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HOW I FOUND OUT "THE TRUTH, 
 
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 And What Must Now Happen. 
 
 In the simplicity and ignorance of childhood, I naturally supposed 
 that the clergy knevir " the truth " in reference to our Creator and the 
 " eternal life ;" consequently when vei y young I resolved to qualify 
 myself for that pn)ft«jsion, thinking th:it thus I should have the oppor- 
 tunity to learn all which was required to be known in reference to the 
 "eternal life," that when the present life termiuMted, I should still pos- 
 sess, in the future life, nil the advantages which I h id acquired by con- 
 tinuous and persistent eSbrts in thi:^ life; — for it appeared to me 
 extremely unsatisfactory to spend a lifetime in accumulating wealth 
 which could be of no advantage whatever in the eternal life ; accordingly, 
 •when nineteen years old, I was glad to obtain a scholai-ship which 
 entitled me to two hundred dollars a year for four years as a divinity 
 student. I hadn't been a student for a year, however, before I discov- 
 ered that the clergy were but " blind leadei-s of the blind," as Jesus 
 Christ said of the Scribes and Pharisees auiong the Jews. It became 
 quite evident to me, that the clergy knew aV)0ut as much, and about as 
 litde of our Creator, and of the ♦' eternal life," as did their congregations.- 
 They simply accepted and taught the doctrines of the church or sect to 
 which they belonged, and didn't appear to consider that they were called 
 upon to find out the " truth," and to proclaim it, at all costs, whether it 
 happened to be the doctrine of the church to which they belonged, or 
 not. This was what I was resolved to do ; consequently, of course, 1 
 couldn't consistently become a clergyman of any of the various churches, 
 or sects, in Christendom, so I decided to resign my scholarship at once, 
 and gain my living liy farming, whick I did for several years. 
 
 When 1 was 25 years old (or about 37 years ago) I began to under- 
 stand " the truth "in 1-eference to our Creator, fend the ** eternal life ;" 
 as revealed in the Bible, and demonstrated by the facts of science, in' 
 proportion as bur knowledge and comprehension becomes extended — I 
 soon foand out that our CrSater is no more a vague abstraction than a 
 man is a vague abstraction, or than the earth itself is a vagne abstnic-' 
 tion ; and this ^rttnd " truth " tnay be easily underttood as soon as we' 
 begin ta rtsfcliae that bur Creator is «ittjply the mind, or " spirit," of Ottr 
 earth ; atid t;faiktx>uf eArth,iRid alsdf le^ery other wo^ld, 0rg«nieed- (m it 
 wer^ like on'r eAttH, natfrfally individujthzes, locitllBes/ imA derelopM 
 
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 creative mind ; nuich as every human Wdy (organized like our human 
 body) naturally individualiz(>H, localizefl, and d«velo)m the liuman mind ; 
 that, in fact, the earth is an entity which individualizea, localizes and 
 develops creative mind, or Qid ; and the solar Rvntem isnn entity also, 
 which individualizes, localizes, and develof>s creative mind, or Ood, to 
 an extent far beyond that of an individual world like our earth ; thn 
 universe likewise being an entity which individualizes, localizes, and 
 develofis creative mind, or God, in a manner (antl to a degree) which, 
 of course, must necessarily be altogether beyond our comprehension at 
 present — nevertheless it is quite within otir comprehension to under- 
 stand, and know for certain, that wherever Law and Order pievail, 
 either in a ^orld, or in a solar system, or in a universe ; there Mind 
 also prevails ; and that Mind may fairly be descrilji-d as creative mind, 
 or " God." 
 
 Our Creator ''(the Go I of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the 
 Ood of Jacol>," to whom the Bible introduces us) may thus be very 
 clearly perceived t> be no vague abstraction, but as definite (in a man- 
 ner) as is our eartli itself, as is declared with exceeding clearness and 
 explicitness by the pro])het Isaiah — " Have ye not known 1 Have ye 
 not l.eaidl Hiilh it not been told you from the beginning t Have ye 
 not understood from the foundations of the earth 1 It is He that 
 siTTETH UPON THE CIRCLE OP THE Eakth, and the inhabitauu thereof 
 areas grassliop|>ers," in comparison. — Isaiah XL, 21, 22. 
 
 The above explains clearly enough how it is (and to what extent it 
 is) that our Creator is a fiersonal God, and not merely a vague abstrac- 
 tion ; (like infinite space or infinite duration ; ) but many claiming to 
 be Christians may yet nevertheless desire to understand, with equal 
 clearntss and precision, the exact |>osition of Jesus Christ in relation to 
 the human family generally. This is also easily explained, for He is 
 our Great Representative of Unity and Order, our '* Lord of hosts " ; 
 so that " the spirits of all flesh " will hereafter be his numberless 
 " hosts" of angels, and Archangels, when we shall have ultimately sub- 
 dued the earth, so aM to cauKe it to become the material l>ody which 
 must hereafter individualize, localize, and develop the minds, or "spirits 
 of all flesh " colUciivtly ; even as our human material bodies do now 
 individualize, localize, and develop^ur human minds, or spirits, tWt- 
 
