make the allegation, to the following scriptural passages which afford a complete refutation of such a supposition: For Joel says, "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a howling wilderness, on account of the violence done to the children of Judah, and on account of the innocent blood which they shed in their land. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation."

We should not take these words in the narrow limits in which they may present themselves to readers, who fix upon a single scriptural passage without comparing it with the more extensive detailed passages of a similar character. In fact, we have already stated, that by Edom we understand Rome; and we must, with justice to truth, submit that Egypt means the heavy yoke of the Mahommedan power.

The Ishmaelites (or Mahommedans) have traced their origin back to Hagar, "the Mitzrith," or Egyptian bondwoman, and were, therefore, called by the prophet, Mitzrayim (Egyptians).

It appears also perfectly accountable that the prophet speaks of the children of Judah rather than of the whole house of Israel. For, on the overthrow of the Ten Tribes, the name of the prevailing and distinguished tribe of Judah was adopted to designate the whole nation of Israel. Hence he says, "And Judah shall remain there and for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation." Obadiah actually predicts that all Israel (not only Judah) shall obtain the ultimate victory. He says, "And the house of Jacob shall be as a fire, and the house of Joseph as a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble," etc. And he concludes by saying, "And the saviours shall go up to the mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall belong unto the Lord."

We will now,

for the sake of clearness, review in

regular order the prophecies which are unfulfilled, and are yet to come to pass in the days of the expected Messiah.

1. The ingathering of the Ten Tribes, and their union with Judah and Benjamin under the dominion of one king of the house of Judah (see Ezek. xxxvii. 16), "And now, O son of man, take unto thee one staff, and write thereon, for Judah and Israel,” etc.

2. The rise of Gog and Magog, and their incursions into the territory of Israel (see Ezek. xxxviii. and xxxix. See also Zech. xiv. 12), " And this shall be the plague which shall strike all the nations who have carried their hosts against Jerusalem," etc.

3. The Mount of Olives shall be rent asunder (see Zech. xiv. 4), " And his feet shall stand on that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem, and the mount of Olives shall be rent asunder in the midst of the east and the west, so as to become a very extended valley," etc.

4. The river of Egypt shall be divided, and dry up prior to the gathering of the exiles of Judah (see Isaiah xi. 15, 16).

"And the Lord shall cause the tongue of the sea of Egypt to be dried up, and He will wave His hand against the river in the strength of His spirit, and He will smite it into seven rivers. And men shall walk through it dry shod, and it shall be a path for the remnant of his people which shall remain from Assyria as it was unto Israel on the day when they went out of Egypt."

5. Ezekiel xlvii. "The waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward. And by the river shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, nor the fruit thereof be consumed. It shall bring forth new fruit according to his month. Because their waters

they issued out of the sanctuary, and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine." See ver. 1 and 12, Zechariah, xiv. 8, "And it shall be in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea, in summer and in winter shall it be." Joel iii. 18, "It shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Sheetim." 6. The conversion of the Gentiles to Judaism, see Zech. viii. 23, "They will say (to the Jews), We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." 7. The annual pilgrimage of the remnant of all nations to Jerusalem "to bow down to the King the Lord of Hosts," etc. see Zech. xiv. 17.

8. The celebration of the Sabbath, and the new moons by all the Gentiles (see the end of the Book of Isaiah ver. 23.)

9. The total extinction of idolatry. See Isaiah ii. 13, "And the idols he will consume completely;" and xlvii. 17, "They shall turn backward, and be filled with shame who trust in images, and say unto the molten statues, Ye are our gods!" See also Psalm xcvii.7.

10. Unity of faith shall prevail throughout the world. See Isaiah xlviii., "By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, righteousness hath come forth from my mouth, and a word which shall not emptily return, namely, that unto me every knee shall bend, and by me every tongue shall swear." Zech. xiv. 9, " And the Lord shall be a King over the whole earth; on that day shall the Lord be one and his name One.

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11. The kingdom of Israel shall be the principal one in existence. See Isaiah lx. 10, " And the children of

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strangers shall build thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee." Also ibid, "For the nation and the kingdom which shall not be willing to serve thee shall perish, and the people shall be utterly destroyed." Daniel vii. 27, " And the kingdom and the dominion and the multitude of kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of saints of the most high, whose kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers shall serve and obey Him."

12. Peace shall be restored after the subjugation of the resisting powers. See Isaiah ii. 4, " And they shall strike their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, and they shall no more learn warfare." Hosea iv., "And the bow and the sword and the warfare I will break down and remove from the land, and ye shall rest in security."

13. That there should be peace and harmony even among the animals, in the land of Israel; nor should they harm man. See Isaiah xi. 6, "The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." (Ver.7)“And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (Ver. 8) And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (Ver. 9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."

The like auspicious promises are repeated and amplified Isaiah lxv. 6, and Ezekiel xxxiv. 25. Also in Hosea ii. 28, we read, “And in that day, I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground,"

etc.

14. Sin shall no longer prevail. See Deut. xxx. 6, "And the Lord shall circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God," etc. Isaiah lx. 21, "And thy people, being righteous altogether, shall possess the land for ever. They are scions of my planting, the work of my hands, my glory." Jerem. iii. 17, “At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall straightway flock into it, and shall no more go after the perversion of their evil heart." Ibid, chap. 1. 20," In those days and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought and not be, and the sin of Judah, and it shall not be found, for I shall forgive those I shall leave behind." Ezekiel xxxvi. 25, 26, “And I shall sprinkle upon you pure water, and ye shall be clean; from all your impurities will I cleanse you," etc. "And I will give unto you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put into you, and I will remove the heart of stone out of your flesh; and I will give unto you a heart of flesh, and my spirit will I put into you, and I will do it so that you shall walk in my statutes, and observe my judgments and do them." Again, ib. xxxvii. 23 and 24, “Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them, so that they shall be my people, and I will be their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also walk in my judgments and observe my statutes and do them."

15. Ancient troubles and sorrows shall cease for ever. See Isaiah lxv. 16, "He that blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself with the God of Truth, and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of Truth; for the former troubles shall be forgotten, and