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Show TIIE TiMl'Ii: ASSUdlTII. Amomi Ihe numeroua eo-called Chrla. tlaneecte which ixlrt Inthe world Is cue uiiarallvely Utile kuwn,aud yet deeming theatltutlonof all who are Interetted In theolwrvatlou of Ihe ro. llgtuuicurcnUbfourare. Thoofllcla name of Ihlleect la "The TeuiiloAa-aociatlon.11 TeuiiloAa-aociatlon.11 'Ilorlgliiale-I In Oermany and may I conal h red as ono of the many out. growths of Ihe Lutheran I'rolmlautlam, and more pirtlcularly of the rictlam of SVurUmberg. The founder of tho aaaoilatlon was thrUlojIi llofliuanni who waa brought lo the front by the attacks upon Ihe orthodox church hy Dr. Hlrauaa Theldeaeccmeat lint lohave been almply to couuteratt the Influence of the latlonallstlo teudincheof Ihe Tubingen aihool of Ihwlogy, hut In the courso of the Utile lhat rajjed, HolTmann an I his friends wen furcexl to abandon their ltlonilei by klep and ended by fonnulatlur, a theological ajatein of their own, deQIug ratlonalUm and orthodoxy alike. I laving bom forced Into thla wal. lion, the problem niente-l llaolf: How can the unutliftclory coulltlons of C'hrlilenloni, wllh all Its attendant social evlli, be remedied? Mr. ltofr. uiaaaiw clearly that both I'roti slant Iim and CathollcUni were iiowerloaj, Their rieources were eihaualed an) could not ha replenished, llealsoaaw that tho only uu ana of restoration waa tolufouudln tho establlslunent of the Millennium. He reiogntud, however, that this waa not tho work of tutu, llefultthat Oud alone coul I a.ijniilisli this yaat work, and ho acknowledged that ho hal recilved no roelutloin, no authcrlly h Inaugurate a new Ul.pi nwtlon Hit iiotwItlnUiidlng this l.o reclaimed, In a uain hlet en, tilled, "Volte, of I'ruphocy over lulu 1 anl, Ihe Poor lo of dol" the neiesslty offcrinlngauuuoclatlou with Ihe oh Jed of gathering Ihe peoilo of Uod lu I'alrttliie an I w orklng for tho rtlailld, Ing of the leui le of Jerusalem 1 1 w as thought that when a btnllclt nt num. beroffalthfulhal been inulirreil, the I,ordoullaiiaaraud Itistmct tl.im what to do for the furtlicjance of tlio millennial cause lu which tho hud eullsteil. In 18V) the lillhi aect ha I Kiliertl Dieaus enough ti neu I thnu of their numUr to rilialliia tn (arefully uu ly ((, loutilri aud IU pukslbimirs, These million. MKiBirn'nl ""wtiSjeleJ their work and re-lorledlturt re-lorledlturt the country could t folonlij lotthitauorganledaoclely muat UW ibs matter lu haul. The 'Wit Wu aJol-'t "' "' """o1-"on """o1-"on Watonwl wllh Ihu clearly de. """'objet of redeeming I'alratlno ,,l,iPrrarlc " ''" Ul" aMllletnilail r,gn of j brM Three Ihouaau I aouls Joined til s.uclalhn In Wurtemurrg Hio-molasnl i rea I to other parte of "'frniS, rulurrhul, Ituaali and -ri tig L'ollel riUtea. 'MilMi four youugmenweroaent lo ISIeiios In order to learn "'a"nL,e aul atudy the tus. '"'l iw cnunlry. They were '"Ilonij o I" lyMMl lauiniea hqendlsr red to found a colony on laui ral plain it Jaanel, lt Ihey uctiiroui w fevers, net llng accus tomfcllt- the climate, aud the aur ylora wire kfallar-d Iglitliears later two uilatlce, 'IoirrnJoTinl llardegg, were sent to Wie-Holy I ml These genllemell ""t r1r to ( onelaiitlnople aul w. tltlorml 1 1 !ullan, Ihrough Ih Her-'"lArau-rtdor.fora grant of land 'oruolonlntion I'irpwi. After a delay de-lay of