renewing her strength1 and is wisely standing aside so as not to oppose ,providence4 ,in all this there is nothing new or strange to the prophetic student4 ,for long ago it was written of ,israel that she should be a company of nations1 and possess the gates of her enemies4 ,it is not by might1 nor power of human origin1 that these events must be judged1 or that they come to pass4 ,but surely by the ,spirit of ,god4 ,there is a spirit in man1 and the inspiration of the ,almighty giveth it understanding4 ,here ,job gives us the key to unlock the mysteries of the crownless king and his success4 ,the apothegm of ,bonaparte is as false as he was unsuccessful--namely1 that ,providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions4 ,in ,israel1 in time of old1 this was seldom true4 ,in fact1 it was not true in the experience and campaigns of ,bonaparte4 ,the logic of such a faith has been the ruin of lovely ,france more than once1 and will be again4 ,for it must needs be that ,france break her alliance with ,england1 though now they are friends4 ,france in a few years will ally with the ,beast1 the ,roman ,church1 in its last struggle for rule and supremacy2 and she will join hands with ,anti-,christ4 ,france will repeat the follies of '#ic4 ,she will again seek to dethrone ,religion1 and enthrone ,reason4 ,her ,marats1 ,desmoulens1 ,herberts1 ,clootzes1 and ,robespierres are at hand ready to overturn4 ,and the ,church of her choice is patiently waiting to re-enact the scenes of blood and terror of ,st4 ,bartholomew4 ,her time of opportunity will appear to have come in a few years4 ,bismarck and ,kaiser ,william will be out of the way1 and ,germany will languish for want of two equal successors4 ,and ,france will not forget to pay back the debt of revenge she owes to ,germany1 and seek to reclaim her prestige in councils1 and especially to restore her lost influence over ,egypt1 ,turkey1 and the ,mediterranean4 ,last year it would not have been so easy to see how ,france and ,england were to become once again enemies4 ,this ,cyprus wedge has cleft open a little farther the dark and mysterious way4 ,last ,monday we received the astounding telegram of the treaty between ,england and ,turkey4 ,it evidently was a surprise1 we have no doubt1 even to ,rev4 ,dr4 ,storrs1 and the ,new ,york ,herald1 as well as to many others who could see nothing but defeat and shame for ,israel-,england4 ,from ,dr4 ,storrs we have not heard what he now thinks of his child of promise1 ,russia4 ,from the ,herald we did hear1 for1 by the way1 the ,herald is one of our morning papers4 ,by an editorial of a column and a half the ,herald struggled nobly to wriggle out of the tight corner in which its sympathies for ,russia had crowded it4 ,we like and admire the ,herald1 because of its tact and ingenuity in getting news first from any part of the world4 ,still this time she was behind time4 ,two years ago1 from this pulpit1 we announced the exciting facts of the past week4 ,last ,sunday evening we closed our discourse in these words3 ,now1 again1 ,england pledges herself a ,continental ,power1 nay1 more1 an ,asiatic ,power4 ,she will come forth from the ,congress the virtual ruler of ,turkey1 the owner of ,palestine4 ,if the ,saxons be the ,ten ,lost ,tribes of ,israel--and most certainly they respond to all the features that were to distinctly mark them when found1 as written in the ,bible--then the ,english throne is a continuation of ,david's throne1 and the seed on it must be the seed of ,david1 and the inference is clear--namely1 that all the blessings attaching by holy promise to ,david's throne must belong to ,england4 ,this is the key that unravels and makes plain the marvellous and sublime history of the ,english nation and throne4 ,we know many scout the idea of the ,lost ,tribes ever being found1 although over thirty times ,god declares by the prophets that they must return2 surely before they return they must be found4 ,god has not cast away ,his people for ever4 ,no1 no4 ,he declares ,israel to be ,his inheritance1 and that this people ,he had formed for ,himself4 ,the ,two ,tribes forming the ,jews of to-day are said by the best calculation to number about nine millions4 ,if1 then1 the ,two ,tribes number nine millions1 how many ought we to expect the ,ten ,tribes to number8 ,if the ,two ,tribes have stood and survived the shock and persecution of centuries when known1 and therefore open to assault1 is it not reasonable to suppose that the ,ten ,tribes will be in existence1 a numerous and powerful people1 for they have been hid1 and thus have they evaded the persecution that a knowledge of their nationality would have entailed upon them from the ,gentile and ,pagan nations8 ,some1 indeed1 persist in looking for ,god's chosen seed--,his people1 ,his inheritance--among the bushmen of ,africa1 the ,indians of ,america2 indeed wherever they can find a people mean1 and few1 and very low in the scale of civilisation4 ,they overlook the fact that ,israel1 not the ,jews1 were to be the most powerful and prolific people on the face of the earth1 to be as sands of the sea1 as the stars of heaven4 ,especially were these promises to be true in the latter day--for then ,god promises to multiply them1 men1 beasts1 and the fruits of the field4 ,this is one of the signs of the times1 and it is a remarkable