man, called Tasmanians, have entirely
become extinct. The Maories of New Zealand are rapidly diminishing.
Fifty years ago they were 200,000 strong; now only about 50,000. In a
few more years they will be gone. The same is true in all the other
Australian provinces. The same is true of many isles of the sea, also of
the African colonies. In these things, so exceptional, we can surely
say, with the magicians of old who contended against Moses, "This is the
finger of God." Thus we see Israel increasing, by the law of diminution
going on among the Gentiles. Israel in the latter day was to be blessed
with plenty in the orchards, stall, and field: "For I will lay no more
famine upon you, saith the Lord." The past year we learn that some
10,000,000 of Chinese perished in famine. India, in one part, has been
greatly reduced in number by the same scourge. This country will be
partly protected from the operation of this law--for no doubt a large
portion are from Abraham. "But unto the sons of the concubines, which
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, Eastward, unto the East country" (Gen. xxv. 6). This
same scourge does not follow the colonising of other nations. It did not
follow Spain, nor the Dutch, nor France.

If you turn to the prophets, you will soon learn how they are to increase
in the latter days--not by a comparison on the line of diminution only,
but in and from themselves. "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that
I will sow the House of Israel and the House of Judah with the seed of
man and beast" (Jer. xxxi. 27). Have these days come? We again say,
Yes; and these kind of prophecies are being fulfilled in this day in so
special a manner as to make certain the times we live in. Through
Israel, Judah, and Manasseh, the earth is to find the equilibrium of
peace. The Jews will furnish the money, for in the increasing
ascendancy, and multiplying power, and authority of England and America,
the Jews will draw closer to them and invest more and more their money
with them, because of greater security and profit. The balance of power
and even compulsion will be in the hands of England and America, to force
arbitration on disputing nations, and they will do so, having set the
precedents themselves in the Alabama and fish treaties. At present, many
will refuse this idea, and point to the famous Monroe doctrine. Now that
doctrine has had its time, nea