W K ^. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) & V, ^.^ ^M% If. 4 ^ B> f 1.0 I.I IM 12.8 12.2 u 114 £f b£ 12.0 u IL25 fl« 1.4 HI < ik i^liil V 7J Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. MSSO (716) 872-4503 iV ^< V »" :\ \ '^ '<^^ Sf ^^i^ '^S' : .i of a rule, except their own fancy In this manner they expounded the material history of the Old Testament. The whole arrangement was a Babel. I had faintly discerned that the Scriptures made a distinction between the house of Israel and the house of Judah, and that the prophecies belonging to one could not, in fairness, be ap- plied to the other ; and that some prophecie*? applied to both. It always seemed strange to me, that the people which God said he had chosen for Himself, should not be known. The Jews were always known, but where was ^* Is- rael, His inheritance?" Again, I could see no point in the Lord swearing so positively about David's seed and throne lasting to the end of time. Taking them in a typical sense, they were '^' PREFACE. about the poorest types that could hsve been selected, because of the shortness of their ex- istence, according to the general mode of inter- pretation. Just at this point of my experience I came across a book entitled **Our Israelitish Origin," by the late John Wilson, the reading of which confirmed me in my convictions, and aided me to a better knowledge of the good Book and Providence. After some twenty years of experience, I be- gan to teach the principles of interpretation embodied in these Discourses. Some three years ago, I began to give a series of sermons, on the Ten Lost Tribes. I soon found my own con- gregation, as well as the public, were interested and profited with the same, as was manifest from the large and constant attendance thereon. By personal interviews and letters, I have been gratified to learn that many have been savingly and truly converted to God through these Dis- courses. Especially has this been the case with those who were infidel in faith and action towards God and His word. I have received hundreds of letters thanking me, that the key of interpretation presented, had made the Bible an interesting and easily understood book. The interest created gave rise to numerous requests for copies of my sermons. The notice by the public press now and again, intensified the in- terest and increased the demand. To meet this detiire, I made arrangements with the editor and i i I VI PREFACE. proprietor of a weekly paper, called the Cham- pion^ to publish my evening Discourses. At once the arrangement was found to be profitable to him, agreeable to me, and admirably suited to the public. So for more than a year the Champion has been my faithful messenger on this line, and will continue to be. It is a weekly paper, published at 132 Nassau Street, New York ; price one dollar per year. I am not personally interested more than this. With its politics and other matter I have nothing to do ; but for the sermonic matter I hold myself respon- sible. I feel free to express my pleasure in the wonderful increase of its circulation. I am glad it goes all over the States, the Dominion of Can- ada, and is in goodly demand in Great Britain. After I had been preaching on this subject for Bome time, I made, fortunately, the acquaint- ance of a name- sake of mine, Mr. Joseph Wild, of Bay Kidge, near Brooklyn. On this subject I found hipi remarkably well posted. He had lots of books, pamphlets, papers and maps on the matter^ any or all of which he gave me liberty to use. Through him my attention was called to the valuable waitings of our Eng- lish brethren on this point, Edward Hine, Rev. Mr. Glover, M. A , Rev. Mr. Grimaldi, M. A., Philo- Israel and a host of others, whose writings have helped me very much. Our English friends have now a vast store of this kind of literature ; while, so far as I know, we have no home pro- !1K; PREFACE. duction. This is one reason I feel satisfied in sending forth this volume. For years I have been greatly interested in pyramidology, in the teachings of the Great Pyramid, at Gizeh, in Egypt. Twenty years ago I had confidence to lecture frequently on the subject, and a few years since it was in my mind to publish a small work on it. The necess- ity of such a work was wisely and competently taken out of my hands, however, by the ap- pearance of a book entitled *'The Stone Miracle,'* by Kev. Dr. Seiss, of Philadelphia. This is a oook admirably suited to beginners on this line of study. And if one wants to go further and be specially informed on pyramidology, why let them get *' Our Inheritance in the Great Pyra- mid," a work by Prof. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer- Royal of Scotland. To this man God has given a fine mind and a large heart, for a special place and work. But what pleases me above all, is that this pyramid, being the Lord's pillar^ and His witness, should so finely tally with the scriptures and Providence; that the teachings of this monument are in harmony with the principles of interpretation, as applied to the prophecies in these Discourses. I wish the reader to study and become familiar wHh the plate of the pyramid. By several small engravings, I have sought to aid the mind of the reader through the eye. In the royal arms of England, there is considerable PREFACE. f f li of history ; the position of the lions, unicorn, crown, and indeed all connected with it, is sig- nificantly expressive. In these things, the ac- cidental grouping, so far as man was concerned, were as much under divine supervision, as the blundering of the Jews in the crucifying of Jesus. So, divinely considered, they divinely reveal. We know not the mind of our fathers in the matter of selecting and composing the items that make up the great seal, but we know the mind of Providence. The plate of the ragged old stone, called Jacob's Pillow, is not very distinct, but it is the best we could do. As it is, it will aid the reader in forming a better idea. The stone in shape is an oblong square, about 32 inches long, 13 broad, and 11 inches deep. At each end is an iron ring, much worn and rusted. It is a bluish steel-like color, mixed with some veins of red. It has been in its present resting place 583 years. The main idea I wish to convey in this book, is that God is conducting His Providence through His ancient chosen people, Israel, whom I believe are found in the Saxon race. And His throne on earth, through which flow the pur- poses of Providence, is David's throne ; which I believe to be at present the English throne. Queen Victoria (and God bless her), I believe to be of David's seed. The United States fulfills the role of the tribe of Manasseh. Therefore, to understand the prophecies, Providence, and the PREFACE. present movements of nations, as well as the future lot and destiny of each, we must read the Scriptures in this light. God has made the children of Israel and throne of David His ex- ecutive, in time, on earth. They are His execu- tive for civilization, evangelization, order and conquest. Through them God will conquer the world to a universal peace. As Moses was to God, so is Israel. Moses being a divine execu- tor, was to the people a god — so is Israel to all mankind. Spiritual Israel will come through literal Israel. I have expressed myself freely — shall cheer- fully grant reviewers, critics and readers, the same privilege. I send forth this book with a pure desire that it may do good. Amen, so mote it be. JOSEPH WILD. Brooklyn, May 1st, 1879. I ■ft ! !l OB V K HSE REV B RBB, GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. This device of the great Seal was adopted by act of the Continental Con- gress, on June 20th, 1782, and re-adopted by the new Congress, September 16th, 1789. The act provided for an obverse and a reverse, as set forth in this plate ; the reverse is not used. This is a plate of the flrst and original Seal, which, by use, has been worn out. The one now in use Is the second ; it differs from the flrst that, by an accident, seven arrows were left out of the eagle's talon. CONTENTS. PAOB. Preface The Great Seal Diagram of Pyramid Explanation of Diagram Xfi DISCOURSE, 1. KEY DISTINCTIONS 14 DISCOURSE, 2. ISRAEL AND THE GATES. Israel— How the gates of His enemies are to be given Him — - By this sign lost Israel may be known— The giving will correspond to the multiplying —The promise, in this day, is rapidly fulfilling — England, Disraeli, Tancrci arid Russia jj5 DISCOURSE, 3. ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. Piomises to Israel— Material nature — Location of the tribes in Christ's day- God's Providence — British and American rule — " Life from the dead " — Teaching the Nations peaceful arbitration — England and Russia — Afghanistan falls to Anglo-Israel — God's political geography— Anglo- Saxon evangelization— Russia opposing it — British and Russian outposts in contact — Wail of Judah — Earth's oirdle 41 Vlll. CONTENTS. I I Elf .1 i'k •# ll I DISCOURSE, 4. ISRAEL AND POPULATION, Prophetic latter days — Our bearings in the ages — Unwise im- patience — Israel to be always a nation— Her Empire — Historic career of and future of England, America and Judah — Relative increase of population — The Infidel Saxon — Jewish, British and American interests one — A full end of all nations but Israel — Famine henceforth only for the Heathen —Arbitration to be enforced by Israel — American absorption — Startling figures of future popula- tion—The balance of power 56 DISCOURSE, 5. ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE. Latter day prophetic promises— Time of Israel's revival- Pyramid testimon-' — British Island population in 1882 — Affinity between ti:e English and Hebrew — Cell of the honey bee — Origin of language — Lion of languages — Foreign testimony— All tongues indigenous but English — The pre-millennial tokens yi DISCOURSE, 6. ISRAEL AND GENTILE FULLNESS. Meaning of the Gentile fullness — Blessings through Judah and Ephraim — Best religion— Jews outwitted — Why Ben- jamin was kept at Jerusalem — French Protestantism — Gentile fullness contemporary with to-day — Turkey exceptional 85 DISCOURSE, 7. DREAM IMAGE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. Future history of the world— The destruction of the Papacy commenced — Ireland to be free and independent of Eng- land and Rome — Future glory of Britain and the United States 100 CONTENTS. IX. DISCOURSE, 8. LITTLE HORN AND TURKEY. The Turks the Ishmaelites — England and Russia to partition the Mohammedan Empire — Why England sympathizes with Turkey 112 DISCOURSE, 9. LITTLE HORN AND ANTI-CHRIST. Prophetic wonders —Twenty marks of the monster — The Ber- lin Congress — Anti-Christs many — Mistakes by Writers. .124 DISCOURSE, 10. ANTICHRIST AND LITTLE HORN, Second Discourse on the monster — Who he will be and his name— How he will obtain power — Trouble for Germany, France and Russia — Communism — Romanism —Shakers —Matthias, Westchester prophet 136 DISCOURSE, 11. THE TWO WITNESSES. Troublous times — Appearance of the witnesses - Who they are — How they can be identified — Their mission work and suffering — The time and circumstances of Christ's coming. 148 DISCOURSE, 12. MOSES AND ELIJAH, More about the two witnesses — Mormonism — God ruling among the nations — Career of the two witnesses— Anti- Christ — The throne and house of David 159 X. CONTENTS. DISCOURSE, IS. BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDOISr. The combatants on both sides — Who "The Kings of the East " are — The great Napoleonic idea — Disraeli, Lincoln and Grant — England's policy in Turkey — Future wars and intrigues — The great battle field — Gathering of the nations— Earthquakes^ Jerusalem as a seaport 172 DISCOURSE, 14. ARMAGEDDON AND THE PYRAMID. The forces in the battle — Time of its occurrence — Mistakes of Adventists — A church "strike " wanted — The hard times after 1882 — History of the world till 1935 — Hine's theory. 184 li I' DISCOURSE, 15. WONDERS OF THE FUTURE. Purpose of the flood — The Abrahamic current — Rending Mount Olivet— Former earthquakes —Boundaries of Pales- tine Dan and Gad to guard the " gates " - Gad the Scotchman — The future Jerusalem— The Dead Sea and Mediterranean to be joined — Mistake of Spiritualizing everything , 197 DISCOURSE, 16. NINE TEEN HUNDRED AND FIFT Y-SE YEN. Signs of the times " — The return to Jerusalem — Forces of Russia and England — Present locality of ancient nations — Origin of American republicanism — Federation of the nations coming— Evolution and Devolution 207 CONTENTS. id. r2 \4. DISCOURSE, 17. TITE STONE WITNESS. The Great Pyramid -Who Job was— Who built the Pyramid — What it was built for — An epitome of the earth — The history of man contained in it, past and future— Science and the Bible, etc., etc 330 DISCOURSE, 18. SIGNS AND WONDERS. The Stone Prophet in the wilderness —No war for four years — The great struggle to commence in 1882 — Prussia ancient Assyria -England, Germany and Egypt, to be allies — The future history of the world —The Philistines the Southern Irish — Who their great ancestor was, etc. . . 