one4 ,see our harvest1 see our cattle1 and see the ,saxon race--doubling1 at least1 every forty years4 ,no other nation is doubling at that rate4 ,germany comes the nearest1 and both in ,prussia and ,austria they only double every one hundred years4 ,in one hundred years from to-day the ,saxons will control the world for peace and ,christ4 ,to this end ,god is overturning1 and will overturn until the whole world shall be federated around one throne1 and that throne is ,david's--the only throne ,god ever directly established1 and the only one ,he has promised perpetuity to4 ,god has a land--,palestine4 ,he has a people--,israel4 ,he has a throne--,david's1 and for that throne ,he has a seed1 just as the seed of ,levi was selected for ,temple service4 ,this kingdom is the fifth kingdom1 to be set up in the latter days of those kings1 says ,daniel4 ,the kingdom was never to be left unto other people4 ,it is typified by the stone cut out of the mountain that is to fill the world4 ,why then stand amazed at the cession of ,cyprus to ,england1 if she be ,israel4 ,to her was promised the isles of the sea1 the coasts of the earth1 the waste and desolate places--the heathen and uttermost parts of the earth1 as a possession4 ,already out of the fifty-one million square miles which composes the earth1 ,england1 including the ,united ,states1 now owns about fourteen millions1 or say one-fourth4 ,she bears rule over one-third of the people of the earth2 she adds a colony every four years on an average4 ,at the present rate it will not be long before the kingdoms of this world will be given to the saints of the ,most ,high4 ,it is no marvel in the light and instruction of prophecy that this throne and people should be so stable and prosperous4 ,turn your attention to the founding of this throne of ,david4 ,you will find the throne and seed unconditionally federated1 the place and measure of prosperity conditioned on the obedience of the people and throne to ,god4 ,the ,lord has sworn in truth unto ,david2 ,he will not turn from it2 of the fruit of thy body will ,i set upon thy throne 7,psalm cxxxii4 #aa74 ,again1 ,i have sworn unto ,david1 thy seed ,i will establish for ever1 and build up thy throne to all generations 7,psalm lxxxix4 #c1 #d74 ,this promise is to all generations--not a part1 nor simply for sixty years4 ,for the kingdom was rent in twain when ,rehoboam1 the grandson of ,david1 began to reign4 ,the throne of ,david would be about the poorest type of ,christ's throne and rule1 and reign1 if we can only see it in ,palestine4 ,there it was soon divided1 very corrupt4 ,if ye can break ,my covenant of the day and night in their season1 then may also ,my covenant be broken with ,david ,my servant1 that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne 4 4 4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,if ,my covenant be not with day and night1 and if ,i have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth1 then will ,i cast away the seed of ,jacob and ,david ,my servant1 so that ,i will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of ,abraham 7,jer4 xxxiii4 #be1 #bf74 ,let anybody of the same mind read the seventh chapter of the second book of ,samuel1 and they will see that ,god promised to ,david that his house and kingdom should be established for ever1 and that ,god would set up the seed of ,david after him4 ,well might ,david exclaim when he sat before the ,lord1 ,who am ,i1 ,o ,lord ,god1 and what is my house1 that ,thou hast brought me hitherto8 ,and this was yet a small thing in ,thy sight1 ,o ,lord ,god2 but ,thou hast spoken also of ,thy servant's house for a great while yet to come4 ,it is a pity men will not take and interpret the ,bible by the rules of common sense4 ,david at this time was king over all the ,tribes and was at peace1 and settled and prospered4 ,but ,god told him that ,he would appoint a place for ,my people ,israel1 and will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more4 ,this promise was to ,israel4 ,if the promises of the multitudinous seed were to be fulfilled to ,israel1 then it would be necessary to find them another place1 for ,palestine wouldn't hold them4 ,so ,god has planted them4 ,god never promised to find the ,jews another country2 ,palestine is specially reserved for them4 ,they have been without country1 king1 or government4 ,in the year #gbe ,b4,c4 the ,jews and ,israelites were separated1 and since that time they have never been united4 ,but the day is coming1 says the prophet1 when they shall dwell together and appoint one head over them4 ,the ,israelites are only to return to ,palestine representatively 7,jer4 iii4 #ad74 ,when ,nebuchadnezzar carried the ,jews captive1 he took the king1 ,zedekiah1 with him1 and destroyed all his family1 and all the real royal seed of ,david4 ,zedekiah died in ,babylon4 ,he placed upon the throne of ,david1 ,gedaliah4 ,now ,gedaliah was not of the seed royal3 but ,god was displeased and permitted the crown to go to others4 ,ezekiel was taken captive to ,babylon in the reign of ,jehoiachim1 the father of ,zedekiah4 ,the prophecy of the text was written in ,babylon1 and refers to ,zedekiah1 whom ,ezekiel calls the wicked prince of ,israel1 whose day is come1 iniquity shall have an end4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,remove the diadem and take off