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MITCHELL, FREE PRESS OFFICE, 1890. ^.'iJLIOTHEQUt, ARCHIVES PUSllQUi^ WTAWAtOHL C/oX) THE PEOPLE AND THE POLICY. ** Ephraim is the strength of my head ; Judah is my law- giver ; " is twice repeated in the Divinely inspired prophecies. (Psalms Ix, 7 — eviii, 8.) The question is, who are the people of " Ephraim " here referred to, as being " the strength of th& head " of on* Creator ? (In contradistinction to the Jewish people,, who are described as being mei*ely his lawgiver.) It is of course the people who have manifested the creative- faculty far beyond all other people upon earth, and who have taken the lead in all modern progress ; in creating railroads^ steamships, telegraphs, and the great multiplicity and variety of manufactures generally, (all of which are evidently creation* of the human mind ; even as the varieties of animal and vegetable organism' are creations of the I/ivine mind.) It thus becomes manifest that it is the British people who* have abundantly proved themselves to be ** the strength of the head " of our Creator ; in giving to the world modern progress ; as certainly as the Jewish people have proved themselves to be his " lawgiver ; " in giving to the world the Ten Commandments, ** the law and the prophets," and indeed the whole of the Bible. The British people hare also manifested themselves to be the predicted ** Ephraim," inasmuch as they have already inherited,, and are now actually in possession of, *' the birthright," or " double portion," to which " Ephraim " is entitled, as the " first- bom " to our Crsator, (among all the nationp, at this time,) as declared in the ancient prophecies, *' I am a Father to Israel ; and Ephraim is my first born." — Jeremiah xxxi, 9. The two foremost tiations of the earth (Great Britain and the United States) are the *' double portion," which the British people have already inherited, and of which they are now actually in possession ; for though Great Britain and the United States. are two distinct powers, or nations, the dominant race in both countries is the British race ; consequently the same race, or people, are now actually in possession of both countries, and are thus manifestly the predicted '' Ephraim," who is recognised as the "firstborn" to our Creator, (among all the nations of the •earth) and is therefore entitled to the *' double portion." — Jer. xxxi, 9. Now that we have certainly found out that it is the people of Great Britain and the United States who have thus proved themselves the most worthy to be described as '' the streh^h of the head " of our Creator ; the question is, what grand common policy should be accepted as well worthy of the earnest support of ;a people so pre-eminently distinguished and blessed by the Almighty, as these t^/o foremost nations of the earth unquestion- ably are, in comparison with all other nations 1 The least that might reasonably be expected of such a people, is that they should combine in a common policy to abolish ^^ arfare ^t once, and for every by means of a Supreme International TribuDal, that so the long-predicted '^ Kingdom of God" upon earth may become an accomplished fact at last, and the dominion of *' mercy and truth .... righteousness and peace " prevail over the whole world. Are all the people who claim to be Christians, in Great Britain and the United States, mere hypocrites 1 " If not, why don't a few of them at least attempt to do something, in real ■earnest, in favor of " the Kingdom of God " upon earth 1 When they pmy to God, '* give us this day our daily bread," they wisely prove their earnestness in so important a matter by exerting them- telves to fairly earn the necessaries of life for themselves. If their pretending to pray to God, "Thy kingdom come," is not sneer hypocrisy ; why don't some of them, at least, exert themselves correspondingly for so extremely important and beneficent a purpose? Many may be disposed to say that it is quite hopeless that our efforts should avail anything at all, iu a work so world-wide in its scope. In i*eply, I ask, what right llave ))eople claiming to be Christians to consider any of the declared purposes of God to be hopeless 7 Are not all Christians called upon to work continually in " faith and hope," and if they practically declare that they have neither faith nor hope in the express promises of God, what right have such people to attempt to deceive themselves or oth«rK by claiming to be Ohristians at all ? When any such claim is. thus clearly proved to be a most transparent hypocrisy. If there are any claftning to be Christians, who are not mere hypocrites, they have a good opportunity now to prove their sin- cerity and earnpstuess, by coming to the help of the man who haft already for a whole generation of more than thirtyseven years,, persistently and faithfully acted in accordance with the exhorta- tion of Jesus Christ, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and Hip righteousness," etc. The so-called Christians in the foremost nations of the earth should be ashamed to allow such a man to continue still quite " alone " in so pre-eminently excellent a work^ in {:he service of God, for the benefit of man. Should any ask, what would you have us do ? I answer^ protest of course, against the prevailing •' luke-warmness," indif- ference and hypocrisy, and prove your own earnestness by abundantly seconding the efforts