New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

Because thou hast made the Lord.
which Is my refuge, even the most
High, thy habitation,
There shall no evil befall thee.
neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
For He shall give His angels
charge over thee. to keep thee in all
thy ways
They shall bear thee up in their
hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion
ana the aoder; the young lion and
the dragon shalt thou trample under
feet
Because he hath set his love upon
Me. therefore will I deliver him;
will set him on high. because he
hath known My name.
lie shall call upon Me. and will,
answer him: will be with him Ia
trouble; I will deliver him, and
honour him
L was irresistibly 5noved by spiritual
lmpuls1on, when ] conceived this
shield, and as 1t gnfolded its signifi-
canoe to me, I was convinced that II
was q diUine concept, which must be
embodied, and that God would speal,
to the people through this Shield or
oanner-that the operation of Gods
law was as manifest in this escutcheon
as ia the Handwriting on the wall"
which only Daniel could interpret for
Belshazzar. I stoutly resisted the
suggestion Of the criticism which this
banner would call forth, from those
who do not understand that God
speaks to-day, as aforetime, through
hleroglyphics and symbolism, and T
strengthened my faith and under
standing with the fourth verse of the
Sixtieth Psalm:
Ihou mast given banner to them
that fear Thee, that 1t may be dis
played because Of the truth,
Mrs. Eddy states, In Science and
Eedlth With Key to the gcriptures:
The time for thinkers has come.
Truth, independent of doctrines and
time-honored systems, knocks at the
portal Of humanity. Though
empires fall. "the Lord shall reign
forever" o. vii)
AS this conception developed,
called upon Omnipotent Omnipresence
God and His Christ, to protect me
from the lawless and the opposers of
the flag Of Great Britain, our mother
country. and placed the shield on the
facade of my house, under the shadow
or the Almighty. I have prayed that
lis silent language would enlighten
all VINO are ready to advance from
carkness to light.--from material. to
spiritual Interpretation of God, man.
and the universe. In fulfilment of the
law OF God, the unity Of Great Britain
and America must be effected.
AS the people pass. pause and gaze
upon the words of the shield, their
expressions have revealed to me the
good and evil elements which the
human face mirrors. Some read every
word, from the top to the last line on
the shield and seem to desire to grasp
Its import Others glance quickly at
the fags and noting that England and
America are clasping hands, as
brothers Ephraim and Manasseh, the
Two sons of Joseph. they show their
approval or disapproval. by a smile
or frown, or an expression Of hatred.
which reveals the satanic characters
who would, if it We're not impossible.
destroy both nations and set IN
kingdom OF lawlessness and destruc-
ton.
Every Bible student knows the his
tory Of Joseph. His father, Jacob. had
been blessed of God. and renamed
Israel; land God said unto him, !
Be fruitful and multiply: a nation and
a company of nations shall be Of thee
And to thee
and to thy seed after thee will give
he land" Genesis xxxv., III. 12.1 Jacob
had twelve sons typical of the twelve
tribes of Israel) ahd of them all, he