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Menzies & Co. Glasgow : James McGrachy. Brighton : H. & C. Treacher. Bristol : Wm. Mack. Bath: B. Pearson, Milson Street. Bradford : J. F. Hammond. Sheffield : Hopkins & Son. Leicester : Winks & Son. Liverpool : William Gilling. 1871. l^-»™iK,5tJj "^^f -ff' 1 .\ A h c i .u U i: PRINTED BY W. T. ALLEN, KENNET STEAM PRINTIRQ WORKS, XENNET WHARF, 67, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, B.C. Kir i) .^'J a\j EPISTLE TO THE NATION. 4 }Ay Kinsfolk, /; It is not my province to write a book. — I am without ambition that way ; my great desire is to serve my country, giv- ing forth such flashes of light to the people, as shall convince them that they are the Heirs to the greatest temporal, political and social blessings, our God has ever vouchsafed to any one particular and distinct Nation. Although throughout our history we have always occupied the most exalted position on the earth, yet the blessings that are now coming to us, are of a value far beyond what we have ever yet received. The very first t^at we shall inherit, is that of living in peace, entirely freed from the turmoils and convulsions of the Wars that are yet to engulf the Continent of Europe, With these Way^ England will have nothing to do, we cannot be embroiled in them, they will last through some years, and while the other nations will be in the midst of sufferings, famines, and dire per- plexities,we shall be enabled throughout this time, to live peace- ably and without anxiety. God has said it, and His word is sure ; we inherit these blessings by being Heirs to Israel, we are the very descendants of this lost people, in whom, so many val* uable promises are vested. It has been the will of our Gpd thfit we should be politically lost, until the latter days ; we were not to be discovered until the times of the "wars and rumours of wars" had arrived. These times are now, this is, the exact time specified by God for the political resurrection of Israel, effected in ourselves ; they were to be "blinded" until the fulness of the Gentiles had come in ; this has been fulfilled. That this time has come, is further proved by the restoration of the Latter Rain to Palestine. This rain was withheld for centuries, its Withdrawal, and the Captivity, being events that Solomon, in his prayer, connected together, and they return together ; the rain is restored, and now Israel is found— found in our- selves. The time is now at hand when God has promised to bless us more largely than ever ; we have not to yirait for the Coming of the Lord, before he settles us after our "old estates" he will do this before our swords are beaten into plough shares. The positive promise that he "will do better unto us than at our beginnings," Ezek. xxxvi, ii, if almost immediate, we shall be- gin to realize this directly after we have effected our Identity Nationally, and it is of the utmost importance that this should be effected at once, as in these critical times of Warfare, it might save U8 from many grave mistakes. Qp0 will not effect it for us, without enquiry from us, Ezek. xxxvi, 37, therefore let the Church plead for it, it is our duty, it is vital to us, for when es- tablished, it is our Peace. The disciples were Israelites, of the tribe of Benjamin ; that one tribe that yra^s purposely left IV. EPISTLE TO THE NATION. behind to be a light in Jerusalem in the days of Christ. I Kings xi, 13 — 32 — 36. Christ privately instructed these Israel- ites about the very times in which we now are. Matt, xxiv, 3. They wanted to know about the latter days, and were told that (hey would not be until "Ye hear of wars, and rumours of wars, nation Uhall rise against nation, and kingdom agiainst kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes." This was to be the lot of the Gentile na« tions, but not of Israel; we have no part in them, and this is /C^hrist's special instruction to our natif gladness vity of his iii, 6. It is of joyous temporal g to pour But my Church of )enomina- mbodying AND and bringing EYE TO and ALL that love ER Lost earned of >d'8 Word overy. It jmised to fisaionary ill receive EPISTLE TO THE NATION. V. the Glad Tidings of the Gospel before the political resurrec- tion of Israel. Such a result would be directly contrary to what our Bible declares shall be ; ourselves, i. e. Israel as a Lost people, were commissioned first to preach the Gospel among all people AS A WITNESS ; this we have done, and have secured the only result that was ever promised to this WITNESS preaching, just a few believers in each nation, w:ho have to testify our WITNESS was true. When Israfel isrestored —THEN and NOT BEFORE— will the Gospel make way through the earth. Then, and never before, \^ill the Mtmy Nations flow eagerly to Jerusalem to be taught Cf fhe hot^. Therefore, Fellow Christians, the subject, seeft in its Church aspect, becomes most important. You cannot fail ultimately to be enraptured with the subject^ seeing the great glories you are seeking to realize can only come to yoii through it. But why delay? Why not make the question a matter of enquiry AT ONCE ? The late Professor Wilson introduced this subject some ttiirty years ago, in a work well worthy of perusal : "Our Israelitish Origin,"* really an invaluable book; He therein seeks to identify England with the tribe of Ephraim only, believiiil^ the modem nations North West of Europe to be the other tribes; a view in which I perceive very great diffitulty, but really so- far as our nation is concerned, it makes not the slightesit' difference, for whether we are only a part, and that part the most favored tribe, or whether we compose the whole of the tribes, it is equally vital to us, and also of supreme importance to the interests of the Church of Christ in England. Amongst numerous letters received, dne is so admirably suggestive, and as I wish to awaken thought upon the subject generally, I annex it. EDWARD HINB. London, March, 1871. , Dear Sir, I have read with much interest your Pamphlet oi| the *< Identification of the English Nation with the Lost House of Israel." I cannot however but regret that you should have so limited the important question, instead of pointing out the wider scope it surely embraces ; for if the Anglo-Saxon race are of the House of Israel, it clearly follows that the whole of the German or Teutonic race, of which we form but a portion, however wide- spread and distinguished a portion, must be of the same origin. » William Mackintofih, 24, Paternoster Row.' ^ V!. The English or Anglo-Saxons (though portions of other tribes, such as Danes and Normans, have been mixed up with them), constitute, I believe, the tribe of Joseph, the heir of the birtbi-right blessings (i Chron. v. x, 2.), the blessings pro- nounced by Jacob on the sons of Joseph, in that remarkable scene (Gen. xlviii.) recorded by the Holy Spirit as a special act of faith of the dying Patriarch. (Heb. xi, 21.) But foremost and pre-eminent in blessing as the seed of Ephraim and Manasseh vrere to be, the calling, privileges and destiny of Israel werp also to be enjoyed eventually by the rest of the tribes, as implied in the closing words of Jacob's prophetic blessing: '* In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh." And do we not see this even now coming to pass in the rising power ai\d influence of the Teutonic Nations, standing t^PrES a mighty great army, "the Empire of all Germany ? " yet to embrace probably, or draw into closer alliance with itself other fragments of the same race on the Continents The victorious career on which they have now entered is but the fulfilling of their mission as God's " battle-axe and weapons of war," to break and humble the Papal Powers, confederate with and so long the willing executors of the behests of Rome, the mystic Babylon " drunk with the blood of the Saints and the Martyrs of Jesus." But now, at the close of the predicted 1,260 years of her arrogant domination, the main supports and instruments of her evil policy are being broken by Israel, the great Protestant Power they have so long scattered and oppressed. With the overthrow of Austria in 1866 commenced the vindication of the wrongs done to them through centuries of wanton aggression and spoliation. This interference of God on their behalf is still more strikingly manifest by the utter prostration and humiliation of France, "the eldest daughter of the Church/' in the conflict she so recklessly provoked, jealous of the growing power and union which her insolent challenge only tended the more speedily to establish, all Germany rising as one man to withstand their ancient and inveterate foe ; and in the righteous judgment of God, after an almost unparalleled and unchecked career of victory (reminding of the triumphs of Israel of old), the foundation of her Empire hajf been laid on the very soil of the enemy, and inaugurated in the palace of the proud Monarchs who robbed her of the fair Provinces she has so successfully won back ; no portion of Israel must be left in the enemy's grasp ; therefore on the possession of Alsace and Lorraine hung the issue of the war : France compelled to relinquish her long hold of an integral portion of German territory which she had acquired by fraud and violence. ! Sure! of Eur immuni to uphc to rejoi Protect by the i Contin^ like the was sol high a{ store, 1 kindred cultivat brethre: of such it, by St our mi( with Ba cities of social, [ people, off the 3 tions, V those w to accor The ] House ( our onei with the of the K His beli of peact the din < of God's [day, am [re-echo \ marvell areTh> vii. of other :d up with heir of the sings pro- emarkable s a special t foremost iraim and ly of Israel the tribes, I blessing : i thee as sass in the , standing ermany ? " with itself lent* The is but the 1 weapons lonfederate B of Rome, Saints and I predicted pports and srael, the tered and smmenced centuries ice of God the utter aughter of )rovoked, insolent iblish, all cient and after an eminding er Empire augurated ler of the portion of on the the war : integral by fraud strikit *^- Surely at so striking and important a crisis in the history of Europe, however thankful we may feel for our present immunity from the horrors of War, it behoves us as a nation to uphold the righteous cause with all our moral influence, and to rejoice in the signal triumph of our brethren of Israel. Protected and prosperous in our insular position, " separated by the deep that coucheth beneath " from our brethren on the Continent, as the tribe of Joseph was to be, the English Nation, like their favored progenitor (in whose personal history theirs was so remarkably pre-figured), are called to exercise their high and happy privilege of ministering from their ample store, life, health and blessing to all, whether of alien or kindred race; yet it is their wisdom and duty especially to cultivate a closer and hearty friendship and alliance with their brethren, the tribes of Israel. Satan well knows the significance of such an alliance. His aim, therefore, is to mar and hinder it, by Stirling up the worldly, papistical aqd infidel elements in our midst, in order to draw us into closer affinity and sympathy with Babylon and her principles, their hearts lingering in htr cities of pleasure, whence have flowed the cotruptirtg influentesr— social, political and religious — ^which have defiled our land and people. But rebuke and judgment must follow, unless shaking off the yoke of Babylon, and resisting her meretricidus attrac- tions, we draw into closer bonds, political and nationid, with those whose arms are being strengthened by the God of Israel to accomplish His purpose amongst the nations. The recognition of our, and their identity with the Lost House of Israel should lead to a more distinct manifestation of our oneness, this our manifested union being soclosetyconij^ected with the great events of the latter days, ushering in the, return of the King of Israel, David's son and David's Lord, to take His believing people unto Himself, and to establish His kingdom of peace and righteousness on earth. Even now in the jotidst of the din of war and clash of arms, and the pouring out pf thf vials of God's wrath on the apostate Nations, faith anticipates that day, and whilst His judgments are made mahifest, is aMe to re-echo Heaven's solemn note of praise, saying: "Great and marvellous are Thy works. Lord God Almighty ;,|u8t and true are Thy ways, Thou King of Nations." Believe me, Yours truly. • ^ta^» of SDrrntttie^. i 3 4 6 7 The Captivity The Isles PAGE ■' ' ■ i*^'- I •• ■••--■ •'■■■,■ c • -Jin \(b-yitp,/''.^''v '^^^^^'I^ -'^ -^n A Monarchy . .,^.,,, r,,,.,n-\%^M/:',r: h.-c i:.a^). '.«t.;vi^?« The Strait . \-,. nuUi^ ..laii-rgl'-' :-. ' lU^'"' .viflM^ Cotenies- • . . '%'^^ ,rij"« e-H 8 The Unicorn's Horn . . 9, Israel a Christian People , . lo Denomioational Sects . . XI Sunday Schools . * * 12 "Another Tongue V , ' . 13 Physiognomy 14 The Missionary Work . . 15 Philanthropy . .. ,,. ^\ » .. • 16 The Army . . . . 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The first, What has become of the Lost Tribes of Israel ? The Second, Who were the ancestors of the English People ? The object of these pages is to show that the latter are identical with the former, and out of very many others that could be produced, to advance Twenty*seven Identifications that shall clearly establish the proposition. A few introductory remarks are needed. We take for granted that the reader is well informed as to the past Israelitish history,— that they were once One People,, and afterwards became Two Houses : the House of Israel, and the House of Judah. Since their captivities this distinction of the two houses becomes the grand essential to be borne in mind. To confound Judah with Israel and Israel with Judah, is the root of all mistakes in reference to this subject ; these two peoples are as distinct as France from Russia, as fire from water, so that to speak of Israel as meaning the Jews, is to full into an error, which destroys the sense and meaning of much of the prophetic word : yet this mistake is almost universally made, the result being, that in the pulpits of our divine*^ the prophetic word is seldom touched upon ; the great command to " take heed " to the sure word of prophecy is disobeyed, or, if brought forward at all, it is generally so wrested, by its literal meaning being disregarded and a spiritual one substituted, that from a dozen different pulpits a dozen different interpretations are given ; and under this teaching the word can no longer be said to be the "Sure word." (2 Peter, i. 19), or be taken as the " light that shineth in a dark place." It is quite contrary to the spirit of prophecy, when a plain literal interpretation can be accepted, to substitute a figurative or spiritual one. " No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation," and the greater number admit of a literal sense. Thus, with the Jews, or the House of Judah, it is most interesting to mark how literally the prophecies have been, and are still being carried out. Thus, — " I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not-" Jer. xvii., 4. " And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a re* proach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall drive them." Jer. xxiv., g; Jer. xxix., 18. «* I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land ; I will bereave them of children." "Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price." Jer. xv., 7 " Thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee ;" ** and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear day and night and shalt have none assurance of thy life." Deut. xxviii. 29, 66. These and many other dreadful curses have been literally fulfilled, and to this day in our own country the Jew is a taunt, a hissing, and a by word. Then surely if they have been so minutely fulfilled with the one House, so surely shall a literal fulfilment take place of the prophecies concerning the House of Israel. Very many of these have been fulfilled most won- derfuUy, yea marvellously ; indeed so many, that but few are left yet to be accomplished, and these few must shortly come to pass. The most remarkable feature of the prophecies con- cerning Israel, is their exactly opposite character as contrasted with those concerning Judah. Thus, instead of being a marked people, known by all nations, Israel was to become a lost people, known by none, not even to themselves. Hosea i. 9 ; ii. 17. Instead of being a small people, bereft of children, Israel was to have the multitudinous seed as the "stars of hea- ven." Instead of being a dispersed people, and no nation, Israel was to become a fulness of nations, kings coming out of her. Instead of being a trembling people, smitten before her enemies, Israel was to be the most warlike nation, possessing the seat of power, " the gate of her enemies." Instead of being a standing witness to the prophetic word, Israel was to become the over- whelming witness to the truth in the Latter Times. Instead of being under the Mosaic Law, Israel was divorced from the Law and is to be found in Christ. Judah is represented as Deaf, but Israel as Blind. It was treacherous Judah. Back- sliding Israel. From Judah one seed. Of Israel seeds, and so forth. Israel was never Judah, but Judah was of Israel, and will, eventually, be one with Israel. Sometimes Judah is referred to in Scripture as of Israel, when the distinc- tion is still kept up, for then Israel as the Ten Tribes is dis- tinguished as *' All Israel," '* the whole House of Israel," the " House of Israel wholly," &c. These distinctions are more generally to be found in the Book of Ezekiel. A review of the leading prophecies concerning Israel, will enable us most clearly to identify the English people as the Lo6t House of Israel. IDENTIFICATION THE FIRST.