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Pan.pl.let is sent out with a prayer that it may do --he 8tm]y of tiie subject briefly cliHcussetl in the followini; pnges has been tlie means in God's hands of Hltin^- up the soul Of the writer out of the" horrible pit and tl.e mirv la> . It has n.ereased hi. joys in the Lord the Redeemer „> Israel; has strengthened his faith by clearing the bible of jnystery and has led him out into a " lar^e plate." It is his hnn behef that the study of this doctrine is able to do the 8.'une thing for all his brethren who in readie.g and thiukin' enter '"°'"'' '" ' '"'""'' '"^'' ''"'"''"*' ^''''''' ''''''''' ^'''''" =''''"''' ^^ Whoever has come to the ph.ce of trial, and Ikis i,een called to walk ui darkness which may be felt will not ask the writer to describe his personal conflict with th.> tempter, but will gladly investigate any doctrine or method of interpre- tation whieh promises to establish the veracitv of revelation W e are living in an age when more men place an interrogation point after the utterances of the pulpit than manv honest pious men think. Jt has often been asked whv so few adidt.s are reaciied by the gospel in tJiese days; and nuun- ex- planations are given. The author of this essav ventures to say it IS because the iJible is tiot believed. His attention was called to this by questions honestly asked bv honest doubters ( More men doubt than will tell t)ie minister about it ; These questions he was unable to answer and tlie subsequent studv of the subject led him int., hopeless difticnltv which for a time greatly weakened his ministry. The questions aske gloom. It is fearlesslv aflirmed that unless the Anglo-Saxon race be the house of Israel the covenant of the Lord with tlie /.-» /r/6f.s is broken and fai^h rests on an insecure foundation. 13ut that thev are the seed ^/ci ^f^ of Abraham, and that ffocl has faitl,fully kept bin promlsPH aiul iH new about t<, RloricuHly rovoal tho fart to the worUI it is attempted to prove in this eHway. ' *h. V-'t ^l'V,"'f ''■''" ''"■''■*''' '^'"'" *'^« "t'^'l^ "f Kphraim and the stick of Judah are about to become one i Kzeki(.|'{7-i(i-i7 ) no one can fail to see who is at all familiar with the present rela .onHh.p of the house of Judah with the nations of the ■arth. All who study this subject will carefully distinguish bctvyeen the spiritual blessins promised ti.rouKh M.-ssiah and the birthriRht which was Jose|)h's, for tliis distinction is the hn' J ; /."":"^r '"■"'''•^^•'^>' ^ <'»''•""• ''■■ '-^. rt appears to he unter that unless the fuinilment of tlu. promise made to Lphra.m has been literally kept it is impossible to understand the kingship of Jesus of Nazareth, We entreat all lovers of truth to «!,,. this groat subject, only briefly outhned in this essay, careful and prayerful J. 11. F. KPIIIMIM AM) .iri)\II. HoMKA(3:4: " O Hpliniini, wl.at shall f , I,, unto thoe ? () Jiulah, what shall I do iirito tlioo?" To llMd out what (lod basd>.UHtothr80twohou8e.HoflHmel m the purj.oHt. of thLs essay. We prr.j.ose to let the (lod of Israel nuHwer his own questions through saered and pn.fa.u. history beeause by these bus our Fleaveniy Father made k-nown to hi; people tiie scheme ol' providenee. As weall know, the names F' phraim and .Fudah as emploved n th,s passase stand for ,n.>n. than tF,.. individuals to "wliom tbey were Hrst ^iven. The name Judah is in the FJible frequently used to designate the trii,e whiel, sprang from ti.at rmtnareh;and after the separation of the nation it included the tnl,e of iVnjamin, 1 Kings 11 : Ml Theso two tribes ,nado up wiiat in the propFiets is ,;a!!ed tF,e house of JudaF. TF.o name EpFiraim eame after a time to stand for the ten revolted tribes and ,s ho intended in thi,s passage. The win.i.f.; aouHE OK ISKAKL ,s the language the prophets always uso wlien th.n" wiHli to speak of the union of F)oth liouses This distinetion has not been as elearly i„)inted ,u.t as it should have l)een, hence many prophesies which were uttered eoneermng the house of Isra<.l have l)een applied to the Jew8 when It has been at all possible in tlie light of their Instorv