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of nature. The enormous depressions

tremes Of nature. The enormous depressions
In the surface of various parts add great
" to this variety. In some places the vege-
tation of the semi-tropics and that of the
temperate zones are brought into such sur
! prisingly close proximity that nature seems
almost unnatural in her products.
Most striking and conclusive of all tes-
ttmony which the land bears to the book is
a certain class of prophecies, foretelling
temporal destruction of a general, definite
or local character. which should come upon
the people and their land in consequence
of sin and disobed!ence OF the definite ard
exact fulfiilment of these prophecies the
land of Palestine stands forth as the swift
and unchallenged witness.
It's Mute DesOlatiOn.
1.-The country itself, in its mute desolation,
In every acre, stands as the material testi
mony of these judgment prophecies. The
hills that once were terraced from base to
summit, and covered with vineyards and
orchards, are now but pyramidal piles,
whose rocks everywhere protrude like the
naked knees of poverty. The valleys, once
so rich in their native harvests, are for the
most part deserted and left as roaming
grounds to the plundering Bedouin. Their
villages, If marked at ALL present a few
heaps of broken stones to tell of the dead
past in which they lie buried. All these
borders that once were fields of industry
and marts Of commerce and dwelling place
of great people. whose God was the
Lord, are ike unto desert and we'll nigh
silent as the grave.
when one reads of the cities in the DAVIS
OF their prosperity it is not possible to
realize that they should be so completely
brought to naught in response to these
prophetic woes uttered by Christ.
las to the temple, against which the
savior uttered the same predictions, it was
doomed to the same overthrow, and the
place where it stood recalls forever the
Judgment words: There shall not be left
hat hall
thrown down.
Under It's Own Greatness.
when that old world, falling under its
cwn greatness and sleeping beneath the
debris of its persisted civilizations, shall
tories, the land will fit into the divine
book like the lost key into its own lock.
When once the tottering arch. the broken
column, the fallen wall, the buried palaces
OF forgotten kings, the crumbled temples
OF forgotten gods, and the tablets of clay
and stone and brass, that were craven
when man was young, shall have all told
their secrets. there will be such an au-
thentication of the Bible that 1t will seem
to men that these ancient people and en-
pires had come and gone, with apparently
no other mission than, in some great world
Crisis or doubt to rise from their graves
and bear testimony to the truth of the
Scriptures of God.
MAY we not venture TO DeIleVe also that
the sacred land of Palestine itself, whic-.
has been SO thoroughly written into the
Bible. in all its peculiarities, has been al
lowed by Providence to remain practically
unchanged for SO many centuries in order
that 1t might be the abiding and incontro-
vertible wftnes0 of the truth Of the Bible?"
During the evening Miss Kimball sang
solo. The solo of the previous evening was
rendered by Miss Bertha Bristow.
The Final Meetings.
The program for the final meetings of the
convention is as follows: p. m.-Devo-
tienal exercises, conducted by Rev. Paul
A. Mcneil business-reports of secretary,
treasurer and primary field worker; cleo
ton of officers; house to house visitation;
reports from the field; suggestions for en-
larged work, Mr.. Lawrence. 7:30 p. m.-
Song service; devotional exercises. conduct
ed by Rev. DR.. Lucien Clark; reports of
committees on resolutions and credentials;
address, Sunday School Work in Foreign
Lands" Rev. n. c. Woodruff, Brooklyn,
N. Y; solo; address, 1.-The Sunday School
Power in the World" Mr.. Lawrence. clos
ing words, prayer and benediction, Rev. DR..
Wallace Radcliffe.