 The blessing pronounced upon man at the craation was that he 
 should " increaae, and multiply, and replenish the earth, ami »ubdu« it." 
 The first part of this blessing is already fulfilled ; for man.hM ahready 
 increased and multiplied and replenished the earth i but wbvn we ulti- 
 mately fulfil the latter part of this blessing, so as to ** subdiM " the 
 eftrth ; we shall then become the mind, or spirit of the earth ; even as 
 
 our Creator is at present ; and the whole earth will then be as oom- 
 pletely under our oolleotive oontrol as the human body is at preaent 
 under the indiridi^ oontrol of the human mind, or spirit — but before 
 this occurs, we must, of course, necessarily become " one," praoticallj. 
 
with Jemiii ChriHt, oven an he 18 "one" with our Creator; in accor- 
 dance with his v'jry renitirkiilile prayer to that «'tt'fct — " Father, I pray 
 not f< r those [few apostUin] alone, Itiit fur all thfin that Hhall lielieve uii 
 me through their wonl ; that they nil may be one ; an Thou Fttther art 
 in nil", ami I in Thee, thut they aUo iimy Ijw on« in us." — John XVII, 
 20,21. When this gi«<Ht truth Ih clearly iiinh'rstood ; the force and 
 accuracy of another remarkable 8aying of Jthus (JhriHt in also easily 
 })erceive(l : — " and this is life eternal ; that they might know Thee, the 
 only true Ood, and Jesus Clirist, whom thuu ha.st sent ;" — for, as soon 
 as we •• know" cur Creator as simply the mind, or spirit, of our earth ; 
 and Jesus Christ as simply our Great Ilepresentitive of Unity and 
 Order, or, our •* Lord of Iiosts " (as alreaily explained), of cours", wo 
 know osauredly that we posse.ss " (>teriml lif«<," as certainly as we know- 
 that we at present jtossess natural life, or auimal life. The above state- 
 ments Hi-e further contirmed by the declaration of the apostle Paul that 
 " the 8j !■ it itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children 
 of Uod, and if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with 
 Christ."— Romans VIII, Ki, 17. 
 
 The science of geology carries us bnck to a time when our earth 
 was burning its surface, as ihe sun is now ; and the Bible assi res us 
 that " the elements shall [again] melt with fervent heat — and the earth, 
 and the works that are the'.-ein, shall Im) burnt up" again. As our 
 earth has certainly become a habitable world, (as it is at pranent) after 
 having been burnt up so many thons>inds ot years ago; it is but reason- 
 able to conclude vluit our earth will also liecome a habitable world again, 
 after it shall *' bj bnrnt up " again some thousands of years hence; 
 that, in short, cur earth is alternately a habitalile world, ar ' alternately 
 a burning world. That the sun also is aliernately a habitau^e worhl and 
 alternately a burning world. The great central world, and the revolv- 
 ing planets, in a solar system, lieing alternately sources of light and 
 heat ; either to the other ; and alternately habitable worlds, ad infinitum. 
 The various forms of animal and vegetable organism being re-create<l at 
 each successive Alternation, by the creative mind which originated (or 
 was nudtiplied by means of such organisms) during the previous Alter- 
 nation ; for instance, our Creator (or our Heaveidy Father) is simply 
 the creative mind which originated u|>on earth during the previous 
 Alternation, precisely as the human mind now originates npon earth 
 during the present Alternation ; and, of course, the human mind now 
 originating u|)<m earth must eventually develop into the creative mind 
 of the next Alternation ; as certainly as the children of the present 
 generation roust dev< lop into the |>arent8 of the next generation. 
 
 It is the sudden realization of this grand truth, which is repre- 
 8<Dted as causing the more advanced minds upon earth at this time to 
 exclaim, in addressing our Creator, " doubtless Thou art our Father, 
 though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not." 
 » Isaiah LXIII, 16. 
 
Mi»n is "creiifeil in the image anil after the likeiieas of God," in 
 the RHme sense that tlie acorn is created in (hn image and after the like- 
 ness of the ituk tre«'. i'nr as the acorn develops into the oak tree, so man 
 also develops into (Jod. " I have said, ye are Gods, and all of you are 
 childron of the* Must High ; but v«5 shall die like men." — Psalms 
 LXXXII, 6. 
 
 This great truth iiniHt be insisted upon just now. because it is just 
 now that wo must iiavc ••the manifostation of the sons ot God," so long 
 waited for ;, that is, tliouuunds must now prove before God and man, 
 that ihoy regind tlie welfare of mankind with an interest at least equal 
 lo that with which they n'gard their own welfare. Any who actually 
 flfc) this> wiH manifest themselves to be " sonH of Go'," or "the people 
 <rf tb* SHints of the Most High," to whom " the kingdom, and dominion, 
 ant) the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be 
 given" at the time.— Dan. VII, 18, 27. 
 
 All animated beings in general, (from mice to men) evidently 
 jUigMfii' tfie welfare cf their offspring with an interest similar to that 
 rith which they regard their own welfare ; and it is essential that they 
 »he«ld do hO ; otherwise the offspring could not safely be entrusted to 
 •h* ciwe, and control, of the parents, who are, in fact, the providence of 
 God to their ( Hapring. 
 