233 DISCOURSE, 19. THE THRONE OF DAVID. England's prophecy fulfilled in the Berlin Congress — The harp of Tara the harp of Israel — The future European alliances — Royal succession of the house of Israel 343 DISCOURSE, 20. JEREMIAH AND ST. PATRICK. The prophet's commission — His life -The tribes in his day — Landing of Jeremiah in Ireland — What he brought with him — Colonization of Ireland — Jeremiah the fou.ider of the ancient Irish government and religion — Tea Tephi and Heremon — The ancient Irish flag — The harp and lion — Season of Ireland's historical prestige — Causes of her decline — St. Patrick a Benjaminite— How Rome de- stroyed Jeremiah's memory among the Irish— Destruction of Tara— Ulster never conquered — Irish independence — Ark of the covenant -Ruins of Tara 363 Explanation! cf the Pyramid Plate. H: The vertical section shown represents the Pyramid cut in two, from north to south. The reader is supposed to be looking v»:^st- ward. Twice a year the sun shines on the Pyramid, without a shadow on any part of it, — the only building so peculiarly situated. The falling sun's rays are to indicate the same. The dotted outside lines represent the Pyramid when com- plete. The yellowish white marble casing, that is, covering stones, have been taken away. The square above the chambers, near the top, represents a supposed room, which will typify Heaven. A. B. Vertical height about 486^ feet. €• The entrance passage, 97S inches to first ascending pas- sage, made by the builders, which, when the building was com- plete, was covered up. It was about 49 feet from the ground, and 300 inches east of the north centre. D. Descending passage, continues to a well chamber, deep in the natural rock. £. First ascending passage, 1542 inches long. V. Natural rock. g. Grand Gallery. 188 1 inches and a fraction long, gen- erally called 1882 inches. G. Horizontal passage leading into the Queen's chamber. H. A line pointing to the Pole star, Alpi.a Draconius, in 2170 B. C, This fixed the exact place of entrance. I. A passage out of grand gallery, passing through the grotto chamber to the subterranean well chamber. K. Al Mamoun's entrance. This Arab chief, about 820 A. D., at a great cost of time and labor, forces a way into the Pyra- mid, the builder's way not being then known. This is the way people enter now. L. Rubbish made by Al Mamoun's opening. M. Rubbish and chips of the ancient builders. V. Vents, or air flues, as they are called. 2 U i gen- 1; r r > ."D > Z u W H r d EXPLANATIONS OF THE PY 11 AMID PLATE. Fig. I. Shows how the Pyramid could be built both on the bor- der and the middle of Egypt. Upper and lower Egypt are in the shape of a fan. The point of joining is called the Sector point. At that point it stood. The river Nile empties by several mouths into the Mediterranean. Fig. 2. The Bo.ss, i-ii real size. It is a granite stone in a leaf shape, expressing the true measure used by the builders. Fig. 3. A vertical section of the king's chamber, with ante- room and passage leading from th«* grand gallery ; with the several chambers over the king's chamber. C. Points out Porphyry Coffer, which is simply a trough or lidless box, cut out of a piece of porphyry stone. It is about 7 feet 6^ inches long, 3 feet and 3 inches broad, and 3 feet 5 inches high. It is, so far, the only piece of furniture found in the whole building. It was built in, for it is too large to pass through the entrance. It is, no doubt, the true standard of weights and measures. The Pyramid inch is longer than the English inch by the breadth of a very fine hair. The Pyramid, as it stood, was the circle squared. ^^ KEY DISTINCTIONS Discourse, L Text— 3 Peter I. 19-30. " We have a more sure word of Prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place ^ until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. Knowing this Jirst, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation ^ (io ? AM about to give you a few Discourses on ,^-, Prophecy, and in doing so, I desire in the first place, to point out to you a few very im- portant distinctions included in the Prophecies. Suppose the Bible to be a great palace, with its royalty, royal children, servants and subjects. You desire to go through it and view it intelli- gently, and to understand all about its inhabit- ants and laws of government; now to do so you must have keys, and you must learn who is who, their place, authority and work. If not so qualified you could not pass from room to room, and you might confound the King with some KEY DISTINCTIONS. 16 servant, and visitors might be mistaken for the children of the household. Thus your ideas would be considerably mixed ; you would be guilty of talking about the King, when you really meant some servant, and of prophesying for the royal children in the name of the visitors. The years would come and go, but events would not happen as you had prophecied. Each gen- eration would take your report and follow in your footsteps, thus confusion and disappoint- ment would keep pace with the passing gen- erations. What is here made a matter of supposition, has been a solemn fact on the line of human experience. Men have studied the Bible and Providence in this ignorant and confused way. Theologians \v 'e thrown aside all restraints, and well defined lijiitations and distinctions of the r bible in their assumed liberty of expounding and spiritualizing the same. No matter to them that there is a God-revealed distinction between Judah and Israel, Manasseh and Ephraim, Sa- maritans and Gentiles, and the throne of David aid the throne of the Heathen. Writers and speakers are guilty of using the words Judah and Israel in a synonymous sense, though the words stand for different people, history and prophecies, soon after the descendants of Jacob settled Palestine. To aid you in seeing this historical confusion and folly, let me call your attention to them separately. 16 KEY DISTINCTIONS. v''m JUDAH. What does this word stand for in the bible \ In the^r*^ place it is the name of the fourth son of Jacob. In the second place it was the name of his direct descendants or tribe. In the third place it became the name of the portion of the country occupied by this tribe in the Promised Land. In W\q fourth place it became the name of a kingdom and government ; this fourth name included the tribe of Benjamin and their terri- tory. In the fifth place it became the name of the whole country of Palestine, and is now often so used. To-day this word stands for those we call Jews, who, as they allow among themselves, represent and only include Judah and Levi. On the death of Solomon the country and tribes finally separated into two houses, king- doms and governments. Nine tribes went with Jeroboam, and three with Kehoboam, namely, Judah, Levi and Benjamin. The nine tribed house was called Israel, the three tribed house Judah. This separation was about 975 B. C. — 1 Kings, 12. From that day to this these two houses have never been united; but they are to be, as scores of statements to that effect are in the good book.— Hosea 1. 11. About 680 B. C. the house of Judah was taken captive into Bab- ylon, remaining 70 years, then they returned to their own land and remained till the year of our Lord 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed and they were scattered. I ..•'■;i!A. P^ KKY DISTINCTIONS. 17 Prophecies referring to the Jews are numerous and in striking contrast to those that refer to Israel. 1. The Jews were to be a scattered people. 2. A specially persecuted people. 8. to be without a nationality. 4. To be without government. 5. Not to be owners of landed property, though they will have money, until toward the latter days. 6. They were to be a proverb. 7. They were to be few in number. 8. They are to retain a special type of features. 9. They were to be repeatedly robbed. 10. They were to reject Christ. 11, To retain the Mosaic service till returned to their own land. 12. They are to keep their name, and many such distinc- tions, none of which should be applied to Israel. All these things have been and are fulfilled, or fulfilling, and though men are wonderfully given to spiritualizing, few, if any, venture to spiritu- alize Judah' s curses. Men and ministers calling themselves Gentiles, are rude enough to spirit- ualize the blessings of Judah, and stealing them, apply them to themselves. 1. A name given to Jacob after wrestling with the angel. 2. A term applied sometimes to all the descendants of Jacob. 3. In a spiritual sense, those who believe in Christ. 4. A name that covered and included the nine tribes which went with Jeroboam and formed the kingdom of Israel, They remained a distinct kingdom, 18 KEY DISTINCTIONS. i '"S and till now a nationality. From 975 to 725 B. C, they had some 19 kings. They were finally carried captive into Assyria by Shalmaneser. — II Kings, 17. From that captivity they have never returned ; as a body they never can, only representatives, as stated Jer 3. 14, ** One of a city, and two of a family." Now prophecy points out that it was Israel that was to be lost for a while, and come to light in the latter day. They are known in the Scrip- tures in contradistinction from others by such terms as the following: ^^All Israel^'^^ * ^All the House of Israel wliolly^ " ' ' The House of Israel^ ' ' * 'Men of Israel^ ' ' and God calls them His '^ Sertants^ Witnesses^ Chosen People^ In- heritance and Seed.^^ The lot, course and Prov- idential portion of this people are very marked from any other, especially from the Jew, with whom they are so often confounded. The his- tory of the two people have been wide apart and as different as they well could be, 1. They were to be lost. 2. They were to be divorced from the Mosaic law. 3. They were to lose their name. 4. They were to lose their language. 5. They were to possess the isles of the sea, coasts of the earth, waste and desolate places, -to inherit the portion of the Gentiles, their seed, land and cities. 6. They are to be great and successful colonizers. 7. Before them other people are to die out 8. They are to be a head nation. 9. To be a company of nations. KEY DISTINCTIONS. 10 10, To be great in war on land or sea. 11. To be lenders of money. 12. To have a monarchy. 13. To be keepers of the Sabbath. 14. To have David's throne and seed ruling over them. 15. They are to possess Palestine, and invite their brethren of Judah to return. And thus I might repeat some sixty positive marks and distinc- tions setting forth Israel ; and yet men wilfully persist in confounding them with the Jews, or looking for this great and favored people of the Lord among the lowest of human kind, Indians, Africans, and so on. SAMARITANS, The Samaritans were not Jews or Israelites, strictly speaking. They of course became Jew- ish in their customs and worship. Originally they were Assyrians. When the nine tribes were carried captive they were brought and put in their place. **And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamah, and from Sep- harvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria, instead of the children of Israel." — II Kings, 17, 24. The Jews and the Samaritans never wholly mixed ; one was always distaste- ful to the other. They never were taken cap- tive, and to this day they live in and about Mount Scychar, numbering between three and four hundreds. fv 20 KEY DISTINCTIONS. ':■■ r * M\ i It- 1 V ^1 BENJAMIN, The tribe of Benjamin has a singular and special place in the history of Israel and Judah. Neither the Old or New Testament can be well understood unless one understands the place of this tribe in Providence. They were always counted one of the ten tribes, and reckoned with them in the prophetic visions. They were only loaned to Judah about 800 years. Kead I Kings, 11. They were to be a light for David in Jerusalem. God, foreseeing that the Jews would reject Christ, kept back this one tribe to be in readiness to receive Him, and so they did. At the destruction of Jerusalem they escaped, and after centuries of wanderings turn up as the proud and haughty Normans. Finally they unite with the other tribes under William the Conquerer. A proper insight into the work and mission of Benjamin will greatly aid one in in- terpreting the New Testament. He was set apart as a missionary tribe, and at once set to work to spread the Gospel of Jesus. Most of the disciples were Benjaminites. Then, after 800 years of fellowship with Judah, they were cut loose and sent after their brethren of the house of Israel. It was needful that the Lion and the Unicorn should unite. MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, The history of these two representative char- acters is worth your careful study. The whole of the circumstances of Jacob blessing them KEY DISTINCTIONS. 