and when not possiF,le they have F>een spiritualized to fit the Church In such eases much straining of the word has been done and tlie passages have for the most part l>een misrits of .he worst kmd. No person can read the Bible with the distinctions I have named in mind, and fail to see that the promises made to these two houses of Israel are very distinct. The prophesies relating to the house of Judah have up to the present time been litn-ally fulfilled, but what of those made to the house of ,: seph ? To trace the development of rjod's plan with the eed of Ephraim is the task before us. To do this correctly we must begin from the first. First then, we must look at the Abrahamic covenant and be careful to get our starting point well settled. All depends upon this as an error here would be fatal. According to the record God Almighty called Abraham from Ur of the Caldees where he lived in the service of dumb idols, and sent him out into a strange land. This call Abraham obeyed and soHGcurod tho rlghtoouHnosH of faith. In thlH HtranRo himl (it)(I appoarcd to hlni and niad« a covenant witli him, and an thin was tho hcjrinriinK' of all that follows In tht^ hihtorv of redemption wo will oxamino il .'loHoly. It nuiHt 1k' obvious to nil that this covennnt containH throtMllHtinft promisos. In fionosis 12. J3, this langua),'o in usotl: " And I will make of thco u yroat naticMi, and I will I.johs thee and makti thy namo ^reat and thou shalt ho a i)l<.sHinL' and I will bIPHH them that hlcsH tlu>o and curse thorn that ourso tlu^o and in thee slinll all familios of tho onrth ho blessed." AKnininohaptor 17, l-Mtho oovonant is renewed and this is tho iannuaj-o used at that time: "And whon Abram was ninety yrai-s old m!i,1 nine, tho Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto liini, 1 am' the Ahiiif-hty (iod; walk before m.\ and bo thou porfeet. And 1 will make my eovenant between mo and thee, and will multiply thee exceedinuly. An Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee ex<'eedinff fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kinKs shall co.ne out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me an tliy s..,.,l .atfr thee for an everlaHtiuK posHesHion." 2nd. The i.romise of a multitudiuous see.l and «r.-at temporal prosj.erity, embracing especially a sreat coufedrmcu of a,(//r.a,s,w.a8 made to Kphraim the son of .Joseph. (Wn . II !!•: «' And Israel stretched out his ri^ht han.l, and lai.l it upon Kphraim shead, who was the younger, and his left hand ui.on Manasseh's head, guiding hi.s hands wittingly; for Manasseh ^vaHtbe first-born. And he bless.d .■oseph', and said. Cod, before whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed mean my lif^. long unto this dav, the Angel which red.^emed me from all evil, ble.ss the lads;'and let my name be named on them, and tlie name of mv fathers Abrahain iind Isaac; and let then) gr.)w into a muUitu.ln in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his f.ather laid his right hand upon the head of Kphraim, itdispl-ased him: and he held up hiH father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father Not so my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head And his father refused and said, I know it, mv son, I know ,t: he-also shall become a people, and he also shlill bo great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations." The fact th.at the birthright was transferred to the house of Joseph is acknowledged afterward. 1 Chron 5:1-2: "Now the sons of P- uben the firstborn of Israel, for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as hedeflled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For Judali nrci availed above his breth len. th(- cliicl riiicr; l.ui tlio birtliriHlU was 6 and of })ini canu' JosOpll'H." .M. To .J.ulah was «ivcn Un- spiritual blessing promisod " ';^" --■"■•'■'t. ThrouKl, hin, both bou.es of Israel were to f.nnK.os of tho earth wore to bo blessed, (ien. 4-): S-10- .Judah,_thou art he whom thy bretiiren .shall praise: thy hand 8ha beni t.,e noek of thine enemies; thy father's ehildren shall bow down before thoo. Jndah is a lion's whelp: from the prc^-, my son, thou art ^^one up: he stooped down, he couched HB a hon, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The soej,tre shall not depart from Judah, nor a Jaw-giver from be t^voei, lus feet, until Shiloh eomo; an,l unto hinl shall the gathering of the people l)e." Now the question arises. How and when were these fulhiled.