s His blood-bought inheritance. Let us see what glories
are in store for this earth when the Son of Man receives that kingdom
which will extend from sea to sea unto the uttermost parts of the earth.

+I. As to His Redeemed People+. The breaking of the day is heralded
by the Morningstar, followed by the rising of the Sun in all his glory.
Thus nature teaches us Scripture truths. Christ comes first for His
own Saints; that is the Morningstar. And then He comes in fullest
glory with all His Saints as the sun of righteousness with healing in
His wings; that is the sunrise when all shadows of the night will flee
away.

The Saints of God wait now for the breaking of the day, for His coming
as the Morningstar. And when He comes and opens with His triumphant
shout the graves of the righteous dead, and calls the living Saints for
the unspeakable change, in a moment, the twinkling of an eye, to put on
immortality--then the shadows for His people are forever, yes forever,
gone. No more bodies then of humiliation, but glorified bodies; no
more separation from loved ones and from saints, but a blessed eternal
reunion and fellowship; no more sorrow, but everlasting joy; no more
crying and tears, but all tears wiped away; no more sinning, but
perfect holiness; no more troubles, but perfect rest. What a glory
time it will be when for us, His own beloved people the day breaks, and
the shadows flee away. As shadows now increase, because the night is
far spent and the day is at hand, the Saints of God should daily think
of the soon coming day-break, that blessed, happy moment when we shall
see Him as He is and shall be like Him.

+II. The Shadows Will Flee Away from Israel and Israel's Land+. No
pen can describe the history of this people and the dark shadows which
have been upon them. As the homeless nation they have wandered
throughout this age, in fulfillment of the predictions of their own
prophets, among the nations of the earth. Awful have been their
persecutions, and tribulations upon tribulations have been their lot.
Suffering and sorrow, the meat and drink of every generation since they
were driven from their God-given land. How dark are the shadows which
have come upon that people once more as the result of the world
conflict. Millions have lost their all. Hundreds of thousands are
homeless wanderers in eastern Europe. Perhaps the story of their
suffering in connection with the war will never be written. And