21 ir and Fudah. e well iace of ilways dwith e only lead I Lvid in would be in . At 1, and IS the they n the t and n in- set et to )st of rSOO cut ouse ithe har- hole em must be accepted as Divinely directed. Man- asseh was to be a great people, and so I believe he is. In the United States I find this promise literally fulfilled. This is the Key to the settle- ment of this land ; to the agitations of the Pil- grims and Puritans in England. The mission, work and place of the United States, may be found in the prophecies relating to this tribe. Let any one examine the great seal of the United States, and study its design, and surprise will fill the mind that facts. Providence and pro- phecies, do so wonderfully agree. Take the obverse side : Here you have an eagle with out- stretchr'd wings ; the bird is perfect, not double head and deformed, as in other cases where the eagle has been or is the National bird. The striped escutcheon on its breast, in its beak a scroll, inscribed with a motto ^^ E plurihus Unum ;^^ one out of many, as Manasseh was, and as the country is building up a grand nationality and oneness out of all nations nearly. Over the head of the eagle there is a glory, the parting of clouds by light ; in the opening ap- pear 13 stars forming a constellation argent, on an azure field. In the dexter or right talon is an olive branch, a symbol of peace ; in the sin- ster or left talon, is a bundle of 13 arrows. But it is on the reverse side of the great seal that we have a wonder. Here we have an unfinished pyramid : a portion of the top is gone, exactly the same as the great pyramid in Egypt is at ■iTIIiiTfc'oi r ii'iT ^ . I ,1 ■■■X u I 22 KEY DISTINCTIONS. tills day. Anticipating this very day— Is. 19. r) : "In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign and for a wit- ness unto the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt.'' Now it is somewhat singular that the Congress of 1782 should have adopted so remarkable a sign, one that would witness to God and tell of their origin. The reverse side is the under side, and shows from whence the nation came, and on what it is built. In the zenith, that is, above the top of the pyramid, is a triangle surrounded by a glory ; and in the center is an All-seeing eye. Over the eye we have Annuit Coeptis, which means, ' 'He prospers our beginning. ' ' On the base of the j)yraniid we have in letters, 1776, and underneath the following motto — ^'JVovus or do seclor2im,^^ meaning a "New era in the ages." The suggestion of the items upon the great seal were from Sir John Prestwich,Bart., an Eng- lishman. He gave the suggestions to the Amer- ican Minister, John Adams, and thus the same were conveyed to Congress and adopted. We have in the facts of the great seal, a series of coincidents that connec t this country with the tribe of Manasseh. AVhen the tribes marched, B(>njaniin, Ephraim and Manasseh, went to- gf'ther, on the west side of the Ark, for their homes were westward. On their battalion ban- ner was the figure of a youth, denoting activity, with the motto, " The Cloud of Jehovah rest on them, even wuen they go forth out of the camp." -''-m KEY DISTINCTIONS. 23 -Is. 19. Lr to the 'or a wit- Egypt.'' Congress rkable a id tell of Ld(?r side, e, and on is, above LTOunded ill-seeing - Coeptis^ ng.'^'' On ers, 1776, a in tlie the great , an Eng- le Ainer- he same a series with the larched, ^ent to- tor their [ion ban- lac tivity, li rest on camp." Here we have the origin of the cloud on the seal. And when we remember that Manasseh was brought up at the foot of the pyramid and could see it from his palace home at Memphis, then we get a cue to the figure of the pyramid on the seal."^ PYRAMID. ' The pyramid is a wonderful witness for God and his people. This building in Egypt has stood for 4,000 years ; finished and complete, it stood for about 3,000, before anybody ventured to fijid a way into it. Then, at a great cost of men, money and time, a way was forced in by an Arab chief. There surely is something re- markable that the only thing found in it should be a stone trough, and more singular to my mind, that the Ark of the Covenant and this stone trough should be of equal capacity ; and the Laver in which the Priest washed his feet in the Temple was exactly of the same size. And Solomon' s Molten Sea contained just as much water as would fill the King* s Chamber in which this trough was found. Can any man know these things and believe them to be accidental % Verily not. They do most assuredly pledge a God and Providence. EPHRAIM. This word is not only the name of Joseph's son and the tribe, but it is used quite frequently in a generic sense and stands for the ten tribes * Easay on Manasseh and the United States, by the author. ll 24 KEY DISTINCTIONS. •Si it '? and Manasseh. To Reuben by birthright was the h^ad politically, but it was taken from him and given to Joseph, and so to Ephraim. From Judah came the chief ruler, that is Christ ; but the birthright was Joseph's. — I Chron. 5. 1. THRONE OF DA VI D. To this throne God pledged under oath a per- petuity. Also He pledged that some one of David' s seed should always be on it. The throne and seed are pledged an unconditional existence. This being so, it follows that they must be now in existence, and that finally all thrones will be swallowed up by this one. Queen Victoria is of David, and the English throne is David's. Hence all the promises and prophecies referring to David' s throne may be found on this line. For prophecy not being of private interpretation such facts may be proven, GENTILES. The word Gentile generally embraces all those nations and people outside of the twelve tribes. Keeping these few distinctions in mind, you will be enabled to read the bible interestingly and with the proper understanding. Prophetic evi- dence is a strong kind of proof. Study the word on this line and you Avill find Providence and history lending glorious confirmation to the same. /'■''^3i,< < « 3 < J ^ ( .'\(a^^^^^K ght was [•om liim . From ist ; but 5. 1. ISRAEL AND THE GATES. Discourse, 2. \\ a per- ) one of e throne dstence. b be now 3 will be )ria is of David' s. •eferring lis line, retation 1 those e tribes, j^ou will gly and etic evi- idy the vidence n to the ISRAEL — HOW THE GATES OF HIS ENEMIES ARE TO BE GIVEN HIM — BY THIS SIGN LOST ISRAEL MAY BE KNOWN — THE GIVING WILL COR- RESPOND TO THE MULTIPLYING — THE PRO- MISE, IN THIS DAY, IS RAPIDLY FULFILLING — ENGLAND, DISRAELI AND TANCKED AND RUSSIA. Text— Gen. 22 . 17, **That in blessing, I will bless thee ; and in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.' Tt^TNDER a divine oath was this prophetic ^'j^promise made to Abraham. At the time it was given Abraham had, by command, offered his only son, Isaac, which offering, to all human appearance, would leave the old patriarch again childless ; but his faith staggered not, for human incompetence does not circumscribe the bounds of divine sufficience. The God who commanded Abraham to offer, recalled the command at a certain stage of the fulfillment, counting the C,l*/f Israel "all the The ten ll'OS tlio loson," rvant." I state, lys, Is. 31' van t, ' Abra- fi from )m t]ie ou art 5t thee desig- ^ clear mong ise in from will f the 3 the seed I* the lieir (lof . sed ICO, the %^ entrance into a city ; remembering that in olden times tlie cities wer: walled around, the gate was an important point of defense ; or, as the narrow entrance into a bay, like the entrance into New York l)ay or port, tlie Narrows we call them. Here our cities, New York and Brook- lyn, could best and first be defended. Again, a gate in the general vernacular means any strong- hold : a tower, an island, a mountain pass. Now, of this seed it is plainly stated that they shall possess the gates of their enemies. The text would be v*3ry finely illustrated if we supposed that Mexico lield Governor' s island, in the middle of our bay, and defiantly dictated to us doctrines of trade, politics and religion. As arrogant and as impudent as this would seem, yet such is the case with this seed of Abraham and other nations. Believing that the Saxon race are the ten lost tribes, it then fol- lows that the English nation is the chief repre- sentative of these tribes, and that they should be in possession of the gates of their enemies. Are they ? We answer, yes. And every year confirms and makes more clear the answer. This you say is a theory. Grant it. You know that in science a theory is formed and then applied. If you form a theory about the tides or formation of the planets, or this world, your theory with others is applied to known facts to see if it will fit them, to see if it will account for them, and to see if it is in harmony with the same. Now 32 ISRAEL AND THE GATES. science accepts that theory which applies best, that which accounts for facts the most reason- able, and harmonizes the most naturally. Such theory is then the science of the day, and will be so accepted and so taught until it is sup- planted by a better. Try then the theory I have advanced by these rules. Take the Guernsey islands in the English channel, between England and France, nearer to the French shore than England ; the inhabi- tants, being a majority of them French, speak- ing French. Yet when France was England's greatest and most dangerous enemy, England held then, as now, the gates of her enemies. Properly speaking, and adjudged by any human rule, they belong to France — as naturally as the island of Heligoland, at the mouth of the Elbe, belongs to Germany. Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Suez canal, island of Perim in the straits of Babelmandeb in the Red sea, and Socotra in the same sea : also Aden in the Red sea. covering Arabia ; Peshawur, the very entrance of or from India into Afghanistan. In and around the vast empire of India you have Bombay, Cal- cutta, Madras, with many similar strongholds ; Rangoon, on the Irawady river, commanding and ever menacing Burmali. The vast empire of China is carefully guarded and held in check by such gates as Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Hong Kong and Cowloon. Sarawak in Borneo, and Labuan, off the coasts, are such gates ISRAEL AND THE GATES. 33 Africa is being gradually gobbled up ; her strongholds and vast areas of country are fall- ing into the hands of England ; the coasts are fast coming under British rule. This past year England has come into possession of three gates, namely, the island of Socotra in the Red sea, the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean, and the Sublime Porte, the lofty gateway, Constan- tinople. And recent telegrams say that Eng- land is negotiating with Portugal for Delogoa bay, in south-eastern Africa ; price, three million dollars. But this people are not satisfied with all these gates» So now they have pretended to be insulted by Shere Ali, the Emir of Cabul, that they can begin negotiations of plunder and conquest. They want — and they will get what they want in a very short time, thank heaven, not what they deserve ! — they want the famous Khyber pass. This pass is a narrow road be- tween mountain rocks that rise over two thou- sand feet at the lowest point. It is some twenty- eight miles long, while for twenty-two miles the average width is only 150 feet. The eastern end the English already hold, called the Pesha- wur pass. Afghanistan is a country in Asia, It is about the size of England, 460 miles from north to south, and 430 from east to west. On the north it is bounded by Turkestan, east by India, south by Beloochistan, and west by Persia. The popu- lation numbers about 7,000,000. They are as ■•lifT^rnmimse- ■mm^irf-.