^ Iweeannot show that thoy have been kept wha becomes of the inspiration of the Bible? That the first two promises of the covenant have been literally fulfilled all freely acknowledge. ' Ephraiwi did settle in tho land of Canaan 2nd^ Of the tribe of Judah did come the King of Lsrael thenwt " t ""'"'"•' ''■'' '•" ^''"^■^^^'" ^'- ^'-^l-" -vav from them after his coming. uJ'n/r^^'^ ^''"T'' ^*' -l^''»-''""^ ^-ere/un fulfilled in the and o Canaan. As all know the liouse of Israel broke awav from the house of Judah in the reign of Rehoboam the son S Scdomon. From that day their decline began and ended h their being carried into Media about 700 B. C "Bid Ood cast away his people which he foreknew ?" Did the prophets so undersand it? Did Christ and his inspired Apostle understand it so? Does the history of this dispensatio^ sav' anything to enlighten us on this great subject ? ^ ns a''"uirro^'n ''''•'"'' "^' '"^''"' t'-^^^Ptivity Of Israel as a_ failure of tho covenant promises but as an obscure providence for their glorious fultillment. The prophet Hose^ exercised his ofllce only a few year, before the carryi g awa;' into A,ssyria and most of what he had to say referred tHhe future fortunes of the -^.persed seed. God is hererepres^i ed as pausing to consider what to do with these rebellous childron, as a loving father might be in doubt as to the be course to pursue with his sons. What then did God do in faet ■ As we know what he did with the house of Judah from the first until the present day we will allow that tribe to d op out of our minds and follow Ephraim or the house of Israel A expo t^ioat depression of spirits and bitter wailin-^ ti,o prophets besu, to depict in ^iowinf. languaj^e tin' 7^ e greatness and ylory of ti.e dispersed t^bes. Tbeir to , n througb our Lord is eonipared in tl,e 2nd verse of th s c .u te o a resurrection: '^Xfter two days he will rev e us h '^ e Inrd day he will raise us up and we shall live in his j. It "^ a passage evidently shadowin.^ the resurrection of oui^Lord euid ";■''"'■ *'"^' ""^ -iteration of the kingdonr o iHiat I u ould be his special work on earth. The other prophets smue o whom prophesied after Israel was carried awav sti n ore plainly declare the special features of their j^reatnes ri.eyw.re to be a ,reat military power in the w^r^l Si ''Behold, all they tliat were incensed against thee ud h^^tt":'""' .^;">^--^-^; they shall be ^s noth ig .ind the.N hat strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek he?'th:^.tt "'' «-^l^"-^Mn-enthem that contended W thee, thex that war against thee shall be as nothing and as i thn^ Of nought For I the Lord thy God will hold t,; ,^ht hand, saying un o thee. Fear not; I will help thee. F.ir no thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will heb^ thee . h tJth h 1 ,! '1 '^^ '''''''' ^^^^^^'"»«' instrument having and bin " f l^r^"' '"' "HHintains, and beat them small ''Then sh.dt"H " •""' '^ ''''^^•" ^^^-"' I-- ^''^21-^'3 rhen Shalt thou say i„ thine heart. Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desola e ' the'. T' n1 ?rr'"^ '^ ""^^ '^° ' ^"^ ^'^- hath brou^t up these ? Behold I was left alone; these, where had thev been^ Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up 'mine hand to the Gentiles and set up my standard to the people- and they shal bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daugliters Ihall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shallt Ihv lur ing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: thev ;ha Tbow down to thee with their face toward the earth a uHiS UD the dust Of thy feet: and thou shalt know that I am lie Lo.7fo" they Shalt not be ashamed that wait for me " Micha also prophesied after the Assyrian captivity and yet he says: Micah 5:7-8-9: "And th^ remnai