— THE CAPTIVITY. It was not until 725, b.c. that Israel or the ten Tribes was carried captive by Assyria, "and the King of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes ; because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but trans- gressed his covenant." 2 Kings 18, ii, 12. It was in these parts that Israel was lost, which includes the southern border of the Caspian Sea, and as far west as Araxes, beyond the Euphrates. Here her name was to be taken from her, •• they shall no more be remembered by their name." Hos. 2, 17. Hitherto they had been known by the name of God's people " My people." " Then said God, call his name Lo-Amml," Hos. I, 9, meaning '« not my people." They were only to be lost in name, they were to be *< blinded," become ignorant oi their ancestry, and as this " blind" people, were yet to acconv plish the marvellous works allotted to them as the "pre- ordained" "chosen" and "special" seed. " Y«t doth he de- vise means that his banished be not expelled from him," a Sam. 14, 14. " And I will bring the blind by a way they luiew not ; I will lead them in paths they have not known," Is. 42, lO, thus Israel though in captivity* inasmuch as.they were "cast out" of their land, yet would not remain under the dominion of the Ass}rrians, for God twelve years after the event says through Nahum "though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. For now will I break this yoke (the Assyrian) from oft thee and will burst thy bonds in sunder. Nahum i, Z2, 13. This the prophetic word plainly recognises as having been done, for afterwards Israel is addressed as being in the North, and then North West of the seat of Prophecy: " Behold these shall come from far, and lo, these from the north, and from the west." Is. xlix., la. " To the islands will he repay recom- pense, so shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west." Is. lix., 19. " Go and proclaim these words towards the north, and say, return thou backsliding Israel." Jer. iii., xa. That Israel did not go to the Bast, is positive, because God in pro- phecy declared they should have " the Assyrians before, and the Philistines behind." Is. ix., 12. Had they gone eastward this would have been reversed ; therefore, this assures us they went first to the north, then to the west, which is further proved by the direction Paul went when he journeyed after them, and Christ himself never went to the souUi of Jerusalem, where the Jews were chiefly to be found, but always to the north, through Samaria. Had his mission been to the Jews, he would have gone southwards, but he did not. Thus it be evident that from this point the^ would become wanderers, without any fixed design of their own, whether their tribeships would be kept as distinct as they were when ii. the Land, I am not prepared to affirm, though I think the probability is that they would endeavour so to preserve them, at least for a time. Since the publication of the former Editions of this work. I have been amazed to find the amount of ignorance that exists upon the Captivity of Israel, having been told, even by Ministers who presumably should know better, that Israel did return, they confounding Israel with Judah, and the 70 years, that I must be allowed the indulgence now and then of shew- ing the diiference of the two Houses ; Israel never returned, they went into captivity 72^ B.C. ; Judah went into captivity 588 B.C.; but Israel at this time was in captivity, and had been so Sau tribl dist hin| unt| 70. 80 for 134 years. Israel's captivity was in Assyna ; Judah's in ^ Babylon. Israel's was complete, "there was none left but the tribe of Judah only." 2 Kings, xvii., z8. Judah being then a distinct nation. Judah's was partial, the poor being left be« hind. Jer. xl., 7. Israel never returned, their captivity <* is unto this day." a Kings xvii., 33. Judah did return after the 70 years. Neh. vii., 6. THE IDENTIT'f . In just such a state as that of these people now, were our ancestors found. The Anglo-Saxons were wandering tribes among the Germans, with so mtfch of the warrior spirit, that the Ancient Britons invited them into these isles to help them in their national difficulties. To trace the origin of our forefathers has been the perplexing problem for ages. Who were the ancestors of these Anglo-Saxons? To this day nationally we are in positive ignorance as to our true ancestry, a mystery which these pages are intended to remove. From the very parts through which the tribes of Israel wandered, we came. So interesting has been the tracing of our ancestry to our historians, that to some it was a life study. Sharon Turner is foremost in the search, and he traces us to the very spot where Israel was carried captive, the one where the name of Israel was taken from them. Arriving here, he loses all further trace of them. Here was the connecting link, but had he seen and lain hold of it, the purposes of God would have been frustrated, for the *' time of the end " was not then come, for which reason was it hid from him. The fact how- ever, is most ilhportant, and forms the ground-work of our argument. Our own historian, Sharon Turner, in treating cf the second or Teutonic stock of European population in his " AnglO'Saxotts" (vol. i., 93 — zoa^ says, <' It is peculiarly in- teresting to us, because from its oranches not only our own immediate ancestors, but also those of the most celebrated na- tions of modem Europe, have unquestionably descended. The Anglo-Saxons, Lowland Scotch, Normans, Danes, Belgians, Lombards and Franks have all sprung from that great fountain of the human race, which we have distinguished by the terms Scythian, German, or Gothic." '< The first appearance of the Scythian tribes in Europe may be placed, according to Strabo and Homer, about the eighth,* or, according to Herodotus, in the seventh century before the christian era." "The first scenes of their civil existence, and of their progressive power, was in Asia, to the east of the Araxes.f Here they multiplied and ; * The date of the Asiyrian Captivity. t The identical part into which Urael had been canied captive. 8 4- extended their territorial limits for some centuries, unknown to Europe." The account of Diodorus is, *< That the Scythians, formerly inconsiderable and few, possessed a narrow region on the Araxes ; but, by degrees, they became more powerful in numbers and in courage. They extended their boundaries on all sides ; till, at last, they raised their nation to great empire and glory. . . In the course of time they subdued many nations between the Caspian and Atoeotis, and beyond the Tanais." "In the time of Herodotus they had gained an important footing in Europe, and to have taken a westerly direction." Having refertnce expressly to the Sazonr Sharon Turner observes, ^' They were a Qerman or Teutonic, i.e., a Gothic or Scythian tribe, and of the various Scythian nations which have been recorded, the Sakai, or Sacae, are the people from whom the descent of the Saxons may be inferred, with the least violation of probability. Thby defeated Cyrus, and reached the Cappadocea on the Euxine. That some of the divisions of this people were really called Sakasuna is obvious from Pliny; for he saya that the Sakai who settled in Armenia, were named Sacassani, which is but Saka-Suna, spelt by a person who was unacquainted with the meaning of the com- bined words. . . . It is also important to remark^ that Ptolemy mentions a Sc}rthian people sprung from the Skkai, by the name of Saxones." These extracts are invaluable to our purpose, as they call to our aid Strabo, Homer, Herodotus, Diodorus, Pliny, and Ptolemy to prove that our so-called Saxon anifbstors came from the parts where Israel was lost, making their first appearance in those parts at the exact time that Israel was lost — ^two most important points, by which we are enabled to gather another most important fact,- vis., that in the days of Christ our fore- fathers were then occupying the north-west of Asia, and gradually making their way into Europe; that in the very days of the Apostles our race were located in Cappadocia, Oalatia, Pamphylia, Lydia, Bithynja, Mysia, Achaica, Thessaly, Macedonia and Illyricum. We are traced in this direction •even hundred years before Christ, and we did not reach these isles until 430 years after Christ; so that between these periods and at the time of Christ we were in the regions specified. This is important to see, because one of Christ's most pro- nounced declarations was, that He was " not sent but unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel." Matt, xv., 24. He in> structed his disciples, saying " Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not, but go rather to the lost sheep of (he House of Israel." Matt, x., 5. And, in obedience to this command, we find the apostles mak- ing their journies to the precise localities where our English thi inl forefathers then were, preaching the word and forming churches. This is an indisputable interesting historical coincidence, which fully justifies the inference of an Identity. IDENTIFICATION THE SECOND.—" THE ISLES." After Israel's captivity, after they had freed themselves from the Assyrian yoke, and after their wandering in a blind state in the north west of Europe, the. sure word of Prophecy which cannot fail, plainly intimates that their course would be directed to " the Isles," " the isles afar oif." " keep silence before me Islands." Is. xli., 4. " The Isles shall wait for His law." Is. xlii., 4. '* Sing unto the Lord a new song — ^the Isles and the inhabitants thereof." is. xlii., 12. " Listen, O Isles, unto me." Is. xlix., i. " Hear the word of the Lord, ye nations, and declare it in the Isles afar off, and say. He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him." Jer. xxxi., zo. These all refer to Israel; and there are nxany more that testify that Israel would locate them- selves in the Islands north west from Palestine, the seat of prophecy, and when they reached these Islands would have to accomplish great and arduous missions only given to them, and of a natiire so grandly gigantic and expansive, as would become utterly impossible for any other nation on earth to ac- complish, and the positive and literal accomplishment of which i)ecbme the fruit by which they shall be known. It must be borne in mind that all the Israelites were not literally carried into captivity by Assyria, for a remnant of them escaped. (Obadiah 14), The captives were carried to the north, the remnant that escaped went southwards, by the Mediterranean Sea, consequently there was a great distance between the two bodies, and one would not know the move- ments of the other. Yet God's design was to bring them to- gether, those in the south would, by a different route, be sent to the " Isles afar off," for in Is. Ixvi., 19, it is said, *< I will •end those that escape of them unto the nations," '* to the isles afar off." THE IDENTITY. Presuming that the tribeships would have been kept distinct, that they would have conducted their wanderings in separate bands, and so at different periods have entered these British Isles, which are certainly afar off from the seat of prophecy, and in a north-westerly direction ; this would exactly tally with the mode that our forefathers actually made their appearance here, and would furnish us with the reason why they made ten distinct migrations at various times, and at differ* #■ u lO ent points into this country. If Israel did this, of course being blinded, they would only be known as Gentiles, and those that escaped would not enter Britian by wdy df Germany or Denrnark as mdst of our forefathers did, but through I^rancc as tht direct way from the Mediterranean, and would thus account for our Gauls and Normans. This much is certain that if j^srael had been kept in tribeships ixp t6tht pbint bf theii* reathitig^ »ie isles, afterwards this distinctiveness would not have been, pre* served but would niergb into one grtet hatiori being alii^ays addressed as one united jpeople, just fts oiir ancestors ultimately became. Of course this theory revolutionizes our popular acception of English History, that of being a mixture of ten different people from whom have coihe the inightiest Nation on the f*cc of the earth, whidh is most vague, and by no means plaudble ; nay more, such a theory after a cat«lul consldeii- tion. is most unsatisfactory as it conveys a cruel reflebtibn on the word of the Almighty, which is tantamount ta a direct in- sult to our God, inasmuch as we, ** *. so-called English, haVe accomplished without one except; n, (thus far) every ihissiOin God so faithfully promised shoutd come forth from Israel, whereas no other nation has touched them, iand it is now an utter impossibility for any other people to do so.' Therefore our old theory would make it appear that God had substituted another Nation in the place of Israel to bring forth these Mar- vellous Works, which are the Glory of the Almighty God, whereas he has distinctly promised that He would not take His Glory away from Isriel, and give it to anotiier people. God says " For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, wBl I do it. For how should my name be polluted ? And I will not give my glory unto another." Is. xlviii., ii; No! " God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent, hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or haBi he spoken, and shall he not make it good ?" ' Num. xidH;, tg. *' I am the Lord ; that is my name : and my g^ory will I nbt give to another, neither my praise to graven imig6a." . Is. xlii, 8. This promise is not given to Judah, but only to Israel, ftnd 'was sent after them when they were living in the Isles.. IDENTIFICATION THE THIRD.— REN EWtifti.,: STRENGTH. , iiti Israel, after their wanderings through the north-west, and their settlement in the isles afar off, were to "renew their strength." Though a warlike people from the first, still their wandeniTgs, with th<; conflicts that wouU result as they passed of; u ourse being 1 those that (rDeninark s tht direct jnt for our Ivael had athiti^ tiie B been, pre* ittg alivays t ulthnately (xr popular ture of ten est Nation f no means consideii< Rettibn bn 1 direct ih- glish, haVe ry ihissib^ om Israel, is now an Therefore substituted these Mar- fhtj^ God, npi take et people. sake, y9l\ ^nd Ivrill »fo!"Q6d man that t ? or hatt . xxliH., tg. Willi nbt l8.xlii,8. srael, tind es. ''-■' "■' ..J uasd .Ik) jijla ving" f;.'i jD./i.vv west, and new their still their ey passed II through the lands of strangers, would greatly enfeeble and im- poverish them, this was the case before .they crossed the Jordan to possess the land, when they had the special arid visible tokens of God's help, how much more so now, when apparently they were left entirely to themselves, every nQ/r passage through fresh country would b^ by might, not by right, every inch of ground gained would be by the use of the bow; work not of a day, but of generations and would be the cause of much weakness and fatigue. But when the isles are reached prophecy comes forth with her edict, and says — " Keep silence before me, O Island^ ; and \ let the people renew their sti^ngth." Is. xli., i, giving as a ^ reason in the 8th verse, "Thou Israel art my servant. Jacob whom I have chosen, tiie seed of Abraham, my friend." And sa3ring in the ibth verse, " I thy God; I wiU strengthen thee;^' THE IDENTITY here with the English nation is So plain, that it is needless to enlarge further than to bring out the fact, that we did e^factly what Israel was to have done, that is, renewed our strength. The Saxons had been for years ih the borth-west parts of Europe before their coming into Britain, as likewise the Gauls in France, for one of the reasons why Julius Csesar invaded England was, that the Britons had assisted the Gauls in their battles against his armies, and the last Romah legion sailed from England 475 years after Caesar had landed, most of this time was one of warfare, and of de- population, but mark how wonderfully have we increased since then."'. '/.•on 1 IFICATION THE FOURTH.— STARS OF HEAVEN. Th^re vrtte three grand birthright promises made to Abraham, but that of the multitudinous seed, is the only one we notice here. That this was to be literally a national seed as distin- guished from other nations, is most clear, from the careful way in which God himself preserves its descent. Abram was lamenting that he had no seed, and says, " Lo, one born in my house i6 mihb'heir, and the word of the Lord came unto him saying : This shall not be thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward Heaven, and tell the stars, if thoii be able to number them. And He said unto him, so shall thy seed be." Gen. xv., 3-6. Great care was made to confirm this promise to Isaac, — Gen. xxvi., 4, as also to Jacob — Gen. xxviii., 14. Jacob, who was afterwards called Israel, had twelve sons, representing the twelve tribes. V V 12 7 and that there should be no doubt as to whom out of the twelve should inherit this promise of the multiplicity, we find that Joseph, whose name means Increase, was to be a "fruitful bough," saying, *'The blessing of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of thy progenitors, unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be upon the head of Joseph.'