The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . murderess. Impossible, the people said; that will never happen. Who is that being flung out of the palace win-dow? Jezebel. A few hours after they came around, hoping to bury find only the palms of her hands and the skull. The dogs that devouredJezebel, and the dogs that devoured Naboth ! Oh ! what a swift, what anawful circuit ! THE TATHWAY OF MUTATIONS OF TIME. 525 But it is sometimes the case
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . murderess. Impossible, the people said; that will never happen. Who is that being flung out of the palace win-dow? Jezebel. A few hours after they came around, hoping to bury find only the palms of her hands and the skull. The dogs that devouredJezebel, and the dogs that devoured Naboth ! Oh ! what a swift, what anawful circuit ! THE TATHWAY OF MUTATIONS OF TIME. 525 But it is sometimes the case that this circle sweeps through a centurj orthrough many centuries. The world started as a theocracy for government; thatis, God was President and Emperor of the world. People got tired of a said: We dont want God directly interfering with the affairs of the world;give us a monarchy. The world had a monarchy. From a monarchy it is goingto have a limited monarchy. After a while the limited monarchy will be givenup, and the republican form of government will be everywhere dominant andrecognized. Then the world will get tired of the republican form of government,. THE CIRCLE OF PEACE. and it will have an anarchy, which is no government at all. And then, all nationsfinding out that man is not capable of righteously governing man, will cry- outagain for a theocracy, and say: Eet God come back and conduct the affairs ofthe world. Every step—monarchy, limited monarchy, republicanism, anarchy,only different steps between the first theocracy and the last theocracy, or segmentsof the great circle of the earth on which God sits. But do not become impatient because you cannot see the cur\e of events, andtherefore conclude that Gods government is going to break down. History tellsus that in the making of the pyramids it took 2000 men two years to drag onegreat stone from the quarry and put it into the pyramids. Well, now, if men,short-lived, can afibrd to work so slowly as
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