The Newtown bee., 1901-09-20

and it might be surmised that God had finally cast them off, Jeremiah was divinely authorized to declare, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, then will cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for 1 will cause their captivity to re- turn and have mercy on them" THESE COVENANTS AND OATHs
 were followed by train of prophecies which during succeeding centuries shed their luster on the sacred page and indicate the unserving purpose of Jehovah in regard to king and king dom whose grandeur, glory and benef- icence language labors in vain to rep- | resent.
 The second Psalm speaks of d son of | David, who is also recognized as the Son of God to whom his divine Father says: "Ask of me and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance and | the uttermoSt parts of the earth for thy possession In the 10th Psalm David says, 'Jehovah said unto my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand until make thine enemies thy footstool." "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of 1 holiness from the womb of the morn- ing; thou hast the dew of thy youth" {"
 "Jehovah hath sworn and will not re- pent: Thou art priest forever after the order of Melchisedek.
 Solomon in the 72d Psalm celebrates the reign of greater monarch than himself and says ''His name shall en- dure forever. All nations shall call him blessed" About the time the 10 tribes were deported into Assyria. Isaiah wrote: "And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mOun- tain of Jehovah's house shall be es- tablished in the top of the moutains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow into it. And many peoples shall go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths, for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the
 word of Jehovah from Jerusalem
 And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people and
 they shall beat their swords into
 ploWshares and their spears into prun-
 ing hooks, nation shall not lift up
 sword against nation, neither shall
 they learn war any mOre."
 About the same time Micah pointed
 out the birthplace of the distinguish
 ed scion of David's stock under whose
 administration the foregoing remark
 able events should take place. "And
 thou Bethlehem Ephratah which art
 little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me
 THAT IS TO BE RULER IN ISRAEL:
 whose gongs forth are from of old,
 from everlasting. And he shall stand
 and shall feed his flock in the strength
 of Jehovah in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and he shall be
 great unto the ends of the earth.'' ,| About century later, in a belea- guered capital doomed to overthrow,
 the heart of Jeremiah found comfort in the prospect of happier days: "Be- , hold the days come, saith Jehovah,
 that will raise unto David a right eous Branch and he shall reign as king and prosper and shall execute justice f and judgment in the earth. In his days shall Judah be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is Lis name } whereby he shall be called, Jehovah ) our righteousness" the example source and effectuating cause of right.
 eousness, personal, social, national, l international, ecumenical, in the } hearts, intercourse and institutions of [ mankind.
 l After 70 years in Babylon where 5 they hung their harpS on the willows = that fringed the Euphrates, the Jews l who wished to do so, returned to the l fatherland and rebuilt their capital l and their temple, and Zechariah ami l mated them amid their tolls and dis,