the crown1 this shall not be the same2 exalt him that is low1 and abase him that is high4 ,i will overturn1 overturn1 overturn it1 and it shall be no more until ,he comes whose right it is2 and ,i will give it to ,him4 ,now all this is plain if we keep in mind that ,zedekiah was the last prince of the ,house of ,david that ever reigned in ,palestine4 ,god removed the diadem4 ,but in the course of time a lawful heir of the seed of ,david shall appear1 and the throne and the seed will be established again in ,jerusalem4 ,it is to this end ,providence is overturning ,turkey to make way for this seed royal4 ,but where is this seed royal8 ,answer3 ,it is on the ,english throne4 ,listen carefully to the following3 ,jeremiah tells us that with him he had the daughters of ,zedekiah1 who had by some means escaped the destroying edicts of ,nebuchadnezzar 7,jer4 xliii4 #f74 ,and from ,jer4 xliv4 #ad1 we learn that they visited ,egypt1 and from ,jer4 xliv4 #bh1 we learn that a small number escaped4 ,now ,jeremiah1 being the only prophet in ,judah at that time1 had a right to take charge of the royal seed4 ,he could not stay in ,egypt1 nor in ,palestine1 nor would he go to ,babylon4 ,where1 then1 did the prophet go8 ,he no doubt took ship with the ,danites1 and sailed for ,cornwall1 in ,england1 for this place was called ,tarshish4 ,we learn from ,ezekiel the ships of ,dan traded in tin1 and other things4 ,history and tradition both agree that there landed on the coast of ,ireland in the ,north1 a divine man and a princess4 ,god had promised to ,jeremiah his life wherever he went4 ,but thy life will ,i give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest 7,jer4 xlv4 #e74 ,picture3 ,jacob's ,stone ,the ,north of ,ireland had been settled with the ,tribe of ,dan2 they at once understood who their visitor was4 ,they called him ,olam ,folla1 meaning a ,divine man or teacher4 ,the princess was called ,tea ,tephi1 the beautiful one from the ,east4 ,this princess was married to ,heremon1 of ,ulster1 the king of ,lothair ,croffin1 for such was the name of the city of ,tara4 ,this word ,tara is ,arat spelled backward4 ,the ,hebrew reads from right to left2 ,english left to right4 ,lothair ,croffin was changed into ,tara at the time of the wedding4 ,tara means law4 ,thus began the seed of ,david to take root1 and from there it spread over all ,ireland1 then to ,scotland1 thence to ,england1 and ,jacob's ,stone in ,westminster ,abbey marks the journey of ,david's throne1 and has always kept with the seed1 and they have been always crowned on it4 ,ezekiel's riddle is at once solved4 ,the tender twigs were ,zedekiah's daughters4 ,one of these twigs was planted by the great waters in a land of traffic4 ,our ,episcopalian friends intended by their beautiful service to aid the members of their communion to read in order1 and through the ,bible1 or a given portion of each chapter1 once per year4 ,but strange to say1 this #agth chapter of ,ezekiel1 they have left out both of the ,old and ,new ,lectionary4 ,it is itself a riddle1 why this should so happen1 that the only two chapters of the ,bible left out or proscribed are the #agth and #bast of ,ezekiel4 ,surely blindness in part has happened to ,israel1 and what we esteemed as accidental in the increased light of ,revelation1 stands to view as the ordered purposes of an all-seeing ,god4 ,the royal standard of ,england has nine lions on it and a unicorn4 ,let anyone set this standard before him as a map1 the right hand will represent ,east1 the top ,north1 left ,west1 the bottom ,south4 ,the unicorn comes from the ,east1 it has a chain round its neck4 ,so the ,tribe of ,benjamin came that way1 and1 as ,normans1 were finally attached to the throne4 ,the big lion comes from the ,west1 so it did from ,ireland to ,scotland and ,london4 ,on the top we have a crown1 and on the top of this we have a lion4 ,on the first quarter are three lions1 second quarter one1 on the third a stringed harp with an angel's head1 and on the fourth three lions1 the total of lions nine1 and an unicorn4 ,the fact is1 this standard1 had we time1 teaches a world of history1 and with the ,psalmist we may say3 ,thou hast given a banner to them that fear ,thee2 that it may be displayed because of the truth 7,psalm lx4 #d74 ,the genealogy and descent of ,queen ,victoria from ,zedekiah we will furnish you4 ,this genealogy has been got up by the faithful and very persevering labours of ,rev4 ,f4 ,r4 ,a4 ,glover1 ,m4,a41 and ,rev4 ,a4 ,b4 ,grimaldi1 ,m4,a41 two ,episcopalian clergymen of ,england4 ,the chart is supposed to be as near perfect as any such thing can be4 ,if any of you find any defect be kind enough and let me know4 ,in the following genealogy those who reigned have ,k4 prefixed--the dates after private names refer to their birth and death1 those after ,sovereign's names to their accession and death4 ,,adam ,,to ,,victoria4 ,,generations4 #a4 ,adam 7,b4,c4 #djjj-cjgj71 ,eve4 #b4 ,seth 7,b4,c4 #chgc-bigh74 #c4 ,enos 7,b4,c4 #cgfe-bhfj74 #d4 ,cainan 7,b4,c4 #cfge-bgfe74 #e4 ,mahalaleel 7,b4,c4 #cfje-bgaj74 #f4 ,jared 7,b4,c4 #cedj-begh74 #g4 ,enoch 7,b4,c4 #ccgh-cjac74 #h4 ,methuselah 7,b4,c4 #ccac-bcdd74 #i4 ,lamech 7,b4,c4 #cabf-bcdd74 #aj4 ,noah 7,b4,c4 #bidd-bjjf71 ,naamah4 #aa4 ,shem 7,b4,c4 #bddb-baeh74 #ab4 ,arphaxad 7,b4,c4 #bcdb-aijd74 #ac4 ,salah 7,b4,c4 #bcjg-babf74 #ad44 ,heber 7,b4,c4 #bbgg-bahg74 #ae4 ,peleg 7,b4,c4 #bbdc-bjjd74 #af4 ,reu 7,b4,c4 #bbac-bjbf74 #ag4 ,serug 7,b4,c4 #baha-bjdi74 #ah4 ,nahor 7,b4,c4 #bjeb-bjjc74 #ai4 ,terah 7,b4,c4 #babb-bjhc71 ,amtheta4 #bj4 ,abraham 7,b4,c4 #aiib-ahag71 ,sarah4 #ba4 ,isaac 7,b4,c4 #ahif-agaf71 ,rebekah4 #bb4 ,jacob 7,b4,c4 #ahcg-afij71 ,leah4 #bc4 ,judah 7b4 ,b4,c4 #agec71 ,tamar4 #bd4 ,hezron4 #be4 ,aram4 #bf4 ,aminadab4 #bg4 ,naashon4 #bh4 ,salmon4 #bi4 ,boaz 7,b4,c4 #acab71 ,ruth4 #cj4 ,obed4 #ca4 ,jesse4 ,,kings ,,of ,,israel4 #cb4 ,k4 ,david 7,b4,c4 #ajhe-ajae71 ,bathsheba4 #cc4 ,k4 ,solomon 7,b4,c4 #ajcc-ige71 ,naamah4 #cd4 ,k4 ,rehoboam 7,b4,c4 b4 #ajaf1 d4 #ieh71 ,maacah4 #ce4 ,k4 ,abijam 7,b4,c4 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,k4 ,frederick of ,bohemia4 #add4 ,princess ,sophia m4 ,duke ,ernest of ,brunswick4 #ade4 ,k4 ,george ,i4 7#afih-agbg71 ,sophia ,dorothea ,zelle 7#affg-agbf74 #adf4 ,k4 ,george ,,ii4 7#agbg-agfj71 ,princess ,caroline of ,auspach 7#afhc-agcg74 #adg4 ,prince ,frederick of ,wales 7#agjg-agea71 ,princess ,augusta of ,saxe-,gotha4 #adh4 ,k4 ,george ,,iii4 7#agfj-ahcj71 ,princess ,sophia of ,mecklenburgh ,strelitz 7#agdd-ahah74 #adi4 ,duke ,edward of ,kent 7#agfg-ahbj71 ,princess ,victoria of ,leiningen4 #aej4 ,q4 ,victoria 7b4 #ahai1 cr4 #ahch71 ,prince ,albert of ,saxe-,coburg4 ,thus do we see how ,god has kept ,his word to ,david1 and with this view1 ,english and ,american history are at once understandable4 ,the future is assuring and grand4 ,god will assuredly overturn till ,his throne once more is planted in ,jerusalem4 ,,jeremiah ,,and ,,st4 ,,patrick4 ,discourse ,,xx4 ,,the ,,prophet',s ,,commission--,,his ,,life--,,the ,,tribes ,,in ,,his ,,day--,,landing ,,of ,,jeremiah ,,in ,,ireland--,,what ,,he ,,brought ,,with ,,him--,,colonisation ,,of ,,ireland--,,jeremiah ,,the ,,founder ,,of ,,the ,,ancient ,,irish ,,government ,,and ,,religion--,,tea ,,tephi ,,and ,,heremon--,,the ,,ancient ,,irish ,,flag--,,the ,,harp ,,and ,,lion--,,season ,,of ,,ireland',s ,,historical ,,prestige--,,causes ,,of ,,her ,,decline--,,st4 ,,patrick ,a ,,benjamite--,,how ,,rome ,,destroyed ,,jeremiah',s ,,memory ,,among ,,the ,,irish--,,destruction ,,of ,,tara--,,ulster ,,never ,,conquered--,,irish ,,independence--,,ark ,,of ,,the ,,covenant--,,ruins ,,of ,,tara4 ,see1 ,i have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms1 to root out1 and to pull down1 and to destroy1 and to throw down1 to build1 and to plant4--,jer4 i4 #aj4 ,in these words we have set forth the ,divine commission given to the prophet ,jeremiah4 ,never before1 or since1 was such a commission given to mortal man4 ,it is not that ,jeremiah is constituted a prophet for his own people1 or over his own nation1 and country1 but he was ,divinely appointed and set over the nations and kingdoms of the earth1 with an authority to root out1 pull down1 destroy1 and throw down4 ,surely he was rightly named1 for the word ,jeremiah means the exalted1 or appointed one of the ,lord4 ,by common consent1 the ,jews gave him the first place and name among the prophets4 ,up to the time of the ,babylonian captivity he was second1 ,isaiah being first4 ,but after the captivity1 on the re-arrangement of the holy canon1 his name was put first1 and ever after he was regarded and accepted as the patron saint of ,judea4 ,he was born of a priestly family1 about #fda ,b4,c41 in the priestly town of ,anathoth1 which was situated a few miles ,north of ,jerusalem1 in the territory of ,benjamin4 ,his work and commission awaited him1 because they antedated his birth1 for he says 7chap4 i4 #d71 ,then the word of the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,before ,i formed thee in the belly ,i knew thee2 and before thou camest forth out of the womb ,i sanctified thee1 and ,i ordained thee a prophet unto the nations4 ,jeremiah's life-work1 extent1 and devotion1 can only find a parallel in the majesty and compass of his commission4 ,it is the extent of this commission that ,i wish you would specially notice1 for it is neither tribal nor national in its limitations4 ,he was ordained a prophet unto the nations4 ,hear the voice of his wailing 7chapter xv4 #aj71 ,woe is me1 my mother1 that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth4 ,consistent with the vastness of this commission is the recorded fact that he was forbidden to marry in his own land1 for the ,word of the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,thou shalt not take thee a wife1 neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place 7,jeremiah xvi4 #b74 ,the claims of a wife and cares of a family could only have been harshly fitted on to such a work and commission4 ,indeed1 every peculiar fact in the life of ,jeremiah may be best accounted for by taking into consideration the greatness of his commission4 ,to discard this is simply to invite confusion1 and yet1 strange to say1 many prefer confusion rather than admit that he performed the role assigned him of ,heaven4 ,for this very reason writers1 even ,jewish historians1 are at a loss to account for the latter half of the prophet's life4 ,they do not seem to know where he spent his last days2 they know not the time1 manner1 nor place of his death4 ,and why1 you ask8 ,we answer1 ,because they selfishly and persistently limited his life and labours to his own land4 ,they