^ftm. m» . '-^ 34 ISRAEL ANt) tllE GATES. wild as the country is broken and irregular. They are chiefly agriculturists. The country is rich in minerals and timber. In time past they have seldon been at peace ; being very generally at war among tliemselves. Afghan is a Persian word, and means that which is wrapped around — no doubt having reference to tlie mountain chain that hems in the whole land. The people themselves, however, name their country Vila- yet, which means the land of our ancestors. They claim that in their country lived Adam and his children, also Noah and his. They say they had in their possession once the ark of the covenant, but they have lost it. While it was with them, if they took it into battle victory was sure to be theirs. At the present time they have Noah' s ark. It is embedded in the ground, with a portion protruding out, which pilgrims to the top of Dera Ismael Klian — that is, the sacred mountain of Israel — are permitted to see and touch. ' Many have supposed the Afghans to be the ten lost tribes. It has been the folly of many of the learned, in time i-)ast, to hunt for, and actually expect to And, the cliosen of Grod in some out-of-the-way place ; to And tliem few, poor and deluded — the poorer, tlie fewer, and tlie more wretched, tli(^ better. Hence, the wild Indians of the continent, the bushmen of Africa, the aborigines of Australia, the Lap- landers of the nortli, and many such have been chosen of men — though not of God. ISKAEL AND THE GATES. 85 The Afghan country, no doubt, once had in- tercourse with Palestine. During Solomon's reign many Jews left the land as merchants. Solomon built store-cities in Hamath, Tadmor in the wilderness, and many others. These store-cities were on the greiic highway which he made through the desert, so as to bring the trade of Dedan and Sheba to Jerusalem. That Hebrew names are given to the mountains, places, rivers and persons, no one can deny ; but such does not prove them to be the lost tribes — it shows away back Jewish influence and inter- course. They do not speak the Hebrew, but two languages called the Pukhta and Pushtu. In either language there are few, if any, traces of the Hebrew. No doubt the lost tribes, after being scattered into Central Asia, when taken captive about 725 B.C., wandered, some of them, into Afghan, and probably for a tima settled there, and gave names to tlie country. The Afghans themselves went into tlie country from India, and as tlie tribes moved westward they left the Afghans in possession. The Afghan country comes now into great importance because it is on the highway of the march of Israelitish civilization and progress. England wants it ; nnd I i)redict she will get it. Russia wants it, and at present seems to have the upper hand ; but Tiussia or England, or the world, can avail noth'ng against the purposes of Jehovah. The gates are promised to Israel, ^fym«r ^.#j?*'--»'*'"«r - ^•^rfyoitsi ■> 86 ISRAEL AND THE GATES. therefore she will get them. The English have already an army of 35, 000 men in the Peshawur valley, under command of General Sir Frederick Paul Haines. Russia is gathering a force, and ere long the two countries will be brought face to face. The end of the whole muddle will be that England will take charge of Afghan. Thirty- three years ago the crownless king, Disraeli, wrote his novel called "Tancred." In this novel he makes the queen of England the em- press of India, and one of her favorite officers is made Earl Beaconsfield ; so far fancy has be- come fact. But in that same novel the future of the present strife has been set forth. It has been very finely put by the London Spectator : ** There is a story going about, founded, we believe, on good authority, that when some one quoted 'Tancred,' two or three months ago, in Lord Beaconsfield' s presence, the prime minister remarked : 'Ah ! I perceive you have been read- ing ''Tancred." That is a work to which I re- fer more and more evQvj year — not for amuse- ment, but for instruction.' And if any one will take the trouble just now to refresh his memory of *Tancred,' he will see how much Lord Bea- consfield has borrowed from it in relation to the policy of the day. Turn, for instance, to this passage : ' If I were an Arab in race as well as in religion,' said Tancred, * I w dd not pass my life in schemes to govern mere mountain tribes.' *ril tell you,' said the Emir, springing from his ISRAEL AND THE GATES. 37 divan, and flinging the tube oi his nargileh to the other end of the tent, * the game is in our hands, if we have energy. There is a combina- tion which would entirely change the whole face of the world and bring back empire to the East. Though you are not the brother to the queen of the English, you are, nevertheless, a great English prince, and the queen will listen to what you say, especially if you talk to her as you talk to me, and say such fine things in such a beautiful voice. N'obody ever opened my mind like you. You will magnetize the queen as you have magnetized me. Go back to England and arrange this. You see, gloss over as they may, one thing is clear, it is finished with England. * * * ^ Let the queen of the English collect a great fleet, let her stow away all her treasure, bullion, gold plate and precious arms ; be accompanied by all her court and chief people, and transfer the seat of her empire from London to Delhi. There she will find an immense empire ready-made, a first-rate army and a large revenue. In the meantime I will arrange with Mehemet Ali. He shall have Bagdad and Mesopotamia, and pour the Bedouin cavalry into Persia. I will take care of Syria and Asia Minor. The only way to manage the Afghans is by Persia and by the Arabs. We will acknowledge the empress of India as our suzerain, and secure for her the Levantine coast. If she like, she shall have Alexandria, as she 38 ISRAEL AKD i'lIE GATES. now has Malta. It could be arranged. Your queen is young. She has an anenir. Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel will never give her this ad- vice ; their habits are formed. They are too old, two ruses. But you see ! the greatest empire that ever existed ; besides wliicli she gets rid of the embarrassment of her chambers ! and quite practicable ! For the only difficult part, the conquest of India, whicli baffled Alexander, is all done.' Who can avoid seeing that Lord Beaconsfield has been quite recently referring to this passage — 'not,' as he said, 'for amusement, but for instruction ? ' These are all the ideas of his recent policy in germ — especially the treat- ment of the British empire as having its true center of grav r in the far East — the use of the Indian army for conquest to be made in Western Asia — the acquisition of the Levantine coast for Great Britian — the active alliance between the British power and the Mohammedan power — and last, not least, the getting rid, to a great extent at least, by the help of Indian leverage, of ' the embarrassment of the chambers.' For the last eight months, at least, English policy has evidently been borrowed from 'Tancrtd.' The monarch, for anything we know, has been 'magnetized.' The cabinet assuredly have. Lord Derby and Lord Carnarvon have been treated much as the Emir in 'Tancred' would have treated 'Aberdeen and Sir Kobert Peel ' — thrown aside as two 'ruses.' '• m ISRAEL AND THE GATES. 89 England has indeed adopted an Oriental policy, and forward slie must go to execute Jehovah' s purpose. Russia is preparing on a gigantic scale. In Prussia the most flourishing branch of trade among the Germans at present is the manufacturing of arms or Russia. Though the late war be over, still Russia is buying ships, and fitting them out in this country. She feels bitterly her defeat through English diplomacy : England taking Cyprus, assuming protection over Asiatic-Turkey, and making Russia yield back to Turkey 30,700 geographical miles which was contained in the original treaty of San Stefano. The following from the government organ of Russia will give you some idea of her chagrin : The St. Petersburg Oolos says that : the treaty of Berlin has produced an almost crushing im- pression on the Russian public. *'It is felt that Russia has not attained her object ; that she has been deceived by her friends, and that she has foolishly helped her enemies with her victories. '^' * "^ What is the reason of our failure % One-half per cent, of our population have perished in the war, hundreds of millions have been expended, and yet the Eastern ques- tion is not solved and the treaty of Berlin is merely a truce. The last war has clearly shown all our national peculiarities as well as our moral and material strength. * ^- * All the mili- tary requirements which depended on the inbred 40 ISKAEL ATJD THE GATES. i >• qualities of the Russian soldier were brilliantly carried out ; but where knowledge and prepar- ation were d^^manded we were not equal to the task. It was probably for this reason that we felt so much hurt on reading of the boldness of Lord Beacon sfield, who doubtless reckoned on the superior culture of Englishmen to that of Russians. All classes of Russian society are re- sponsible for this. We do not estimate culture and knowledge at their true value. Most of us say that mental work does not bring money, and that culture is a means of corruption. "^ * In western Europe, on the other hand, people have arrived by hard experience at the convic- tion that intelligence, capacity, culture and energy, bring men to the front, and give them peace at home and power abroad. It is the knowledge of how to make the best possible use of their energy and abilities that has enabled the English to derive success from our victories and sacrifices. May this be a lesson to us." But enough ; one knows the end e're they begin, for the word of God is true. AVe do not argue that the English are so much smarter than other people, no, but we account for their success because tliey are the executive nation of Divine Providence. It falls to the lot of those who do not believe this tlieory to account for their success without allowing them to be smarter. ISKAEL AND TERRITORY. Discourse, 3, PROMISES TO ISRAEL— MATERIAL NATURE — LO- CATION OF THE TRIBES IN CHRIST'S DAY — god's providence — BRITISH AND AMERICAN RULE — '*LIFE FROM THE DEAD" — TEACHING THE NATIONS PEACEFUL ARBITRATION — ENG- LAND AND RUSSIA — AFGHANISTAN FALLS TO ANGLO-ISRAEL — GOD's POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY — ANGLO-SAXON EVANGELIZATION — RUSSIA OPPOSING IT— BRITISH AND RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS IN CONTACT— WAIL OF JUDAH— EARTH'S GIR- DLE. Text— Isaiab liv* 2, 3. " Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the cur- tains of thine habitations ; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thott shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles^ and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.^* (2^ ,N the writings of the prophetic; the feminine gender is often used when spe^^-king of the house of Israel, and the masculine when denoting the house of Judah. Quite frequently Israel is spoken of as a divorced woman, as being cast off, and as being barren. Judah remaining faitl- 9%r,> 42 ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. It fill to the tlirono of David and the tempk^ ser- vice, and abiding in the hand much longer than Israel, is presented as one married. So you will understand Jeremiah iii. 8, when he says: * * And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding-Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce." Again, Isaiah 1. 1 : ''Thus saith the Lord, where is the bill of your mother's divorcement whom I have put away." Yet, though Israel was di- vorced, forsaken, cast off and desolate, she was to have more children than married Judali. So the verse preceding the text says : ' ' Sing, Oh barren, thou that didst not bear ; break forth into singing, and cry aloud thou that didst not travail with child ; for more are the children ^^f the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." Then come the words of the text bidding her enlarge the place of her tent, or dwelling-place, to stretch forth her curtains, so as to cover over the new-gotten habitations. To spare not, that is, to be not tardy, or slow, in lengthening out her cords, that' is her influence, and strengthen her stakes, that is her authority ; but to break forth on every hand where there is an opening, and in- herit the seed of the Gentiles, and make the languishing and poverty-stricken cities of the nations to be inhabited ; in this conquest to go on and fear not. These exhortations are given, and promises are ISPvAEL AND TERRITORY. 