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ence to the laws of the Kingdom. may
attain to. with eternal life These An
rient Worthless are enumerated in the
Scriptures Abraham. Isaac, Jacob, the
prophets. etc. and described by St
Paul In Hebrews xi $40 To these
belong the earthly promises of the Old
Testament. They never beard Of the
heavenly or spiritual promises. Their
loyalty viii find its reward In the fact
that they viii come forth from the
tomb no longer blemished and imper-
feet. but fully. completely restored to
the perfection originally enjoyed by
father Adam Additionally these will
have the special guidance and in
struction of Messiah Head and men,
bersl in all the affairs of mankind
Thus as the Master said. speaking OF
that time. I'VE shall see Abraham.
Isaac. Jacob and the prophets in the
Kingdom" luke xiii. 2Sl.
Gods Kingdom will be represented
In the earth by Israel-especially by
these sanity men of Israel, resurrect-
pointees and representatives of the
glorified Messiah's rule AS 1t is writ
ten, instead of thy fathers (the an
cient sanity ones were styled the
fathers" as Jesus was styled the Son
of Abraham and David shall be thy
children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth psalm xiv.
16). These princes. acting under and
continually in contact with the spirit
ual Kingdom and rulers styled in the
Scriptures 1.-The royal priesthood" will,
of course. be so superior in their wis
dom and power as to command the
obedience of the whole earth. The ma
ton of Israel, with whom they are re-
lated. would naturally respond more
quickly than others to the New order
Of things. which will be just that for
which they have been waiting and
praying for more than thirty centuries
All Nations Flow Unto 1t.
In these words the Lord through the
prophet assures US of the wonderful
success which will attend the estab-
lishment of the New Empire OF earth.
the dominion of the Prince of light,
which will supersede the dominion of
the Prince OF darkness. when Satan
shall be bound for thousand years,
that he may deceive the peoples no
more. Messiah's Kingdom will be
high above all other Kingdoms. not
only In its grandeur. majesty and au-
thority, but also in the lofty principles
which 1t will represent Thus 1t is
written. HE shall lay righteousness to
the line and Justice TO the plummet
and the hail tTruthl shall sweep away
the refuge of lies" Qsaiah xviii, 10.
Nevertheless. as the world shall come
to appreciate the new order of things
all nations shall flow unto ii. foto up
to it-contrary 10 the downwardness
of fallen human nature. Ii will make
manifest such wonderful rewards for
righteousness and obedience to God and
1t will so make manifest the stripes
that must attend all willful disobedi-
ence to the Divine arrangement that
the Scripture will be fulfilled which
declares that when the judgments of
the Lord are abroad in the earth, the
inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness isaiah XVI, o.
Humanity for six thousand years
has been learning the exceeding sim
fulness Of sin" its downward tenden-
cy In every sense of the word. Every
form of government has been tried in
4 hn roo faAgf
amount OF blessing But the uniform
results have been that those exalted to
place and influence and power have
proved themselves unequal to the or
portunitcs and temptations Of the po-
sitions and have abused them selfishly.
Whoever is acquainted with history
realizes the truthfuness Of all this.
If some of Us have hoped that the gen
I eral education Of the masses and the
! general enlightenment Of the race
would abolish sin and selfshness and
! demonstrate the truthfulness OF the
, Proverb, Honesty is the best policy"
/ we are willing to confess that this has
! been a mistake We perceive that the
| greater the wisdom and intelligence
| granted TO a selfish mind and heart
the greater will be its opportunities
| for evil and Indictment thereto.
Every Man Against His Neighbor.
! AS a consequence the world is losing
confidence In itself. All, whether poll
ticians or judges or governors, great
/ or small, Of one party or another, OF
one nationality or another-all are ac-
cused Of being tarred with the same
stick Of selfshness. The Bible clearly
! indicates that this distrust is not with
out reason and that the great time Of
trouble soon TO come upon every nation
/ Daniel xii, u will be the direct result
Of this loss Of confidence. The Bibles
description Of the matter briefly sum
med up is. Every mans hand shall be
against his neighbor (Zechariah viii,
10; xiv, 49, II will be after that great
time OF trouble shall have thoroughly
sickened humanity as respects itself
and any hopes 1t might have had of