have not been willing to allow that he was set as a prophet over nations and kingdoms4 ,then again1 they have been willing to allow him to be a puller down and destroyer1 but not a builder and planter4 ,to grant that he was a builder and planter1 would have obliged them to have found the place of his building and the objects of his planting4 ,these they well knew could not be found in ,palestine1 and they were as loath as many are unwilling to-day to permit ,jeremiah to leave his own land4 ,a man who would be equal to the ,bible must be large-hearted1 generous1 and free1 not fettered and bound by the errors of youthful training1 the selfishness of sectarianism1 the bigotry of orthodoxy1 or the indifference of infidelity1 but seek the truth1 no matter from whence1 or what it upsets or overturns of preconceived ideas4 ,the command is1 ,prove all things1 and hold fast that which is good4 ,to hear some people talk and lament1 you would think that the command was1 ,prove nothing1 but hold hard on to what you have got4 ,try now1 and reasonably and patiently follow me while ,i trace the wanderings of ,jeremiah to ,old ,ireland4 ,you will be surprised to find how intimate ,irishology and theology are4 ,ireland and the ,tribe of ,dan have a peculiar history1 which history only can be made plain by reference to the ,bible4 ,ireland has had much to undergo1 yet of it ,god says1 ,to the islands ,he will repay recompense3 so shall they fear the name of the ,lord from the ,west4 ,ireland's first name was ,scuite's ,land1 or the ,island of the ,wanderers4 ,her second name was ,scotia ,major1 and ,scotland was ,scotia ,minor1 and ,england was ,tarshish1 and ,dannoii and ,baratamac1 or ,land of ,tin4 ,yar in ,eirin means the land of the setting sun4 ,hibernia is an ,hebrew word1 and means from beyond the river of waters4 ,two colonies settled in ,ireland2 the first1 the ,phoenicians1 who were the ,philistines or ancient ,canaanites2 the second settlers were the ,tuath de ,danan1 meaning the ,tribe of ,dan4 ,the words are ,hebrew1 yet in ,irish4 ,for further information let any one read ,pinnock's ,catechism on ,ireland4 ,the ,phoenicians were a sea-faring people2 pressed by ,israel1 ,egypt1 and ,assyria1 they finally left ,canaan1 and settled in ,ireland4 ,we find nine-tenths of ,irish historians agreeing on this4 ,then the monuments teach the same--ancient inscriptions1 one of which written was1 ,we are ,canaanites who have fled from ,joshua1 the son of ,nun1 the robber4 ,the people who show tourists the seven churches of ,glendenlough1 say they are ,hittites and ,hivites4 ,again1 ruins of ,baal temples1 ,cromlechs1 round towers1 go to confirm the same4 ,customs--,baal fires1 on ,may eve1 in ,irish ,ninna-baal-tinne2 funeral wakes1 or cup of consolation1 forbidden to ,israel when they sought to copy after the ,philistines4 ,neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for father or mother 7,jer4 xvi4 #g74 ,the ,irish language came from the ,phoenician1 the alphabet of both being composed of sixteen letters originally1 the only alphabet in the world so agreeing4 ,from the ,irish came the ,gaelic1 ,welsh1 ,cornwall1 and the ,manx from them all4 ,the second settlement of ,ireland is what puzzles historians of to-day--not the old historians1 for they1 nine out of ten1 admit that the ,formorians1 ,firbolgs1 and ,tuath de ,danans1 were one and the same people4 ,they were a divine folk4 ,the ,tribe of ,dan was a sea-faring ,tribe1 trading from ,tyre to ,tarshish for tin1 and so became acquainted with the ,british ,isles1 and during ,ahab's persecution many of them fled2 so of the ,simeonites who settled in ,wales4 ,this shows us why the ,north and ,south of ,ireland should be so distinct to this day in religion1 enterprise1 and general characteristics4 ,when the ,tribe of ,dan finally left ,palestine1 they with the other ,nine ,tribes went ,north1 settling in ,denmark1 as in the ,north of ,ireland1 leaving their names on rivers1 hills1 cities1 and things4 ,it is this that accounts for so many words of an ,hebrew origin being found in the ,irish language4 ,general ,vallancy has compared thousands and finds them thus related to the ,hebrew4 ,instance3 ,jobhan-,moran1 ,chief ,justice2 ,rectaire1 ,judge2 ,mur-,ollam1 ,school of the ,prophets2 ,ollam-,folla1 ,divine ,teacher2 ,mergech1 a ,depository2 ,tara1 ,law2 ,tephi1 ,prince of the ,east2 ,lia-,fail1 ,stone of ,destiny2 ,eden ,gedoulah1 ,precious ,stone4 ,if to ,irish history we join ,bible history1 all is plain4 ,god promised ,david repeatedly that he should always have his throne and on it his seed4 ,the permanence of ,david's throne makes it a fit type of ,christ's4 ,now1 ,jeremiah took charge of ,zedekiah's daughter when ,nebuchadnezzar took the ,jews captive4 ,he went to ,egypt1 then escaped1 ,god promising to keep him whithersoever he went4 ,so he disappears4 ,no account of his death in the ,bible4 ,he had charge of the ark of the covenant1 royal seed and ,jacob's pillow--the stone of ,israel4 ,irish histories1 some twenty of which we find agree1 say that about #ehe ,b4,c41 a divine man landed in ,ulster1 having with him the king's daughter1 stone of destiny1 and ark1 and many other wonderful things4 ,the people of ,ulster1 of ,dan1 understood the old adventurer4 ,jeremiah married ,tephi1 ,zedekiah's daughter1 to ,eoiacaid1 who agreed