 In like manner, the care and control of all the nations compre- 
 hended in the human faniilv, canuMt .safelv bo entrusted to anv but those 
 vhff prove by tlieir conduct, that they regard the welfare of their fellow 
 ■lan with an interest similar to that witli which they regard their own 
 welfare ; and so fulfil " tho whole law " ot God ; as it is written, " the 
 wholo law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, thou shdt love thy 
 neighbour as thyself." This only Ix-comes possible in these days, when 
 onr minds become sufficiently enlightened to perceive clearly that our 
 ©wn j)cr.sonaI welfare is so intimately boimd up with the welfare of the 
 ■linntHU family generally, that we cannot possibly bijnedt ourselves 
 .pcrnKuientli/ except so far as we benefit the human family generally. 
 'Hiis fu<;t becomes sulHciently clear to us only when our view is extended 
 beyond the pre t lil'e, and we realizfi how that our efforts in favour of 
 our fellow Mil; ai ihe very nature of things) tend to assimilate our 
 winds to ',li > riiiiwl of our Creator ; and thus to (jualify us for correspond- 
 ing R I I iti.iro?:, in the eternal life. 
 
 'Tlie nutions of Christendom are supposed to pray to God daily, 
 **thy Ling lorn come"; about as often as they pray, "give us this day 
 «Kir doily bread." They wisely take good care however not to negle<;t 
 to exeit themselves to provide their own " daily bread " by their own 
 efforts* If they would now wisely also make corresponding efforts in 
 &voirr of ** tfce kingdom of God " upon earth ; we should certainly 
 wery soon enjoy the incalculable advantages of that universal righteous 
 government which would, of course, immediately abolish warfare, at 
 •noe, and for ever ; and henceforth utilize the wealth and energies of the 
 nations, from generation to generation, for the abolition of ignorance, 
 
povorty, vice, and miserv ; until nt lust, aftor al)0>it thirty ^onoratiotin, 
 or tlie precUcted " tliousuiul yeiirs," (inillenniutn), the world will Ix? pre- 
 pared for the predicted heaven upon earth, wlien " tiie tal>eruuclii of 
 God sljall be with men and lie will dwell with them, and there hhalJ 
 be no niore death, neither sorrow, nor crying : neither shall there \m 
 any more pain ; for the former things are paHRod away " (Kev. XXI, 3, 
 4), alter which, the next Alternatio-i in the solar systi'm may oiioiir at 
 any time; so that " the elements shall melt with fV-rvent heat, and th« 
 earth, and the works that are therein, shall he hurnt «jp "; and our 
 earth will then consume its surface for thousands of yt-ars ; precisely iia 
 our sun is consumini; its suriac(! at present; yet nevertheless such * 
 state of thiii^^s need not f/n'n cause " pain," or inconvenience, 1 1 any 
 mind, or spiiit, of man, for then " the spirits of all flesh " may collec- 
 tively hecoine the mind, or spirit, of the earth itself; as th'! hosts of 
 a'lgels and Airhangels of Jesus (Jlirist, who will be our " Lord of liDsts," 
 (our Great ilepresentative of lenity and Order) causing us to become 
 thenceforth ;;n<r//(V<//// but as "one spirit" (hnelopitij^ itself by ueana 
 uf our earth, which will tliea be our mateiial bod . individiiallziti.,' and 
 localizing us collectively. 
 
 During the tho\isands of years that our earth will i»e thus consum- 
 ing its surface, (as our sin is now), we shall la- enjoyi ig our cliiMliooJ 
 and youth as " sons of God," an I will learn enormously by witnessing 
 the gradual progress of the work of the creation "of the various foring 
 of animal and vegetable organizition, which will then be going on in 
 our sun, which will then be, of ourse, the great central haliilalde world 
 in our solar system ; as all tlie revolving planets will tliea be burning 
 worlds, consiuning their surfaces to furnish the great central world with 
 the rerpiisiie light and heat. 
 
 In the subsequent Alteination. when our earth slnll aj;aui licrome 
 covered with water, we, of couise, shall then be glad enough to oixMipy 
 ouTselves to some good practical pui|»ose, as the " Spirit of (Jod " whick 
 will then again " move upon the fice of the w iters, and caust; the 
 waters to bring forth abundantly " of the varioiis forms of animal and 
 vegetalde organization ; until ultimately we beeoino competent to 
 "create man in our own image, and aftei' our likeness," ami cause him 
 to " increase and multiply and replenish thi eaith, and subdue it;" and 
 thus become qualilied to -'inherit" our posiiion as the Mind, or Spirit, of 
 our earth : leaving our greatly developed n;ind free to resign the care 
 and control of our earth to the new generation of " sons of God " which 
 we slnll have originated. Our sfieallv deveioiied mind, then l)ec"'!iiM<' 
 less and less identilied with our earth in particular, and more and more 
 identified with the solar system geniu-ally ; and thus rapidly ext<'nding 
 its greatly enlarged view more aiul more widely over our vast universe, 
 which will interest us for probably many millions of years, until ulti- 
 mately the universe itself shall l>ecome worn out, and dissolved into its 
 original elements ; when, of course, the collective Mind which shall 
 have origiuated from all the solar systems in this va.st universe, will be 
 