of the man who has already been in the field a whole generation in advance of all other men.. Should it be further asked, what grand practical result is- ultimately to be accomplished by any such course ? I reply, were such a man to be now fairly seconded by a few others who wouldt prove their earnestness and sincerity by sacrificing a fair propor- tion of their wealth in the honest effort to accomplish so grand a. purpose (with all the special understanding and experience, the- natural result of so long continued effort in one direction), such a man would, doubtless, soon contrive to cause a considerable^ number of the worthiest among men to become thoroughly in- terested in the establishment of a Supreme International Tribunal which would ultimately become so uni\^r8aily recognized, as to* henceforth leave the nations neither excuse nor occasion for war. Thus war, or the liability to war, with all the overwhelming ex- penses now attending it (which is perhaps the one most intoler- able evil of the present day) would be abolished at once, and for ever. What grander, or more beneficent, practical i«8ult than this could reasonably be hoped to be accomplished by the men of our day? All those claiming to be Christians, who know of me, and of my long-continued efforts j and, having the means to help me in my grand humanitarian work ; still refuse or neglect to do so ; wUl be henceforth branded before God and man as hvpocrites ; and 6 nieet together, and agree upon such laws as may be consideret^ absolutely essential to the continued preservation of the general peace of the whole world from ger.aration to generation ] Should any ask how a powerful nation (like Russia for ex- -ample) might easily be made subject to the control of the law ; should such a nation (in defiance of International law) break the peace of the world by making war upon another nation ? I reply that in such a case the sovereignty of the offending nation would he declared forfeited at once ; and a number of petty sovereignties would be immediately established in its place — thus, such a nation would very soon find itself ** broken in pieces as a potter's vessel," and thenceforth quite powerless to seriously disturb the peace of the world. Nations, who desired still to exist as great powers, would of course naturally hesitate before incurring such A penalty, which a combined world would be compelled to inflict without delay, at all costs, to secure the requisite respect for In- ternational law. It must be well understood, however, that it is unreasonable to expect to have the incalculable advantages of such a general government without any cost whatever. All governments appear to be very costly ; but experience proves that it would be much more costly to attempt to do without any government at all. The .'British government, for instance, costs about four hundred .mUUou dollars, ($400,000,U00) every year, or more than a million dollars every day ; yet costly as it is, it appears to be well worth ihe money ; and it would be considered sheer madness to attempt 8 to manage it without it. When the nations agree upon erecting a Supreme International Tribunal, of coui'se such a general jcovern- ment will necessarily be costly ; but when its great ber .lits are- once experienced, the nations will then no more think of ever again trying to manage without such a general government, than the British people would ever think of trying to manage without^ the British Government. It thus becomes evident that there are three absolute essen- tials to the establishment of the predicted universal righteous government, or " the Kingdom of God '' upon earth. First, it i* absolutely essential that the nations should be brought close- enough together for the purpose, as they now already actually are, by means of modern progress, railroads, steamships, and tele- graphs, ets. Secondly, it is absolutely essential also that som& one (such as the predicted " man child ") should possess the re- quisite intellectual and moral force to cause him to become the^ common representative of unity and order for " all nations ; " so as to begin to establish the principle of the general government in the first instance, which, when once firmly established, and generally recognized, would of course contrive somehow to go on itself, as it were; as do other institutions, that are found to be- convenient, and indeed, indispensible, when once we have experi- enced their advantages. Suppose my thirty-seven years' work should have caused me to become better qualified than any other man to fulfil the prophecy concerning the predicted " man-child," so as to be^ chosen for the common representative of unity and order for " all nations ;" the second absolute essential to the establishment of the predicted universal righteous government, would thus be already supplied, and it would need only now that the third absolute- essential should be forthcoming without delay, and then we might- immediately realize that the predicted " Kingdom of God " upon, earth had at last suddenly become an accomplished fact The third absolute essential to the establishment of the pre- dicted universal righteous government is, of course, the wealth requisite to establish and maintain such an overwhelmingly bene- ficial institution upon earth. There should be no difficulty what- ever in liaising the ftinds required for this purpose, if someone^ would only