* Gen. xlix., 26. We then find th« promise descend- ing most minutely unto.Ephraim, saying, '* And his seed shall become a multitude of nationsJ' Gen. 3dviii., 19. Thus it is most plain, that after the separation of the twelve tribes into tv.'o houses, the inheritance of the promised multitudinous seed was with Israel, now the lost houses and not with Judah. For at the very time of their captivity, at the time when God was withholding his name from them, that they should become a lost people upon the earth, at that exact time God ratifies his ancient promise, saying, '* Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be mea- sured nor numbered." Hos. i., xo. " Unto Judah was given the sceptre," Gen. xlix., 10, *'from whom the lion of the tribe of Judah should come," the one seed Christ, so very beautifully distinguished from the *< seeds as of many" by Paul. Gal. iii., z6. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. "He saith not, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ." Indeed, the multipli- city could not be with Judah, otherwise the promises would go for naught, and prophecy have failed (which is impossible) for the Jews, inheriting their curse, do not increase to draw n>rth remark, not now being nine millions strong in all the countries of their dispersion, numerically insignificant in comparison with other nations, therefore this fulness of nations must now be on the earth, they cannot be hid in a comer, they must have intercourse with other nationi?, and be identical with some powerfiil nation, whose origin is obscure, making TH£ IDENTITY so plain with our own immense nation, that it is needless to enlarge, and will become more plain in the other Identifications.* IDENTIFICATION THE FIFTH.— A MONARCHY. In connection with the promise of the multiplicity, is one having reference to Government, for in the first edition of the promise given to Abraham, it is said, " Kings shall come out of thee." Gen. xvii., 6. And again shewing the importance of this promise, we have in Gen. xxxv., 11, ''And Kings shall come out of thy loins." This promise was also given tO' his wife the Lord saying, " Sarah shall her name be, and I will bless h People that thi JNone o [she not [misfi, Iwovild Jlsj-aj^l, [they an be the their ov torians, Icivllisei makes Iwanderj jlost th€ [feeling! i [the ren« Ishalt.hi Iprimevi |qu,eena after th [people 1 jment in |maH& ih THE [pearing tsufiiciei I'ok?., [from N {world Jii j:pres«nti . So ii )romis< zause ( ^here y fiwere to llprophei Jland ish oand in splace t THJ Iselvea i f the twelve re find that a "fruitful re prevailed most boupd he head of se descend- s seed shall Thus it is tribes into xltitudinous ivith Judah. when God uld become Tod ratifies he children lot be mea- 1 was given of the tribe beautifully by Paul. le promises ; but as of le multipli- s would go ossibleV for draw rorth 5 countries lomparison must now they must with some ng TH£ on^ that it 1 the other RQHY, ity, is one ion of the come out ■nportance :inga shaU /en to his md I will »3 bless her, and she ^hall be a Mother of Nations; Kings of People shall be of her," Gen. x.ii,, i6, and let it not be said that this was fulfilled when Israel was in the land. It was not. [None of the proipises were fully realized v/hen Israel was there, [she not having full possessjpn of the land atcprdfng to the pro- [mise. It wa? in her captivity that th^, M^oharcijiy.; and Nations [would be fully accomplished,, ^o that iq searching for lost Usraj^l, this should, be ^ji impo|t^nt consideration, for wherever [they are, tliey must be under a monarchy; therefore could not be the Jews, who have no king, or government of any Icind of their own, nor could they be a small people, such as the Nes- tori^ns,,^pt being ji recognised, power,— nor still more an un- civilised tfibe such a^ the Ntirfh-Aiheric^ii'lWllah^. • PfoiAtecy [makes it also very plain that after their captivity, after their iwanderiAgi^, ^nd.theijr, s^ttilempiit in, th^ islps—^after. they had [lost their childr^^n through fatigue and warfare^ anid, While yet ifeelitTg! thernselves captives, inovjng to and frOi ind e.yen after [the reiQewing of tl^eir strength with "thp childri^n wliich thou jshalt ,hav^, after thou hast lost the other," tl^atthe)t^ in this I primeval stat^ ; "Kings shall be thyinurjiiing fathersi and their [qu^eena thy nursing, mothers."., is. xlix.» 23. So th^t soon [after their, settlement in the isles, after they had become a jpeople lost as to name, they would be under a strong gOvem- [ment in tl)e;forni of a Monarchy, one able to protect them, and [make them a people to b^ feared by other Powers. " THE IDENTlty. This is just the state of thiiigp ap- [pearing in, our early history.;. Directly after our strength wias [sufljciently renewed, and we were able to throw off the Roman /ol|(e., il^gbect, t^e ^o^called Saxon, was chosen i\s king, and [from him has descended tlie mp^t powerful Monarchy the [•world lias ever known, with its ppwer suprenie in resentdayk , ,;• , ',/' ,'; ,-,..,,, "■'' ; ,, 1P)ENTIF1CATI0N THE SIXTH.— tHE STRAIT. So inconvenient was the possession of the ipiult^tndinous promise to be to Israel after her settlement, in the jsles, be- p:ause of the vastness of the increase of her population, that #here would be no room for her full developipents^ The isles " fete to become too small for her rapid grpy\^th. Thus we have irophecy telling us in Is. xlix;, 1 9, concerning Israel, that "the land shall even now be too narrowly reason of the inhabitants," |and in verse 20 they cry, " The place is too strait for me, give jlace to me, that I may dwell." THE IDENTITY. Our forefathers soon found them- selves in the, same circumstances as these Israelites were to 14 be, an4 had hot othei' countries been opened up to us, it would liave beei^ difficult to sity what would have become of us, One of our Vfiiy greatest national blessings was the discovery of Ani^rica, an'd though the fulness of a nation has already come ^ forih froim uS'thei«, still, in our present day, we have reason * to ,6ty in Britain. ** The place is too sti-ait for us ;" and the fact should (Quicken our n&tional activities in schemes for a large emigration, on a scale that shall be sensibly felt in our oVer-Cxbwded cities. IDENtlFICAtipi^ THte SEVENTH.— COLONIES. .^■'Ohegr^ittandtgrand' mission that was given only to Israel fq accomplish \iras the filling up or peopling of the waste places 6f the eirth. She id likened unto "a fruitful bough by a Wtill ;, whose branched run over the wall." Gen^ xlix., 22. .Ih I^. i.j^y'Whet'e Israel is specially addressed as in this "Isles," we haVe thaU^ bieautitul **Tmis saith the Lord, in an acceptable ilmis have il l]^eard[ thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thiee'; and t Will preserve theif, and give thee for a covenant of ■ the peoplie, ^6 establish the earth, to cause to inherit the DESO- f. 'LATE HER'lTACJES ;" vierse 8. And then as they go forth 1 frpnr the i^Ibd to these Wstste l&nds, God promises to shew them the Way, W'' lead them," to "guide them," removing all difficul- ties iTriohi th'^ir Way, Spying, "t will rtiake all my mountains a; way, anij my highways shall be exalted." Thus God most plainly | intimates th^t he ha,d provided Colonies for the convenience | of the myltitudihous seed to come forth from Israel. He fore- j saw thb K6irrOrs always resulting from an overcrowded Country, j He heard their prayer for more room, and tells them he had opened up New Countries for their use, implying that some] woylf^ l(^y> in Torrid ZoneS) fpr he say^ 'f neither shall the heat' nor siin smite tliem.^'' The sanie idea iis again expi'essedl in Is. f:4,v'^here Israel is represented under the figure of the diVoi'tjed W6ihian krtd Judah the maiiied wifb/' for more are the children of' the desiolate, than the children of the married wife dkith'^e Lbrd." Then she is told to make use of the provision made for efiiiigr^tipn, "Enlarge the place of thy tent," lengthen tjiy cords arid strengthen thy stakes, for thou shall break forth [ !6ri the right h^nd, and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit |l| the Gentile's and make the desolate cities to be inhabited." It/' was in this way that Israel would be sown in the earth, as the Lord says, " And I will sow her unto me in the earth." Hos. ii., 23. "They of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, they| Shall increase as they have increased, and I will sow themj among tries." no uninn sible th She mu and the abroad, the sout tion, fro shall be ture, wh with th< goest, ai leave th( of." Gi THE nation b up of 1 mai-kabl phecies existenc( were Ar Africa^ the Cor affirms t " desolal provided under th this, and identity i with it tl of the m stand th( British ] limmense Ithis is til )f Colon )f, our C khey ha^ ipparent ident: to us, it would le of us. One 5 discovery of already come ; have reason us;" and the ichemes for a bly felt in our 3L0NIES. [>nly to Israel of the waste fruitful bough [jen. xlix., 22. » thfe "Isles," aA'acceptable have I helped ' a covenant of ittheDESO- they go forth to shew them ng all difficul- mountains a 1 most plainly convenience el. He fore- rded Country, thiem'he had ig that some ihall the heat among 15 uie people, and they shall remember me in far coun* tries." Zech. x., 8, g. Then surely Israel must be found in no unimportant position on the earth. It is utterly an impos- sible thing that she be a small peoph , as the Jews really are. Sh$ must be a nation, with colonies of extraordipaiy growth, and these in all parts of the ^vorltl; for she waai to spread abroad, "to the west, and to the east, to the north, and, to the south." Gen. xxviii,, 14. And ^t the timq of the restitu- tion, from these quarters will she be gathered, and that this shall be accomplished we have the emphatic warrant of Scrip, ture, which now is saying to literal Israel* " An4 behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all the places whither thou goest, and will bring thee AGAIN into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thte of." Gen. xxviii.,*iS. THE IDENTITY. It may truly be s^id that no otiber nation but the English have done anything towards a real filling up of the waste places of the earth, and it is also a most re- mai-kable and indisputable fact that at the time th^ above pro- phecies were given, the only "desolate heritages," then in existence that could claim the prefix of the definite article, were America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa^ St. Paul testi^es that Italy and Spain, an4 Jndeed the Continent of Europe, were in possession, and; liistpry afiirms the same with Asia ; so that it becomes patent that the " desolate heritages " or Colonies that God has declared he had provided only for Israel, have all of them, one by one come under the dominion of our rule. Therefore, if Israel was to dp this, and the English is the only nation that ha^ done it, the identity is self-evident, and unless we see this fact, and connect with it the great reason why they were provided for us, becau^^ |of the multiplicity of our race, it is impossible for, us to under- stand the precise relationship or uses of our Colonies to these British Isles, or for us to entertain any adequate idea pf the [in expi'essedHiinmense advantages embodied in Emigration. I maintain that figure of the more are the married wife the provision nt," lengthen 11 break forth shall inherit habited." It earth, as the arth." Hos. ty man, they ill sow theni lathis is the only correct light in which to see the great questions )f Colonial management and Emigration, and unless laid hold )f, our Colonial Office will be constantly repeating the mistakes they have made, and our Colonial Minister still enjoy his {Apparent luxuryof being continually in hot '\yater and perplexity. SIDENTIFICATION THE EIGHTH.— THE UNICORN'S HORN. ;; ,^' One great characteristic that must be discovered in Israel '}^vill be her pushing propensity. The idea given is, that when- Jever she acquires new country for her owrt use, that the original •" i6 possessors, or the aborigines of that country, will be pushed as by the "horns of Un'corns," that with them "he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth, and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim." Deut. xxxiii., i7. The same idea is given by the Psalmist in writing about Israel, xliv., 4 and 5, " Thou art my King, O God, command deliverance for Jacob. Through Thee will we push down our enerhies." THE IDENTIT"*'. We need only give a few instances to shew that this characteristic is most retnarkably possessed by the English people. In our own country we have the Welsh descended trom the ancient Britons; pushed into a cor- ner of the country once their own, and Subject to our rule. The same may be said when our sons went forth to America, there we have th^ Indians pushed into the baek-woods of that country, the same thing will be found in Canada and Au'stralia, with the maories of KewZealand, and tHe CaffreS of tti& Cape. PENTIFICATION THE NINTH!— I^RA^L A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. ' rl":: , ■ .: ■ „■■'," -'■ Wherever Israel shall be recognised; she must be found pre- eminently a christian people. When God caused her to be lost, it was done by simply taking away her name, by which act a blindness happened to her, that she became ignorant of the stock from which she had sprung ; but though not called by | His name, and ignorant herself of her own ancestry, God never intended to forsake her, but still to accomplish by her the purposes he had designed,--^ thus, at the very time he took her name away ne made her a ptomise, saying, " I will be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come." E2ek. xi., 16. Can He be said to have been this to the Jews ? this were Impossible, until they turn their face to acknowledge their Saviour. The Jews, or Judah are under the Law, Israel is not. She is now, and must be found a peo- ple entirely free from the Mosaic covenants, not regarding the Mosaic rites, either in worship, sacrifices, or circumcision. Lost Israel has been completely divorced from this ceremonial law. Judah is not. This distinction is so plainly made to us by God. "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, yet her treacherous sister, jucfah, feared not." Jer. iii., 8. "Thus saith the Lord, where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away ?" Is. \., I. Thus, a divorced woman, she becomes "desolate" And <* forsaken," and that we may know that Israel was this 17 ill be pushed he shall push they are the he same idea [liv., 4 and 5, ice for Jacob. ew instances )ly possessed we have the ed into a cor- to our rule. to America, ^oodS of that nd Au'stralia, of ttee Cape. lit }!jr! (miller ;rael be found pr6- ied her to be ne, by which e ignorant of not called by ncestry, God iplish by her time he took ' I will be to re they shall been this to their face to ih are under found a peo- ■egarding the :ircumciaion. s ceremonial nly made to ises whereby ler away, and iister, Jiicfah, where is tho put awny ?" ••desolate" acl was this desolate forsaken woman, we are told of the multitudinous seed. ** For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." Is. liv., i. Paul saw this when speaking of the allegory of the two covenants, and says, " The desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband." Gal. iv., 27, The whole gist of his argument being that the Galatians should free themselves as Israel had done, from the Judaising ceremonials, and '* stand fast " in the liberty of Christ. That they must now be taught in Christ is manifest, for this was Christ's mission. " I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Matt. XV., 24. That Christ would have no part in spiritualizing awa^ the " Sure word," but meant the literal seed is equally mani< fest by his first, earnest instructions to his twelve disciples. " Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel." Matt, x., 5. It was unto Israel God spake, " For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee." Nay, Israel must now be literally a distinct national seed, waiting on God and believing in Christ, a people on whom God is bestowing his grace in a measure beyond what he is doing unto other nations. *' Ephraim also is the strength of mine head." Psalm Ix., 7. "The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust." Is. li,, 5. ''And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people there It shall be said unto them, ye are the sons of the living God." Hos. i. 10. Paul says the same " There shall they be called the children of the living God." Rom. ix., 26. " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain." Is. Ixv., 19. ** Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salva- tion." Is. xlv., 17. '* Shew the house of Jacob their sins, yet the^ seek me daily, and delight to know my wavs, they take delight in approaching to God." Is. Iviii., 2. " The Redeemer shall come