48 )) made to Israel after she had left Palestine. No one can say truthfully tliat they have yet been fulfilled in no degree or sense, unless they find such fulfillment in the conquests of the Saxon race. These predictions cannot apply to the Jews, for they are few, nationless, and without a government. Touching tlie past history of both Judah and Israel in Palestine, we shall find it to be barren of victories, territory, acqui- sition and number, in comparison to other na- tions. They have never occupied the land given to Abraham in fullness. In Solomon's time they bare rule only over a part of it. The Gen- tiles and heathens have occupied it more and longer than the sons of Abraham. But what failed to be accomplished in the past, is held grandly in reserve for this day, the next few years. God will remember His promise to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David. He will remember it to fulfill it, in spite of hell or earth. We have been blind and guilty in the past, unconscious of our origin, and as a natural con- sequence, ignca-ant of our place and special work. In interpreting the word of God we have been lavish in spiritualizing, and greedy in materializing, overlooking the fact that nine- ten tlis of the Old Testament is a material his- tory about one people, and that through them God's special providence was to fiow to all other nations ; and the New Testament plants the life and prosperity of the Gentile world upon the fr^^.. \i 44 ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. course and progress of Israel. God said to Abraham ' ' In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed," and more, *^and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Is- rael being scattered and cast off became a bless- ing to the world. They gave to the surround- ing nations the only true idea of God, for in their lowest condition and idolatry they pre- served the name and knowledge of Jehovah, and Christ sent His disciples after them through one of their own tribe, namely, Benjamin, tell- ing them not to go into the way of the Gentiles, nor into the cities of the Samaritans, '^butgo rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." To these sheep Christ declares he was sent. Where were these sheep ? They were scattered about in Central Asia, in scriptural language in Cappadocia, Galatia, Pamphylia, Lydia, Bithy- nia, and round about Illyricum. From these very regions came the Saxons ; from here they spread abroad north and west, being the most Christian of any people on the face of the earth then, as well as now. Their reception of the gospel gave them power over the surrounding nations, to whom they were, as it had been fore- told, witnesses for Jesus and providence in a very special manner. What then, we say with Paul, will be the blessing of Israel — recognized and fully restored to God' s favor ? If so much good was carried and bestowed upon the Gen- tile nations because Israel was scattered, how M&'- ISRAEL AND TERBITORY. 45 said to Js of the thy seed ed." Is- a bless- irround- l, for in ley pre- ehovah, through lin, tell- rentiles, "but go Israel." IS sent. 3attered ;uage in Bithy- n these re they le most e earth of the unding m fore- ce in a y with )gnized ) much e Gen- i, how- much, and what are the blessings in store for those nations when Israel and Judah be restored ? Paul compares it to a resurrection — like as when the barrenness and desolation of a winter is sup- planted by the fruits aud beauties of summer. ** If the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead." — Koms. xi. 16. It is reasonable to suppose that this world is subject to the providence of God. Such a sup- position is grandly sustained by the laws and operations of nature without, and the experience and intuitions of the mind within ; and I believe this providence to be all- comprehensive, bound- ing, and cognizing all things past, present and future, both small and great ; claiming the ages for its measure, the universe for the field of its operations, and the Infinite as the source of power. * * The Lord Jehovah reigns, let the earth rejoice." Let me persuade you to thoroughly (believe in the precision, the intimacy and the completeness of this providence. This doctrine we need to fully learn and accept. ** In the be- , ginning God created the heavens and the earth," land it is He *' who hath measured the waters in I the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven [with a span, and comprehended the dust of the [earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." Aye, and fmore, yes closer still does this providence ap- (proach us in our affairs. ^ ' By Him kings reign 46 ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. and princes decree judgment. He bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity." Even closer yet, for with- out His permisssion a sparrow cannot fall to the ground ; and so intimate is He with us, that He knoweth the number of the hairs of the head. Now all this kind of Bible instruction is intended to teach the nearness of God to us, and His in- terest and intimacy with nations and nature. Let us not think for a moment that nations can rush to war and be outside of this circle of pro- vidence. Let us study to know God's mind, His plans and purposes with the nations ; for rest satisfied that His plan will finally be ac- cepted by men and nations, and His purposes will prevail. Kings may plan, diplomatists may diplomatize, scientists may analyze, theologians i:iay teach and preach their isms, and politi- cians may make platforms and construct rings, yet none, nor all combined, can stay the hand of God. *'He doeth according to His will in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth," He can initiate, permit, modify and destroy. Once we truly recognize the sove- reignity of God over us, conceit will lie dead at the feet of humility. The church at large has but a slender hold upon this great doctrine. They look upon the great movement of wars and strife, rising and falling of nations, as looks the country stranger upon a railway engine the first time, the whirl- si ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. 47 ingeth the judges of ;, for with- fall to the IS, that He the head. s intended id His in- d nature, stions can le of pro- d's mind, :ions ; for lly be ac- purposes 'tists may eologians id politi- ict rings, the hand is will in labitants i, modify the sove- dead at ier hold [ipon the sing and stranger le whirl- ing wheels, the steam and smoke and burnished boiler rivet his attention so completely, that he sees not the driver in his cab. So men are dazed with the show of pomp of courts and councils, with the harangues of legislators and march of regiments, that they discern not the master hand behind that directs all. *^ Yerily thou art a God that hidest Thyself. '^ No, no, friends ; English bravery, nor American ingenuity will not ac- count for all that England has done on the line of victories, and the marvelous and rapid growth of these United States. As God said long ago through Moses, so He could say to-day ; for heavenly counsel was given to the children of Israel on entering the promised land, with a de- sign of suppressing their pride and enabling them to form a correct idea of their success in driving the strong and greater nations of Canaan- ites and Philistines. ' ' Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying : For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land ; but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. Not for thy righteousness, or the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to pos- sess the land, but for the wickedness of those nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, that He may perform the word i which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abra- ham, Isaac and Jacob, Understand, therefore, 48 ISRAEL AND TEERITORY. that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou art a stiff ed-necked people." — Deut. ix. 4. By the same rule and for the very same reason that Israel conquered Palestine, does England go on from conquest to conquest. And because God remembered to perform his promises made to the patriarchs upon their seed, America was opened for the Puritans, who are without doubt the descendants and representatives of Manas- seh, of whom God said He should be a people, a great people. The rule of England and America over other people, is to be as life from the dead. That is, whatever country England conquers and rules, it is better for the people, and the country, and the world. They give to tlie people a liberty that they would not have given to themselves ; they develop the resources of the country as never before, and by trade and commerce bless the people and cause them be a blessing unto others. And better still, they make known to the conquered ones, in due time, the riches of faith in Christ. So we have no hesitation in saying a thing patent to every unprejudiced ob- server, that the aborignes of the conquered colo- nies of Great Britain are treated better by their conquerers than they ever treated themselves. The Africans, in the conquered colonies of Af- rica, are better off under British rule than those colonies or portions unconquered are. The h g| ai ei 7;-'<-.-vi^ m ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. 49 iliis good for thou . 4. le reason England because ies made rica was it doubt Manas- ' people, er other That is, d rules, try, and - liberty iselves ; ntry as ce bless iig unto own to dies of tion in ced ob- d colo- >y their iselves. of Af- 1 those The hosts of India enjoy more, fare better in every grace and virtue in all that goes to adorn and develop mankind, under the British gov- ernment and protection than they ever did or would under self-government. So the French, Germans, Italians, Russians, Spaniards and the numerous progeny of emigrants to this country, fare better in every way with Manasseh, than they did in their own lands. Of course, both in England' s rule and America' s, there are many defects ; but taking all in all, the good will out- weigh the bad ; and more so as the years roll on. True, an arbitrary purpose and an individu- alism is seen on the surface, yet under it all there is the hand of Grod. The farmer is free as to what he sows, but the Divine, without inter- fering with his freedom, regulates the harvest to plenty or famine. The Saxon people, Eng- land and America, stand in a new light to the world by the teachings of the Bible. Being Is- rael or the ten lost tribes, they become at once the chosen agents of God for the glorious pur- pose of evangelizing the whole world, and finally, by reducing the whole earth to the plane of uni- versal liberty and peace. It was necessary that these two nations should first be taught the art of mediation, for the ends of peace ; that they should learn and show to the world that national disputes and grievances can be settled without an appeal to the sword. Hence we have, and what is much better, the .■('!y ? 60 ISKAEL AND TERRITORY. world has, Geneva and Alabama and the fish bounty treaty of Canada and the United States. Not all the press did on either side, nor all the carping and blustering of individuals, could prevent the happy consummation of both these treaties. To V od be praise, for they are pro- phetic harbingers of a better day coming. No hand nor power, nor combination of powers, can stop the onwrrd march of Israel to her God-ordained goal, lier future is to spread on the right hand and on the left. Island after island, colony after colony, will fall into her hand for mutual benefit. Russia may contest this march, and will, for she is as much the ap- pointed agent of contest from heaven as England is to advance. In a few years she will try to take the place of England among the nations, as she has just done in Afghan. Russia promised, no doubt, Shere Ali, that they would and could protect him against England, but the bargain was outside of the aims of Providence, hence it could not be sustained. It is ordained of heaven that Afghan fall into the hands of England, if England be Israel. Against this fate-like division of the world Russia is going to contend and fight whenever she gets a chance. It would pay Russia and many other countries to read that *' WJien the Most High divided to the nationo their in- heritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the hounds of the people according to the ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. 51 R the fish d States. )rall the is, could oth these are pro- ation of Israel to to spread md after into her Y contest I the ap- England II try to ttions, as romised, ad could bargain hence it f heaven ?land, if e world henever Jsia and '' When heir in- 'Adam, g to the children of Israeli — Duet, xxxil. 