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tary place be made glad.-Isaiah So.
The Destructive Work.

The Destructive Work.
The Lord, after describing through
the Prophet the feast Of blessings and
refreshments, portTays the destruction
Of things injurious to mankind, saying.
'And He will destroy in this Mountain
the face Of the covering cast over all
p~eople-the veil that Is spread over all
nations" Verse ~ This veil is none
other than the veil Of ignorance and
superstition which hinders mankind
from seeing that the Creator is their
Friend, that righteousness and truth
are to their advantage, that the ways
Of the Lord T righteous altogether.
The sunlight Of the New DISPENSE
tion, the Reign Of righteousness, will
scatter the clouds and darkness, the
veil OF ignorance, and let into the
hearts Of mankind "the light Of the
knowledge OF the glory OF God,'' as it
shines "in the face Of Jesus Christ our
Lord. What a wonderful change! And
how glad mankind will be, not only
to have that feast prepared, but also
to be rid of the darkness which would
hinder them from approaching II.
Still More to Follow.
The Prophet proceeds to describe fur.
Their, saying, He will swallow I'D
death in victory" For several thou
sand years Death has had the victory,
n the human family have been swal-
lowed up by it. The Scriptures desig-
nate the six thousand years of earth's
history as the reign Of Sin and Death.
1t is conservatively estimated that
Death has swallowed up twenty thou
sand millions of humanity, and that
ninety thousand are going to the tomb
every day.
The Lord tells US through the Proph-
ct that with the establishment of His
Kingdom will come a wonderful
change; instead of Death continuing
to swallow up the race, dying shall
cease. None shall die then except for
wilful sin. How glorious a time that
will be! All of our sorrows are more
or less intimately associated with the
reign of Sin and Death. How we may
well rejoice in the New Dispensation
which Divine Wisdom has planned, and
which Divine Love will execute, for
the release of our race from the dying
process, permitting them to return to
the liberty of the sons Of God-free-
dom from death, freedom from sin!
But even this is not enough! The
Lord purposes not merely to restrain
the power Of death, SO that 1t shall
cease swallowing up our race, but ad-
ditionally to Swallow up Death In
victory" The tomb, which 6guratfvely
has engorged itself with twenty thou
sand millions, will be forced to dis
gorge, to release its victims. "All that
are in the graves shall hear the voice
of the Son Of God and shall come
forth" The sanity few, whose faith
fulness God has already tested. will
come forth to the perfection Of life.
The insanity masses, the majority OF
whom have never known God truly,
will come forth to a resurrection, by
trial, by Judgment, by discipline. Death
itself shall be destroyed.
st. Paul quotes from the Prophet
Hosea, saying, 20 Death, where is thy
sting? O Grave, where Is thy vic
toryT' He does not quote this as ap-
plicabie now: for Sin and Death still
have their victory in the world. Mil
lions are still slaves of Sin, and bill
lions are still bound by. the power Of
the tomb, st. Paul and the Prophet
still point down to the glorious Millen-
NAL Kingdom following the resurrec-
ton change Of the church,, when all
shall be brought to a knowledge OF the
Truth, and when all that are in the
prison-house Of Death shall come forth,
because Jesus has redeemed every
member of our race from the power
of the tomb. r
wipe All Tears Away
We remember our Redeemer's tender
words, Come unto Me, all ye who Ia
Dor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest" (Matthew 1929
Those who have accepted His gracious
Invitation, and obtained from Him the
rest of faith, have found that 1t has
meant the cancellation of. their troubles
in a large degree. We, then, should be
able to understand the next statement,
in our context, 1.-THE Lord God Will
wipe away the tears from off all
faces" It is. the same Message given
In Revelation, where the same King
dom, under the figure of the New Jeru-
salem. is brought to our attention. The
Heavenly Father will wipe away the
tears, not directly, but indirectly
through His Son, the Redeemer.
Tears are the marks Of sorrow, pain,
suffering; and the poetic statement
that God Himself will wipe away the
tears of minkind is a beautiful n
forceful suggestion Of how the Power
! Of the Highest is shortly to be en-
ployed, not in the eternal torment OF
the world, but in It's blessing, its uplift-
ing, and the removal OF it's sorrows.
When we remember that there are no
| tears in Heaven, and that the joys Of
that blessed state are because of its
| si~nlessness, our hearts overflow with
thanksgiving as we catch, in, the poetic
thought, the assurance that all sin, and
all sorrow as the result of sin, and all
tears and marks of sorrow. will forev-
err pass away in that happy time.
Let no one imagine that this signI-
fies universal salvation. Other Scrip
lures show us that universal opportu-
nifty for salvation will be- accorded, but
that none except those who avail them
selves Of this opportunity by a hearty
accentance Of the Divine arrangement,