to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord." Is. lix., 20. '* Arise, shine for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Is. Ix., i. *' Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength." Is. xlix., 5. " The Lord sent a word into Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel." Is. ix., 8; Is. li., 7; Is. Ixiii., 8; Ps. xxii., 23; ier. xxxi., 18-20 ; Hos. ii., 23. '* The Kingdom of God shall e given to a Nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Matt, xxi., 43. " Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people." Luke i., 68. "To remem- ber His holy covenant, the oath which He sware to our fathei* I 'li i8 Abraham, that He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, . . . . to give knowledge of salvation unto his people." Luke i., 73 74. These are all given to Israel, not one refer to Judah, and many other passages if we had room to produce them, testify to Israel being a Christian people ; as to Judah, so far from her being in Christ, it is vain to expect it for some years to come, it would be contrary to Scripture, Christ who came from Judah, "came to his own, but his own received him not ;" hence their rejection. Many times it is said, God would not hearken to them. Zeck. vii., 13. They will return to the land under the Mosaic law, and will there re-establish the Temple Service or chapters of Ezekiel 40 to 47 ending twelfth verse mean nothing, and men who solicit subscriptions in aid of Jewish conversions will almost invariably be found quoting Scripture referring only to Israel, and applying it to Judah, sim- ply because no such texts exist for Judah. It is money thrown away, as facts themselves prove. It is only in the latter days that Judah will turn to Christ. Zeck. xii., 10, and not until then will the two sticks become one : though both will be in the Land, still the Law (Mosaic) will go forth from Zion, '< and the word of the Lord (Gospel through Israel) from Jerusalem." Mic. iv. 2. " Let God be true, but every man a liar." Rom. iii., 4. THE IDENTITY. That the English have been more highly favoured with divine light above any other existing na- tion, has long been acknowledged. As a nation we are almost alone in being able to worship God according to our conscience, sitting under our own vine and fig tree, none daring to make us afraid. God has literally been to our people a sanctuary, and our lands are filled with his houses. Truly as a nation we may be said to have been exalted unto the heavens by our special privileges. He hath not dealt so with any other peo* pic. Indeed it is most pointed to remark, being, if not an iduntity, a most marvellous coincident, that in the time of our Saviour and his apostles our Saxon forefathers were not then in possession of Britinn, but were v."-Tndering, in tribes, along tlie north-west of Europe and Asia (as proved by our own great historian, Sharon Turner), coming from the very parts where lyraei was lost, and proceeding to the very parts that prophecy says Israel would take; that it was, when we were in these parts, that Christ sent his own disciples to them, that is, — that when the apostles were sent after lost Israel, they went to Cappadocia, Galatia, Pamphylia, Lydia, iBithynia, and round about Illyricum ; and it was in these very parts that our Saxon forefathers were passing through at this very time. With siicli light, the Lord may well say, "Who is blind but my servant?" 'f- 19 eing delivered without fear, > his people." 3t one refer to tn to produce ; astojudah, ct it for some ;, Christ who received him d, God would return to the establish the nding twelfth iptions in aid mnd quoting > Judah, sim- loney thrown le latter days nd not until vill be in the Zion, '«and Jerusalem." Rom. iii.,4. ; been more existing na- e are almost conscience, ing to make I sanctuary, as a nation vens by our ' other peo- , if not an time of our re not then ribes, along ly our own very parts ■ parts that we were in them, that Israel, they iBithynia, very parts it this very ho is blind IDENTIFICATION THE TENTH- DENOMINATIONAL SECTS. Though prophecy has declared that Israel in her Captivity should become a Christian Nation, it as plainly declares that the people should not be united in their religious opinions, but should be divided into Sects, and be known under Denomina- tional Names. The prophecies contained in the forty fourth of Isaiah, which were given to Israel, 712 B.C., or about thirteen years after their captivity (and 124 years before the captivity of Judah) promises assurances of favour, saying, God "will help thee;" though in captivity they were i»ot to fear upon this point, for they were yet the chosen Nation, and whoever among the people became ** thirsty," desiring to be Qod's, such should be watered; upon such, God would pour His Spirit, and give His blessing upon their children ; that the time was coming when these watered ones should "spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses." Yet there would not be a thorough union in their Christian views, for " One shall say, I am the Lord's ; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel." Is. xliv., 5. Thus their different Churchies, called by various names, would represent the opinions of each Sect. God declares this shall be the case with Lost Israel, and when they are nationally re- cognised, this shall be an identity ; yea, this very division God says He is Himself going to call forth as a Witness to the Majesty of His Almighty Being, saying " Have not I told thee from that time," the time "since I appointed the anqent people that these things should be," "that are coming, and shall come," and that shall shew the marvellous foreknowledge of the Most High ; even Christ himself declared that there should be divisions on account of religion, and this can only refer to the time during which Israel is lost, for after her discovery we shall have no bigotry, no priestly assumptions, for it is this very discovery, her very identity, that leads to the time of which God speaks, when he says of Israel, that "with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye, WHEN the Lord shall bring AGAIN Zion," Is. Hi., 8, which most plainly implies, that now, during the present time there does not exist a oneness of heart with Israel. THE IDENTITY of ow Nation on this head is most pointed. The diversity of opinion upon religious subjects is really painful to behold ; perhaps on no other topic are we so much at variance with each other. The church stamped with the Nation's name, is cut up into sections, oppressed by divi- sions ; churches that are surnamed by the name of men, suffer -5 ■ ■li |g^ ff'^'-^mtmmm 20 under the same affliction, and churches called after the name of the Lord, still want much of the spirit of their Master. This is a most humiliating aspect of our Church History, plainly testifying that our very church life is under captivity. The very Heathen in their idol worship are more united, they have different idol gods, but there is more uniformity in the method of worship. All sincere lovers of our Lord must deplore divi- sion, and should be found ready at the very earliest moment to seek a remedy to cure the evil. It can never be done by Evan- gelical Alliances, or Christian Unions; these can only shew a desire for union, indicative that the time is close at hand for its enjoyment, but can never effect it; it can only be done by God's own m«an8, and that is by our National Identity. It is one of the practical uses of my subject, and I call upon all Christiana who earnestly desire the unity of the Spirit to act with wisdom, use God's means ; remember it is nowhere pro- mised until AFTER the Identity of Israel, God faithfully pro- mises af^er our recognition to '* take away all the detestable things," " and all the abominations," saying, "I will give them one heart." Ezek. xi., 19. The passage already quoted, Is. Hi., 8, says the same thing, it is AFTER the Identity, not be- fore. " For THEN will 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." Zeph. iii., 9. Surely, my fellow Christians, if there were no other blessing to obtain from our Identity, thi3 alone would be invaluable ; the most blessed ser- vice ever yet rendered to the Church. And Brethren, be not deceived, the enioyment of this oneness of heart and opinion does not imply the immediate dawn of the Millenium; it shall be ours to possess before this grand Age^ tor Israel shall dwell many years safely in her Land, before our Lord shall come in Glory. Eivines have 3 God, He is laim posses- is shall flow :cupy some imselves be the appear, ror against ill as surely i out upon unity, and some have 21 IDENTIFICATION THE ELEVENTH.- SCHOOLS. SUNDAY Israel in captivity, in her lost estate, must be distinguished from all other Nations of the earth by the fact that she must have a careful solicitude that her children should be taught in the Lord. God distinctly declares that this shall be the case with Israel, whereas I do not find that He has given the same instructions to any other Nation. Israel went into captivity 725 B.C., if the Chronology of our Bibles is correct. I tind that in 6g8 b.c, or 27 years after the captivity, and while Judah was still in the land, that the Lord sends this after Israel " As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My Spirit that is upon' thee, and My words which I have put into thy rtoiith, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mOuth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever." Is.lix.,21. Simi- lar passages are to be found given before the children possessed the land, but I produce this to shew that the promise was not cancelled by the punishment of captivity. "I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring." Is. xliv., 3. " AH thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Is. liv., 13. Israel only is here addressed, not Judah ; the very next verse says she should be established in righteousness, and be far from opprestsion, wheteas Judah was to be oppressed, which is a fact of the present day. Thus Israel must be a Nation that brings lip her children in the knowledge of the Lord. THE IDENTITY says that the English race are the only people so doing. Sunday Schools especially provided for the training of our children in the Lord, exist with us, and our race as a National Institution, perhaps the greatest in point of blessing that we possess; true they are modem in origin, still our forefathers in their more primitive ages were always particular in the religious training of their children, and reared some of the finest examples we have of Christian endurance and fortitude. It was only as the* population increased, and poverty among the masses became more abundant, that the organisation of Sunday Schools became a necessity. Of our present population nearly seventy per cent, may be said to have passed through our Sunday Sthools, Charity Schools, and Ragged Schools. In America the proportion is greater. Among the Upper and Middle classes, another twenty per cent, have been trained in the home circle in the Lord, so that we may safely say that ninety per cent, of the entire people have been taught of Christ. God docs not work by miracles in these ds^ys, He works by the use of means. He has faithfully promised after 22 ■I 11 il ■ our Identity is accepted by the Nation, to pour out His Spirit upon us as a people ; the ground is already prepared for this out-pouring, the instructions given by the Christian teachers are merely latent, " train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he shall not depart from it." We are not told there shall be no departure from the training, between the period of childhood, and old age; the reverse is implied, and the large mass of the ungodly testify that departure is a fact. Alas! alas! too apparent; still, Sunday School teachers, you are not to be discouraged in your work, present results are not your promises, your great reward is future. I believe that Sunday Schools have been raised up purposely for the event of our Identity, and is the reason why they were not in existence over 70 years ago. The Lord is only waiting for our National anxiety to be Identified. We are to " give Him no rest until," &c. The matter is really in our hands ; promulgate the truth of the Identity. God's promises are sure. He has only to breathe upon this prepared soil, and the masses of the people will declare for God, it will be no miracle, simply the workings of God's law of Nature, and then will be the harvest, and the fruit of all Sunday School labor. Teachers, is there not a power for you to use in this subject? Be worthy of your vocation, it is in the power of nearly all of you to realise the positive re« ward of your past toil in your own lifetime. You are the real power of the Church. Your Thought has led the way in many Questions. You cannot forget how you have achieved great things, notwithstanding opposition. We must remember that many of our ministers have publicly committed themselves to grave mistakes in Bible renderings, as a learned Divine ex- pressed himself in my hearing recently ; many of them have been too eager to appear to have found out what is not written, that they might seem to be abreast of an advanced age, and obtain a false fame for their scholarship. Experience has al- ways testified that human nature is not too fast to acknowledge the committal of a mistake ; therefore wait for no one, the Bible is common property, belongs to us all, and is as accessible to our understandmg as to anybody else's ; therefore, teachers, go to it, see for yourselves that these things be, and only abide by God's word, if you see therein these statements are facts ; take the matter in your own hands, send it through the Nation like wildfire, and very soon it shall come to pass, that the Williams's and James's, your Martha's and Mary's whom you remember to have taught in your Infant Schools, but who now, in the prime of their lives, are found by millions in the haunts of vice, shall once more pav heed to your voice, their early associations of your faithful labors in their school life shall be revived in their niemories, and they shall in masses return to our God as »m& i) H« ,l W ii «> l l l « l[li i n r '-»v»».i «3 IS your harvest, your reward. God has promised this, and He ever faithful. • IDJENTIFICATION THE TWELFTH.— "ANOTHER TONGUE." Abundant Scripture evidence has been advanced to prove that Israel in captivity would receive the Gospel tidings, and be established as a Christian people. My next object is to shew that she would not receive these Gospel truths or teach them to her children in her original, or Hebrew language. God only refers to Israel, and not to Judah, when He says, *' With stammering lips, and another tongue will He speak to this people." Isa. xxviii. ii. Therefore it be plain that after the Assyrian captivity, Israel would acquire another speech, foreign to that she had used when in the land. THE IDENTITY of ourselves to Israel, which is surely established, would render this point most striking. We have acquired a new speech, and it is " another tongue " to that used by our forefathers which the masses of our kindred read their Scriptures in. It is not too much to say that there are not more than one in every two hundred thousand of our race who understand the Hebrew lianguage, a remark that cannot apply to Judah, for the very children of the Jews are instructed in Hebrew, and are trained to read their Old Testa< ment Scriptures in that tongue. We do not wish to underrate scholarship, but it is a remark' able fact that our most learned linguists have been singularly unfortunate in their interpretation of Scripture. We should be very sorry to understand the Old Testament as the Jews interpret it, who resort to the old tongu« ; and the very churches in our midst who pride themselves most in being able to secure the services of scholars in Hebrew and Greek, really have made the least progress, seem to have the least light, and are the most inactive in home and foreign missionary operations. We have most faith in God's Word. He said He would speak to us in "another tongue, and in this, the "another tongue," we have been the most successful and triumphant, and have secured Christian vitality and spiritual health in the largest degree. IDENTIFICATION THE THIRTEENTH- PHYSIOGNOMY. When Israel became a lost people, not only was she not to be known by her speech, but also by the cast of her features. 24 To suppose that she would he recognised hy her physiognomy is most illogical. If we wanted any person or tnin§ ta be pfaced in obscurity for a given time, we should obliterate all traces in disguise, or be chargeable with folly. ,Surply God would nbt be less wise than ourselves. If He had set a; liiurk upon Israel, as He has dotis lUpon Judah, He would have de- feated His own purposes — this very mark would have led to identity, as it has.d<>^ne:in all coisittries in the case of the Jew. God haSi nowhere smd that Ismel should be kndwn. by her fe^tures^ — the id^a i$ not giv«n in theifiible. . The «i!ippositioh t(^stifie8 toi an incomplete; knowledge; of Scripture; > God iias only placed His mark ^poti Judah.i It is ;of Judah 6nly that it is said "The shew of tlieir Qounteitaneeldoth witness agtiinst them." {s.