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Uncle Sam

will whirl and sling at the Goliath of kaiserism and all kaiserian royal dynasties, and thereby dispersing the Philistines of militarism, whether Prusso, Franco, Anglo, Romio, or any other kind of militarism, together with caste, classes and arbitrary or fancied distinction. With the faith, courage and determination of the prototype, victory is assured, the object within reach, the IDEAL attainable. The only difference is that David, the prototype, selected his stones out of a brook, being processed by the crudeness of glaciers and torrents of antiquity, our UNCLE SAM, the anti-type, is having his stones blasted out of the mountain of kaiserism and royal dynasties, and processed by the modern scientific modulation into the smoothness of divine assiduity and assimilation (similitude).

Our first stone will stun him and topple him down on his face, thereafter speedily vanquished and finished with his own sword, namely: The solace of divine institution and appointment:

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."-Heb. 4: 12.

"And He (the LORD) shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall BEAT their SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES, and their SPEARS into PRUNING HOOKS: nation shall NOT LIFT UP SWORD against nation, neither shall THEY LEARN WAR any more."-Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3.

Universal Peace.

"THEY SHALL NOT HURT NOR DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN: FOR THE EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD, AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA."-Isaiah 11:9; Hab. 2: 14.

How the Kaiser Missed It.

Universal peace will be established and maintained only by the universal KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD, that alone and in no other way, as the history of the world witnesseth to this very day. Anything that the wise men of this world, whether scientists, divines or rulers, invent or substitute for the word of God, whether the German KULTUR, the French Agnosticism, Darwin's NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION—it all fails; and the longer and more earnestly persisted in the worse it gets.

Fear and Kultur. The Kaiser missed it by insisting upon sword and spear for the maintenance of a world peace, when God had ordained that the knowledge of the LORD, and the compliance and submission to his ordinances are the only conditions for the attaining and maintaining of peace. The sword and spear may subdue people, and kultur may disseminate knowledge; but the sword and spear fail utterly to animate cordial submission and patriotic loyalty; and kultur fails utterly to regenerate the heart and to bring forth the fruit meat to repentance. Therefore, the Kaiser

pursued a course of peace-establishment and peace-maintenance impossible of attainment and contrary to God's plans and His ordinances conforming to these plans. Therefore, instead of being a promoter of God's plans and purposes, he has by his ignorance and obstinacy become a stumbling block, an obstruction, in the way for the redemption of God's chosen people, and he must thus be removed as speedily as possible.

And it has become a charge and obligation upon UNCLE SAM to remove him. For so completely does the Kaiser run contra to God, that when God commands: "BEAT SWORDS AND SPEARS TO PLOWSHARES AND PRUNING HOOKS” the Kaiser takes the plowshares and the pruning hooks and makes swords and spears out of them, and impels the nations of the world to do likewise. The Kaiser has missed it. He has missed a great opportunity.

We have now noticed briefly the sowing, the concession, the giving and doing on UNCLE SAM'S part, on our part, we will now turn to the prospective harvest, our prospective returns, so as to discern whether we are entering upon a paying investment.

2. Harvesting, Retrocession. "Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

"THAT YE MAY SUCK, and be satisfied with the BREASTS OF HER CONSOLATIONS; THAT YE MAY MILK OUT, and be delighted with the ABUNDANCE OF HER GLORY.

"For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I WILL EXTEND PEACE TO HER like a river, and the GLORY OF THE GENTILES like a flowing stream: THEN SHALL YE SUCK, YE SHALL BE BORNE UPON HER SIDES (arms), and be DANDLED UPON HER KNEES.

"As one whom HIS MOTHER COMFORTETH, so will I COMFORT YOU; and ye shall be COMFORTED IN JERUSALEM.

"And when ye see this, YOUR HEART SHALL REJOICE, and YOUR BONES SHALL FLOURISH like an herb; and the hand of the LORD shall be known TOWARD HIS SERVANTS AND HIS INDIGNATION TOWARD HIS ENEMIES."

Notice the last sentence: "The hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies." To this is added:

"For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger and fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

"For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many."-Isaiah 66 10-16.

