But these higher endowments and emoluments are reserved. for the coming era. Humanity is so grossly misusing, and abusing endowments bestowed in the past, that to open more of the secret vestry or admit to the LORD'S counsel chamber, would result only in preparing for more slaughter, more suffering, more confusion; to prepare for a greater harvest for destruction, for hell, and continually less for righteousness, for heaven.

Aerial navigation has served no good purpose yet; that as well as the submarine boats is a means of destruction-the more efficient the more destructive they are. And it is likely that the Lord will make use of them both for his housecleaning.

The nations of the earth must come to the point where God's law and ordinances will be respected and acknowledged as the only true and infallible guide for the conduct of nations as well as individuals. For invention and science are not intended for the destruction of life and property, but for the preservation of life and property.

Behold These Things of Wonder.

The eminent scientist, Dr. Edgar Lucien Larkin, Director of Mount Lowe Observatory, writing in the San Francisco Examiner, is taking great interest in present day developments, especially in the fulfilment of prophecy relating to Jerusalem, Palestine and the Israelites.

The Ten Tribes of Israel. Dr. Larkin supports the claim that the Anglo-Saxon race bears the stamp and signs of the ten tribes considered lost but now identified.

"Therefore, behold the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, the Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

"But the Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven them and I will bring them again into their land I gave unto their fathers.'-Jeremiah 16: 14-15.

"To the utter astonishment of Christendom and Islam, Jerusalem, the Ancient Salem, City of Peace, the Holy City, has fallen without a great final battle. The English took it without. the discharge of any cannon against its sacred buildings, its holy places, and scenes of the journeys of Mary and Jesus.

"The two verses spoken by Jeremiah centuries before have been fulfilled to the letter. The term Children of Israel occurs in both But English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh are now known to be the actual descendants of the so long called Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

verses.

"When the British army marched through the gates Israel was restored. Prophecy, prayer, story and song for centuries; these and longings and the falling tears of an exiled race, yearning for the Restoration, are satisfied.

"The Prophets of Israel are confirmed.

Back to the Bible.

"Back to the Bible is the immediate duty of Christendom. "It has risen in RENEWED MAJESTY shining as LIGHT CELESTIAL in the gloom of a world in war.

"The Jews, really Judeans, i. e., the inhabitants of the land of Judah, the three tribes Judah, Benjamin and Levi, were carried captive to Babylon. In seventy years they returned, but did not bring back the Ark of the Covenant. They did not have it; they were not the Original Birthright tribes; but Israel had it, kept it in Babylon, and they vanished from history.

"They never returned to the Holy City, JERUSALEM, until December 11th, 1917.

"THIS IS A DAY OF TURNING.

"CHRISTENDOM BEGINS A NEW ERA.

Remarkable Coincidence.

"When the British, i. e., sons of Ephraim, the now AngloSaxons, inhabiting the British Isles, entered the Holy City, President Wilson declared effective the war against Austria. Hungary.

Captives Lost-Tracing of Path.

"And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, King of Israel, that Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it.

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'And at the end of three years they took it; even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea, King of Israel, Samaria was taken.

"And the King of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Holah and in Hobor by the river of Gozan, and the cities of the Medes.'-2 Kings 17:3-6.

"This was in the year B. C. 721, to which add 1917, and the sum is 2638 years. This is the duration of the exile of Israel: 'Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them nor do them.'

"Now the long, devious, harassed and erratic journey has been traced thence to the far-away isles of the British, Scotch, Welsh and Irish.

"Researches, archaeological, and greater, the study of roots of languages, and still greater, if possible, critical study of symbols, have resulted in the discovery of their pathways, routes and journeys from Medea and Persia, through the Caucasus, Russia and Europe to England, Scotland and Ireland. They returned in 1917, and their entry into Jerusalem changes the very destiny of Christendom, and also Islam. But the changes about to be wrought in the career of the Judahites are beyond comparison with anything since the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, as He calls Himself. For Israel and Judah are entirely separate peoples descended from different ancesters.

Adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh.

"And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

"And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting pos

scssion.

"And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

"And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

"And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.'Genesis 48: 4, 5, 20, 21.

"But Ephraim is the son of Joseph, whose descendants now occupy the British Isles. This is shown by startling linguistic roots of Anglo-Saxon speech. And by symbols.

Identifying Symbols.

"And Pharaoh gave him (Joseph) to wife Asemath, the daughter of Poti-phereh, priest of On.'

"And the reverse side of the seal of her son Manasseh's nation -what nation is that? THE UNITED STATES IS A PYRAMID. "The seal of England displays the lion of Israel."

Thirteen Tribes Signifying Thirteen Stars. "The thirteen. tribes of Israel and Judah, thirteen due to Ephraim and Manasseh, are now as THIRTEEN STARS on the observe side of the GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

"All the other SYMBOLS besides these STARS are accurately mentioned in the Scriptures.

Jacob's Pillar.

"And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.'-Genesis 35: 14.

"This identical stone is in the base of the Coronation Chair of England, upon which have been seated, when crowned, since the chair-Edward's Chair-was brought from Scotland to London in A. D. 1296. Queen Victoria was seated in this chair when crowned June 28, 1837.

