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am separaceness from the word.
~ Speak Not UnkindIy."


the various parts of ChristendOm-
mother and daughters. / do not even
charge nor believe that those who have
upheld and are uphOlding the various
! sections of Babylon have an evil in
tentiOn; | believe that they are thor
own erroneous theories. The fall Of
their present institutions will be a
startling blow to them, for they verify
believe them to be Christ's Kingdom
and style them ch-ChristendOm.
The fall Of Babylon will astOnish the
entire world, so complete is the Illusion
that Christendom represents the throne
and government Of Messiah amongst
men. And. be it remembered, the vast
majority in all the various sects and
denominations Of ChristendOm are
worldly people who have no concep-
ton whatever of the true Church and
her cause. Their ambition is to ap-
proXimate righteousness and a form
of goodness, but no more than this
seems to them necessary; more would
be irrational, unreasonable, since they
have not been begotten Of the Holy
Spirit and therefore cannot appreciate
things from the Divine standpoint.
To them the fall Of Babylon at first
is astounding, perplexity, but will
work no real injury, because the reign
of Babylon over the earth will be
superseded by the reign of the New
Jerusalem-the Kingdom of Gods dear
Son. The most sanity Of Gods people
will hear the voice Of Divine COM
mand, Come out Of her, My people,
and will obey it before the fall comes;
but large number, even of the Lords
people, lacking courage, will share
with Babylon the troubles of that hour.
Subsequently, however, they will
rejoice and be glad when they realize
the justice of the Divine execution
against Babylon, and to them will
come, as an inferior company, an in
vitatiOn to attend the marriage supper
of the Lamb" Their honorable posi-
ton will be that Of bridesmaids to
the still more faithful and courageous
'little flock," who will be accounted
worthy to be the Bride class and to
sit with the Redeemer in His throne.
Then speedily will follow the long
promised Times of Restitution to the
world of mankind, for which we pray,
"Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is done in heaven"
"Thy Kingdom Come"
AS God and His glory and honor are
to be first in the minds of His children,
so their next thought should be for the
glorious Kingdom, which He has prom
Used shall bless the world. However
much our own personal interests and
affairs may be pressing upon us, and
however much we may desire to have
the Lords blessing and guidance in
them, they are not to outrank our ap-
probation Of His beneficent arrange
ments which He has so clearly prom
Used in His Word. We are to remem-
Der that the Kingdom, when it shall
come, will be a panacea for every i'll
and every trouble. not only for us. but
for the whole world of mankind. We
are not, therefore, to permit our own
personal needs to be too prominent,
but are to remember that the whole
creation is groaning and Travelling in
pain together, waiting for this glo-
rious Kingdom and the blessing upon
all the families Of the earth, which our
Heavenly Father has promised shall
yet come through the Seed of Abraham.
This thought respecting the King
dom. its necessity, and the blessings
that it will bring will keep prominently
before our minds our own high calling
to joint-heirship with our Lord in this
Kingdom, And in proportion as that
hope is clearly before our minds it will
be, as the Apostle explains, as "an an
Choir to our souls. sure and steadfast,
entering into that which is within the
vail" This anchorage Of hope in the
future. in the Kingdom, will enable
us to pass safely. and with compare
tive quiet, through the trials and
storms and difficulties of this present
evil world. More than this. our
thoughts respecting the Kingdom will
Us tIdt IL VIC oiC w W hSAio VI
the Kingdom it will be necessary that
we have the appropriate discipline and
training.
"Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is
Done In Heaven"
This petition offered from the heart
implies that the one offering it has
made a full conservation of his will.
his heart, to the Lord, and that as he
hopes for the Kingdom by and by to
come and subdue all unrighteousness
and to establish the Divine will from
sea to sea, and from pole to pole, so
now, the petitioner, being thus in ac-
cord with the Lords will, and thus
wishing that it might be universally
in control, will see to it that this will
is ruling in his own heart-that in his
own affairs Gods will is done to the
best of his ability in his earthly con-
dition, even as he hopes to have it
perfected in the Kingdom. No one
can intelligently and honestly offer
this petition and not desire and en-
deavor to have the Lords will done In
himself while on earth. Thus bless
ing comes to the one who offers this
petition before he has asked any spe-
cial blessing upon himself or others.