t of Jaco sha be m the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord wa eth fr^e"'"^ "r ^""^' ''''' '''-'"'''' -t for man nor ^^alteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a 1 o among the beasts of the forest, as a young lioi aniong the flocks of sheep: who if he goeth through, both treadeth d'ow^ Iw/r^L",' P"^'^^' -^ — -"^n deliver. Thine hrnd shall be lifted enemies shall be cut off P "i^on thine adversaries, and ail thine They ivere to be very numerous and to have important colonial possessions. Those who imagine that when Tsrie went down into Assyria they at once lost heart and dwi u Ued lown into a sn.all, obscure race are clearly in error. Josep v ' says of them, Antiq. 10:5-2: "The ten tribes are beyond Euphrates and are an inuncn.e multitude and not to be estimated by number." With this statemen a" ee the amh ;;;^n^:'- ^-r-'; ^^^^^^'^^^y^^^v^-^^^^z^ a miKht.v man, and their heart shall rojoic-e as through wine- yea then, children shall see it, and bo glad; their h^irt shall re,ou.e ,n the Lord. I will hiss for tl^m,\.nd gal^ h ^ for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as Z' Wth t ti hnr T '" ''' '"""*"^^«' ^'"^ '"^-y ^h--^" live ' T if ' ^ ;? "' ^"^^ ^";'" ^•«-"-" Again, Jeremiah .31: 9- wVli T ,^'\^{,'^^^^'^ ^«"^« ^vith weeping, and with supplications ^ I lead them: I will cause then, to walk by the rivers of waters ,n a straight way wherein they shall not stumb e for I am a father to Israel, and Emphraim is mv firstborn Hear he w^ord o the Lord, O ye nations, and declare, in the il'e afar or and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him and keep bun, as a shepherd doth his flock." Ephla m also ,'/ he ss;::r h^r^" ''-' '- '- "^ --- - ---^^^^ ^^^ w ^f'^'^f^!' ''^'- ^'•' " ^" ^'^««« ^l-^Vs the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come togethe out of theland of the north to the land that I have g vtn for Then shall the chddren of Judah and the children of Israe be gathered together, and appoint theniselves one head 4d \te ;r^"r"^«^ ''^'^^'■- for great shall^e^'l^ nJh^.f'K . T. ^''''''Ses, being taken from the vast muI^^fS^r '^"^^' ''' ''-' '-'''-'' '-''^^ ^'- -- truth! n \ \ We will now show that the New Testament teaches that r ~s"%r.i':f ^"^'? '''''''' '^'^^'^ '^^^ t^ f fill F, ^\^^'''^''' '^''^^ ^ '-^"1 not come to destroy but to fulfill. From his very birth the Holy Ghost si^rnified thnf this IS the King who should restore the dominion or^e Both houses of Israel meet about his bed. The Shepherds bv ange Wnt and the wise men of the East drawn on b'^^:he star were"^ lookTnf ^H •^'."'"''' '''"'"'"'' °' *^^ ^m^er.iou who were ooking to this time as the period for his advent who n^t;nro;'the'r'' "^' '^-^-^ ^^^^^ ^'^^ to -irtei;" 1 1': meaning of the phenomenon which led them forward to his manger. Herodotus mentions them next to the BudH as one of the SIX tribes residing in Media. The term New Testament is a brief way of saying the New Covenant with the honne of Israel and with Ihe house of Judah Compare Jeremiah 31: 3i-:u, and Hebrewn 8: 8-13 Gabnel announced: Ho shall reign over the home of Tsrad forever. Mary sin^s: He hath hol|.en Israel his servant that he might r >.ember mercy towards Abrahamo»c/ hi. sred forever ^ao],.v . . full of the Holv (.{host, proclaimes: He hath visiteM nd wrought redemption for his people that thev being delivered from their enemie.^ might serve him ' When we try to apply these passages to the Jews, how absurd they appear. It has been strangely overlooked that he f '/t tf^rT^' "/ "T '''''' ""''''''' '"^^•'"''^ ^^'^^'^t arose from the fact that he taught that the kingdom belonged to Israel and not t^o Judah-David's throne being over all the house of Israel. As in his birth so in his ministry he speaks in his doetnne of those who were scattered abroad. " I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." "Other sheep T have which are not of this fold; them also 1 must bnng and there shall be one liock." How plain the parable of the prodigal s.