And in that awful day it will come to pass that the kingdom that refused to serve in the restoration of God's chosen people shall perish, "yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted."-Isaiah 60: 12.

This reminiscence of what is going to happen to God's enemies (and every unconverted soul is an enemy; every person, young or

old, who has not wholly and unreservedly surrendered himself or herself to our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, being a regular attendant of church services and prayer meetings, is an enemy, and will perish in that awful day) following directly upon the wonderful display of the manifold blessings in store for the faithful servants of heathen ancestry who have been loyal and true-this reminiscence, we repeat, is warning to us all to make our election sure regarding our citizenship in the LORD'S. kingdom, and the preservation of energy and resources as a requisite on our part for the restoration of JERUSALEM and the Holy Land.

Twilight Meditations.

"Watchman, what's the time?" This question has been asked by pious, praying, longing souls ever since the days of the apostles. Many a student of Bible prophecy has attempted to conjecture seasons and dates for the coming events which are supposed to change present conditions and order of things. But all groped in a mist of uncertainty until JERUSALEM was surrendered to the English army last December; for on that day ended the "TIMES OF THE GENTILES," spoken of by Jesus (Luke 21:24): “That Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED.”

THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES were fulfilled when the Turkish troops marched out of JERUSALEM and the English troops marched in; when the Turkish crescent went down forever and the Royal Ensign of England, representing all Christendom, was hoisted, to wave the good tidings to all Israel that the sacred enclosures were redeemed and invited the chosen inhabitants to return and to take possession of their heritage.

Of this writes the Apostle Paul to the Romans (11:25, 26): "That blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: "There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob."

This period, designated by the words: "TIMES OF THE GENTILES," comprised seven times three hundred sixty years (two thousand five hundred twenty years) from the captivity of Judah, under Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chron. 36:1-21) until the restoration of JERUSALEM to Christendom by the English, backed by UNCLE SAM, in December, 1917.

So that part in the way has been removed.

Remarkable Scientific Prophecy.

"WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY LIKE A CLOUD, and as the DOVES TO THEIR WINDOWS?"—Isaiah 60:8.

Aerial Navigation is here clearly implied. Prophecy consists partly of visions, objects seen by the prophet, and direct communication, the subject or matter to be spoken or written dictated to him by God or the messenger sent by God.

In matters of vision, the seer would have to use such objects and figures in describing his vision that would convey to the mind

of his audience or readers the best possible idea from his word pictures.

Now here, in connection with the restoration of Jerusalem and Palestine and the return of the Israelites to it, he sees them coming a-flying as a cloud, yes, like flocks of doves to their windows.

This, then, is also a sign, a condition, clearly, incontrovertibly announcing that this is the time designated in the plans of Providence for the restoration of Palestine and the returning and re-establishment of Israel as a nation and an independent Commonwealth, not to be protected by any other nation or league of nations, but, on the contrary, itself to become the inspiration, the soul, the guiding star, the moral force in the legislation and administration of all and in all the nations of the earth.

Insulation of Gravitation. Another discovery or invention of greatest importance to the convenience and enjoyment of humanity, is the INSULATION of GRAVITATION, which will enable human beings to move and to float around in the air as easily and nimbly as the fishes in the sea.. How charming on a hot, sultry day, to ascend to the pure, cool air thousands of feet above terra firma! Think of the merrymaking and frolicking of children and the youth on calm, sunny days!

Impossible! Yes, the Marconi wireless would have been declared an impossibility if predicted fifty years ago. What foolhardiness! People in Europe to be able to communicate with people in America, across the ocean, without any connecting means whatever. Why, a cannon shot or the loudest explosion can be heard only a comparatively short distance of a few miles. But the Marconi wireless has become a reality all the same; and a great many seeming impossibilities will become realities in the new era approaching.

Replenish the Earth and SUBDUE IT. And God blessed them. and God said unto them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”—Gen. 1 and 28.

Subdue It! That is the charge to man by his Creator. And David tunes his harp to the concert pitch, and his stylograph pens in the most sublime, aesthetic and poetic style the divine ORDINATION for man, in the following refrain: "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visiteth him?

"For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

"THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS;

"THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET.”— Ps. 8:3-6.

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