occtiiiiml with tho rn-orgunizHtion of a simiUr vmt mikI VHi'ieH iiiiivfi-Ho 
 a^i^ain, for prolmhiy many milliona of yuai-a also, and will thiia dunlitlcHs 
 tie (icli^liUnl lM>yonci nifaniire with ao congmiial an oc'cu|)ation, after 
 having (Mijoyed ho Ion); a roHt, nnil after having niaduauch inconceivahly 
 grrtit acipiiaitiunB in knowledge and nnderatandiiig. to qualify itaelf fur 
 HO iiniuKiiHiirahly vaat a work — and ho on, eternally, ad xnJinitHm ; 
 niiiltitudinouH, progreRnive, and colh^ctive Mind alwuya originating, and 
 alwavH liecoming developed (hy nieanH of the Orler maintained in a vaHt 
 maUM'iitl ever changing univeiRe) ho aH ultimately to l»ecome (|uali(ii>d to 
 re-organize a similar universe, when the previouH univerae nhall have 
 heconiA worn out, and disnolved into it« original elomenta — in hhort, the 
 Orilcr prevailing in the univerHe nlwaya originates and alwaya developH 
 the Mind competent to renew or rL'-coiiHtruct a nimilar univerKe, ad 
 iujtnitiim. 
 
 The foregoing very plain and simple Htatomenta are calculated to 
 convince thouHandH among the men ot this generation that now at last 
 *' tho niysttjry of Uo<l is finislHMl " ; inasmuch tis we now may know 
 God (our Creator) aH satiHlactoiily hh we now may know ahout the facts 
 of sciimce, astronomy, geology, and chemistry, etc. (Jonsequently, we 
 may he quite sure that thtj time for the new era has certainly now 
 arrived, in accordance with the predirtion that "in the days of the voice 
 
 of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery 
 
 of God shall be finished, as he Imlh declared unto hin Hervants the 
 propiu'tHj" therefoi-e we may now he quite sure also that the great modern 
 *' liahylon," or Kccl-jsiastical Ciiristendom generally, must now " fall " 
 as suddenly and unexpectedly as prfdioted ; for, of courae, the prepos- 
 terous doctrines of Ecclesiastical (.'hristendom cannot reasonably he 
 expected to withstand the clear light of heaven, forced uion the 
 world, l»y " the manifestation of the sons of Ciod " at this time ; for 
 now " Beheld, tho Lord cometh with myriads of his saints, to execute 
 judgment upon all, and to convince all the ungodly among men of all 
 their ungotUy deeds, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sin- 
 ners have spoken against him." 
 
 The manner of " the numifestation of the sons of God " at this 
 time is very clearly revealed in the last chapter of the jirophet Isaiah, 
 where it is plainly indicated that one appears first, all alone, and then 
 immediately, " a nation shall be born at once ;" or, " in one day," as it 
 were, " a voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple (of God), 
 a voice of the Lord that renderetli recompence to his enemies. Before 
 
 she travailed, she brought forth ; before her pain Came, she was 
 
 delivered of a man-child Who hath heard such a thing 1 Who 
 
 hath seen such things 1 iShall the earth be made to bring forth in one 
 day 1 or shall a nation be born at once 1 for as SOOn as Zion 
 travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the 
 
 birth, and not cause to bring forth ? saith the Lord. Shall I cause to 
 bring forth, and close the breasts 1 saith thy God . . . .suck, and be satis- 
 fied with the breasts of her consolation ;. . . .milk out, and be delighted 
 
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 -svith the Hhtindance of her glory; for thun Huith the lionl, H-hitM. I 
 will extend peare to her like n river, nnd the glory of the imtiotiH lik)* a 
 flowing stream," etc. — Inaiah LXVI, 0-12. 
 
 The Almighty evidently now rejects K.'clesiasticul Ohrinten loin. w\\ 
 calls " his Horvants hy another name;" as it is wriftim, " in thu phce 
 where it w,is sai I unto them, ye are not my people ; tlu're it Hhall l»e 
 Haiil unto thi'in, ye are the Hons of tiie living (Joil." HoH«'a I, 1". Ami 
 thus is introduced tlio new Kra of •' the Kingdom of God " upon earth, 
 which all Christendom has l>L'ea continually praying for, duriii); the past 
 eighteen centuries. 
 
 It may he asked, whv should Kcclesiastical (Miristendom he rejected 
 at this time / for where upon earth can Wetter men he touti 1 tliAu those 
 which are at present included within Kcclesi istical (Niristendoin < 
 Kcclesiastical Christendom is now rej.*c(ed sim|»ly ItociMSf of its \itter 
 incapa -ity to perform the yroat work now required of those representing 
 the intellectual and moral force of the world ; for ni<w that all nations aie 
 brought so close together (for good or for evil), it is aluolutely essential 
 that f/iw and Order should immediat^dy Ije established over the whole 
 world l>y means of a Supreme International Trilmnal, that henceforth 
 there may he neither excuse nor occasion for war, and that thus the 
 prophecy may, be fulfilled, which declares that from this time " nation 
 shall not lift tip sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any 
 more." — Isaiah, II, 4 ; ^licah, IV, 3. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Christendom quietly wait.H until the nations are 
 involved in war, and then practically prays to God to help them 
 slaughter their neighboui"S by thousands, and liundreds i»f thou.sands, 
 eviilently concerning itself in n^ference to the abolition of warfare al)out 
 as much as it concerns itself in reference to the revolution of the (tarth 
 (i[)on its axis, <loubtle.ss consiilering that it can help about as much in 
 the one case as in the other ; thus manifesting before God and man its 
 utter incapacity for the work, and its absolute destitution of " faith" in 
 the word of God, in reference to the abolition of war at this time. 
 