< iji. g. Nsiy,i (hat th^ very; inverse would be , the case of J^sijiel we have » icle^lt- type ija Josephi, wh6, after .he was sold in captivity, a,Cter^nly;ek few years' absence, was not recognised, either by voice or feature, by his own brothers, i THE ipEIfTlTY need not bdfuctbw exlseiidedi The Saxon OF English race -do not bear. the. Jewishxast of face; it is right that they should not. Whether we really bear the Israelitish sts^mp I am not so clear, for hitherto we have taken a false notion of Israel^-we haye bden looking for them through the Jew, whereas the Jews are not Israel^ but simply ''of Israel." It may turn put that we have the Israelitish feature, which is not the Jewish; and it may be, evennnrith the Jew8« th^t their present features materially differ from what they had before they inherited their curses, for thisi very mark is one of the curses. They had it not in Babylonf^, for though there in captivity, they were not under the curses, which did not overtake them till their second^ or Roman cap- tivity, after their rejection of Christ, (^ueen Esther in 3abyloti was not known as a Jewess. Esther (li.iQ. m v ,t; i/;.-;; vini ■ ■ ,,. .'.■■: •• '■ ''h'uti iuo iu SVfitl . br.K ibihciuil .u;*ttK MlSSiUISAKY WUKK.. . :: .Jisioqo ■ ,!; ,.;■!? ... ' r " (■* ;f?:'-,r" bluov/ Israel was not only to be a Christian nation with her children taught in the Lord, but to her alone, of all the people of the earth, has been entrusted the great and glorious Missionary work. She cannot help being a missionary people, for God has decreed tnat she should be. It is her Ajvork, and she must be found true to her mission, for it is impossible for The Book not to be true. The missionary work has been entrusted to Israel, but most certainly not unto Judah : it would bo npn^wnse to expect to find Judah's heart in the missionary cause;, i^ j^ ii i) ■r.h f IbriNTii^icAtidN trife FbtfitAEtirrk.- ..THE MISSIONARY WORK. . «5 a fixed decree of the Almighty that she remain under the Mosaic Law during her captivity, and even when she returns to the Land — ^when she is placed there by Israel~-even then will Judah be for a time under this Law ; but Israel, the Chris- tian nation, who remains in captivity until she comes to a knowledge of herself — ^this Israel, even in captivity, must abound in the work of the , Lord ; it is one of her birthright promises that Christ came not to destroy, but to confirm. Matt. v. 17. The missionary work was toiiifided to her before her possession of Palestine: "In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Gen. xiu 3. ''And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Gent xxvi< 4. Christ, who came from Judah (Judah being nis own tribe), is the one seed in whom all living souls can be saved, but the seed of Israel-7-the *' seeds as of many "—rare to be the medium of conveying the glad tidings of this Savioun Christ came to His own, but His own (tribe) received Him not. " Therefore," said Christ, " say I unto you, the king- dom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a NATION bringing forth the fruits thereof." Matt. x^d. 43. So the work was alone entrusted to Israel. She by no means for- feited this high and holy prerogative by her captivity. Prophecy is most clear upon this point, as the following passages given after this event will shew: MUrael shall blbssom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit." Is. xxvii. 6. ** I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee^ and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a hght of the Gentiles." Isa. xlii. 6. ** This people have I formed for myself ; they shall shew forth my praise/' Isa. xliii. 21. ** Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Isa. xlix. 3. ** I will also give diee for a light to the Gen ales, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Isa. xlix. 6. " And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people ; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed." Isa. Ixi. 9. "And I will strengthen them in the Lord ; and they shall walk up and down in His name, saith the Lord." Zech. x. 12. "O, bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard." Psalm Ixvi. 8. Israel was told what to say unto the Iicathen through Jeremiah: f Thus shf*. ye say unto them, the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth." Jer. x. ti. "And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass." Micah V. 7. "And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel." Mai. i. 5. 36 All the Gospels testify to the same fact. Christ tells us that^ He came after lost Israel, and says that all Scripture must be; fulfilled, saying, " I have given them thy word." John xvii. 14. And alone speaks of Israel as the missionary people when He £ays " Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word." John xvii. 20. Surely » nothing could be plainer than that Israel must be the great missionary people of the earths THE IDENTITY must be established on this point. Our race alone have the great missiona^ work in hand. We alone of all the natiohs have positively and literally obeyed Christ's commands by p/eaching the Gospel "in all the world for a witness unto all nations." Matt^ xxiv. 14. Both iii Eng- land and America, Christians of eaeh denomination endeavour to vie with each other in this glorious work. Our missionary societies are the glory of both lands,:and of our Colonics ; each are in receipt of enormous revenues, and represetit a world of zealous energy. In no other department of labour have our kindred displayed more couragedus daring, determined bold- ness, and matchless bravery, than out men w9io, single-handed | and undefended, haV6 risked their lives in the ta.ns6 of the ' Lord in misisionary work. The so-called valour we haye been taught from our childhood to admire in military men, pales ,when compared with the valour of the missionary. I fail tv discover any real courage displayed by the soldiers of our forefathers when they marched round JerrChO. The work was always done for thend. It was always a question of mere blowing of rams' horns. They could not help succeeding ; God willed it, and they had little more to do than to butcher runaway men as the war terminated in their favour, that the spoil might be greater and their pockets filled by the division of the priae-money. And all our wars ever since have been on a par. Bravery cannot iionsist in slaying fugitives. But the case of the missionary is quite another thing — here is valour. : He braves .odds fearfully against him ; positively throws himself before the very teeth of cruel and wild savages who have looked upon the white man as a rich dainty. Dr. Livingstone to wit, who, unaided by a single European, has fearlessly marched thousands of miles in the very thick of an unknown, unexplored country, daring to face tribes of man eaters with the open Bible in his hand, and besides Moffat and Williams, we have a host of others who shall answer " here,' when God shall shortly call over the muster roll of the missionary army. Yes, we only are in possession of this work that was only given to Israel to undertake, and thus we are furnished with another evidence that we arc identical with that people. If we are not, then most assur woulc know and Israe the by he with ciety, out with have 17 assuredly, wherever Israel must be at this present time, she would be foremost in this great work, and her seed would be known among us, for she would make both England and America and all our Color^ies her missionary stations. If we are not Israel — ^then wherever Israel tnay be, she would have translated the Bible from her language into ours for our own special use by her own Bible Society; she would hav6 iiiundated oUr land with tracts and gospel books fr6m her own Religiotjs'Tfett Sb- ciety, she would have built for us churched and chapels through- out the length and breadth of thC'Briti^ IsKes, and^^iir^y with our universally tecognizfid adV&nced civilisation, she wbtild have taken especial care to have cut Hip our cotinti'y into ^isho]^- ric6, and Ecclesiastical Districts ^ she surely would not' be less foolish than Rome in such a matter as this. But no Natipii is doing this for us, Germany sends to us her missionaries of infi- delity, and Rome, which has ceased to be a Church, became a mere French machine immediately the t^rench troops entered the confines of Italy. She is now simply a French instrument iathe hand of God, to raise the ire of the Greek ch urfhj who will be the means of _gwamping Rome Mitirefy in^ f^w years hence, so that we have1no^w'«ion lending missionaries to us. Therefore if we are not Israel, and Israel wherever she be is not doing t^is for us, then the Bible is not true, but a fabrication from beginning to end, and the many passages I haVe quoted stand for: nothing, without nieaning'; but this is impossible;; every word of the Bible is tftie, and the very fact that We in blindivess have accomplished without one exception evefy mis- sion given to Israel irrevocably stamps every \s>ord as true', and witnesses that God is God. Is. xliii., Z2. "Let God be trtie', but every man a liar." Rom. iii., 4. And now, readef, may I Say there is a fearful responsibilfty resting upon yow, after reading this one Identity ? The whol6 Missionary Work now rests upoh this subject. It is utterly im- possible to secure the universal knowledge of the' Lord, Until lost Israel be recognised. God has not given a single promise of such a blessing in the entire Bible, until AFTER oui" Iden- itity, it is not until then that thel Gfefttile and Heathen Nations |will flow to Israel to be taught of the Lord ; therefore to go to )lir churches and pray, as we constantly do, for the prevdilin^ mowledge of God, and ignore the Identity of Israel is merely [hypocrisy. God Himself says that He will be enquired of by [the House of Israel to do it^ for them. He commands us to give JHim no rest "until He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth ; [therefore, to sincerely desire the universal knowledge, implies [the use of means, we must each seek to have our Nation Iden- [tified, it cannot come before) but God has' faithfully promised [that it shall be after. The Gospel was first to be preached as^ X a» 28 4 ^ a witness to all Nations ; this we have done, there does not exist a nation where we have not published it. We now only wait for the political resurrection of Israel, " For if the casting away of thcrn be the reconciling of the World, what shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead ?" Romans xi., 15. My subject might save millions of money now spent in mis- sionary work if the Identity was speedily effected, because after this event we reverse the order of proceedings ; instead of our sending the Gospel out to the people, the Nations themselves will come to U9. God has said it, and no man dare deny it. *'The Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity and things wherein there is no profit, and they shall know that my name is the Lord." Jer. xvi., 19. '* God shall bless us, and (afterwards) all the ends of the earth shall fear Him." Ps. Ixvii., 7. " The Heathen shall know that I am the Lord God WHEN I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes." Ezek. xxxvi., 23; Is. ii., 2-3; Mic. iv., i>2; Is. xi., 9; Hab. ii., 14; Is. Iv., 5; Is. Ix., 2-12; Is. Ixii., 2-4; Is. Ixii., 10-12, The day has now arrived when it no longer rests with the missionary to secure this long prayed for result, but with our Identity. Why is not this grand discovery in the hands of the Clergy. Mr. Wilson, a layman, gave the key note to this great subject more than 30 years ago, why have not the ministers taken the matter up ? Why should the subject still be in the hands of a layman, and why should it be left to the congrega- tions to force the question into the pulpit, when it should have been there from the first ? Let but the church take the matter up, and seven years hence we could wind up the affairs of {ill the Missionary Societies in existence, dating them with things of the past, and even now it would be a justifiable and wise economy on the part of our large hearted wealthy Christian merchants, to give their thousands in promulgating the truth of this Identity, which alone is to effect the crowning success of all missionary labor, rather than to the Societies. It would be a wise economy, saving millions. I say again the Gonpel has been published AS A WITNESS unto all nations, its uni- versal acceptation is nowhere promised until after lost Israel repossess her land, which repossession can only be secured by her Identity being known and established. IDENTIFICATION THE FIFTEENTH.^ PHILANTHROPY. Still continuing the cry " where is the lobt house of Israel," and how shall they be found ? We must answer, « by their 29 36 of Israel," fuits ye shall kiiow them," and under this heading we will give nother description from Scripture of Israel in addition to the any already given. Wherever she be, her religious element, ^ich shall be found largely to predominate, and be infused to all her Institutions, shall stamp her as haying a kind and umane heart. I wish to be understood; to speak only of wh^t hall c6me forth from her religious convictions, because politi' lly, as represented by her Government, I find that until she lecomes nationally Identified the reverse would be the case. srael politically and commercially, as distinct from her bettei nd religious life, will be found loving to oppress. Hos< xii. 7. ut religiously she shall be found as a power throughout tne orld, uncompromisingly the hater of oppression, the unflinch- ig opponent of despotism iin4 tyranny, a people having a hristlike sympathy with all kinds of distress, and a manly and ;enerous hand, ever ready to relieve suffering. Her coui^try ould be a free asylum, a city of refuge for the persecuted and e exile, and to her, and her ^one, has been entrusted the holy jssion of the abolition of slayeryi Itw^s Israel i^nd, not jidah, who was told to undo tl^p heavy burdens, and to let the ppressed go free, by no possibility could this mission be given Judah; for she was to be a servile people, serving hei nemies in all countries. Jer. xvii. 4. It would therefore, be bsurd to suppose that Judah, herself oppressed, could let e oppressed go free. God is reasonable and never enjoins !n impossible service from any people. It was aher Israel ad left the land, that the Lord found the|m fasting fox It'rife, and debate and rebuked tL ra. These fasts evidently ationally prescribed were not such as God desired, therefore ~e thus instructed them: "Is not this the fast that I have osen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy urdens^ and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break ery yoke? Is it riot to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that ou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when ou seest the. naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide t thyself from thine own flesh ? Is. Iviii. 6-7. THE lOENTITY. In Philanthropy no Nation has takcp e strides that the English race havei We have enjoyed th? iiree essentials, and employed them, the power, the will, and e means, and under the examples of such noble pioneers as lizabeth Fry, Howard, Wilberforce, Buxton, Thompson, orster, Pease, Brougham, and a host of others of greater and sser lights, we have sacrificed millions, and achieved wonders behalf of oppressed peoples, nor have our sons in the New orld been behind in the work, under the influence of the aching of such men as William Lloyd Garrison, Wendle iillips, Elihu Burritt, and Abraham Lincoln, they were led II 30 to have compassion for the bonds of slavery, and waged thei ttiost dire and complete war that has ever been fought, at the i cost of immense wealth and streams of blood, that they might | 1>urst those bonds asunder. Can we not also point to stately buildings positively teaming throughout our land, many of them inagmficifehtly endowed by the hand of benevolence, whose tlbors are opened to suffering humanity. At home or abroad, ih countries oiir oWn, and hot oar own, when a real necessity presents itself our hand is opened to assist, so that this identity , must be fconsidered complete. The only thing that might's -seetm to mar its completeness is that Sbahdal to England, thei mode oFpbor felief in this country, where poverty is treated as| erimb,ivhere tmt Unions are generally made as uncomfortable! as |)bssible, .the officials selected for their excelling in harsh- ness, ind heavy rates squandered upon interests that do not^ adminisller to the comfort and well being of the poor in^ their dich'ning days. . But this abomination springs from j our pblit^catt, which is apart firom our better life, and the timef is at hand when our Nation shftU no longer be governed] by i!