would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened
to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." Our idea is
that the Gentile fulness is now in, and if so, it is natural, then, that
Israel should be found, and about this time have her eyes opened. Up to
this time of fulness, Jerusalem was to be trodden down. "And they shall
fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations;
and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of
the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke xxi. 23). Now, the Jews did fall by the
edge of the sword, as the Saviour foretold; they were carried captive
into all nations; Jerusalem has been trodden under foot. Thus, then, do
we see three parts of His prophecy literally fulfilled; and so surely
will the fourth part be, which is, that in connection with Gentile
fulness this treading shall cease, and proud, imperial Salem shall lift
her head once more free from tyrant hands and heathen tramping, to become
the city of God and His chosen ones.

When Moses was sent to deliver the children of Israel from Egypt, he was
equipped with miraculous power that he might convince Pharaoh and the
Egyptians what was the will of Jehovah; but not more so than are the
prophetic students of this day; for the presence of the Divine gleams
forth all around in the miracles of prophecy now so wonderfully
fulfilling in this our day.

DREAM IMAGE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
DISCOURSE VII.

FUTURE HISTORY OF THE WORLD--THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PAPACY
COMMENCED--IRELAND TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT OF ENGLAND AND ROME--FUTURE
GLORY OF BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

"Thou, O King, sawest and beheld a great image. This great image
whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form
thereof was terrible."--Dan. ii. 31.

About 2,500 years ago the kingdom of Babylon was strong, great, and
prosperous. The king of this vast empire is known in history as
Nebuchadnezzar. His reign had been marked with great victories over the
surrounding nations. The mighty Empire of Assyria he had conquered;
Egypt he had wasted and almost destroyed; Palestine he had reduced to
strange and pitiable desolation, having carried the Jewish inhabitants
captive into the region of Babylon. Among these captives we find Daniel,
the prophet of Judah. In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's
co