-n becomes when read in this light! How T'Z u "'"''' '" ^""'''' ""'^^^- ''''' preaching of the gospel. How easy it is to find the elder brother in the envious ruler of the Jews. What a picture of the united houses IS hat drawn by the Master in this parable. There Z '^K ^'^"^"t'- '-'"^^ rejoicing in that great dav not now atar off, for Israel is beginning to recognize herself _ This doctrine of tiie Kingdom was clear to the Apostles m every point but the time of Israel's manifestation. On the Mount of Ascension they asked, him: "Wilt thou at this time restore the Kingdom to IsraelV^ This information the Master refused to give, but clearly intimated that at some future time he would do so. Jerusalem was to be trodden down of the fientiles until the times of the Gentiles be full ; ^^^7!^: *'''" ^"^"^"« "^ "--^^'""s »^'\v mean, one thing is clear at that time the ancient power and glory of Israel should return. After Ills ascension the Apo.stles constantly proclaimed the gospel of the Kingdom and the anointing of Christ as King over Israel: Acts 2: 3(3: "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesiis^ whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." And with still more clearness in Acts 3: 19-21: "Repent ve therefore and be converted, that, your sins may be blotted out, when he imesof refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you; wnom the heavens must receive until the tmies of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began " Let It be remembered that Peter's sermon ' was to 10 V Israelites of the disnerHinn a, i,,^ u ,.i r« ■ , "'"I'tJrHion, \\ do Juid come unto the fen^t nnrl ths». . ..vo h„„„™ „l,„„u, „„i,e in ,,e,u,. When hev L ouH n-onfiio i: ^- "''v'^''"^^' ^ 'Z-, the meaning of the word o Israel were by tlm tl,„e gentillzed in great .Sure amon, ..e .e.s. Tr;«o;:L ta'teZe" .o^rirn';;': one and so there wonid be pe-oe S^ ""' 7°""' '"'"'""' only could they enter into C i-^ /"'" "^ """' What co„,e,neJce "rtriitetl td' ''atre'nt'.'-^'-'Mie" prom se? To st"!hT f"'"" '° "^""^ "> "•'>»- i' ""« f ouid^tioi^i^itthit^ r;Zir:;":L°';?„^ ^V"''^' "nto^'IS^h '° .""n". ■' '"°^^ '^-"- --So^th ' bZ ! H 11 °' "' ''""'"''''' <^»"n°t be imagined Tl ! Apostle, d,d not confonnd :the Church with tlfe K't Jm° \ oommaiuled to nrpacl. fn ih,. , ■ , !u \ pr"|)lTft was give llf« to the "mv Thi ""■■" " "''"•" '''""• "'"i the Holv i^irit , B ■ ; "-"presented the out|.„uring of ch^u;.!:,^,^'';;;: wo'^^d'^x^'CtirrT k"' r"-' ""^■^ our nation. S.^' S " i'J »"''"»""'™' development of are eho»en ofGod to aecompIi„h Hi/^°lf on ea' tlf B^il'/L"" :=Tnr^™re^i,!£'rtrf-»^"^^^^^ This the iK th ^^^ r ^P^^^i'"it««. as can be shown. wus, then, ,s the kingdom which Daniel declared shonll be given to the saints of the most High, Dan 2 44 1 'l in the days of these Icings shall the God of heaven set uo . kingdom, which shall never be destroyed- andlh^ t ? If this position be correct we must be able to trace in the history of this Christian age the erowth of tl^ d|f«cn,tiee and candid,,- .<^.^CZ^^Z:^:,^^ jr,Tri^^:c:n:^'---do£E 'Ht fl- • *^°"^^^^^"^ ^ike that which occurs in con- quest, when nations are subdued. Would it not appear from 12 1\\ this that the kinffdom hero represented whs to make it. way hj conquests in the name manner as the other kinfrdoms rath- er than by a silent, peaceful influence ? Is this lanj^na^e, in . ot, app hcable to the method in which the kiil^dom of Christ ,s to supplant all others?" This dlfliculty is easily re- moved when we romeml,or that Ephraim's portion u-as con7»rs/, rncreruc, dominion. This stone kingdom is undo. ,t- cdb the kingdom of Israel in its latter day development. Those who say that Christ is the stone and the Kingdom is the Church are evidently in error. Christ was to be a foundation stone but this ,s a stone hurled as a weapon of war a-ainst earthly kingdoms. The stone which David threw with such effect against Goliath is a type of this stone. But the Master decides that the kingdom is a nation and this is an end of con roversy. Matt 21: .i,-,i: "Therefore say I unto vou, the kingdom of fJod shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever sha f' ,"V -n"'"- 'V?'" ''' ''■°^""-- '^"^ "" whomsoever it shall fall, ,t will grind him to