Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-12
the MiLLENNiuNr

quarter % n century there VIII h' lh
all probability only three great world
powers-Graat Britain Russia, and me
United States.
Ills reasoning o. very interesting. Tho
british empire. Including Egypt and
the soudan, now covers he says. 49,
10000 square miles Of the land sur.
face ~ the earth. OF almost gnc-fourih
Of the entire AREA. Of the remaining
sso0o.0oO square miles. Russia controls
very nearly onc.fourth or about sooo-
900 square miles
Great britain will soon extend hcr
power over 100000 square miles. when
her arrangements in Asia ana Africa
are perfected. Russia has within easy
reach Turkey Persia, Central Asia,
and CHINA. and may IN course or time
Increase her territory 10 100000
square miles. Tho United states, In
GLIDING Hawaii and Porto Rico, CONF
priscs only a.Gla.i25 square miles. Even
with the Philippines added. our area
will be but a.525,iis square miles. with
Cuba and other West Indian islands.
the area would not reach 100000
square miles. should a. however.
come 20 pass that Canada and Mexico
would Join az, there would be a do
main Of 100000 square miles. We
would. II IL seen, ntill rank only third
IN area. though undoubtedly the nrat
In some other respects.
The contributor to the Forum also
.....t.f.... av.NN.r .Nt.wUuHNts that uf
the union ~ tho English speaking
race In such an event % world-powcr
would arise. holding a domain u co.
100000 square miles or not far from
half Of the land surface OF the earth.
Such power would be IN "A position
to govern the affairs of this planet
II cannot be denied that the currents
OF the history OF tho world indicate
some such contamination. Ever since
the Hhatterlng TO the winds of the great
Roman cmplre-which. however, WIS
only a miniature OF present great pow
ers-the world has been In commotion.
but. as Il was represented 10 the an
Client Prophet IN the vision, another
great power arose out Of the never
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there Is. tendency toward expansion,
toward urion and omplrc-buildinr. and
IN this gigantic competition the Slavon-
le and the Anglo-saxon races are fore
most. one representing tho principle OF
autocrncy and the other democracy.
Should then finally the smaller powers
animntc thcmrelvcl with the one or the
a o
tlcaiiy IN two vast camps with the pre-
ponderancc OF power ON tho Anglo-saN-
on side.
students ~ tho sacred Scriptures are
confidently looking forward 10 a time
when power and dominion and glory
shall be given to Him whose rlght Il l.
to rule on earth, ~ In heaven AZ
times this idea has been Hdleulcd ~
the dream OF enthusiasts liut n We
interpret correctly the present signs
OF the times they all speak OF the ap-
proach of that happy contamination
The Anglo-saNon race, Notwithstanding
all Impcrfcctlous and errors, has been
the Jealous guardian Of the divine or
nclcs. as were the Hebrews during their
dlspensation. and the Romans later
II is conceivable and highly probable
that the prcdomlnance OF the Angle
saxon Is the nearest evolutionary stage
to that higher one. which Ia spoken Of
as the Millennium.
The history of the doctrine relating
TO this subject b. instructive. Among
the primitive Christians the return OF
the Savior In glory was Immediately
expected. though the Apostles plainly
stated that Ills absence would De pro-
longcd Early Apostolic writer's,
Justin for instance looked forward To-
a time when tho Saints should inhnhlt
Jerusalem and the Lord appear Ia their
midst.
In the third century, Orlgcn and other
expououts uf the NtNandriun school,
combnttod the belief In terrestrial
Millennium. mud maintained "a 'Hpirit-
um" Interpretation VI an passages re-
iatIng 20 that subject Augustine held
that the Millennium started with the
proclamation " the Gospel by the hrHt
Apostle, and that II would lHHt sis
thousand years at the expiration Of
which time Satan would again be
"lo0scd."
During the Middle Agos tho belief pre-
pondorated THAT the Millennium was
not flr from ltH close. Doc Che lith cone
Jury tho expectation OF "a futur. Nile
lsnnlum OF n.HH and tha universal
triumph OF truth Unl rghtyouaua.a was
revived through the study OF tho scrip
tuva9 lv uuph mon ma .I,u.rh Mod. and