 It is fully recogniz'd, however, that the people of Jesus Christ are 
 at present generally included within Kcclesiastical Christendom (or the 
 Great Modern "Babylon"); therefore are they now called upon to 
 " Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, 
 and that ye receive not of her plagues." — Rev., XVIII, 4. 
 
 It is precisely for this reason that I have written the present com- 
 munication, that all who are now in favor of immediate and jx^rmanent 
 "peace on earth, good-will to man, and glory to God" should see the 
 necessity of at once complying with the exhortation of Jesus Christ at 
 this time, to " come out of" Ecclesiastical Christendom (which is so 
 evidently the Great Modern "Babylon" predicted), and henceforth 
 unit« with me in the effort to enlighcen the nations, that the prophecy 
 may soon be ful6lled which declares that " the earth shall be full of the 
 knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea ;" " And they shall 
 teach no more, every man his neighbour, and ^se^v^ man his brother. 
 
Mijing, knuw thn LuvA, for tht-y Hliall all know rnc, frotii tlic IfUHt of 
 tliHin unto tlu' ymtU'Ht of tlieiii, Muitli tin? Lonl." — Imiiuli, xi, U ; Jfre- 
 
 iiiiuh, xxxr, ;J4. 
 
 " T\ui kingdom of CmmI " u|K»n oartli in not RoiiiftliinK «xtorniil, ho 
 118 to l)H |)«>i'lia|m i»lt<»j4»'th«'r Iu-)(iim1 *>\iv icarli ; l-ut "lli« kiiij,'(loni of (ioil 
 is within you," uh tlnlan'd l.y Jtwus ClniHt ; and iij^ain by the prophet 
 I)anif|, <* tlio Haints of the Most ili;;li Hliall takM tiu« kingdom, and 
 poHH«;ss tli(( kin<{doin fur (.-vor, evrn for evfi- and ••ver." l).in. V'H, If^, 
 27. Tln'rt!forr tlios<« who really d«'Hir«5 " (Im kin;M|oiii of (Jod " u|ton 
 oarth. have now hut to " come out " of Kceli'siaHticul Christendom, and 
 thuH manift'Ht their e:ir,:itHt:i»'HS an<^ / *al liy practically protcHtin^^ a^^uinst 
 tho prevailing " litk<-vvarmn«'HH " nnd indillcrencc, in the .service of (Joil, 
 fur the Itenetit of num. 
 
 Such great truths, as T have Ijere so plainly stated, if faithfully and 
 clearly explained hy individual clergy to lln-ir respective eongregalioUH, 
 would either have the effect of enlightening them in some degree ; or of 
 arousing their opposition. In the latter case the.s« grand truthn would 
 l>e imme<liately Itronght t«> the attenti(jn of tne wmld generally; (for 
 the |n(SH could scarctdy fail to notice any «uc!i seiions or active (>ppo.^i- 
 tion) and the wojld gt;ner.illy would then have the opportunity t(j pro- 
 nounce for, <jr agiinst, ajiy .snch grand humanitarian docuine, or policy, 
 which is here advocated ; and the more the question would Ix! discu.sfied 
 in thest! ilavH, the more iidnim.inity and error would he e.xpo.«eil, aiul 
 condemned ; and the more th(! truth wotdd triumph, und th.) more the 
 upholders of the truth would he recognized a.s the henefuctoiH of their 
 race. 
 
 iModern |)roi;re.ss is evidence enough that the time has now at lust 
 arriveil for " the kingdom of Ootl " upon earth, as foretold hy the 
 j)rophet Isaiah, when (in predicting railways) he dec'ares, " every valley 
 shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and 
 the crooked shall l)e made straight, and the rough phcies plain ; and the 
 glory of the Tiord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; 
 for the mouth of the i^oiil hath spoken it." Isaiah XL, 4, T), 
 
 Modtun railroads, steam.ships and telegraplis, »kc., evidently remove 
 the physical diHiculties, which have hitherto been in the way of the 
 l)redicted universal righteous government of " the kingdom of God " 
 u|)on earth ; aocordingly the Almighty is again repre.sented a.s declaring 
 at thi.s timt', "f will gather all nation.s and tongues, and they shall 
 come, and see my glory." — Isaiah, LXVI, 18. Modern progress does 
 thus actually, and very effectually, "garher all nations" togetlier into one 
 vast congregation, a.s it were. The prophet Daniel, speaking of this 
 time, declares al.so that now " Mam/ shall run to and fro, and knowledge 
 shall be incroasetl" (Dan., XII, 4), which must be admitted to be 
 autiiciently characteristic of our time. 
 