powder. And when the chief pnes s and Pharisees ha.l heard his parables, they oerceived hat he spake of them." Because the kingdom is earthly h aVen" M- 'p '!"';' IT"' '"^ "^^ "^'^'^^ '^^^^ ^' '^ ""^ from heaven It is God's battle axe to break in pieces and subdue he nations The God of heaven set it up; and by divine z::^^::^''-'-' ''''-'^' -^ -"• — ^^ -tn it nn Inasmuch as it was cut out of the mountain without first; ad because it was small at the beginning we are to see anTat tT:;; f ""f ^^'^ ''' "" "^"^''^"^ ^^-"^ ''^^^' -- ^« and as ,t rolled on to accomplish its mission we are to expec a «i/r» ,_ secret development of this kingdom. How beauti- that kingdom which is now the friend and propagator of the gospel al may see who will take the trouble to look. n short, the kingdom of God is both material and spiritual-al- ways was and ever will be, until He comes who will make all thmgs ne..-the warlike power going ahead and clearing the way for the .operation of the spiritual force. If this is too materialistic please consider by what power do we have liberty to send missionaries to India ? and what kingdom has opened rdl gates to the gospel hitherto ? I believe the Ang o-haxon race to be the children of Abraham, but do not think this insures more than the temporal prosperity prom- ised to Ephraim to those who do not exerci^se persona fa h in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Saviour of men as r:;d:f fo:i:."^^^^^'''^"' ^-^^ ^^'-^^^^^ ^--^^ «^ ^^•^^^ -^ The claim that the Anglo-Saxon race are really Israelites A If? of the dispersion and that our covenant-kooping (}od chose ho /,./o,u/. o //.e «.«, as the land of Goshen was onco chosen foi the mult.pication of His people and the accompllshnient of H.s latter day purposes, is at first startling and causes many good people to laugh as Sarah of old did wiu-n the Angel announced to Abraham that she sliould be the mother of a numerous seed. We have yet to see the man, however, vvho studies this subject which God is now revealing to His people, in a serious and candid way, who still remains a scoffer The subject is too serious to laugh at and too well proven to reject, entirely. That divine care has been exer- cised over the English nation, none will attempt to denvwho areatallfamihar with British history. The destruction of the Spanish Armada and battle of Waterloo, for examples are such notable instances of divine interposition that the en- emies of Lngland have been forced to acknowledge it. yctur Hugo thus speaks of Waterloo: " Did this verti-^o this terror this overthrow of the greatest braverv tliat ovev astonished the world, take place without a cause ? X., The shadow of a mighty hand is cast over Waterloo; it is the day of destiny, and the force that is above man produced that day. Hence its terror, hence all those great souls laving down their swords. Those who had conquered Europe fell crushed, having nothing more to say or do, and feeling a terrible presence in the shadow. On that day the perspec- ive of the human race was changed and Waterloo is the hinge of the nineteenth century. The disappearance of the great man was necessary for the advent of the great a-o and he who can-not be answered undertook the task " "" ' ... ^„^'\^^:^"^' "^' ^«i-aelhas from the «rst f.nigiit'the battles of "gates of her enemies" in aJl lands, and increased her pop- ulation so that they swarm in the Islands of the sea and upon the continents; given her sons and daughters !i-ht and knowledge so that they are fitted to be the pioneers of relig- ion and civilization to the ends of the earth; there must be some reason by which His acts have bee;, governed If it be rephed that Christianity has done it all, I would answer ves but there is a question laying back of this which needs to be answered It is this: Why did the gospel take the c-ourse it has? Why did the Lord not send the message of life t^ those nations which sprang from Ham or Japhet and make of them a multitude of nations and give them the gates o( their enemies ? We venture to affirm that the Bible cannot be understood unless we suppose that in the choice of the sons of Shem, God was ;noved by the covenant which he made with Abraham his servant. Nor can anv reason be given why another people should enter into and" possess the birthright than those who received it by promi.