ies waiting fulfilment, and they are of such a nature that their
fulfilment may easily be discerned. In breadth and scope they cover much
territory and include many people. They cannot be hid in a corner, for
the parts are so numerous and the interests so great. The fulfilment of
these prophecies will make a radical and fundamental change in Church and
State.

I take it for granted we are now entering into the time of the latter
days--a time that precedes by a natural consequence the millennium. It
is, therefore, unwise on the part of any person to claim that Christ may
come any day, and that His millennial reign may be begun at any moment.
It is but fair that we should carefully consider our bearings in the
circle of Providence and our position in the ages. The story and work of
redemption are grand, full of interest and thrilling incidents; still we
must take things in their order. Some stories we read are very
fascinating. The plot culminates, the characters and incidents converge
toward and centre in the hero. At such a point we are often carried away
with our sympathy for the hero; we become anxious for him, and desires to
know the issues, and so are tempted to skip a few pages and get at the
end unwisely and unlawfully. Thus I think many are carried away by a
loving desire for the millennium; they become anxious for the return of
the Hero of redemption; they skip a few pages of Providence, and come to
the end too soon.

These days are preparative, and in such a preparative stage we are
warranted to look for the fulfilment of certain prophecies; for
prophecies, indeed, of such a nature and character that no Bible student
need be mistaken as to the time, place, and conditions of fulfilment. We
have called your attention to one of these prophecies, and pointed out to
you how the same was literally fulfilling before the eyes of all. God,
in olden times, made promises to Abraham, the patriarchs, and their seed.
These promises were nothing more nor less than prophecies. He attested
the same by His own oath. He called to witness the sun, moon, stars,
sea, night, day, the seasons, seedtime and harvest. These He called His
ordinances. These ordinances may depart from before Him, but the seed of
Israel should not cease to be a nation. They were not only to be a
nation, but a company of nations. To this end, in the latter days, they
were to come in possession of the isles of the sea, the coasts of the
earth