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1.-THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"
Quarterly Review-March 81.

The people which sat in darkness
saw great light; and to them which
sat IN the region and shadow of death
light is sprung up."-Matthew iV, Is.
In the Bible symbols light stands as
the representative of God, of Christ, OF
the Church, of Truth, which by and by
as the Sun of Righteousness shall
arise with healing in its beams" for
the cure of all the masses of the earth.
1t will scatter the darkness of sin,
ignorance and superstition-the works
of the Prince of Darkness, who Will
then he bound for a thousand years
that he may deceive the nations no
more until the thousand years are
finished" OF the heavenly Father
we read, God is light, and in Him is
no darkness at ALL"
OF Jesus we read, Il am the light of
the world" OF the Church in her
present condition we read. Let your
light SO shine before men that they
may see your good works and glorify
your Father which is in heaven"
Hide not your light under bushel.
but set it on a candlestick that it may
give light unto all that are in the
house" Nevertheless. The darkness
hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light" and the whole world lieth in
the Wicked One'--in darkness Not
withstanding the faithfulness of Jesus
and the few light bearers enlightened
with the Holy Spirit of which they are
beGotten still darkness covers the
earth and gross darkness the heath
EN-"
"Thy Word Is Lamp to My Feet"
This same thought pervades the
Scriptures from first to last. namely,
that for six thousand years from the
time of the entrance of sin to the Sec
ond coming of Jesus. the world will be
subject to a reign of sin and death-it
will be under pail of darkness, is-
norance. superstition. sin. The only
ones who will see the path of righte-
BUSINESS distinctly will be those guild
cd by the lantern'-God's Word
They are represented as saying, Thy
Word is a lamp to my feet and a Ian
tern to my footsteps" st. Peter
writing to the Church from the same
standpoint. declares, We Uhe
church, have more sure Word Of
prophecy whereunto We do we'll that
ye take heed. as unto a light that
shineth in dark place until the day
dawn" (Psa. cxix. 105, II Peter i,
19)
The Prince of Darkness has been in
command for centuries. The lights of
the past were the noble Prophets of
the Jewish line whose lights affected
few in their own nation, and were not
discernble at all amongst the heather
world. John the Baptist, we are told,
was burning and shining light, and
Jesus was a still more brilliant light:
and His faithful few during the past
eighteen centuries have shined forth,
rejecting their Masters light. But
all of these have had comparatively
little influence in the world 1t still
lies in the Wicked One--in darkness
seeing not. neither understanding
Divine things.
A Better Day Coming.
our text tells of a better day sure
TO come 1t is not sure to come be-
cause of the operation of the evolu-
tionary law, for the natural law would
seem to contradict such thought
Darkness leads on to darkness more
intense; and while light begets light
darkness begts darkness; and the