8. These bounds God will maintain wherever they run ; whatever country they cut in two, no matter, the earth must finally conform to this divine geography. This purpose is strongly set forth by Isaiah xliv. 7, '* And who, as /, shall call, %nd shall declare it, and set it in order for Me, since I appointed the ancient people f and the things that are coming and shall come.^^ This same sturdy fact is taught by Paul when speak- ing to the Athenians, telling them that God **hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth, and hath deter- mined the times before appointed, and the hounds of their habitations.^^ National desti- nies are not so much things of chance, or prizes for the sword as many think. God promised to David when both Israel and Judah were pros- perously settled in Palestine under David's reign, that He would appoint a place for His people Israel, and plant them there, and they should not be moved, neither should the wicked afflict them as aforetime. — 2d Sam. vii. 10. This promise God has kept. He has given them the British isles, where none can afflict them, as they were wont to do when Israel was scattered in Asia and Europe. God has found Manasseh a home in this land of blessings and rich acres. England, by a necessity, was forced to find new countries to provide for her multiplying population. Then she is forced to enter other -TSy 52 ISBAEL AND TERRITOBY. nations as a missionary. She, with Manasseh, is chiefly responsible for the evangelization of the world, and of course they are at work all over the world, for England and the United States send out more missionaries than all the world beside. Russia needo no land for colo- nization, for now her inhabitants number only thirty-four to the square mile, while England numbers 389. If we take in all the territory under Russia and England, even then England has more to the square mile than Russia. Russia comprises about 8,000,000 square miles, and England, with her late additions, leaving out the United States, numbers about 9,000,000. Joining Ephraim and Manasseh together, they own one-fourth of the whole world, namely, about 13,000,000 square miles ; the whole earth numbers 61,340,800 square miles. Besides, Russia is not a missionary country. She neither sends any nor accepts any, Being at present the only nation closed to missionarj'- operation and toleration. The past few years Russia has gained rapidly in territorial power. With the conquest of Bokhara and portions of Turkistan, or Independent Tartary, she has added some 800,000 square miles. At the beginning of the last century the Rus- sian advance forts were 2,500 miles distant from those of England. At the close of the century the distance was 2,000. Then in 1810 it was re- duced to 1,000. And since 1855 it has been re- ISRAEL AND TEREITOEY. 53 lasseh, ion of )rk all United all the r colo- ur only igland rritory Igland Russia and g out >0,000. they imely, earth !sides, either it the a and X has h the is tan, some Rus- from itury .s re- n re- ■f duced to 400. And now, of course, they want it reduced to nothing by getting control of Afghan. How wonderfully clear are the fulfilling events of the prophecy. This king of the north is to become a strong king, who, when Israel and Judah are settled in Palestine, will have spirit and power to attack them. So He is ripening, growing and gathering power ready. Russia now comprises nine crowns, eight of which are crowns of conquest. Russia' s one grand desire is to possess Palestine, especially Jerusalem, The Crimean war was waged for rights and ex- tended privileges in this holy city. To-day Russian pilgrims swarm thither by the thou- sands every year. A few years ago she built outside of the Jaffa gate what she called an hospice, which was designed to be nothing more nor less than a fort. It is in a position com- manding the whole city, and is a place of great strength. Often she has tried to possess the city and land. By-and-by she will be permitted by Providence to pour her troops into this **Land of unwalled villages," and when having nearly achieved the ambitious plan of ages, and nearly realized her one great national idea, slie will perish, to rise no more, ' ' on the mountains of Israel." Her history is set forth by Ezekiel xxxviii. andxxxix. chapters. Palestine and Jerusalem have borne undeni- able evidence for prophecy and Providence. The il i-^.- 64 ISEAEL AND TERRITORY. whole land and tlie book have been wonderfully agreed during the past eighteen centuries. How significant and telling the wailings and lamenta- tions of the devout Jews, who crowd under the walls of the mosque of Omar, the site of the ancient temple. Here, each returning Sabbath^ groups of Jews may be heard dolefully crying : ^''Ali hene^ Alt bene; bene hetJilca; heJcaroh, MmJieira^ hlmTieira; heyamenu^ 'bekaro'b^^'* which, being interpreted, means, *'Lord build, Lord build ; build Thy house speedily, in haste, in haste ; even in our day build Thy house speedily." Yes, mourning brethren of Judah, the time is coming when the house shall be built and the voice of wailing no more heard in the streets. Can any student or inquirer after the truth fail to see that in our day a prophecy is being fulfilled % Can any one shut their eyes to the wonderful fact that Israel is breaking forth on the left and on the right % God has long ago said that Israel were the people of His inheri- tance, and that Jacob was the lot of His inheri- tance, or His girdle, or cord, as the word lot means. Then, if you turn your attention to Great Britain and colonies, including Manasseh, you will see this girdle or measuring line around the earth. Let me aid you by pointing the same out for you. Look at the eastern hemisphere circle, inclosing the Gentile nations. Begin with Great Britain ; pass on to the channel islands, 'M ISRAEL AND TERRITORY. bs >nderfully ies. How lamenta- mder the te of the Sabbath^ Y crying : l>ekarob, rd build, in haste, 7 house f Judah, shall be heard in ^e truth is being s to the orth on )ng ago inheri- inheri- ord lot tion to nasseh, around le same [sphere n with elands. Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, West Coast African colonies, St. Helena, Cape colonies, Mauritius, Seychelles, Perim, Aden, Ceylon, India, Bur- mah. Straits settlements, Labuan, Australian colonies. Hong Kong, and the dominion of Can- ada. In the western hemisphere commence the circle with Canada and United States, Fiji islands, N^w Zealand, Falkland islands, British Guiana, British Honduras, West India islands and Newfoundland. Do we n'^^ plainly see that Israel is possessing *^the isles of the sea," ** coasts of the earth," ** waste and desolate places ?" These things are not hid in a corner ; they proclaim the intentions of God, an Over- ruling Providence ; and who and where the lost tribes are. A miracle and prophecy are fulfill- ing before our eyes. ^"."^-mm^-mmiamfi^sitm^? ■^m^sum ISRAEL AND POPULATION. Discourse, 4. PROPHETIC LATTER DAYS — OUR BEARINGS IN THE AGES — UNWISE IMPATIENCE — ISRAEL TO BE ALWAYS A NATION — IIER EMPIRE — HIS- TORIC CAREER OF AND FUTURE OF ENGLAND, AMERICA AND JUDAH — RELATIVE INCREASE OF POPULATION — THE INFIDEL SAXON — JEW- ISH, BRITISH AND AMERICAN INTERESTS ONE — A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS BUT ISRAEL — FAMINE HENCEFORTH ONLY FOR THE IIEA THEN — ARBITRATION TO BE ENFORCED BY ISRAEL — AMERICAN ABSORPTION — STARTLING FIGURES OF FUTURE POPULATION — THE BAL- ANCE OF POWER. Text— IIONea i. 10. " Yet the number of the children of Israel shall he as the sand of the sca^ which cannot be measured or numbered ; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said ttnto them. Ye are not my people^ there it shall be said unto them, Yc avi the sons of tha living God.^* PERIOD of time is frequently referred to in the scriptures as being the ^'latter days." It is, therefore, very important for the prophetic student, and tlie church of Christ at large, that the time of days spoken of should be ISTIAEL AND POPULATION, 67 known. For connected with these days are a number of prophecies waiting fulfillment, and they are of such a nature that their fulfillment may easily be discerned. In breadth and scope they cover much territory and include many people. They cannot be hid in a corner, for the parts are so numerous and the interests 20 great. The fulfillment of these prophecies will make a radical and fundamental change in Church and State. I take it for granted we are now entering into the time of the latter days — a time that precedes by a natural consequence the millennium. It is, therefore, unwise on the part of any person to claim that Christ may come any day, and that His millennial reign may be begun at any moment. It is but fair that we should carefully consider our bearings in the circle of Providence and our position in the ages. The story and work of redemption are grand, full of interest and thrilling incidents, stUl we must take things in their order. Some stories we read are very fascinating. The plot culminates, the charac- ters and incidents converge toward and center in the hero. At such a point we are often car- ried away with our sympathy for the hero ; we become anxious for him, and desirous to know the issues, and so are tempted to skip a few pages and get at the end unwisely and unlaw- fully. Thus I think many are carried away by a loving desire for the millennium; they become i !l w \r m m 58 ISRAEL AND POPULATION. anxious for the return of the Hero of Redemp- tion ; they skip a few pages of Providence, and come to the end too soon. These days are preparative, and in such a pre- parative stage wo are warranted to look for the fullillment of certai ii prophecies; for prophecies, indeed, of such a nature and character that no Bible student need be mistaken as to the time, place and conditions of fulfillment. We have called your attention to one of these prophecies, and pointed out to you how the same was liter- ally fulfilling before the eyes of all. God, in olden times, made promises to Abraham, the patriarchs and their seed. These promises were nothing more nor less than prophecies. He at- tested the same by His own oath. He called to witness the sun, moon, stars, sea, night, day, the seasons, seedtime and harvest. These He called His ordinances. These ordinances may depart from before Him, but the seed of Israel should not cease to be a nation. They were not only to be a nation, but a company of nations. To this end, in the latter days, they were to come in possession of the isles of the sea, the coasts of the earth, waste and desolate places ; to inherit the seed of the Gentiles, and cause their desolate cities to be filled. The^ were to possess and rule over the heathen. In ihe latter days they were to possess Edom and Esau, that is Turkey, and so come in possession of their own land, Palestine. Now I call you to wit- ISKAEL AND 1»0ITLATI0N. t)\) nes8, and ask you if these things are so 1 Be- fore your eyes, before mine, before the eyes of all the world, God is fulfilling His promises made to the fathers. The very exceptions to the sweeping and com- prehensive possessions of the seed of Jacob are pyramidal witnesses to the same. The house of Judah was to become homeless, without a na- tion and without a government, after they left Palestine ; but to be a people known by the race feature and by their unwavering adherence, attachment and fidelity to the Mosaic worship. This exception all can see, and none can truth- fully deny. They have had money and men enough to buy and rule a nation, but as yet they have none. Their talent, their ability and their money, have been the chief factor in the rule, prosperity and greatness of many nations in the past as well as now. And the second concep- tion is not less grand and conclusive. Let any one inquire what was to be the portion of the tribe of Manasseh, and they will find that Man- asseh was to be a distinct people, a great people ; for so said the dying patriarch Jacob. Now such a people, a great people, we hold Manasseh to be at this day in the people of the United States. Some sixty colonies England has over- run, established or conquered, and she is busy at work yet conquering and gathering in. But is it not remarkable that she has never lost one of the many save the United States ? Will any ! ; r J 00 ISRAEL AND POPULATION. Ml lir ir one give an earthly reason for this marvelous exception ? I presume no one can. There is, however, a divine reason. Moses, when giving his prophetic benediction to the tribes of Israel, gives us an insight into this question. Speaking of Joseph and the wonderful blessing in store for his sons Ephraim and Masasseh, he says : "His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns ; and with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth ; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim^ and they are the thou- sands of Manassehy — Deut. xxxiii. 