>krty Sjpirit, but bv Bibk principles. Goshen is a town off Jndah, and interpreted means "approaching," •* drawing near,"| therefbne let us see an omen, that the oppression of the Poor] Law Board is ** dra^ving near" to a close. We have no busif ni;s9 with much poor in England. The Bible says 6o,| Deut. xv. 4, and we have to thank our Governments for mosti of the pauperism and jSoor rates that they have indulged us with^ I shall have to recur to this matter specially, but rtiust say here that if we only took the advice of Florence Nightingale, and sent forth our poor to till God's earth in: the millions of acres that He has given us for this express pur- pose, and thkjt are now, to our shame, and to the disgrace of our Government, lying waste, in a few years we could sweep ] pauperism entirely ^aWay and abolish the devil-born term, and Hlong with it t^ roor Law Board and its iniquities. Let but the cash that is now wasted upon Privy Seals and objectionable sinecure^ be diverted to this chiinnel, and then we shall be ibfe to say that the real welfare of the Nation is studied, Siir^Iy, true Sttiteriianship would see wisdom in doing this voluntarily, rather than have to pass through the mortiftcation of having to do it by the pressure of opinion, or resigning office ^ as unprofitable servants. IDENTIFICATION THE THE SIXTEENTH.— ARMY. '-''As the grandeur of our subject opens up to the mind of the English Nation, perhaps, no point will take them so much by; •31 surprise as that of the Army. Most certainly there are but few [topics that will more plainly testify to the masses of the people the unerring soreness of God's word. The Bible as handled by >ur ministers has been divested of so much of it^ beauty, by its national, political and social aspects, being almost entirely submerged under the one ruling thought of their mind, by irhich everything is turned to a spiritual account, that the jolitical subjects of the Book, comprising a volume in them- selves, have been toned down and abstracted, by their having leen made to give way to spiritual applications ; thus we are listinctly told in Scripture that Israel, after she was lost, /ould becdme the most powerful Nation on earth ; would have le Brst and best Army in the world ; and that by their soldiers they would not only obtain a " Balance of Power," but posi- tively have lordship, become dominant, and exercise authority >ver the Gentiles; and this subject, given forth, to the people in its entirety, its purity, and proved before them, would have revited theii attention, and have gained their adn(iiration for >ur grand old Bible, as a book of truth ; but with a class of len, when God speaks to our Nation and tells us that we should " possess the gates of our enemies," they at once turn iside its natural and true meaning, by saying that God simply leans that souls in Christ should possess mastery over the [.devil, and so it is not to be wondered at that under this ever- lasting spiritual mutilation, applying every iota of the Scripture to the soul, soul, soul, that the book has ceased to be interest- ing to so great a proportion of our population. The vindication )f God's sure and precious word is higher in purpose, and in luty, is a more Divine purpose of life than the salvation of a Ihuman soul! The Majesty of God's word must ever be [esteemed a more important matter, than the well-being of his [children I " Let God be true if thereby every man becomes a [liar." Rom. iii. 4. Nay, may we as a people ever desire to [esteem God, before we esteem ourselves, knowing that it is [only as He is glorified, that we ourselves can share His Glory, [let us take Him at His word ; dreading to " add unto " or to [*< take awav from " the words of the prophecy of this book ; [80 that when He says Israel shall be warlike, we may |be quite sure that He means it, in the matter of powder ind shot, bayonet and sword, and not simply warriors for [truth ; therefore, in looking for Lost Israel we must find her [*' Chief of the Nations " in the art of war, still maintaining her [ancient character, that of being "terrible from the beginning [hitherto." Is. xviii. 7. This is Israel's birthright, of which she has never been divested, and it is impossible that any [nation can be identified with her unless so found ; she must [be foremost in power. •• By myself have I sworn, saith the 3? Lord," unto Abraham, " thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies" Gen. xxii. 17, and when Rebekah was blessed it was said, ** let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them" Gen. xxiv. 60. Unto Jacob it was said, "let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee ; be lord over thy brethren." Gen. xxvii. 29. The Gate was the Seat of Government — the Cabinet — to possess which was to conquer, to defeat ; Israel of old always effected this by the instruments of war, the spear, the bow, and battle axe, and in these days would be found using this power by the more modern appliances; by no means did she forfeit this perogative by the punishment of her captivity, she must still be chief in military matters, because 13 years after their captivity, this was sent after Israel, *< thou art my ser- vant ; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away," * * * "they that war against thee shall be as nothing," Is. xli. 9-12, 27 years after, God says to Israel," For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish," Is. Ix. 12, and 130 years afterwards, God says to Israel, and not to Judah, " Thou art my battle ax and weapons of war : for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy the king- doms." Jer. li. 20. Luke saw this truth, and records *' That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers ; the oath which he sware to our father Abraham." Luke i. 71. There are many other passages to prove the fact, that Israel must be, by the will of God, chief in war, making THE IDENTITY so plain that it is needless to dilate, or pages might be consumed by the bare hiention of our con- quests. Interesting accounts of many of them may be found in a work recently published, entitled "A Synoptical Account of the GREAT EUROPEAN BATTLES."* I have no delight in war, therefore forbear to treat further on this head. If I proceeded it would be with the object of detracting from the merits of the long boasted daring and bravery of our officers and men, which we have so unduly been called upon to admire. We readily grant that we have some few individual cases where real courage has been displayed, but generally there has been no need for courage. We have gone forth confident of victory; the raw recruit, the mere clod-hopper from the field has been suificient for the service. God has willed that we should triumph, without the exercise of daring or feats of bravery. He Himself has said so, and I take Him at His word, for in speaking to Israel about her wars He distinctly says, "Thou shalt be far from oppres- sion ; for thou shalt not fear : and from terror ; for it shall not come niMr thee." Is. liv. 14. And this is why inevparienctd 'Simpkin, Mnrfllmll k Co. 33 young men are found suiBcient to officer our regiments, whereas other powers require men of judgment. I do not speak of our civil wars here, for as in the days when our forefathers were in the land, real bravery would be required for these, and we have always displayed it in such wars, and never was it more fearfully manifested upon any part of the earth, than by our sons across the water in their recent conflict with each other ; but as to our wars with other Nations, the great fear that our men have suffered under has been from the woful blunders of our War Office officials in the peaceful abode of Pall- Mall; but in positive war, David's experience has always been ours, " Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us, for I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me, but thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us." Ps. xliv. 5. " Ascribe ye strength unto God, His excellency is over Israel ;" " the God of Israel is He that giveth strength and power unto His people." Ps. Ixviii. 34. " Through God we shall do valiantly ; for He it is that shall tread down our enemies." Ps. cviii. 13. Of Israel it is said, " Who if he go through, both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver; Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adver- saries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off." Mic. v. 9. IDENTIFICATION THE SEVENTEENTH.— THE NAVY. It being so indisputable that Israel must be the most famous Nation in army matters, and having such positive testimony that her seat of Government would be in " the isler " it would be an absurdity to suppose that she did not also occup^ the first position in Naval affairs. Wherever Israel is, the tribe of Dan isstUl with her to supply her mariners, and also the tribe of Asher to super- intend her marine artillery, these were specially trained in mari- time operations when Israel was in land, and woutd more fully develope their training in after years, for be it observed that nearly the whole of the sea coasts were allotted to the tribeships of Israel, Judah having no portion of the Mediterranean, but only a small slip of the Dead Sea Coast, comparatively worthless for acquiring skill in naval art. This training was not required from Judah therefore the facilities were not given to her, but we know Israel did acquire this knowledge ; for we are told that " Hiram sent in the navy his servants, tk.iipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon." y 34 1 Kings, ix. 27, and after her captivity this knowledge would become most important, because when they reached "the isles," and formed their Government, as their people increased, they were to take their surplus population from these islands and make new conquests elsewhere, God promising to "lead them, even by the springs of water shall He guide them." Is. xlix. 10. It is said of Israel, " that his seed shall be in many waters, and his kingdom shall be exalted." Num. xxiv. 7. The Psalmist speaks of God making His way in the sea, and His path in great waters. Ps. Ixxvii. ig. Israel is of those who " go down to the sea in ships, and do business in great waters." Ps. cvii. 23. It is Israel that is thus specially com- manded, "Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth." And then his Naval power is re- cognized, for it is said, " Ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof." Is. xlii. ID. " The enemy shall not exact upon him. * * * **1 will beat d0wn his foes before his face." * * My mercy shcfll be with him * « * I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers." Ps. Ixxxix. 22-25. THE IDENTITY here is so plain that it is needless to enlarge; all bur school children have for ages been taught to laikl the Supremacy of our Nation in matters of the Navy, and to assign to Britian the favourable position of being' Mistress of the Seas, a position that was only to be occupied by Israel, and that is alone occupied by us. IDENTIFICATION THE EIGHTEENTH.— STOCK BROKING. I ani so anxious to annihilate the very prevalent notion, that Israel in these days refers exclusively to the Church, or professed believers in Christ, that in the present edition of this work I have introduced Stock Broking as an Identity, a func- tion clearly belonging to Israel, but certainly having nothing to do with the rites of a religious service, it is distinctly assigned unto Israel to be the most wealthy Nation upon the face of the earth, and she must be so found. This was a distinguishing privilege from her beginning, and not a single iota of her privi- leges have been taken from her, but rather added unto. Israel was to acquire such wealth as to be in a position to lend money to every Nation requiring Cash, and who could offer reasonable security for the Loan, no other Nation but Israel was to do this ; not only was she to be able to lend to such Nations large sums, but she wouW be so wealthy as never to require to bor- 35 row from them, thus we shall find Israel holding a long string of securities from other Nations, with a long list of loans, bear ing interest, which in itself would entail almost endless nego- tiations, ramification of accounts, transfers of stock, settlement of dividends, and cashing of coupons, for thus is this distinct promise given to Israel. ** For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as He promised thee ; and thou shalt lend unto many Nations, but thou shalt not borrow." Deut. xv. 6. The same promise is repeated word for word xxviii. 12, and as each se- parate promise would imply the creation of the needful appara- tus to give it force, so this promise undoubtedly would call into being a Stock Exchange, a choice of Investments, a staff of Stock-brokers, professional Accountants, and Banking opera- tions, settling days and commission agencies, and as nothing as yet is perfect in the world ; from these things would spring abuses, as well as legitimate uses, that it by no means would become unreasonable to suppose that we should hear of "Bulls" and "Bears," "puts" and "calls," and gambling speculations. THE IDENTITY simply has to declare that the English Nation is the only Nation on earth lejnding to many Nations, and not requiring to barrow from them. This was only to be done by Israel, but is alone done by us, and should be sufficient in itseJX to establish t)ie Identity. Any Stock-broker would testify that; we lend to all the more powerful Nations, to Russia, to France, to Austria; f.nd Italy, and some capitalists may re- member something about Spanish and Mexican stocks ; refer- ence to any current Stock List, would shew our position. Such is our wealth, that while the Argentine and Honduras States, might think they wer^ doing a great thing in borrowing from us a million, we woul4 think it a very little and immaterial thing, to make the very trifling mistake ot two or threie millions in our Abyssinian accounts. This would be too Lowe an affair to call forth much coniment. ■J •';■'' J ''.'!:' 1 1 . ' . " ' > ' ■ , •.^I r^i^iit^\t -f.^•^l-^ lit ' ' IDENTIFICATION THE NINETEENTH.— - COMPANY OF NATIONS, m -4* Another characteristic under which Israel must be found, is that of not only having become a Nation, but afterwards having grown into a Company of Nations ; as sure as God's word is true, so surely must she be found in this position. One of God's first promises to Abraham was " I will make of thee p great Nation." Gen. xii. 2. This promise was afterwards enlarged, thus. " Thou shalt be a father of many Nations." 36 . Gen. xvii. 4. " I will make Nations of thee," Gen. xvii. 6, and it was said unto his wife Sarah ** She shall be a mother of Nations." Gen. xvii. 16. This promise was ratified to Jacob, "A Nation and a Company of Nations shall be of thee," Gen. ixxv. 11, and was again passed unto Ephraim, " his seed shall become a multitude of Nations." Gen. xlviii. 19. Again, I protest against the injustice that certain men do to the Bible, when they spirituaHze away the literal meaning of these pas- sages. It is not meant that Nations who receive Christ should form a Company of Christian Nations, Abraham would be in- dignant at this idea ; he sent to his own country, and to his own kindred for a wife for his son, that the legitimate seed might be preserved ; Sarah said " the son of this bondwomen shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac," and God Himself, to shew that He did not include the Gentile race in these promises, said " in Isaac shall thy seed be called." Gen. xxi. 12. Give but the Bible its true and natural rendering to our people, and it will become as a new book in their hands, full of historic and sacred interest, a book which the masses will delight to study; whereas with the many nonsensical interpretations, rendered by our ministers, it has been divested of interest and put aside. In such a matter as this, let them but see that after Israel was lost, God decreed that they should become a Nation, and a Company of Nations, and their interest would be excited to look for a people upon the face of the earth answering to this description, and would be led to agree with THE IDENTITY that our own people was the only people on the Globe that had so become, having formed a " Strong Nation " in Britian, we went forth and formed another in America, another has been formed in Canada, who has her separate Parliament, under her own Prime Minister, for enacting her own Laws, and with the same privileges we find another in Australia, and another in New Zealand, and another in South Africa ; these have sprung forth from our own race, without taking into account our Indian possessions, governed by a separate Parliament, and other dependencies, so that we have positively become a Nation, and a Company of Nations. Israel only was to become this; and we are the only Nation on earth that have so become. IDENTIFICATION THE TWENTIETH.— THE MEASURING LINE. Under this heading we present one of the most sublime and powerful proofs of the Majesty and truthfulness of God's sure 37 word, that canbefoundthrotghouttheentire volume. Thisalone when it is seen, which it eventually will be, and that shortly, will win the admiration of the entire world. Perhaps more than any other point, it shews that the whole creation, from the very beginning, has been a splendid design, that could only originate in the mind' of the Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Om- niscient GOD. The Almighty from the very first, foresees from the time that He places our first parents in the Garden, all the Nations and kindreds, that should come forth irom them in after ages. He sees the creation of different families. He sees how some would grow into vast multitudes. He decrees how some Nations should rise to great power, and then become extinct, He sees the different locations of separate people on the face of the earth, how single Nations would grow into such multitudes as to defy the power of man to grasp with his intellect any adequate conception of the magnitude. Yet God arranges for the whole, provides their plans, and settled, nearly 6,000 years ago, that for the 800,000,000 of souls or thereabouts, that are now upon the earth, there should be one selected Nation from this mass that should be more highly favored than the rest, and that this one Nation should have such a host of possessions in all parts of the world, not so much situated in the interior of Continents, but along the sea coasts, by the •• sides of the earth," so as to form a cord or measuring line, to go right round the globe and enclose or encircle all the other Nations of the ;vorld, and for this arduous, superhuman, gigantic undertaking, Israel was selected ; it is alone her work, and it is utterly impossible that any other Nation should be found accomplishing it. The character of the work is distinctly told us by Moses, who says " When the Most High divided to the Nations their inherit- ance. When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For th^ Lord's portion is His people, Jacob is the lot ^measuring line) of His inheritance." Deut. xxxii. 