^^ n tliis ./ I\ 14 position is correct wo Blunild ho iil)lB to prove tliat tho IJritiHli Isles were early peopled by IsraoliteH. Thi.s i.s not ho clifHoult of proof as many imagine. There would have been more abundant proof were it not tliat thin plan was concealed providentially until tlie time shoulil come for taking away the veil, an Paul clearly shows in diHcussing this very matter of RraftinR in the l)rancheH which were broken off. Kom. 11 : 2",: " For I would not, brethren, that ye should be isnorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the (ientiles be come in." As we believe this fulnesis of nations is now drawing near, if not actually upon us, so we believe the blindness is being taken away from Israel. A brief historic statement of the settlement of tiie British Ibles by Israelites will help to set this doctrine of the king- dom on a sure basis. Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors can be traced to Media i see American Encyclopasdia), and this of itself would be suHicient to raise the i.resumpiion that they sprang from those of the dispersion wiio are known to have multii)lied greatlv in that country, and to have been much given to colonizing." Sharon Turner, in his history of the Saxons, says that "the first ap- pearance of the Scythian tribes in Euroi)e mav be placed ac- cording to Herodotus in the Ttli century B. C. The first scenes of their civil existence and of their aggressive powers were in Asia (o the east of the Araxes. Here they multiplied and ex- tended tliejr territorial limits for some centuries unknown to Europe." The religion of these people is not such as to suggest a heathen origin. Herodotus says " they believed in an immor- tal life and in one supreme God into whose presence they should go after death. They deplored the loss of their sacred books which they said were left there by Zamoxes Hiterally Moses). Sharon Turner further states that "in the time of Herodotus they had gained an important footing in Europe. They seem to have spread into it from Tanais to the Danube and to have taken a westerly direction." Prideaux says that the Celts were driven from their coun- try by a people called Asoe who came from between the Euxine and Black seas, and from whom sprang the Angli who with the Saxons, took possession of England. We might ex- pect to find in Europe some traces of these wanderers still ex- isting which would confirm the statements of history, and more especially as Jeremiah said: Ch. 31: 20-27: " Is Eph'raim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still, therefore my bowels are troubled for him. I will surely have mercy upon him saith the Lord. Set thee up way-viavks^, make thee high heaps: set 15 thy heart toward the highway, even thr waif wliidi tlimi trmt- est; turn again, O virf^in of I.sraf«I, turn again to thi'Ho tliv citioH." The Ku8.sian Archa'lofjjical Society huH brought to light from the tumuli of eertainsectionHof Europe, many iHraelitUlj relics referring to the Assyrian captivity. BesideH these the names of natural objects suggest the presence of the descen- dants of Israel. We have the Don, tiie Danes, the Daniper, the Danen, and the Danube, which suggests at once the presence of the tribe of Dan. The landing of the Saxons in Briton is well known. Being invited over to help in war, the Isle of Thanet was given tliem. They liked the country so well that they resolved to stay and soon Saxon laws, religion and language were establislied. Then came the Danes, of the tribe of Dan. Afterward came the Normans, another branch of these wandering people, who had settled in the north of France. These three brandies of one original stock recog- nizing their adaptal)ility to each otlier, soon became one nation, and now in these last days they are beginning to " look unto tlie rock whence they were hewn, and to the Jiole of the pit whence they were digged." The early introduction of