 The Great Modern "Babyion" U already " divided into three parts," 
 as predicted (Rev., XIV, 19) ; the larger part being still Catholics, who 
 recognize "the Church" as the supreme authority, in matters of doctrine ; 
 
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 the Pi'otesta^itH, or SoctaritiitH, iccognizitig the Dihlo (uh iiiidcrxtoixl, or 
 iniHiinderHtuod, by each of thtTii) ua the HUpieiiu) tiuthurity ; while tho 
 KatiuiiiilUts, ur AgnostioH, tiiu Hinulh'r (hut more inti'Hectually vi-^'orous 
 Hiul progresHive) part of the Great Moihsrn " I'mliyhm," ifcogiiize science, 
 or tlieir own liiiiitej knowh'dgu hikI unil\M-htiindini;, hh the Htipreinu 
 Hiithority, in nmtterH of doctrnie, whether Htich doctrine hu|)|)enH to ho 
 in reference tu inulterH within tlieir prenetit ooniprehensioii, or not. 
 
 Mankind are under ininienKH obligations to tite CatholicH, becaune it 
 is to th«.'ir Huperior instinctn, and constancy, that we are indebted foi' tlie 
 unorniouii advantage of liaving all the great natiunH of tlie ourlh Chris 
 tian nations, at least in name, and by tradition, instead of being ntill all 
 heathen nations. We are under great obligations, also, to the Protea- 
 tunts, or ScctarianH, becauKO it in to their vigoiirous and persistent 
 efforts that we owe our i)resent civil and religious liberty ; and we are 
 also \inder very consideralde obligations to tho Uatiuniilists, or Agnos- 
 tics, as tln'y appear to liavit already taken the tirst great step in the? 
 accpiisition of knowledge, by becoming conscious of their own ignorance, 
 and of tho ignorance of bot h Catliolics and Protestrmts also, in r»T*M-enc«! 
 to many things about which Christendom has hitherto dogmatiseil so 
 unreasonably ifiiul absurdly. 
 
 Jjct tho most advanced minds now "come out of " this CJreat 
 Modern " Ihibylon." Let the Haticjmilists, or Agnostics, begin now to 
 perceive that the L'ible often merely anticij atis tlin scientilic truths 
 which have been afterwards discovered and fairly earned by human 
 eflFort; and that it is as unreasonable for them to maniftst disrespect for 
 the words of the lUble, merely becau.se they don't yet understan.i them, 
 as it would be unreasonable for the child to have no respect for the 
 words of tho parent, or teacher, for tho same reason, namely, that its 
 comprehension is not yet sulhciently developed to fully understand 
 them. 
 
 Let tho Protestants, or Sectarians, al.so begin now to perceive that 
 they, as yet, know little or nothing of the grand revelation which the 
 Bible is calculated to ultiuuitely communicate to the Imman family ; 
 they merely accept the woids of the Biltle as true and reliable as a mat- 
 ter of course, whether they understand, or don't understand, the great 
 truths which these words are intended to convey to us. And as they 
 very evidently don't understand these truths, they i^norantly and pre- 
 sumptuously dogmati.se, in about the most irrational and aljs'ird manner 
 imaginable ; some even going so far as to describe our Creator as con- 
 triving somehow to condemn by far the gniater number of " the spit its 
 of all lies'.i " to unutterable torture to all eti rnity, while tho conipara- 
 tively few "elect" would enjoy eternal hai)pine.ss in praising him for 
 Lis infinite mercy, justice, and goodne.ss in general. One has merely 
 to state plainly such doctrine as tliis, and it must immediately become 
 evident to every reasonable soul that such doctrine is about as absurd 
 and blasphemous as can po-ssibly be imagined ; and yet it is well known 
 that such doctrine as this his, until quite recently, been widely accejited 
 
in Christentlona ; and many c^he^ doctrines also almost equally absurd, 
 if not altogether so blasphemous, as the doctrine which represents our 
 Creator as being inBnitely merciless and cruel; and yet such doctrines 
 have been generally supposed to have been fully justified by the wor' 
 of the Bible. This fact should convince us forcibly of the importance 
 and necessity of first understanding cleaily the truth intended to be 
 conveyed by the words of the Bible, before we accept any doctrine as 
 justified by those words. 
 
 Let the Catholics, also, begin now to perceive clearly that the doc- 
 trine of Jesus Christ, in its jnirity, must necessarily have been so antag- 
 onistic to the doctrine and practices of the heathen nations, that the 
 heathen nations could scarcely be expected to heartily accept Christiar- 
 ity until they had first perverted and corrupted it, so as to assimilate it 
 as much as possible to heatlienism. It is for this reason that the Church 
 (or tradition) cannot reasonably be accei)ted as absolutely reliable, or as 
 the supreme authority in matters of doctrine. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Christendom has already served about as useful and 
 import-int a purpose in the development of " the sons of God " as the 
 eggshell serves in the early development of the chicken ; but as a time 
 naturally arrives when the eggshell becomes ii positive hindrance to the 
 further develoj)ment of the chicken ; so that the chicken must then 
 break the eggshell, and free itself from its enthralment ; so also a lime 
 naturally arrives when Ecclesiastical Christendom becomes a positive 
 hindrance to the further development of " the sons of God ;" then also 
 are " the sons of God " called upon to free themselves from its enthral- 
 ment, as effectually as the chickens free themselves from the eggshells, 
 which had previously been so essential to their earlier growth and 
 development. Therefore let " the manifestation of the sons of God " 
 begin at once, and proceed vigoi'ously and effectually to establish the 
 reign of " mercy and truth . . . righteousness and peac«," over the whole 
 earth; and let the great mode;" "Babylon" of Ecclesiastical Christen- 
 dom " fall suddenly," and unr-xpectedly ; in accordance with the purpose 
 and declaration of the Almighty God. " Let the kingdom of God " 
 also appear with equal suddenness, and prevail with irresistible force, 
 now, and for ever. 
 