to abandon ,baal worship and build a school for the prophets4 ,so he did4 ,he then assumed the title of ,heremon of ,tara4 ,from ,tara1 which was changed from ,lothair ,croffin into ,tara4 ,from ,tephi comes our goddess of ,liberty1 on old coins1 sitting on a lion4 ,now1 at ,tara1 ,jeremiah buried the ark of the covenant1 tables of law1 c41 and instituted the nine-arch degree of ,masonry1 to keep in mind its hiding-place1--so all may understand ,jer4 iii4 #af3 ,and it shall come to pass1 when ye be multiplied and increased in the land1 in those days1 saith the ,lord1 they shall say no more1 ,the ark of the covenant of the ,lord2 neither shall it come to mind2 neither shall they remember it2 neither shall they visit it2 neither shall that be done any more4 ,this means that when the ark is found the ceremony will end2 for the ark has to be found and go before the ,jews when they return to their own land4 ,jeremiah was the first ,grand ,master4 ,he1 too1 is the real ,st4 ,patrick--simply the ,patriarchal ,saint1 which became ,st4 ,patriarch1 then ,st4 ,patrick4 ,the ,roman ,church introduced ,st4 ,patrick to offset the ,st4 ,patriarch4 ,jeremiah well knew where the ,tribes of ,israel were in his day4 ,he knew that ,judah1 ,levi1 and ,benjamin1 were in ,babylon1 filling in the seventy years of captivity1 and the small remnant that ,nebuchadnezzar left of them in ,judah were scattered hither and thither4 ,the ,nine ,tribes1 or ,israel1 were settled in ,central ,asia1 and were spreading ,northward and ,westward4 ,this he knew1 as easily as ,peter did centuries after1 when he wrote his epistle to the brethren1 scattered abroad in ,pontus1 ,galatia1 ,cappadocia1 and ,asia2 or as ,james1 who dedicated his epistle to the ,twelve ,tribes which were scattered abroad2 or as the ,blessed ,master who commissioned and sent ,his disciples after the lost sheep of the ,house of ,israel4 ,the place and locality of the ,nine ,tribes were known to the ,jewish nation in the time of ,josephus1 the historian1 for he speaks of them1 and gives them a fraternal letter which the ,house of ,judah sent unto the ,house of ,israel4 ,you are to keep in mind that it is after this the ,tribes of ,israel are to be lost4 ,all prophecies after #gjj ,b4,c41 up to this1 our day1 and till about #ahhb ,a4,d41 that had reference to ,israel1 plainly mark out the dwelling-place of these ,tribes1 and yet these prophecies not being understood1 till these latter days1 ,israel was as actually lost as if there had been no such prophecies4 ,these prophecies were first sent ,north1 then ,west1 and then to the isles of the sea4 ,the law of the ,gospel of ,jesus would be sent to these ,tribes2 till then the isles had to wait for the law4 ,in due time this law was carried to them by the missionary ,tribe of ,benjamin4 ,this very thing and time the prophet had foretold1 for he says3 ,wherefore glorify ye the ,lord by the ,urim2 the name of the ,lord ,god of ,israel in the islands of the ,western sea4 ,how true1 indeed the isles of the sea saw it and feared4 ,jeremiah knew that the ,tribe of ,dan were a seafaring people1 and in their trading they had become acquainted with ,northern ,europe and the ,british ,isles4 ,during the persecutions of ,ahab thousands of them had left ,palestine1 settling in ,denmark--this word ,denmark means the circle of ,dan4 ,in course of time they crossed the sea and took possession of the ,north of ,ireland1 settling in the province of ,ulster4 ,the ,tribe of ,simeon1 that had ever cast its lot with ,dan1 left ,palestine and settled in ,wales4 ,read the prophetic benedictions of the patriarch ,jacob in the light of these historical facts1 and they will stand out in sunlight brightness4 ,dan shall judge his people as one of the ,tribes of ,israel4 ,in his oneness1 all alone he shall go out first1 mark out and prepare the way of the other ,tribes2 and the royal seed1 the ruling power1 shall hide itself in him4 ,dan shall be a serpent by the way2 an adder in the path that biteth the horses' heels so that his rider shall fall backward4 ,yes1 ,dan will be hid among the ,gentiles4 ,he will bite them1 sting them1 frustrating their purposes4 ,then exclaims ,jacob3 ,i have waited for ,thy salvation1 ,o ,lord4 ,dan did wait1 until the prophet ,jeremiah landed in his midst with ,tea ,tephi1 the daughter of ,zedekiah1 the royal seed1 with the ark of the covenant1 the tables of the law1 the ,urim and ,thummim1 which would enable ,dan to judge his people1 with the stone of ,jacob1 the pillar witness1 which is now in the royal chair in ,westminster ,abbey2 and also with the standard of ,judah4 ,thus the prophet1 who was the rightful custodian of all these things1 carefully cared for the same1 leaving them in charge of ,dan4 ,all but the stone have been concealed till the latter day4 ,for on this stone have been crowned all the kings and queens of ,david's line4 ,now just here we must take up history--especially ,irish history--for in this matter and at this very point1 you will find profane and sacred histories agreeing4 ,one will beautifully explain the other2 nor can anybody understand ,irish history unless they get the key from sacred history4 ,to take this key later writers have been unwilling1 and1 therefore1 they have been unable to solve the problem embodied in this race and nation4 ,no people on the face of