Venial tuootba Ihe aiuwercame from lh, nigh l"orle, that they must, flrl e.., ,-.n.a Turkish klllletts Wlthrm, fonJItlon Ihiy rtfuod to comply,, nj iheyirociiHli-d to Haifa, where tk,r lou(htland and fouuhil u' flnteolonir The following )iar aecond cclonT wsaritabllshed In Jaira, and some years later one In Jetusali m. A few 'fmlllt have taken up rial, diners It. UmlsanJ In Naurelli and he tiuruUrofthls body In raleellne la "o mors than IS aoula. They are under tie Oerman goveriimciil, r re-aented re-aented k the consula, and are alto KetherMoJepmlent or llio Turkish Sernrftit, eice as faraa tho pay menl of certain hues Is concerned. The pment condition of thcev lein pl colonies seema to he proajieroua. The inenbers ar ttlllgent workmen, living lj comforUble liomte. The soil yUMs as iridinlly and the w ork of the arlouatn,lrs seems to l remunera tle. A few of the colonists are lealiy well off Theiprihnlcondltlonla not men oonragiar The euthualasni which ouMledthcrato arundou their native aull for IVrttlne's aacrnl ground haa partly toulJed. IVul la hive euterixl many 'ml n la as to Ihe puaelblllly of gaining Uieuljixt they uuce hail tu view. 'Anew generation, their ihlld rou, larolog up around them and their rcsuurrc leim to be lnadetuatu to the gna Ing dentan la. A t the uutaet Ihey wrte locirlni'rd aud without Die aupnU lajoiu ueceascry for thtlr unJcrtalln Wheu ihey first came land waa cheap and they colli 1 lutvu obtaluul a largo area it a small coal. Hut their Icadera told them that the time would oorue when the native would lj happy t give them all Ihe laud they wanted without tcuulary conal lern Hon. They therefore neglected lo lnvestlaland,and commenced luati ad tn bulkl exiuslvo house ou small lots. Cut at ireaeut land cannot can-not ho had tor nothing In ralcatlnc. The natives learned lhat laud was valiatib,. and thev liuM It tmur la, the vicinity of colonies nt viry high price, tad the colonists are not al.lo to enlarge their susiilons as fait a would be desirable. Xor bnvs they been able to keep Uieuuehe free from a factional spirit. The two contending elsruiuta that I ring if everywhere, th spiritual aud the atuMly, haw found representative represen-tative among 4ho colonlata, aud are both contending for the suiremocy. And It la ocly a qutallon of time when the whole tctiiI movement will hae hecome'a arcular and iollttcal aflalr. The ruaotlatlou, Instead of Inaugural. lug thI.MIIIennlum, will simply havo added a fe acre of ground to the Mer man Knii!re And that wl lw the oonsumhiatlon of tho great Kheme. Pahwllna iitoJe for II rclein Hon romethbig moro than mem human wisdom, can suggest. The Inhabitant Inhabit-ant of (hat country, and particularly par-ticularly the Jews, ntt-J the Ooipel of Jeaua ( hrlst. They need the revelations from on High and the rratoratlinofall tho ordinance and hlcAfiluga which ouco made Uiat country coun-try the tra of the eirth. Iftluy can receive these Ihulngi, they will be rrdiwrutdanliheway will ha ovued for the It building of the tt tuple uu the Bot once sanctified for this ur-i . The "Trmle Aesoclatlou" has -r-formelgioilfriaraturywork. There Is so loom fur doubling thU, hut tho great wirk Itself Is It A to the Halnta of the Moat High, whose apeclal calling II I to pre) ue Ihe way for the kingdom of peace, liberty and rlghleousnni. |