 It is written concerning the great modern " Babylon," or Ecclesi- 
 astical Christendom, or the church, (in contradistinction to the state) 
 *' The Lord hath sv^orn by Himself, surely I will fill thee with men as 
 with caterpillars and they shall lift up a shout against thee." — Jeremiah 
 LI, U. 
 
 That it is the chuich (in contradistinction to the state) which must 
 now " fall " 80 greatlj' in the estimation of mankind, is evident from 
 the fact that " the kings of the earth, and the merchants of the earth," 
 etc., (who may be fairly understood to represent the state) are described 
 as " standing afar off" at this time bewailing her calamity ; but yet as 
 powerless to avert it as they would be to avert an earthquake. Rev. 
 XVIIl, 9, 10, 11, 17, 19. 
 
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 The fact is, that modern progress has evidently put such enormous 
 power in the hand of man, that the whole earth is liable to be utterly 
 desolated within one year at any time now ; unless a corresponding 
 intellectual and moral force should now arise, which should be capable 
 of commanding the respect, and gaining the confidence, of the people 
 of all the great nations, so as 1o hold the nations in check ; and restrain 
 them from destroying each other in the frenzy generated by war, which 
 may arise at any time ; for it is remarkable that there is probably not 
 a single generation in all history in which war has not prevailed : 
 why then should the coming generation be expected to escape the 
 arbitrament of the sword 1 We may very reasonably conclude that we 
 should certainly not escape now, any more than in former generations ; 
 should it be left to the intellectual and moral force of the church, or 
 Ecclesiastical Christendoili, to save us from such terrible and world- 
 wide disaster, as would now certainly result from a serious war, which 
 might easily involve all the great nations of the earth to their mutual 
 destruction and desolation in a moment of passion as it weie, b«ifore 
 they should have time t > reflect deliberately upon the frightful conse 
 quences of their own violence. 
 
 As the church, or Ecclesiastical Christendom, cannot, or will not, 
 do anything effective to save mankind from such terrible disaster ; the 
 church, or Ecclesiastical Christendom, must "fall," and give place at 
 once to an intellectual and moral force competent to do the great work 
 now so imperatively demanded of it. 
 
 Let it be clearly understood that the "fall" of Ecclesiastical 
 Christendom, or the church, at this time, cannot possibly be avoided ; 
 (any more than the coming of an " earthquake " can be avoi led) ; that 
 
 consequently ttie only wise course possible at this time, is to 
 do precisely as Jesus Christ counsels his people, " Come out 
 
 of her, my people " ; just as any sensible man would " come out 
 ot " a building about to " fa'l " ; for his remaining within the building 
 under such circumstances, could not possibly benefit himself, or others, 
 whereas by coming out in good time, he might not only save himself 
 from the disaster, but greatly benefit any number of others also. 
 
 Why shouldn't those therefore who have understanding among the 
 clergy explain at once to their congregations that " the kingdom of 
 God" upon earth is now evidently within their own power] as soon as 
 they choose to exert themselves wisely in favour of it ; that consequently 
 it is henceforth sheer hyprocrisy to pretend to pray, " Thy kingdom 
 come," if they continue to make no effort whatever for that purj>ose. 
 That it is now manifestly the duty of the " people " of God every- 
 where upon earth to advocate with th) utmost earnestness the immediate 
 abolition of waifaro, by inducing the people of " all nations " to insist 
 upon the erection of an International Tribunal sustained by the whole 
 power of the world, that henceforth every nation may be as thoroughly 
 protected from violence or injustice, b}' recognized international law 
 and order, as individuals are at present protected in the various cities 
 
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 and nations of the civilized world. It should henceforth be considered 
 as barbarous, and intolerable, that a nation should be culled ujion to 
 arm in self-defence ; as that an individual should be required to do so. 
 It is well understood that individuals are much more secure from viol- 
 ence and wrong, where they arenot required each to arm In self-defence ; 
 (being all protected by the authorities, or by the police force.) And as 
 it is now with individuals ; so it certainly would be with nations ; were 
 
 it but once so arranged that the combined force of the whole 
 world should be arrayed on the side of Law and Order ; 
 
 of justice, righteousness and j)eace, meicy and truth. 
 
 All the most intelligent and honouralile in , every congregation 
 would doubtless scon agree to second any of the clergy in so worthy and 
 honourable a jmrpose, :4nd "all nations" would tlien very soon have 
 good reason to exclaim : " This is the day which the Lord hath made ; 
 we will rejoice and be glad in it." " Let the heavens rejoice and let 
 
 the earth be glad before the Lord : for he cometh, for he ccmeth to 
 
 judge the earth : he sliull judge the world with ilghteousness, and the 
 peoj)le with his truth."— Psalm cxviii, 2i; xcvi, 11-13. 
 