"The stone was then measured thus: 'It is oblong, of about twenty-two inches in length, thirteen inches broad and eleven inches deep. History relates that it is the stone whereon the patriarch Jacob laid his head in the plains of Luz.' And, "This stone was conveyed into Ireland by way of Spain about 700 years before Christ. From thence it was taken into Scotland by King Fergus, about 370 years later.'-From History of Queen Victoria's Coronation, London 'Sun.'

"From Medea to North Scotland, the names of places given by Israel have been found in early languages, so a continuous trace of the long journey is now discovered. This entire subject is one of extreme fascination and interest now, at the instant of the centuries-hoped-for final Restoration of Israel to their own land

Palestine.

"One of the astounding things is this: 'Guardians have been established at Bethlehem and at Rachel's tomb. The tomb at Hebron has been placed under exclusive Moslem control. The hereditary custodians at the gates of the Holy Sepulcher have been requested to take up their accustomed duties in remembrance of the magnanimous act of the Caliph Omar, who protected that church.' This is the first bright light signal for the union of Christianity and Islam.

"Instead of a fearful Armageddon, with slaughter of thousands of Europeans and Asiatics, as has all along during the last six centuries been thought, the very descendants of blessed Rachel, whose tomb they care for, allow Islam to guard the Holy of Holies of Christendom as a mark of courtesy! And a few days before, President Wilson appointed the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus as joint agencies in a grand department of human mercy as one mighty brotherhood of man.

"These are indeed rapid times. The career of man on earth is changing before our eyes. And in the midst of all rises into heights sublime, to heights divine, Jesus the Christ anointed. See this-Jesus is now bringing poor Hagar out of the Wilderness."*

Dr. Larkin rejoices that this great victory has been attained without the fearful slaughter of Armageddon. But that may yet come. The Germans and the Turks are not going to surrender Palestine, Syria, Macedonia, Arabia and Armenia without a great struggle. The river of Euphrat will not dry up without some blasting hot fighting somehow. General Falkenhayn has been in Turkey for about two years doing something. He may have a large Turkish army in readiness for attack at the proper moment. May the Church of God be constant in prayer that the Armageddon may be as lenient in sacrifices of human life as possible. The Final Triumph of Zionism.

(From the San Francisco Examiner)

"Whatever else is doubtful, it is certainly true that the passage of Jerusalem into the hands of the Allies means the swift establishment of that regathered and redeemed Zion for which the world's Jews have dreamed ever since the tribes were scattered in the breaking up of Israel. It is a turning point in history.

"The Universal Jew, who for centuries has been a religion but not a nation, is to come at last into his own-to be a people, a nation, with a country, with a capital, with a civilization and a

*The sub-headings, underscoring, and a few changes in paragraphing, by the author, otherwise the article is identically the work of Dr. Larkin.

greatness all his own. The conquest of Jerusalem is the final triumph of ZIONISM.

"The first expression from authority that touches the great event was Arthur Balfour's letter to Lord Rothschild in London announcing that England is favorably disposed to a Jewish Homeland in Palestine. The United States has already expressed its sympathetic concurrence. France and Italy and the Catholic Church are ready to give their zealous co-operation.

"For nearly two thousand years the Jewish nationality has been crossed out from the list of nations.

"For the first time in nearly two thousand years not one, but three great Powers stand ready publicly to recognize the Jewish nationality and its right to a land and a home.

"ZIONISM means the repeopling of Palestine by the Jews. It is a creed. It is a faith. It is a mighty movement now throughout the world.

"Millions of Jews in every land are organized and active and intense in their enthusiasm for the rebuilding of Zion. It is an age-long dream. It is also a practical business movement of today.

"Large foundations have already been laid within the quarter century. Colonies, numbering more than 12,000, have already been settled in Palestine. Careful studies of the economic possibilities of that country for agriculture and industrial developments have been made. The schools of Palestine and the colonies have been nationalized into a concert with the schools and universities of other nations like Switzerland and Italy. The pure Jewish spirit has been fostered throughout the colonies and the country. The population is almost entirely Hebrew. A young generation is growing up which knows no other tongue, and they are seeking upon the soil of their ancestors to found a nationality upon that indispensable instrument-a common language. The foundation for the New Zion has been wisely and soundly laid in all the institutions and systems which the world-Jew can bring from all countries to make a model country of his own.

"The time is coming, if it is not now at hand, when all nations and all peoples will be called upon to give the glad hand of helpfulness to the Jew as he begins at last his long dreamed of pilgrimage to THE PROMISED LAND.

"Fortunately for the new home land of the Jews, the people behind them include the greatest financiers in the world, and there will be no difficulties in this line which will not be smoothly weathered for the Jewish State.

"And fortunately for our own and other countries there cannot be a wholesale exodus to the New Zion. An area four times as large as Palestine could not make room for the increasing millions of the Jewish race. Millions are too deeply planted and too deeply tied in interest and affection to other lands to break away. But there will be Jews enough to repeople Palestine-young Jews, old Jews, bright Jews, great Jews, borne upon the tide of sentiment and duty and ambition, and it will be a wonderful, wonderful land