Christian herald and signs of our times . ut that the pre-eminence ofJudah is to be irrevocably established in Christ,not spiritually, but in fact in the kingdom ofwhich Daniel prophesies. Thy kingdom comerefers to the establishment of the Sceptre andthrone of Judah which shall destroy all earthlythrones and kingdoms and fill the whole God makes Judah his new centre, andsays, Yet I have set my king upon my holy hillof Zion, thou Judah art he whom thy brethrenshall praise. But Satan has his own exaltation in view. Ofhim it is written, He opposeth and exaltethhimself above all that is
Christian herald and signs of our times . ut that the pre-eminence ofJudah is to be irrevocably established in Christ,not spiritually, but in fact in the kingdom ofwhich Daniel prophesies. Thy kingdom comerefers to the establishment of the Sceptre andthrone of Judah which shall destroy all earthlythrones and kingdoms and fill the whole God makes Judah his new centre, andsays, Yet I have set my king upon my holy hillof Zion, thou Judah art he whom thy brethrenshall praise. But Satan has his own exaltation in view. Ofhim it is written, He opposeth and exaltethhimself above all that is called god, or that isworshipped. By him the Roman Empire isreconstructed, and divided into ten distinctkingdoms and from the Greek or eastern por-tion of that kingdom shall arise that terribleenemy of God and his people, whose destruc-tion is to be one of the principal events of thecoming of our blessed Lord. In the face of these solemn facts do wenotdo well to close this paper with the words whichhe taught us to use, Thy kingdom THE SOJOURNER AT VERNON. A Story of the S. S. Golden Text for July 5. The wordwas in. 11 li• flesh, and dwelt among int. John 1: 14. ERNON folks were notaccustomed to visitorsthirty years ago. Thelittle village perched onthe cliffs overlooking thesea is quite a fashiona-ble resort now. Since afamous artist spent asummer there paintingthe sea and the crags,and sold his two picturesfor more money than would have bought everyhouse in the village, the summer boarder hasbeen a familiar figure to the fishing folk. Theywere surprised to hear how the New York peo-ple admired the pictures of their rugged cliffs,and still more surprised when one lady visitor,who prided herself on being intense, declaredthat she hoped there would be a dreadfulstorm while she was there, that she might seethose cragjs in their true grandeur. They want-ed no storms. Those cruel rocks were thedread of every wife and mother in the villageand not a few of them had reason to
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