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Show Tent Lecture. The series of lectures advertised to be con-ducted con-ducted in the tent north of the Knutsford hotel, were commenced last evening by Mr. F. T. Lamb of California, who spoke on the "Four Great Monarchies." The tent which has been erected on the spot lately occupied by the Mills revival tabernacle was crowded, and the audience evidently expected a treat of a first-character from Mr. Lamb. If such was their expectation, they were, to a great extent, disappointed, for the lecture, although of some interest perhaps to "Seventh Day Adventists" and kindred communities, com-munities, had little charm for the mass of the people who composed Mr. Lamb's hearers. hear-ers. The four great monarchies, said the lecturer, lec-turer, have risen and fallen as foretold in holy writ, and the nations of the present day aro all divided and hate each other with intense hatred, and although united by marriage ties between their leaders and rulers, yet do not cling together, and are arming to the teeth and making every preparation" for war, thus fulfilling the prophecy. "And in the days of these kingdoms," king-doms," says the Bible, "shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, and it shall break in pieces and shall consume all 'these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." The next thin?, then, according to this wonderful prophecy, which is going to take place is that the great God, who loves you and I, is going to set up his kingdom and destroy all others. That kingdom that we are taught to pray about at our mothers' knee when we say, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," and when that happy time has come, which must be in the very near future, will you have a part tbere, will vou reijfn there? In his discourse this evening Mr. Lamb will describe the kingdom which God will I thus set up upon earths . |