17. And further light is thrown on this subject when we notice what Isaiah says in the forty -ninth chap- ter. The children of Israel, when settled in some isles, would lose a portion of themselves, and still the "children which thou shalt have after thou has lost the other ^ shall say again in thine ears, the place is too strait for me, give place to me that I may dwell." The simple and natural interpretation of such a passage, is that the isles referred to were the British isles. The children lost refer to Manasseh, the Pilgrims and Puritans who came from England. And the cry for more room after they have left, shall lead England to look for lands in which to colonize her surplus population, all of which she has done and is doing. Surely in these things there is something more than chance. Yes, there is a divine purpose . ( a .-^ ISRAEL AND POPULATION. 61 fulfilled. Seeing, then, that God will put the land into Israel's hand, there will run another blessing parallel with this — namely, a pecu- liar increase of the seed, or children of Israel, so that they may occupy and control these lands. These two prophecies are to be fulfilling on a parallel line at the same time. Are they so fulfilling ? We answer yes ; and the answer all the world may verify, for the facts are of such a nature that if they are not so fulfilling it can be very easily disproved. The prophet tells us in the text that the children of Israel are to be numerous — to be numerous in an extraordinary degree — so much so that it shall appear partly miraculous when such increase is compared to other people or judged by the common methods of reasoning. Hosea had three children ; the first a son. He called him Jezreel. This son was set for a wit- ness that God would cause to cease the house of Israel in Palestine — that Israel should cease to be a nation for a time. This idea Isaiah points out under the type of an abandoned wife. God styles Himself the Husband of Israel, and that He had given tlie wife a bill of divorcement. Thus the two prophets agree, and history rati- fies both. Hosea' s second child he calls Lo-ruhamah.' She was set for a witness that God would take away His mercy from the house of Israel for a time, and that God would utterly take them 1 ^ I ji I i. m ] i I; 62 ISKAEL AND POPULATION. away out of the land. So he did ; for a few- years after this we find the children of Israel were carried captive into Assyria by Shalman- eser, and the Assyrians were brought and put in their place. And from these Assyrians, who were planted in the cities and country left by the children of Israel, we get the Samaritans, who were, as you see, not Jews nor Israelites by generation — they were manufactured Jews only. "And the Lord removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day" — 2 Kings xvii. 23. During this captivity, which is even in force till now, barren Israel, the divorced one, was to have more children than the married one — namely, Judah. We find that the third child born to Hosea is called Lo-ammi, meaning ye are not my people. This child pre-figured the casting out of the Jews ; that they would refuse to accept God in Christ, and He therefore would reject them. Thus the Jews became wanderers from their own land. And the land rests in desola- tion, enjoying her Sabbath of rest, while her sons and daughters are being chastised and trained for their return. The time will come when God will call Israel to Him, and have mercy upon her, when the di- vorced one shall be restored to her husband. ''And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, 1; U ISBAEL AND POPULATION. 63 that thou shall call me Ishi, and shall call me no more Baali." — Hos. ii. 16. Now Ishi means husband, and Baali stands for Lord. Saxons have been looked upon as being infidels by the rest of the world. The Mohammedans and Budd- hists never reckoned the Saxons as being the sons of God ; and Catholic Europe and Greek Russia have looked upon England as infidel and heretical. And the Saxons themselves never went so far in their knowledge as to know who they were, their origin and work. But the prophet says : ''^ It shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall he said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living Godr And the time will come when Lo-ruhamah shall become Ru-hamah, which means to have obtained mercy. And Lo-ammi shall become Ammi, which means that this is my people. And Jezreel, which was a sign of dispersion, shall be the sign of gather- ing. ' ' Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land ; for great shall he the day of JezreeV Then the Jews (Ammi) will call the Saxons their sister, long lost but found at last. The Saxons (Ru-hamah) will call the Jews their brother, those whom in past they have hated and persecuted ; and thought them- selves far removed from Jewish blood. Now they both will acknowledge a common genera- i! ■ i ; ■ i . I I , f 'I' '■ Ji' ! 64 ISBAEL AND POPULATION. tion, and Abraham their father. And one with his eyes half open can see this part of the prophecy fulfilling. The Jews, England and United States, from this and henceforth, are one in interest, policy and destiny. These being the latter days, let ns look for the signs of the multiply ing of the seed so that they be as the sea sands God promised to Abraham, saying : ''That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. ' ' — Gen. xxii. 17. Old Jacob foretold that Joseph would be a fruitful bough, whose branches would run over the wall — that is, colonize. This increase is to be seen in two ways. Let me direct your attention to one of these ways, in a special manner, because it is so singular and unique, so distinct and discernable. In Jeremiah — xxx. 10, 11 — we find a remarkable statement; '''Fear not, Isra^d, for I am with thee ! saiih the Lord, to save thee. Though I make a full end of all nations wJiither I have scattered thee, yet will I not WMlce a full end of thee ; hut I will correct thee in measare, and will not leave thee altogether unpunisliedy Thf't Israel has been punished and corrected no one will deny who is acquainted with her his- tory and sojourn from the time she was carried captive to this da.y. But has the other part of the saying been fulfilled ? We answer yes ; as ISEAEL AND POPULATION. 65 . ,** the law of colonization has progressed. The an- cient Britons are no more ; Saxon- Israel has entirely supplanted them ; just as Manasseh in the Tnited States is supplanting the aborigines or Indians. They perish and disappear like snow before the rising sun. Not all we can do on the line of legislation, philanthropy and re- ligion, is sufficient to stay the ravages of this long-ago declared decree of heaven. Go to Can- ada, and you find they are perishing ; in New- foundland they are entirely gone, and in every other province they are fast disappearing, save such as are saved by incorporation, by marriage, and salt- stayed by the power of Christianity ; but both these remedies are only temporal — they perish in s]jite of all in the heated atmosphere of Israel's civilization. Some few tribes may hold their own and seem to increase, but such does not invalidate the evidence of the decree. For they have perished in such numbers, and so uniformly, when in contact with Israel, that history proclaims the decree fulfilled. The native inhabitants of Yan Dieman, called Tasmanians, have entirely become extinct. The Maoris of New Zealand are rapidly diminishing. Fifty years ago they were 200,000 strong ; now only about 50,000. In a few more years they will bo gone. The same is true in all the other Australian provinces. The same is true of many isles of the sea, also of the African colonies. In these things, so exceptional, we can surely say, 66 ISEAEL AND POPULATION. with the magicians of old, who contended against Moses, *'This is the finger of God." Thus we see Israel increasing, by the law of diminution going on among the Gentiles. Israel in the lat- ter day was to be blessed with plenty in the orchard, stall and field, *Tor I will lay no more famine upon you, saith the Lord." The past year we learn that some 10,000,000 of Chinese perished in famine. India, in one part, has been greatly reduced in number by the same scourge. This country will be partly protected from the operation of this law — for no doubt a large por- tion are from Abraham. ' ' But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac, his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unt) the east country." — Gen. xxv. 8. This same scourge does not follow the colonizing of other nations. It did not follow Spain, nor the Dutch, nor France. If you turn to the prophets you will soon learn how they are to increase in the latter days ; not by a comparison on the line of diminution only, but in and from themselves. *^ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and beast. ' ' - Jer. xxxi. 27. Have these days come ? We again say yes ; and these kind of prophecies are being fulfilled in this day, in so special a manner as to make certain the times we live in. Through Israel, Judah and ISRAEL AND POPULATTON. 67 Manasseli, the earth is to find the eqnilibriiim of peace. The Jews will furnish the money, for in the increasing ascendancy and multiplying power and authority of England and America, the J ews will draw closer to them and invest more and more their money with them, because of greater security and profit. The balance of power and even compulsion will be in the hands of England and America, to force arbitration on disputing nations, and they will do so, having set the precedents themselves in the Alabama and fish treaties. At present, many will refuse tills idea, and point to the famous Monroe doc- trine. Now that doctrine has had its time, nearly ; and it has served a good purpose for the country. The mercantile growth, and gen- eral producing power of this country will cause us to abandon our selfish protection policy ; for of all other people on the face of the earth, we will want free trade ; for we will have the great- est surplus of mercantile and agricultural pro- ductions, and in a short time our very position and ability will push away all competitors. Once our mercantile and agricultural interests are cast in other nations, we will then have an interest in their wars and peace, and will be led to interfere. The chief way in which the balance o^ power will fall into English and American hands is in the fulfilling of the blessings of the text : the multiplying of this people, first by natural in- i J !-•-' i'.. W 41 » "l - lil ll lU-TTTnT 1.1 i ti 68 ISRAEL AND POPULATION. crease, and second by incorporation and absorp- tion. Look at this law of absorption ; how vigor- ous and sure. If 3^ou turn into a field of grass fowls, pigs, horses and cows, you get chicken meat, pork, horseflesh and beef. The individu- alism in each creature absorbs and converts the same field of grass into themselves. So into this country are coming people of every nation • nd race, but the individualism of Manasseh will in due time make them all Manassites. The children of the Russians, Poles, Spanish and so on, become American in taste, manners and sympathies. They are been grafted into the tree of Manasseh. But look at the law of increase naturally. Take the population of several countries as given in the last census, and carefully note the relative increase, and how long it takes each nation to double its number. Russia, eighty-six millions, doubles every 100 years ; Germany, lorty-two millions, doubles every 100 years ; Turkey, forty- seven millions, doubles every 550 years ; Austria, thirty- seven millions, doubles every 100 years ; France, thirty-six millions, doubles every 140 years : Great Britain, thirty- three millions, doubles every 55 years ; United States, forty millions, doubles every 25 years ; Italy, twenty-seven millions, doubles every 125 years ; Egypt, seventeen millions, doubles every 150 years; Spain, sixteen millions, doubles every 112 years; English colonies, ten millions, dou- pi4 ISRAEL AND POPULATION. 