Christianity into the British Isles is an additional proof of the Israelitish origin of the in- habitants. On the sup|)osition (hat the Apostles were ehiolly in search of tlie lost sheep of the house of Israel, tlie introduc- tion of Christianity into the British Isles during the Apostolic age would go far to prove that Israelites were there. Nean- der, quoting from Bede says: " Lucius, a British king, recpiest- ed Rome to send missionaries to the Island. But tlie peculiar- ity of the British church is evidence against its origin from Rome, its ritual agreeing much more nearlv with tlie church- es of Asia Minor." But Welsh Christianity, which has re- mained to this day uncorrupted by the Roman ritual, claims to have been introduced by the Apostle Paul, as Orchard shows in his church history. But the strongest proof that we are Israelites is that we jyossess the birthrujht which we could not have possessed unless it belonged to us; otherwise we must ac- knowledge God was not able to restore the kingdom to Israel. Daniel prophesied that this stone kingdom should fill the world so we believe that Anglo-Saxons are destined to be a univer- sal dominion. A leading Russian statesman recently said: "Unless the power of England is checked, nothing can prevent her domin- ating the world." Universal peace must come from univer- sal war. When that war comes— and all men see that it is near— it will result in giving the Anglo-Saxon race universal power. Judah will be restored to their own land, on which as a preparation the latter rains are now falling, and the Millen- "o^ -'..., ,r.u iidve uctwiicu, xui« Kingdom shall Ifi Ht-uul until He oomos whoae it is of rl„'ht, an.I Ood will give it Thoro aro Hi^nH of a RtMUTal upheaval all throu«h the pa- Kan papal and moslem world. Japan has snfTored from a re- cent earthquake, in which thousands are said to have perish- ed. (Jnna was v.H.ted by moHt destructive floodH, and now is the scene of widespread riot and not. a little bloodshed. .South Anjenca Hrazil, Chili and tb. Ar^^entine Republic-has bee .indiH undergoniK civil and political disturb.uKH^s, which in Home cases amount to a convulsion. Russia is expcllin« the Jews and preparing for war, and all Europe is either in a state of ferment or of uncertainty and apprehension. No one on the continent feels sure of the peace of Europe for thirty days abca.l, and a European war means a world's ..phcaval. Afri- ca has bee^n the scene of almost continual conflict .since the /ulu and Soudan wars. Turkey is on the verfje of perpetual d,s urbance. The isles of tb. s.a are the scenes of^epel ed and sometimes widespread antaKonism., either within their own coasts or with foreifjn foes." When this doctrine of the kingdom .shall bo clearly seen and the coverin.cr whici, has hidden this miracle of g.aco from the nations shall be wholly removed dsa. 2.5- 7 ) and this ;'V'/-r-'' ",rr'''^^^' "^^-{^^^^^ ^^ the scheme of providence, in- God'o^orifled "'"''"'^ '" ""'''' '^''"'^ "'''""' ^'^^ ^"^ closed and The momentous considerations involved in this doctrine must from this time forth become the burning question of the hour. In It IS the solution of tlie eastern question, .xnd it de- termines the controversies of all European nations OnK- af- ter the supremacy of the kingdom of Israel shall the nations learn war no more." This doctrine brings r,od back to dwell among men and puts religion within the grp.sp of men- makes the Bible of practical value to all men as other book^ are; points out the relation between spiritual religion and the powers that be; will purify politics and give practical men of tiio world additional sound reasons for acknowledging the su- promacy of tlie anointed ; rnU give power I0 the pulpit In, pour- inrj lujht i,i,on the scripinreH and remit in a nniversal awaken- Ihe'l oiTiw r'' '7!!«^«f-«' ^^'-'^. the days come, saith he Loid, that they sliall no more say, the Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt- but the Lord liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whuher I had driven them; and they sl.all dwell in their own land." _1_ YAHMOilTH LIUHT hi'lINT, f ftl i3