 HENRY WENTWOHTH ilONK. 
 Ottawa, Canada, Uth August, 1889. , ' ' 
 
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 NOTE. 
 
 The loUowing " Notice of Motion" by Mr. Moflfatt, M P., (which 
 was too late to be effective last Session) will give an idea of what the 
 Dominion Parliament may bo indticed to do next Session in favour of 
 an International Tribunal. Nearly all the Members and Senators (to 
 whom I mentioned the subject) appeareil to be favourable— several of 
 them telling me that, if the Premier did not object to it, it would doubt- 
 less pass both Houses next Session. That our Premier has no objection 
 to it (so far as his own personal feelings and sympathies are concerned) 
 will be evident enough from the accompanying letter of introduction he 
 was kind enough to give me to Sir Charles Tupper, our High Commis- 
 sioner in England : — 
 
 > NOTICE OF MOTION. * - i 
 
 Mr. Moffatt. — That this House recognizes the need of an Int«r 
 national Tribunal, to settle all international questions reasonably, justly, 
 impartially and equitably before God and man ; and this House is of 
 opinion that a representative should be appointed for the Dominion of 
 Canada, in order that this subject may be fairly brought to the attention 
 of the Imperial Goveinment, and of the United States Government 
 ,',» also J that these two great commercial, and remarkably progressive, 
 
 nations (whose interests are already so absolutely identical) should now 
 set a worthy example to the oiher great nations of Christendom, which 
 will doubtless soon be followed according as its incalculable benefits 
 shall become manifest to the world ; and this House is further of opinion 
 that Henry Wentworth Monk would be the most fitting representative 
 of the Dominion of Canada for tKis purpose. 
 
 
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 Privy Council Office, Ottawa, June 3, 1889. 
 
 Dear Sir Charles Tupper,— The bearer, INIr. H. Wentworth 
 Monk, of Ottawa, purposes vi.sitiiig England on a sul.ject which he con- 
 siders of importance to the best interests of the Empire, and, indeed, of 
 the civilized world. He seeks an introduction to you, which I now 
 give. I am sure you will give him your best counsel. 
 
 JOHN A. MACDONALD. 
 
 Sir Charles Tupper, Bart, 
 
 ,, ,v?j-^. 9 Victoria Chambers, S.Wi, London, England. 
 
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 rhia probable action of the Dominion Parliament in favour of an In- 
 ternational Tribunal should tend to encourage some among the clergy to 
 lose no time now, but to "come out" of Ecclesiastical Christendom at 
 once, boldly and fearlessly, and appeal to the common sense, and com- 
 mon humanity of man genei'ally, to sustain them in the honert and earnest 
 effort to abolish warfare by inducing the nations to erect a Supreme 
 International Tiibunal which would command the respect and support 
 of "all nations" (as it would be composed of men known, and proved, 
 to possess the highest wisdom and understanding), and consequently 
 would be in a position to exert (it necessary) the combined force of " all 
 nations" in maintaining Law and Order throughout the whole earth; 
 that henceforth no individual nation will be requirtd to be in a position 
 to defend itself from violence and injustice, any more than any indi- 
 vidual man is now required to arm himself and protect himself, in any 
 part of the civilized world at present ; the whole force of the combined 
 world protecting all nations henceforth, precisely as the whole force of a 
 city, or country, now ])rotects the individuals composing the city, or 
 countjy. 
 
 The few individutil men, and the few thousands of men, who shall 
 now do the most towards bringing about such a desirable state of afiairs 
 upon earth, will, of course, fairly earn all that men, and nations, can 
 possibly do for them ; consequently such few individual men, and such 
 few thousands/)f men, need *' take no thought for the morrow," but 
 may boldly and fearlessly hazard the loss ot income, if so required, in 
 conscientiously exerting themselves in favour of the reign of " mercy and 
 truth .... righteousness and peace" over the whole earth; "Seek ye 
 first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things 
 [that if, every earthly advantage] shall be added unto you," and again, 
 " Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall l)e called the children of 
 God," fuoh men being, of course, emphatically " the peacemakers " 
 referred to.— Matt. V, 9 ; VI, 33, 34. 
 
 The predicted " seven shepher«l8 [or clergy] and eight principal 
 men," or honourable men, and worthy representatives of the State, 
 (Micah, V, 3 5) will be quite sufficient now to introduce " the kingdom 
 of God " upon earth so effectually that every earthly opposition that can 
 possibly be brought to bear against it will serve but to prove its irresis- 
 tible power and efficiency ; for the thousands of men who fairly repre- 
 sent all the moral and intelleotuil force of the world will be immediately 
 brought to the front and conspicuously before the notice of all nations^ 
 and " all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble " in 
 comparison, and as " ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that 
 I shall do this, laith the Lord of hosts ; but unto you that fear my name 
 shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his beams." — 
 Malachi, IV, 16. 
 
 HENRY WENTWORTH MONK. 
 
 Ottawa, Canada, 14th August, 1889. 
 
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