the earth have been less understood and more misrepresented4 ,the real allophyllians of ,ireland--that is1 the first native settlers--are unknown4 ,the present inhabitants are not autochthonal1 no more than we are the first settlers of this country4 ,on one point all old historians are agreed--namely1 that ,ireland has been settled by two distinct colonies of people2 and from these two colonies came the present ,irish race4 ,these two colonies were distinct in features1 manners1 customs1 enterprise1 and religion1 and after all these centuries have passed away1 these differences are discernable in some degree1 especially so in enterprise and religion4 ,and though1 of course1 in these latter years1 they have become considerably mixed1 yet an appeal on either of these points will mark out the ,danite from the ,phoenician4 ,from the loud boasting of the ,phoenician ,irishman in ,ireland1 when speaking of ,america1 you would think that he would pluck out his eyes and give them for a gift if need be4 ,well1 a few years ago1 ,chicago was bitterly scourged with a fire4 ,the need and distress thus caused appealed to the nations of the earth for help4 ,the response was grand and glorious4 ,even hateful old ,john ,bull did well4 ,but what did ,ireland do8 ,take two of her leading cities as an example2 one in the ,north1 the other in the ,south4 ,belfast in the ,north1 of the ,tribe of ,dan2 ,dublin in the ,south1 of the ,phoenicians4 ,belfast sent #cf1jjj dols42 ,dublin1 #b1jjj dols4 ,why this difference8 ,we answer1 ,forsooth1 the people of ,belfast are ,danites2 they of ,dublin are ,phoenicians4 ,the ,phoenicians1 or ,philistines1 were the ancient ,canaanites4 ,they took early possession of ,ireland4 ,on this point the old as well as the new historians generally agree4 ,but there was another early settlement in the ,north of ,ireland whom the historians called ,tuath de ,danan1 which simply means the folks of the ,tribe of ,dan4 ,they introduced into the ,irish language hundreds of ,hebrew words1 with many customs and legends of the ,hebrews4 ,they were very distinct in their enterprise and religion from the other settlers4 ,about the year #ehj ,b4,c4 there appeared before this people a strange man1 whom the historians call ,ollam-,folla1 which means a divine teacher2 the name or title is in ,hebrew4 ,this man1 whoever he was1 soon wielded great power in their midst4 ,what he commanded they seemed ready to do4 ,he very soon inaugurated wonderful reforms4 ,he gave them a parliament1 made them give up their idolatrous customs4 ,he founded a college to train students to teach and preach his religion4 ,it was called ,mur-,ollam1 school of the ,divine4 ,here again the name is ,hebrew1 although in ,irish4 ,this wonderful man had with him a fair young princess1 whose name in ,hebrew-,irish was ,tea ,tephi1 which means the beautiful one from the ,east4 ,this lovely princess was married to the governor of ,ulster1 ,heremon4 ,he resided in the ,city of ,lothair ,croffin4 ,in the agreement of the marriage1 among many things1 he was to accept her religion1 give her joint authority1 and build the ,mur-,ollam1 or college1 and sustain it4 ,also to change the name of his city from ,lothair ,croffin to ,tara1 which means law2 to adopt her standard or banner emblem1 the harp and lion1 and to be crowned on the wonderful stone called in ,irish-,hebrew1 ,lia-,fail1 which means stone of destiny1 sometimes called ,eben ,gedoulah1 the precious stone4 ,from this ,tea ,tephi we get our female goddess of liberty1 who on old coins is seated upon a lion with the ,davidian harp in her hand4 ,our text tells us that ,jeremiah was to plant and build up4 ,here he planted1 and here he did build4 ,he planted and built a throne1 a college1 and a religion4 ,turn to ,ezekiel1 chapter xvi41 and read the famous riddle4 ,tea ,tephi is the tender twig that was cropped off from the high cedar1 ,king ,zedekiah1 and planted among the merchants by great waters on the mountain of ,israel4 ,she was the tender one that was to take root downward4 ,to ,jeremiah1 the ,lord said1 ,verily it shall be well with thy remnant4 ,nay1 more1 ,he told him that ,he would give him his life for a prey whithersoever he went4 ,and in #b ,kings xix4 #cj1 we read3 ,and the remnant that is escaped of the ,house of ,judah shall yet again take root downward1 and bear fruit upward4 ,for out of ,jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and they that escape out of ,mount ,zion2 the zeal of the ,lord of hosts shall do this4 ,and ,ezekiel1 in his captivity1 sent forth a prophecy referring to the wicked prince1 ,zedekiah1 saying of his throne in the name of ,jehovah3 ,i will overturn1 overturn1 overturn it1 and it shall be no more until ,he comes whose right it is1 and ,i will give it ,him4 ,so was this throne overturned1 and was never after established in ,jerusalem4 ,you will notice that there are three overturnings1 and as ,scriptural language is emphatic and not superfluous or tautological1 these overturnings mean something4 ,turn to history1 and you will find this throne has been turned over just three times--first1 from ,jerusalem to ,ireland2 second1 through ,king ,fergus to ,scotland1 and1 third1 through ,king ,james1 from ,scotland to ,england4 ,this throne can never be turned over again1 for ,jerusalem will be incorporated into the ,british ,empire4 ,the throne has turned over till it got home again2 hence1 as surely as we live1 ,palestine will go into the hands of ,england4 ,the throne1 religion1 and education established by the prophet have ever kept together4 ,this is the secret of ,ireland's prestige and marvellous pre-eminence in centuries past4 ,the college of ,armach could boast of #g1jjj students at a time4 ,missionaries went forth from ,ireland through all ,europe1 teaching ,christianity1 and founding schools4 ,few men can compare to ,virgilus1 ,eregina1 ,columbanus1 and ,columba4 ,in olden times she was known as the ,isle of the ,saints4 ,the day of ,ireland's weakness and distress came to her when she permitted her religion to be corrupted and controlled by foreigners2 and by these same ,italian intriguers she is now impoverished and enslaved4 ,but for this the throne might have remained with her to-day1 and ,england and ,scotland have been under her4 ,but when a nation loses her religion1 she loses the right arm of power1 and the ability to preserve freedom4 ,jeremiah was the patron-saint for ,ireland for a long time4 ,simeon 7the ,welsh7 had and have ,david2 and as surely as the ,welsh have kept their saint1 so surely ought ,ireland4 ,st4 ,patrick is looked upon by many as a mythical person4 ,i believe1 however1 that he was a veritable man4 ,the best authorities make out that he was born at ,bonavena1 in ancient ,gaul1 near what is now called ,boulogne1 some time about #chg ,a4,d4 ,he is reported as having died ,march #agth1 #dfe1 in the county ,down4 ,his father's name was ,calpurnius4 ,young ,calpurnius1 or ,st4 ,patrick1 as he was afterwards called1 had a hard life of it in youth4 ,i believe him to have been a ,benjamite1 a ,christian2 for the ,benjamites began to fill in that part of ,france about that period4 ,this ,tribe were by nature missionaries4 ,this prompted him to desire to redeem his brethren in ,ireland4 ,in ,ulster he began his labours4 ,from this same ,tribe others had visited ,ireland4 ,history mentions four who preceded ,st4 ,patrick4 ,the name of ,st4 ,paul1 by many1 is connected with a visit to ,ireland4 ,it is very easy to see how ,jeremiah1 the patron-saint of ,judah1 would be installed in such a relation with the ,danites after his death4 ,he was the real sainted patriarch of ,ireland4 ,and by a crafty design of ,rome1 young ,calpurnius was created sainted patriarch1 or ,st4 ,patrick1 and by this means ,rome linked the greater part of the ,irish nation on to herself4 ,anybody honest and familiar with history knows that ,st4 ,patrick was a ,christian1 and in no sense of the word a ,roman ,catholic4 ,the fact is1 ,rome began early to covet ,ireland4 ,once they got possession1 it was necessary for them to destroy the influence of ,jeremiah4 ,this they did1 in part1 by substituting the name of ,st4 ,patrick in the place of the prophet's2 and more1 they then set to work to destroy even the old and famous capital city of ,tara4 ,in #efe ,st4 ,ruadham1 along with a posse of bishops and chiefs of the ,south of ,ireland1 cursed the city1 so that neither ,king nor ,queen might ever rule or reign therein again4 ,they forced the government1 monarchy and people to abandon the place4 ,from thence ,tara was deserted1 and the harp sounded no more through ,tara's halls4 ,the city thus cursed crumbled to ruins1 and remains to this day buried1 awaiting a glorious resurrection4 ,rome caught her prize at last2 but neither ,rome nor any other power ever enslaved or conquered ,ulster4 ,beyond the pale--that is1 the dividing line1 running from the ,boyne to the ,shannon--,rome never got1 nor never will4 ,irishmen clamour for independence1 to be free from ,england1 and wonder why they are not4 ,the reason is that ,god cannot trust liberty to them2 for a people that yoke themselves to a foreigner1 and give themselves over to be governed in spiritual matters1 would make a poor effort if trusted with their temporal government4 ,we all know that if ,ireland had been free1 she would not long have remained so1 for body1 as well as soul1 she would have committed to the ,italians4 ,why ,irish ,catholics should ask for freedom when they so voluntarily bind themselves to a foreigner1 ,i fail to see4 ,as the ,protestants of the ,north have asked1 and had granted1 spiritual freedom in the severance of ,church and ,state1 so let the men of the ,south ask and demand1 and stop not short of freedom from ,rome4 ,a free religion is the parent of a free ,state1 and a free ,state of free school4 ,a people who are not wise enough to take care of their own religion1 are very poorly prepared to be the guardians of liberty4 ,my belief is that ,ireland ought to be free4 ,she ought to be an independent province1 with responsible government1 as other ,english provinces4 ,and once she becomes free religiously1 it will not be long before she will be free politically4 ,substitute ,jeremiah for ,st4 ,patrick1 and the ,lord ,jesus for the ,pope1 then the day of freedom will not long tarry4 ,,london3 ,,printed ,,by ,,robert ,,banks1 ,,racquet ,,court1 ,,fleet ,,street1 ,e4,c4 ,footnotes3 #bc ,essay on ,manasseh and the ,united ,states1 by the author1 published by ,robert ,banks1 price #b;d4 #aei ,this ,discourse we give to the reader as reported4 ,in all the others we have excluded the reporter's introduction and personal references4