7-9. This truth is recognized by Jeremiah who in talking about the Gentiles, says "The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inherit- ance." Jer. X. 16, this is also repeated, Jer. li. 19. " Remem berthy congregation which thou hast purchased of old, the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed." Ps. Ixxiv. 2. " I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Is. Iviii. 14. Thus, this mission given to Israel is a masterpiece of Divine arrangement, an appointment that only could be executed by the Almighty. A matter in which the power, or the will of man is left entirely out of the question, he could not conceive the plan, far more 38 carry it out, so much so, that though plainly told us from the beginning, even Christians among our own people who have made the Bible a life study, have not themselves understood this point ; have passed it over with some vague notion, and it is only as the thing is effected, completed, positively accom- plished, and seen by us as done, that we are called to come and look, and lost in wonderment and admiration, we cannot but be amazed and convinced of the Supreme Power and Wis- dom shewn forth by God. Surely in searching for evidences to the truth of God's word, we want no dead stones dug up from the depth of the earth, for we have but to call forth THE IDENTITY and we have living witnesses, speaking masses to testify that His word is true. We are the people that have done this thing. Our Nation have possessions that literally dot round the coasts ot the entire world, we only, by our posses- sions, have become a people that form a boundary line, a cord, or Measuring Line that encircles all the other Nations of the earth; Israel only was to do this, we alone have done it. "On the sceptre of Queen Victoria the sun never sets." "The Queen's morning drum beats all round the world." We not only encompass the earth, but form a complete circle round each Hemisphere. It is a grand fulfillment of prophecy by us, a perfect marvel in itself. We become a living power to prove God's word inspired. Let but the masses be brought to see the speaking splendour of this accomplishment, in its pure and natural signification, apart from the puny interpretation of man, and they could not fail to recognise the Power and the Wisdom of the Creator, and to give their verdict that their entire submission to Him is due. Get a map and trace how literally we have done this thing; take the Eastern Hemisphere, and begin with British Islands, Heligoland, Gibraltar, Malta, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast,. Lagos, Saint Helena, Cape of Good Hc;)e, Natal, Mauritius, Straits' Settlements, India, Ce"lon, Labuan, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, Hong Kong, and then West Canada, thus completing the circle. The same thing is done round the Western Hemisphere, by our Hudson's Bay territory, Canada, British Columbia, United States (our own race). Islands in the Pacific, New Zealand, Falkland Islands, British Guiana, Trini- dad. — Windward Islands. — Grenada, Barbadoes, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Tobago. — Leeward Islands. — Antigua, Mont- serrat. Saint Christopher, Nevis, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, British Honduras,Turks' Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, United States (east coast), Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, when we again complete a second circle, which establishes our Identity as indisputable. And writing in the midst of the "rumours of wars," should the from the ^ho have iderstood tion, and accom- to come .3$ great power of the South make conquests rapidly, and should these conquests, instead of being "-ength become the source of weakness, that in the mighty efibrts made, it becomes ex- hausted in the very climax of success, and thus falls an easy victim into the hands of the King of the North, who in this way would become possessed of the entire Continent of Europe and much of Asia (Palestine excepted). Why ! should these arrangements be shortly accomplished) and the life of our Queen be spared, then we should have the literal fulfillment of that remarkable prophecy, "The Lord hath created a new thing in the earth ; a woman shall compass a man." Jer. xxxi. 22. But this is merely given as a thought, and is apart from the mission of my work ; nevertheless, our Identity, and the ** rumours of wats " are cotemporary events. IDENTIFICATION THE TWENTY FIRST.— THE SPOILER SPOILT. Another most interesting test in the Identification of Lost Israel, is the fact that there could not now be in existence any Nation who had made war upon her. Israel, in the exercise of her mission, to have lordship Over the Gentiles, might be the first to declare war with others, and after having put forth her authority, such Nations might continue in being, but what- ever Nation should take upon herself to declare war with Israel, by the sureness of God's word, that Nation should cease to be. This we know to be a fact with those Nations that warred against Israel when she had a political existence, such as the Midianites, Philistines, and others, or the more power- ful Nations, such as the Babylonians, and the Assyrians. But God's word is still in force, for the promise was again and again re^delivered to them> after their captivity, for even when she was Lost, Nations would gather against them,<*Behold they shall surely gather together, but not by me ; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake ; no weapon that is 'formed against thee shall prosper. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord." Is. liv. 15 17. " For the Nation and Kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish." Is. Ix. 12. "Behold at evening-tide trouble ; before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us." Is. xvii. 14. " Though I make a full end of all Nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee." Jer. xxx. 11. "All they that devour thee shall be devoured ; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, 4© shall go into captivity ; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee, will I give for a prey." Jer. XXX. 1 6. These are not promises given to Judah, but only to Israel, they become utterly nonsensical when spititualized, and applied to Churches, after the manner of some of our learned Divines, because cruel infidelity has long made aggressive war upon spiritual truth, and yet is rampant, &nd if in ignorance we should apply them, to the Jews, we then make them to speak what is untrue, because every Nation now on the earth have fulfilled God's word by oppressing the Jt^w, and have grown in strength ; and it was decreed that Israel herself should war against Judah, for *' Manasseh, Ephraim ; and Ephraim, Manasseh ; they together shall be against Judah." Ist ix. 21. And the time is not now, but is yet to come, when these Two Houses shall cease to vex each other. THE IDENTITY is most clear upon this point, for our Ancestry, traced to the very spot where Israel was lost, finds our early forefathers under the Assyrian yoke, at the time when that Nation was the most powerful on earth, and from that point to these isles, all the tribeships that History affirms made war with our race, have ceased to be ; and when we arrived here the Roman Empire'who opposed us, the mightiest Nation, the world had then seen, after a lapse of years politically expired, so that now, there does not exist a single Nation who had been the first to spoil us. This cannot be said of any other Nation upon earth, as a reference to the strongest powers will prove ; for we ourselves have warred against Russia, and forbad her to take Turkey, and are yet in being. When France was in her prime, we buried her first Emperor in our own ground. Through our troops, we made China open her ports to our trade. This very day we possess Gibraltar, which is a part of Spain. Shewing that we not only exist after having made war with the strongest powers, but have also used the peroga- tive given to Israel, that of having lordship over the Gentiles, and exercising authority upon them, and are the only Nation that have so done. IDENTIFICATION THE TWENTY-SECOND.— "THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND." .,u-^ Solomon, who was given to forsee the captivity of Israel, made special entreaties with God concerning this people when Captive, and it is worthy of remark he connects the two great events, the withdrawal of the Latter Rain from the Land, and the Captivity, together; and it is interesting to see that as they went together, so they have returned together, after this 41 rain has been with-held for hundreds of years, it has only re- cently been restored, according to promise, and with it the Identity of Israel, which is surely a certain testimony that it is God*s set time for her discovery. Solomon's petition, accepted by God, was, that Israel when Captive and given to national prayer, should in prayer have their faces toward the East. He says, " When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; yet if they pray TOWARD this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, — then hear thou them from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, and send rain upon thy land ; " and further on he says, " If they carry them away captives unto a land far off, or near, If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their cap- tivity, whither they have carried them captives, and PRAY TOWARD THEIR LAND," &c. 2. Chron. vi. 26 - 38.^ The whole chapter is most beautiful and worthy of being read, as it proves that Israel is a nationality, and in a national capacity, would be found in prayer with their faces turned toward the East, which gives us a clear IDENTITY in our own National Establishment, the Church of England, whose practice has ever been (though !n entire ignorance of our subject) to confess their sins with their faces turned toward the East, and even in the burial of the dead the idea is recognized, by the body being en- tombed with the face turned Eastward, and though this has been regarded by some sections of the Dissenting Church as verging upon Superstition, yet it is not ; it is a most literal carrying out of the plan recorded z. Kings viii, 44, and accepted by God on our behalf, and should be a standing obligation until our Captivity is turned, and the Land is restored to us, for this is the consummation of the arrangement. Also as to the Architecture of our Churches in the days of our forefathers ; Mr. Wilson makes the following interesting remarks " The English Cathedrals appear to have been built after the fashion of the temples they frequented previous to their conversion to Christianity. And these Cathedrals, it has been observed, seem evidently to be built after the design of the temple at Jerusalem. Like this, they have their most holy place, the altar; and the holy place, the choir; and the court outward from thence, for the body of the people ; the more minute parts and ornaments will, in general, be found to be exceedingly correspondent." Do not let me be understood as saying that the Church of England therefore is the one perfect Church, for she is not. No Church can be perfect until after our Identity has been nationally recognized, when God faithfully promises to pour out His spirit on our seed, and to give us a oneness of heart, A. when even our Ritualists will forsake their idbls; this is pro- mised, until then,we can "let them alone," for they are childishly powerless. But the Church of England is distinctly recognized in Scripture as a National Est^iblishment, and has only by and bye to make a few alterations, when she will become the most glorious Church ever founded oii iihe earth. He^ present de- scription will be found in Ezek. iliii; j^^. Ne&rly all the rest, from the 40th chapter to the lath^vefse of thfe 47th,, refers, to the re-establi^hment of the Xeip^le sfervlce ipr Judah, but not for Israel,, foif the t^aw (Mosaic) i^ yet to go forth from Zion, ind the word of the t^prd (the Gosjfiel ^^irough Israel) frorn Jerusalem. ■ ■•-;■■•'.;,.■ -^ ,■> ; ■.'...■ . , , • , VJfL' •n-jcii r.h'iwr li-'rir ffi: IDENTIFICATION THE TWE;NTY-T^IRD.— ,; „ . ; -.,, ,,,^REEMASQNRV,,„.^ ,i ,^j,^,,,i J olou:^ , . . • .lilertO!- . ; bfiial Mrll «yvoi'| It is not my intention to enlat^fe oipidn this heading farther thian to remark, that Pre6masonty has a direct Israelitish origin, and one of the main reasons why the North American Indians and the Nestorians have been reputed to be the de- scendents of the lo&t ten tribes, Was because a species of Free- masonry was found in their midst. But surely if Freemasonry in the nineteenth centiiry has any head quarters; it is to bfe found in Britain, and our subject might give to the craft new life and impetus in extending their operations : information on this subject had better be obtained trom the Lodges, or froni Bro. Geo.S. Kenning, Little Britain. J^ i' ' ' ," . ;t ijnjj, /..;viiqxiJ two .!- : :!i arfl 1' ..imusnoa yflJ si ...■-■• ■ ■ .- ••■>■■ - ; ■ '.\ IDENTIFICATION THE TWENTY-FOURTH.— ilo i[". ! rf'>3d avj-: DRUNKENNESS. .lii stiT " a>f«K«r-*t ThtS'is'ii paiifi'fiil idenfvty, but to birin|['fortii pur subject 'Im- pattially, we must be true, and shew fortn the dark side, as well as the bpght. Israel tnvt^^t be found with the shame of drunken- ness active in her t^i^st. It must be one of her prominent vices, or, if the private Interpretation rendered by a large class of the ministry be correct, to wit, that Israel in these da^s is exclusively the Church, then most surely the Black Cloth must carry the sad si^ns of debauchery and revelry about with them to a fearful extent, surely it would be a folly with them that Church discipline would not touch, for the Bible infers that this sin in Israel would so largely prevail. But J call upon my readers ndt to credit the Ministry when they say that distini Russil whicl never own I Ident 43 that Israel is the Church, for she is not, Israel is a nation, distinct from other nations, more highly favoured than France, Russia, Prussia, or any other power, this the Bible declares, which is the safe guide, better than the dictum of any man,what- ever reputation for learning he may have. '*The Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS that are upon the earth" Deut.xiv.2. "What ONE NATION in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel" 2 Sam. vii. 23. "AN HOLY NATION," i Peter ii. 9. and un- til the promised Spirit be poured upon her after her Identity, Israel, as a distinct nation, would include the good and bad of that nation, and this in a fair and natural way accounts for the drunkenness that prophecy declares would be found in Israel. '*Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which are on the head, of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine ! * ♦ ♦ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink, they err in vision, they stumble in judgment." Is. xxviii. i - 7. From this we gather that Ephraim is not only given to Ritualism but also to drink, but the « they also " includes Zebulon and Naphtali, Dan and Asher, for these are they " that turn the battle to the gate," and they, like Ephraim, together with Issachar and Reuben of the valleys, would be at times " overcome with wine." THE IDENTITY of our nation here surely speaks for it- self, drunkenness is a dark page of our national history, it has a world-wide notoriety, it infests all our institutions at home, and perhaps the greatest difficulty that our Missionaries abroad have had to contend against, has been the example set forth to the Gentiles by the drunkards of our own nation, and has se- verely counter^ balanced the good they have sought to eilect. And here let me say to our Temperance friends throughout the country, that their organizations, however well arranged, will never eradicate this evil, it will only be overcome by God's own plan, and can alone be effected through the medium of Our Identity, nothing else can remove drunkenness. God himself says so in this very chapter, "IN THAT DAY shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory" instead of "the crown of pride to the drunkards" " By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin." Is. xxvii, g. Nothing can be plainer; after our Identity drunkenness will be removed, and we shall be able to use the good gifts from God, instead of abusing them. David, the prophet, more than once says, "WHEN God bringeth back the Captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be 44 glad." Ps. liii. 6. This is AFTER THE IDENTITY, not BEFORE. IDENTIFICATION THE TWENTY FIFTH.