ude at this time the Tribes of Judah and Levi; the
Israelites, who embraced the Tribe of Benjamin and the other nine Tribes
that had been in captivity for about eight hundred years--the whole
together are generally known as the Ten Lost Tribes. In the third party
we have the Gentiles. This word Gentile usually denotes and includes the
non-Jewish nations and people. The Hebrew word _goyim_, in early Bible
history, was equivalent to our word nation. It finally began to denote
any people who were not of the sacred seed of Abraham. The Greek word so
rendered is _ethnos_, which means a multitude or nation. In the New
Testament another word is sometimes used in a more limited sense--namely,
_hellenes_, which is translated Greeks. Ignorance of these three
parties, their place in Providence, and relation one to the other, has
given rise to much needless controversy and division in the domain of
theology. Men have argued for an election and a reprobation, laying
great stress on the 9th, 10th, and 11th chapters of Romans, that is in no
wise taught. The election Paul deals with is a literal one, having
reference to a distinct people, whom God has elected for a special work
in this world. This people God calls "His people," "His inheritance,"
"His chosen," "His witnesses," "His servants." "This people have I
formed for Myself; they shall shew forth My praise" (Isa. xliii. 21).
Hence exclaims the Psalmist, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance."

It will be evident to any careful Bible reader that God called Abraham
from Ur, in Chaldea, from his own kindred, for a special design. Through
Abraham's seed Jehovah designed that blessings, temporal and spiritual,
should flow to all nations. He selected this seed for His own training,
instruction, and culture, to the end that they might train, instruct, and
evangelise the rest of mankind. Through Judah was to come spiritual
blessings, because from Him was the Messiah; and through Ephraim, as
representative of the Ten Tribes, was to come temporal blessings. And
this in the past has been the order of providential procedure; it is the
present order, and it is to be the future. Look and verify this
statement and order by an examination of the nations of the earth at this
time, by asking yourselves the question: What form of religion among the
many on earth is best suited to develop man, to conserve his truest
in