our; France, fifty-nine; Great Britain, one
hundred and thirty-seven; Italy, forty-one; Egypt, twenty-nine; Spain,
twenty-eight; United States, six hundred and forty; and the English
colonies, one hundred and sixty--and that is not reckoning the natives in
the colonies, only the descendants of the English. Of course, in a
country like India, the natives will be a considerable number, and they
might properly be reckoned in with the colonial items, and so swell the
number of Israel's power.

Now these figures show a wonderful conclusion. In simple language, we
find that in 1978, the English-speaking race, or Israelites, will number
937 millions, while all of Russia, Germany, Turkey, Austria, France,
Italy, Egypt, and Spain, will only number 543 millions. Where then, we
ask, will be the balance of power? And why should this certain law come
into operation at this time, if it be not the blessing foretold by the
prophets? And can we not see that these are the latter days, and that
God is fulfilling His promises to Israel?

The blood of Abraham and the faith of Abraham have been wonderfully
preserved and projected down through the centuries with telling effect.
And on this line the Darwinian theory of election is very true, for the
survival of the fittest is the proclaimed law of Heaven. There is power
in land possession and there is power in number, and if these two factors
maintain their force for one hundred years, then we infer of certainty
that the sceptre of rule and destiny of the world will be in the hands of
Israel, unless the laws of nature are reversed, and the promises of God
fail. The Word of God cannot fail or return unto Him void; it must
accomplish that whereunto He sent it and prosper in things designed, or
as Jeremiah xxiii. 20 says: "The anger of the Lord shall not return until
He has executed and till He has performed the thoughts of His heart; in
the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly."

ISRAEL AND LANGUAGE.
DISCOURSE V.

LATTER DAY PROPHETIC PROMISES--TIME OF ISRAEL'S REVIVAL--PYRAMID
TESTIMONY--BRITISH ISLAND POPULATION IN 1882--AFFINITY BETWEEN ENGLISH
AND HEBREW--CELL OF THE HONEYBEE--ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE--LION OF
LANGUAGES--FOREIGN TESTIMONY--ALL TONGUES INDIGENOUS BUT ENGLISH--THE
PRE-MILLENNIAL TOKENS.

"For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may
all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one
consent."--Zephaniah iii. 9.

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