make a beginning ; but when no one makes a beginnings at all, of course no progress at all is made in the matter ; though I 9 J I ihe piogress might otherwise be as that of the rolling snowball so rapidly becoming the great avalanche. There are three exceedingly good reasons also why people should begin immediately to provide the funds requisite for thii purpose : — the firtt is, because inexcusable delay might easily result in the whole civilized world being desolated within a fe^" months at any time now ; should the nations unfortunately become entangled in a war which might as easily now l)ecome general over the whole world, as a fire might spread over a whole city : and by means of our modem weapons of w*>r, the bulk of tho accumulated wealth of the whole world might thus be destroyed within one single year ; not to speak of the enormous loss of life, and the frightful amount of suffering that would be incurred in the terrible process, fhis consideration alone should be sufficient to induce many to immediately devote a fair prop^ ^'on of their wealth in the effort to avert so terrible a calamity t^ which "all nations" are unquestionably liable at any moment now. The second exceedingly good reason for immedi ^eiy begin- ning to devote a laii proportion of wealth for this r urpose, is the shortness of •■iman life. Someone must certainly fulfil the pro- phecy concerning the predicted " man child," so as to fairly re- present intellectual and moral force, that he may be the chosen representative of unity and order for '* all nations " at this time. For more than thirty-seven years I have already been working for this purpose; spending years in England, and years in the United States, and also in Syria, having crossed the Atlantic ten times, and having been twice to Syria ; but I never yet met any man who understood our Creator, or the eternal life as I do ; or the wonderful revelations which the words of the Bible are capable of making known to us, as I certainly do ; the writings also of the most prominent men of our day, whether scientists,, clergy, or the so-called philosophical writers, prove to me clearly enough that the comprehension of the ablest men of our day is still very limited, and that I certainly am as much in advance of them in imderstanding and comprehension, as the young oak tree (jast beginning to take root in the earth) is in advance of the acorn in natural growth ; or as the human comprehension i» great€!r than that of any other animal. This fact convinces me that it must be I, myself, who am the predicted " man child '^ which Christianity was ultimately to x>n)dace, and whose intellec- 10 iual and moral force is now so absolutely essential for the chosen xepresentative of unity and order for "all nations." Other men, of course, will naturally be ndemn me and my work, merely because of a seeming lack of success, or satisfactory result If such men consulted the Divine^ ly inspired prophecies, they might perceive that it was fot^eseen 12 that it would be precisely as it is upon this occasion. Someone is represented as calling to the nations at this time, saying, ''Listen, isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from far, the Lord hatb called me from infancy . . . and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword . . . and said unto me, thon art my serrant ... in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain^ 1 have spent my strength for naught, and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from infancy to be Hi» servant, to bring Jacob again to Him, though Isiael be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. And He said, it is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to rais'i np the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel ; I will also give thee for a light to the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." — Isaiah xlix, 1-6. This quotation makes it evident enough that the same man who seemingly has " laboured in vain, and spent his strength for nought, and in vain," (though "his judgment is with the Lord, and his work with his God,") meets ultimately with the greatest possible success, and produces the grandest possible results at this time, insomuch that, " to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to re- store the preserved of Israel," is considered but " a light thing "' in comparison. I have already shown clearly that the British people, or the- dominant race in Great Britain and the United States, is one of •* the tribes of Jacob" (here referred to), and the one also that inherits "the birthright," and the "double portion," being de- scended from the Patriarch *' Ephraim ;" who also inherits the original "blessing" to Abraham, that he should be " the father of many nations;" therefore, it is predicted also that 'Ephraim (should) become a multitude of nations." — Gen. xlviii, 17, 19, and it is a most remarkable fact thait the British people are now rapidly fulfilling this prophecy ; for they are colonizing very much more than any other people, and are alreaay laying the foundationt of " a multitude of nations " in NoHh America, Australia andi Africa, etc. The nations of Christendom generally are the descendants of " the ten tribes of Israel," commonly called " the t«n lost tribes,'' as they were "lost" to history about a thousand years before "th«^ 13 <3ecline and fall of the Koman Empire ;" when their descendants :appeaFed again as '^barbarian hordes from the north/' conquering the greater part of Europe, and proving their superiority over heathen races by accepting the Christian religion, though it was the religion of the conquered people ; and by laying the solid foundations of the various nations of Christendom ; retaining pos- session also of all Christendom generally for more than a thousand jears, even to this day. The races which compose the various nations of Christendom :are evidently superior to all other races upon earth, the fact that they are descended from " the ten tribes of Israel," sufficiently accounts for this manifest superiority ; for the writings of ** Moses and the prophets" prove conclusively that the people of Israel were by far the foremost people upon earth, intellectually and morally, for none of the other ancient writings can compare for a moment with those of '* Moses and the prophets," as evidence of intellectual and moral excellence. It is moreover but reasonable to conclude that the people •who are manifestly the superior race upon earth at the present day are doubtless descended from those who were unquestionably the superior race thousands of years ago, and as the Jews are the only people upon earth that can fairly be reckoned as on a par with the people of Christendom, we find the prophecy already fulfilled which declares that Jacob should ultimately become *' a nation, and a company of nations." Gen. xxxv, 10, 11. TI.j Jews being the ♦• nation," and Christendom the ** company of nations " predicted. Therefore, when some one is declared to be the ** servant " of God, now, " to raise up the tribes of Jacob," it is added, *' and to restore the preserved of Israel." The Jews alone being "the preserved of Israel " at this time ; for all the other " tribes of Jacob " became " mixed " among the heathen by intermarriage with them, and !«y becoming idolatoi-s like them - as ic was predicted, '*Ephraim hath mixed Limself among the people," " Ephraim is joined to his idols, let him alone," etc. (Hosea iv. 17 — vii. 8.) The Jews being the only people upon «;irth who have kept themselves separate from heathen nations and from idolatry, for more than two thousand years. As the dominant race among the Mahometans is well known to be descended from Ishmael, the son ot Abraham ; and as the nations of Christendom are here shown to be descended from *^ the / 14 -^ ten tribes of Israel," we thus find that all the nations whicb are not heathen nations are *' children of Abraham/' and that consequently the prediction concerning Abraham that he should be '*the father of many nations/' is already amply fulfilled. As the same man who is declared to be *' the servant (of God) to restore the preserved of Israel/' (or, the Jews) is said also " to raise up the tribes of Jacob/' it is important that it should be known with positive cortainty, that the nations of Christendom- are "the tribes of Jacob" here referred to; and as "the tribe of Ephriam" or the dominant race in Great Britain and the United States (as already shown) is so manifestly the chief among: all the nations, we naturally look to the chief, or head, to take the lead in this matter, and our policy should be now to induce these two great leading nations to advocate a Supreme International Tribunal Syria or Palestine (on the east coast of the Mediter- ranean Sea, being the most convenient and central position be- tween all the great continents of the earth) might well be chosen as the seat of the general government for " all nations," that thus^ the prophecy may be fulfilled, which declares that "out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem /' and that the result will be that " nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."— Isaiah ii, 3, 4. Micah iv, 2, 3. * Should this become the grand and worthy policy of the two foremost nations ot the world, they would certainly soon contiive to induce the majority of the people in the other nations of Christ- endom to be also favourable to so praiseworthy an efibrt to aWolish war, with all its enormous cost in life and property ; and there would then doubtless be no difficulty whatever in our obtaining peaceable possession of Palestine, that we might soon begin to make it a worthy capital for the whole world. Mean- while, all that is necessary to secure the most unbounded ultimate success is that a few should now begin to manifest enough "faith in the word of God" to induce them to devote a fair proper- tion of their wealth for that purpose ; for we may be quite certain that the more wealth is devoted, the more people will become earnestly interested in the matter ; and the more people become earnestly interested, of course, the more wealth will be devoted ;. and so on continually; both weakh, and numbers of people (earnestly interested) being increased until the two foremost 16 nations of the earth will ultimately unite in the one grand com- mon policy, most worthy of ''the chief of the nations." "For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God ; for thus with the Lord ; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and Shout among the chief of the nations^ publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth ... a great company shall return thither .... for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my iBrst- bom." — Jer. xxxi, 6-7-9. HENRY WENTWORTH MONIC Ottawa, Canada, 27th March, 1890.