— FALSE WEIGHTS. Israel must be found with a section of htt people inclined to fraudulent trading, lending themselves to thti abominations of false measures, deceitful balances and unjust scales. These are Identities of Israel, and we introduce them that we may make one more effort to destroy the injurious impression that lirael signifies the spirit jal Church, for it is manifest that the Church df Christ could have nothing to do with such sins. It is said of Israel "He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand." Hos. xii, 7. The next verse acknowledges that he had " become rich " by such means. " I have found me out 8ub< stance," and implying tha.: it was done without offending the legal law: *'they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin." *' Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell com ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? " Amos viii, 5. These are the characteristics of a A|K>rtion of the trading community in Israel. "Tricks in trade," " clever strokes of business," merchants with " eyes httoding out in fatness," given to the *f certify, jffect the r God, by pliances, e front, for this Gentile ive sal- [he word the use ne, be- yet for them." [d, keep land till a new tion of /e you sower, have S3 . y '; POSTSCRIPT. , ' Our Divines often tell us how easy it is to build theories upon individual, and isolated passages of Scripture, and are most choice with their advice, that we should be careful to compare Scripture with Scripture. This has been an anxious study — from between two and three hundred texts that have been advanced, not one has been used to bear upon Israel that was not given to her, and her alone, without having any bearing upon Judah ; also, the passages brought forward to distinguish Judah, only refer to her, and not to Israel. For each single text supplied, at least ten others could be brought forward having direct substantiating testimony ; indeed very much of the Bible could be reproduced. So that, if ever a subject has been introduced adhering to the rule of comparing Scripture with Scripture, surely this subject has in the most copious manner. NOTICE ! Price Qd. ; post-free, Id. S8 pages. FLASHESOF LIGHT," By Ed.-v*^ard. Hine. BEING THE SECOND PART TO THESE "Twenty-seven Identifications of the English Nation with Lost Israel.''^ CONTAINING Three Chnptcrs by the Rev. F. R. A. GLOVER, M.A., upon "Jacob's Stone," now under our Coronation Chair; author of " Engliind, tlic Kemnant of Judali," &c. Tluco Chapters by PROFESSOR SMYTH, F.R.S.S., L. and E., the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, of Edinburgh University, &o. Author of " Life and Work at the Great Pyramid," &o. One Chapter by CAPTAIN CARTER, Professor of Sanskvit, Cheltenham College ; AND SHOWING TMA.X ENGLAND- Is the ONLY Nation preserved by God's Oath. Can never be Defeated. Is NOT in need of a large Standing Army. Can never become a Republic ; because her Monarchy is IRREMOVEABLE. Has a Queen lineally descended from the Royal House of David. The Teutonic Difficulty ; " They are not all Israel that are of Israel ; "' Seven Eighths of the Bible generally misunderstood; The Case of Judah; Everlasting Punishment; Seventeen New Identities;"^either Jew nor Greek;" "Spiritual Israel," an unscriptural phrase; The Irish; Weights and Measures; Tlic Bnttlu of Dorkinj,'; A Layman's Sermon; The Tribe of Benjamin, &c. 54 ANNOUNCEMENTS. This Work has not been advertised, and the author has studiously refrained from soliciting Reviews ; notwithstanding within eight months, some 1 6,000 have been sold, which is a sufficient evidence of the interest it has excited in the public mind ; and the very numerous correspondence it has elicited, testifies that the subject is held to be a most important one. The Author desires to add to this interest by the Delivery of LECTURES in town or country, his services in this way being rendered gratuitously, requiring the payment of expenses only. Independent of the great advantages and additional interest imparted to the subject by an ^?al Delivery, a Lecture affords the opportunity for explan^''jons upon points that the Book itself cannot touch, and in many instances this has proved highly satisfactory. THREE LECTURES are prepared, which could form a course, or be delivered separately, viz : — The Identity of the English Nation with the Lost House of Israel. The Importance of Emigration, founded upon the theory that the English are Lost Israel. The Political, Social, and Beligious Uses of the fact that the English People are the Lost Tribes of Israel. Intimation has been received that this work has been in- troduced for study amongst Sunday School Teachers, Adult Bible Classes, and Young Mens' Associations. The Author would willingly meet these Students, when objections might be solved, fresh information afforded, and the study of years be found advantageous. The Author is also willing to answer, to the best of his ability, any questions that may be sent to him ; an immense number of letters have been received, which have been answered in rotation. If friends wishing replies would kindly enclose an addressed Stamped Envelope, they would oblige. All communications to be addressed to Mr. Edward Hike, 73, Little Britain, London, EC. \ ■\ \ Priee will not exceed 4s. IK THE PRESS. "Pa. 300. WE SEE NOT OUR SIGNS.— Psalm Ixxiv. 9. ENGLAND THE REMNANT OF JUDAH, AND THE ISRAEL OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. Look cnto the Rock whenob ye are hewk, and to the Hole of the Pit whence ve are DiaoED ; looK unto Abbahah tocb Fathek, and unto Babah that babe you. Isa. 11. 1. And it shall come to PAgs, that in the place whebe it was said unto ■j'HBM, Ye abb not My People, thebe shall it be said unto them, Ye abe the sons of The Living God. Hos. i. 10. And they abe the Ten Thousands of Epubaim, and they abe the Thousands of Manasseh. Gen xlviii. 19 ; Deut. xxxiii. 17 ; Gen. xItuI. 20. NEW EDITION, much added to, long pbepabed, NOT RE-WRltTEN. By Rrv. F. R. a. glover, M. A., LATE CHAPLAIN TO H.M.'s CONSULATE AT COLOGNE. SOME TIME RECTOR OF CHABLTON-IN-DOVEB. LONDON: CRUSE & CO. MDCCCLXXI. " We cannot venture to give so much as a gness at the extent of change " which this discovery, if verified, must produce in the whole scheme of Scrip- " tnre Prophecy hitherto in vogue ; or, at the marvellous amount of light, it will " throw over the political aspect of the present times." The Preu, Nov. 16, 1861. " 1/ verified " " The surest and best characteristics of a well-founded and "extensive induction is, when verifications of it spring up, as it were, spon- " taneously into notice, from quarters where they might be least expected ; or, " from among instances of that very kind, which were, at first, considered hos- " tile. Evidence of this kind is irresistible, and compels assent with a weight that " scarcely any other possesses." Sir J. Herschel, Nat. Phil. p. 170. " Isaiah Iv. 10. seems to enounce, as a Principle, that the Lord sweart that >' no Prediction, or Oracle of His, shall fail of its Object, or of enlightening some "in the very Age, for whose Use it was sent. If so, and no Person noted a " Fultitmeut of this in the last past century, we must conclude that it had no " Fulfilment, and was not given for that Age." iVnlfa Refcarchfs, 1835. Questious* which deeply Affect the whole human Kace : particularly the Moslem^ and the Hindu f but, primarily, the Hebrew'' and the British Kaces.* "The Heart of the Righteous studieth to auswer: but Wicked poureth out evil things." the Mouth of tho Prov. XV. 28. 1. Where is The Perpetual Sceptre'of Judah ?^ Gen. xlix. 10. 2. Where is The Indestructible Throne of David ?* Jer. xxxiii. 17. 8. Where, Shiloh not having been manifested, floats The Standard of the Tribe of Judah?* Gen. xlix. 10. 4. : Where is the Pillar of Witness, Jacob's Pillow ?* lb. xxviii. 22. 5. To what Bejected Stone did David refer in the Hymn as the procession wound up the Hill of Jebus, to consecrate the Threshing-Floor of Araunah ?• ^ * Ps. cxviii. 22. 6. Wheire is The Favoured Remnant of Judah ?* Jer. xv. 11. 7. Where is The Daughter of the Dispersed ?^ ^ Zeph. iii. 10. 8. Whcrewas the Kingdom New-Planted, of Jeremiah? Jer. i. 10? 9. Where is The Offering she is to bring ?^ Is. xi. 12. Zeph. iii. 10. 10. What is The Reserve which is to be pardoned ?' Jer. 1. 20. 11. Where is Ephraim, The Multitude of Nations?* Gen. xlviii. 19. 12. How can Judah's Pre-eminence and Abiding Sceptre and Jo- seph's Universal Dominance co-exist ? Gen. xlviii. 8 — 10 ; xlviii. 24-5-6. Deut. xxxiii. 16-6-7. 18. Where is Ephraim,* with which Judah^ is to choose one Head ? Is. xi. 18. Hos. i. 10. 14. Where the Ephraim and Manasseh, in whom Israel is to pro- nounce blessing ? Gen. xlviii. 20. 15. How are the Two Families to be united ?' * Jer. xxxiii. 24. 16. What is The Pure Language, in which the Daughter of the Dispersed,* and. The [Lord's] Oflering" which she is to bring, are to consent, with all the people," to serve the Lord ? Zeph. iii. 9, 10. 17. Where are they to choosie " One Head ?"* Hos. i. 10. 18. What is, and where the Place of, The Day of Jezreel ? Hos. i. 10. Jer. xxxi. 27 — 88. 19. What is The Israel of Blessing,"* which is to be " A Third " with Egypt* and Assyria?^ ^ Is. xix. 24, 25. " Cast thy bread upon the waters : Eccl. xi. 1. for thou shalt find it after many days." " It is a duty never to intermit the assertion of an important truth ; because, though we may not dare to hope that it will be at once re- cognized, it may, nevertheless, so prepare the minds of others, as to produce at some time future, greater impartiality of judgment, and the consequent triumph of light"" — Silvio Pellico. Le mie priffione, Cap. xxi. p. 58, ed, 1848. ''■■fe * Questions, which find their sulntiuu in the Arj,'iiiueut of thin Book — see p. H —an extract from the Introduction of the First Edition, 1801, p. 7. They were put into circulation, in this form, in vaiious languages, ten years since, 6, 8, 12, and 14, excepted. me. ENOLANU S POSITION AND aESPONSlBILJTY. Of these conjectures this is the sum, viz. — 1. That England is the Possessor and nghtful Owner of the Stone of Jacob,- called Jacob's Pillow ; now used as the Coronation Throne :f " a Pillar of Witness," consecrated by the Patriarch some 3600 years since.J Gen. xxviii. 18 — 22 : — 2. That England is, in her Bdyal Family, of the Stem of Jesse ; and, being so, is, as the Hereditary Holder of the Perpetual Soi|^e and Inheritor of the Standard of Jndah, the fostered Remnan^f Judah :' — 8. That ^n^le-land, in her origin, and descent of her people, is, in her own position, the reality of Joseph; and, in that of herlpolonies,' the Ephraim of Jacob, i. e. the Israel of Ephraim : — 4. That, in this combination of the two families,' there has been a commencement of the fulfilling of the prophecy which foretells the Union of these Two Elements of the World's approaching Fntiure ;* — the prediction that Judah shall not vex Ephraim, nor, Eiftitaim, envy Judah : — by which combination, also, England is qnalified to be, Standard -Bearer of J^Msrael : — and that 6. Herein, is involved the responsibility of action which is clearly pointed out, as the privilege of the Israel of Blessing, in Isaiah xix.: that pleasant instrument of a happy future to " Egypt, the (Moham- medan), God's people," and "Assyria (the Hindu and Budci list), the work of God's hands ;" as '* thb tbikd "" of sanctification to the other two-thibds ; and the incipient development of the accomplished promises of Goo to " Israel, his Inheritance," viz. England: the now living real descendants and representatives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. > Jer. XV. 11. » Gen. xlviii. 19. > Jer. xxxiii. 24. * Isa. xi. 13. » Isft. xix. 24. * "It has continued," says Dean Stanley, "probably the chief object of attraction to the innumerable visitors of the Abbey." IfemoriaU of We»tmin$ter dbbey. f " To my eye," says Professor Bamsay, who analysed the Stone by desire of the Dean of Westminster, ' it appears as if it bad been originally prepared for building purposes, but had never been used." The Very Bev. the Dean later goes on to say: — X " It is the one primeval monument which binds together the whole Empire. The Iron Bings, the battered surface, the crack which has all but rent its solid mass asunder, bear witness to its long migrations. It is, thus, imbedded in the heart of the English monarchy ; an element of poetic,, patriarchal, heathen times, which like Araunah's rocky threshing floor in the midst of the Temple of Solomon, carries back our thoughts to races and customs now al-ct extinct: a Link, which unites the Throne of England with the traditioir ^y' Tara and lona," — AMD, NO LESS, OF JsRVSALEU AND Bethel, — " and conneuts the charm of our complex civilization with the forces of our Mother Earth, the stocks and stones of savage nature." lb, 67. From, the Preface to the New Editwn. *' And, as concerning * Combinations,' let him who is great in the science of Computation of Chances, declare the arithmetical value of any hypothesis, which shall commarid in amount, the number lo one, which the combinations, here brought into coincidence, create and justify, to favour the presumption of the truth of the hypothesis assumed in this book. Then will its Compiler and the Rabbi of also, no doubt, willingly accept his counter-hypothesis when examined and proved. In May, 1861, •* Do any of your people believe iu this matter that you have brought to my notice ?" said the Rabbi to me. "No," aaid I, " not one." "What do they say to it? ' "Some i^V From the Preface to the Netv Edition. think me mad : others, a fool." " Well," said ho, " with respect to ^9ot, said I, that it makes me believe one whit the more that it is so, because you have said it, but because you see it ; especially, beoaniiyrou are a Jew, and still more, because you are a Rabbi, ho addra, emphatically, "Yes, it is/ It is certainly the Gorner-Stone of th«>li\itare !" " Ya, das ist es ! Es ist, gewiss, der Eckstein der Zukiinft !" And when I parted from fiim later, the result of his six ^eeks thought and reflection — the inter^'al between my first and my last interview with him— was given in his last words to me, in allusion to the accompanying paper, and in especial to its third question, ** Where, Shiloh hot having been manifested, floats the Standard of the tribe of Judah ?" " Nehmen Sie acht, Herr Pastor ! Nehmen Sie aoht t Ich bin bereit das Panier eu tragen." "Give heed. Rev. Sir. Mind what I say ! / am ready to carry the Standard !" What Standard? Necessarily, "the Standard " in the sense in which I had used the phrase in the Question, No. 8, above. Date 18G1. Strange that a German Rabbi and an English press-writer should have so curiously concurred in theii* practical conclusion on the sub- ject; as from the already given extract from "2'he Prtiss," it is evident that they do. P. 1. And as another learned Rabbi said to me, " If your book is tme, that is the book for the Jew ! I am convinced that there is much in it." " Of such momentous consequence is the subject," as deems a valued and deep-thinking friend, that " nothing of such cruciable im- portance has occurred withm the Sees of Canterbuiy and York iaince they were founded." Thanks be to God, I have lived to see, that, working, as I did, against well-founded anticipations of widely-extended ridicule, even thus, this book has not been put forth in vain. And now again, it has been brought before a thoughtful public, in a manner altogether nnknown to me ; but such, as to' call the attention of thousands of earnest minds to an intelligent consideration of the premisses. That their c3nclusior may be as holy as it shall be tnio, is the prayer of the unworthy Servant of the Temple, who has felt it right to net the case before them ; and, now, in re-iteratinj^ it, tu niiiku it clearer, by the light of new evidence flashing out of old things. If such Wi.9 my conviction as to the Hmall amount of sympathy that my utterances were likely to command, should any ask, why 1 ven- tured in standing alone, to run counter tu the prudent conclusions of all my fellows, I can only say, that 1 felt what has been expressed so much better by another than I eaii deliver it fur niy.soli', that I am glad to take advantage of his formula to dose the Preface tu thin Edition. Silvio Vellico, an in iy.2. n. kh respect to leard of ariy- ch you have a those who ige, Lave any bhe existence ought to the pose the due r view of the , " I wholly ier Eckstein to hear him he more that ; especially, \, Babbi, Corner- Stone Eckstein der alt of his six first and my e, in allusion ird question, Standard of >r ! Nehmen re heed, Rev. irdi" Wliat I which I had 861. fvriter should 1 on the sub- ' it is evident I i is ti-ue, that luch in it.'" as deems a jruciable im- l York since ig, as I did, idicule, oven uw again, it r altogether lousands of |s8cs. That no prayer of \t to get the clearer, by ipathy that Iwliy 1 ven- iclusions of [xprossed so that I am %co tu this %' ^