69 bles every 25 years. Now make a calculation for 100 years, from 1878 to 1978, aL " see liow these countries stand in population and their relative position. Kussia will have one hundred and seventy-two millions, Germany eighty-four, Turkey fifty -six, Austria seventy four, France fifty-nine. Great Britain one hundred and thirty- seven, Italy forty -one, Egypt twenty -nine, Spain twenty-eight, Unite'^. States six hundred and forty, and the Eng.d£ colonies one hundred and sixty — and tl it is not reckoning the na- tives in the colonies, only the decendants of the English. Of course in a country like India, the natives will be a considerable number, and they might properly be reckoned in with the colonial items, and so swell the number of Israel's power. Now these figures show a wonderful conclu- sion. In simple language we find that in 1978, the English-speaking race, or Israelites, will number 937 millions, while ail of Russia, Ger- many, Turkey, Austria, France, Italy, Egypt and Spain, will only number 543 millions. Where then, we ask, will be the balance of power ? And why should this certain law come into opera- tion at this time, if it be not the blessing fore- told by the prophets ? And can we not see that these are the latter days, and that God is fulfill- ing his promises to Israel ? The blood of Abraham and the faith of Abra- ham have been wonderfully preserved and pro- i) in -1 li'i ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE. Discourse, 5, LATTER DAY PROPHETIC PROMISES — TIME OP ISRAEL'S REVIVAL — PYRAMID TESTIMONY — BRITISH ISLAND POPULATION IN 1882— AFFI- NITY BETWEEN ENGLISH AND HEBREW — CELL OF THE HONEY BEE — ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE — LION OF LANGUAGES — FOREIGN TESTIMONY — ALL TONGUES INDIGENOUS BUT ENGLISH — THE PRE-MILLENNIAL TOKENS. Text— Zepbaniah ili. 9* " For then ivill I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent** (id ,N the last two discourses we called your at- tention to two prophecies that are now ful- filling ; they are on parellel lines of time and territory. The first had reference to the rapid accumulation of the lands of the earth by Israel. Accepting the Anglo-Saxons as being the child- ren and descendants of Jacob, it naturally fol- lows that the prophetic blessings and promises made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their heirs, should find a fulfillment in these, the latter I ■; ~w r i> nfi; LAxnGUAGE. 79 r ... that it very suitably belongs to Israel, i^ \vii«j8o hand will be the destiny of the world "t in jhe lion of languages. It will grow anywL^re, and by reason of its tenacity when once it gets a foothold it abides. It is peculiarly suited to the humanities of every race, clime and con- dition ; there is no limit to its expansive adapt- ability. Is is in a special manner voracious in the destruction of other languages; ^vherever it goes, it sounds the death-knell of all the rest. Soon as this language entered Britain, it be- gan its work of destruction. Before it has dis- appeared the real British, the Cymric or Welsh, Erse or Irish, the Gaelic of Scotland, and the Manx of the isle of Man. The British Keltic is entirely gone ; the rest are only local. Besides these it ousted from the islanr' the Norse, the Norman-French and several othf - toi;^ues that tried to transplant themseiver; ya English soil. It is at work in every part of the globe planting itself and displacing others. A few years ago French was the language I: jst suited for a traveler on the continent. But this has changed. Now the English is by far superior. And why is it that the English is supplanting all others ? To answer such a question in a scientific way, one cannot do better than quote from the great and learned German philologist. Pi of. Grimm, of Berlin. He says of it : "It has a thorough power of expression, such as no other language ever possessed. It may truly be called a world- H ■ If : in •.s S22£S22*i^"*;22£S!^!*?****''^ ■ m 1 ! 1 ■ 1 i 1 1 • 1 ■ ' ^': If yi 80 TSKAEL AND LANGUAGE. language, for no other can compare with it in richness, reasonableness and solidity of texture." But, perhaps the most definite and distinct tes- timony given .by a foreigner touching the future ubiquity of the Anglo- Saxon race and language, is that put forward by Prevost Paradol, a learned Frenchman. He says "that neither Russia nor united Germany, supposing that they should attain the highest fortune, can pretend to impede that current of things, nor prevent that solution, relatively near at hand, of the long rivalry of European races for the ultimate colonization and domination of the universe. The world will not be Russian, nor German, nor French, alas! nor Spanish." He concludes that it vvill be Anglv> Saxon. A British poet has presented in poetry the special features of several of the European languages, which we give : "Greek's a harp we love to hear; Latin is a trumpet cleai" ; Spanish like an organ swells ; Italian rings its bridal bells ; France, with many a frolic mien, Tunes her sprightly violin ; Loud the German rolls his drum When Russia's clashing cymbals come ; But Britain's sons may well rejoice, For English is the human voice." There are eight languages in the bounds of Christian civilization that may be accounted powerful, because they are the tongues of vig- ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE. 81 orous people ; they are the English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Scandinavian. But of these all are indige- nous, except the English, so that they die if transplanted. Look at this country and behold what a cemetery it is for languages. Once the French had strong hold and promised to abide here ; but it is now nearly gone, even from the State of Louisiana and Canada, the last places of retreat. If we take note of the population according to these several languages, we shall see the pro- phetic future of the English. It is spoken by about ninety millions, Russian seventy-five, German fifty six, French forty, Spanish thirty- eight, Italian twenty-nine, Portuguese fourteen, and Scandinavian nine. Within the control of the governments of these languages we find Eng- land to have rule over 255,000,000 people, who do not, as yet speak English, and we find that the other seven have only seventy-five millions outside of themselves ; here is an important difference. If we look at them by territorial limits, leaving out Kussia, we find the English language to own 13,382,686 square miles, Ger- many 449,684, French 571,578, Spanish 4,694,- 811, Italian 114,466, Portuguese 4,028,311, and Scandinavian 1,308,830. The aggregate number of square miles possessed by these six lan- guages, is 11,167,620, which altogether, you see, own 2,215,066 miles .square less than the Eng- i { 82 ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE. lish. The balance itself is more than Germany, France and Spain put together. The English language is divided only into two governments, but the other six are divided into twenty-six, all of which governments are bitter one toward the other ; each trying to supplant one another, while England and the United States are at peace, and will ever remain so. In one hundred years from now the English language will be spoken by a thousand million people. Thus we need no stretch of fancy to see that what the prophet speaks of in the text will be accom- plished in due time. This language will soon be universal ; by common consent it will become the language of the world. All the changes going on among nations forecast its ubiquity. China, by an im- perial decree, has Just added to her language 700 English words. Her sons by the thousand are with us, and by the thousand they are learn- ing our mother tongue. The Japanese, till a few years ago, carried on their foreign corres- pondence through the Dutch, but now they have changed to the English. Besides, in the 50,000 schools in Japan English is being taught. If science has an answer for this strange phe- nomenon, so have we. Ours is, that it is the will of heaven. Confusion of tongues came at Babel as a punishment. By this means Heaven scattered the unwilling descendants of Noah. When Noah came forth from the ark God bade ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE. 83 him multiply and replenish the earth ; that is, fill it up. Babel, however, was built as a monu- ment of centralization, for the builders gave as a reason for building it, *'Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth." By a con- fusion of tongues they were scattered. Since then we have had some 1,500 distinct languages and some 3,500 colloquials, or say 5,000 different forms of speech. At the present time 600 of the primary are dead, so that there are about 900 languages now spoken on all the earth, with about 2,500 colloquials. When these means have answered their end, namely, to make us occupy all parts of the earth, then they will die out. It then follows that as the world fills languages must disappear. So they do. The English and German were the last languages to come into existence. No new ones are now being made. Alphabets are in- creasing, because missionaries are reducing spoken languages among the heathen into a written form. The Bible is translated into two hundred different tongues. This itself will only lead the millions back to English. All ship papers are now made out in English excepting the French, and no doubt they will soon have to follow in the wake. The day of pentecost foreshadowed the univer- sality of some language. Pentecost was a type, and the English is the unte-type. The strangers from Phrygia, Pamph^lia, Libya, Pontus and i i fi ■n ' I iir »«B=«»v.v^wa»»^.«BC-s^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. MS80 (716) S72-4S03 (p ^^% ■Jo ' I ■ i y 86 ISEAEL AND GENTILE FULLNESS. the other nine tribes that had been in cap- tivity for about eight hundred years— the whole together are generally known as the ten lost tribes. In the third party we have the Gentiles. This word gentile usually denotes and includes the non- Jewish nations and people. The Hebrew word goyim, in early Bible history, was equiv- alent to our word nation. It finally began to denote any people who were not of the sacred seed of Abraham. The Greek word so rendered is etImoSy which means a multitude or nation. In the New Testament another word is some- times used in a more limited sense, namely, Jiellenes, which is translated Greeks. Ignorance of these three parties, their place in Providence, and relation one to the other, has given rise to much needless controversy and division in the domain of theology. Men have argued for an electioL. ind a reprobation, laying great stress on the ninth, tenth and elevenili chapters of Rom- ans that is in no wise taught. The election Paul deals with is a literal one, having reference to a distinct people, whom God had elected for a special work in this world. This people God calls "His people," "His inheritance," "His chosen," "His witnesses," "His servants." "This people have I formed for myself ; they shall shew forth my praise." — Isa. xliii. 21. Hence exclaims the psalmist, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people vhom he hath chosen for His own inheritance." ISEAEL AND GENTILE FULLNESS. 87 It will be evident to any careful Bible reader that God called Abraham from Ur, in Chaldea, from His own kindred, for a special design. Through Abraham' s seed Jehovah designed that blessings, temporal and spiritual, should flow to all nations. He selected this seed for His own training, instruction and culture, to the end that they might train, instruct and evangelize the rest of mankind. Through Judah was to come spiritual blessings, because from him was the Messiah ; and through Ephraim, as representa- tive of the ten tribes, was to come temporal blessings. And this in the past has been the order of providential procedure ; it is the pres- ent order, and it is to be the future. Look and verify this statement and order, by an exami- nation of the nations of the earth at this time, by asking yourselves the question : What form of religion among the many on earth is best suited to develop man, to conserve his truest interest and crown him with the greatest meas- ure of peace, plenty, liberty and security. Surely to this question there can be but one answer — it is the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. And it is evident that Christ came of the tribe of Judah. If we seek among the nations for the best form of civilization and the best government, we shall find the same to be in the bounds of Israel and Manasseli — England and America. Here we shall find individualism the best developed, and liberty the fullest