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Show r i j : JUMil'll, TilK I'llOI'IIEI. , ' 1 Tlia i'.lrd of Dacambar, laUS, It Ilia i il maanorabla day on wlilih Joaaph i ij Smltb, tba gnat Praphat ol Ihapraaant ! I L-antury, tba harald of tbe aaoond o rn lug of our iiord, onlorrd on bla aartbly j i. rulaalon. Tba blatory aid work of thai ' j j raruarkabla man baa aiartod a puwetlul : ! Intluauca upon Ibauianda of buruab . j j lialnga lu all parla of tba aartb, dliael. . t ! log not only thalr moda of Iboutbl, , i ' hut alio Ibalr oonduot of Ufa, Into naw t i' aod battar obanaali. II baa baan fait !; loaoroa dagrao In arary pari of Iba i ' wbola flald of Ch'lillaii tbaology i Ibroughout Iba world, aud Ita raaulla j. hira angagad tha altaullon of alalaa. t man at boma and abroad. II la wrlttan -Is In Indallbla cliaraclara on tlia auualf i I ' of men, anil Ita mamery will lira : i f, throughout atarnlty. ltrlaf, oompara. ' i 1 j llraly, wat hla aarthly oaraar, Uil 1 ": f wban In tba omnia of tlnia )' ' Ibat wbloh ba, aa Iba Inilrunirnt , lu tba banda of Ilia Almighty, aa- lumpllihod l fully iioiiiprnlionilad i 1 among the oblldruu of niau, tlio bu I ' niau raia will uulla lu pralaa, aul j j; tbalr aunga ol ararlaailng oy will ba lii j aocord witb that aung hy Ilia baaranly , hoala on tha autrauoa of tha Harlur :- Into Ihia word s "tllory to (lod In tlia I i hlgbaal, and ou aarlh paaon, gaod will toward man." 'i Kvary apaolal uii'mtover of lha A'- mighty lu lilt children baa buen : 1 . j oliargad with a inlatluu i-haraclvrlit c of bla own tlmo and clroumatauov, Moat-a'a mt'iHatio to lraol waa diavruiit from that of Noau lo hla guuarallon. r . Khjah'a mtaalou wua another than that i I nt althur, aod ao wiia Ktra'a and Joliu i i tlia llapltel', Nulihur waa a ni?iu rupalltlou to the preUeaeiaina. Kac!) j had bla own menaage to deliver an I .) had apaelal gltta aud t-qulpiucnla adi. ; j iiueto for the purpoar. All ware li.tlu- . j ouuad by tha aame riplrli, and provo.l I tha oiienenaof their dlvlue authority, but the dkatiuotluua witra inarkad. The eaiue nharrTatlou eppllre lo Jnaeph tho rruphit. He came clothed with thu ; . i power Hut adirned tba aaolit mat anugera fruiu hoaToni atill he bad a minion ol hla ran, dlllrnt Irum ! that of all who have praiedwd him. Hueaiiiat) prucUlm Iheaecond com. mg ol the 1j rd and lha uxiailly m i r-pentanee brfore Ibat eviul. Ho , iMiiio to prtpiirethe wny lur Him who ibll rule etiriiiilly. Hla wholii mliiiia may l.rltUy Lc alnud lu the aluiU'iul wurdaof the Apiical.t: Anil iho iinmil whii'li 1 w alnmt upon l I the at-a and iipim Hid i.rili,liti,.,i up . ; .1, iiul Hi Ihihvou uii, I ., ,y nun tin livi'ili fur evtir utiil over, wliu iti-uihi i li'Bvun, ana tha ihluuM ihMl lliomo urn mil the Hi.ii. mid Hi,, ihinga wliu li u, II 'beieln.llialliieronluuiid l,s unm lr ,1,. i: la Jni. iuimoij t.iu in u, ,i.v. or iun jbvi.iibaiigl, abiin heahall i ""W bo bui.'ll.'d. u ll'u' bi'lb doolai'."! ':''( V Inllla arvlint, Hit I'rnphola. -Iter 10: III luiauanra of thla nil-nl n, he, nmnnir oilier thln, fnnaliailow il a-iroa of Ihn rrcnta of lha lat timt", nnd amiin Ira ,ruf-lietlo ifrc nralitmi nie lhoi- wirch glra aa algna of the pi riachlni tprmlnallnn of the prae. ant vra ronimull In nalura ami -.roinj anil n. Y bear of wr," ha lata, "In far ojun rw, and you tay that lhara will loon be ernai wara In far oaunlrlea, but ye knuw nut tlie htarU o nie.t In your 'Wn land." ( I) io. and C t. SS: ill) "Anlliilhal ay hall ba beard nr w ira and Minima of war, and tlie wfi .la aarlh rliall b In oommotlan, aa l mau'a haaru hll nil tiiem, and they ain.ll aay that Ciirlut dolayoth Hla oomliig until the rnl nf lha earlb." (U.. aud Cov. 4-: to ) l'rullcllont nf thli riait both In Hie New Tai'aiueot and In the Inspired In-spired wrl ln.: of tills a are par-tlfiilarlya'c par-tlfiilarlya'c 'III;i-jI llila yir, l.eoauae aa It coiiui.tc I with tvpnrlt of Ihr conflict In ral4-rn Aia allll ringing III Hie eara nf mankind, ail II la about to ("loan wl'u the wurld In hreathloaa mpeiao aa l what the nelt nio-iniit nio-iniit will bring. The whole year baa a blitury thepaxeaof wl.lth areaialnrd with blooJthed Inrlileet lo war and rhta. Krrry ronllnont I a bad lit liarr, and aa the urn ol the century la nuailngihi h .nioii lla laat rayt are falling nn maiaauret lu Armenia, war In Alyamte, rebellion In I'ubaaod In other ilapfft,and tba grealeatfpowera In tha wurlJ ready for a work of dell ruction. ruc-tion. That tela condition exlala In the world, notwithstanding tha effort of peace eocletleo tad tbe phenomenal progreia ol olrllliatlon, and thai II waa pradtotad at one of tha tlgna of the laat llruae It a leetlmnny lu Iba In-aplratlen In-aplratlen of the Tropbet who told II over half a oetitury ago. The preterit oaadlllen ef the world la to the Halult a reminder Ibat they abould ba faith ru I In their mlaeloa. "I tell you of Ihata thlngt," are the Prophet'! wordi, "beeauia af your prayara; wherefore Ireaaura up wlailom la your boaoaif." Hit work waa on of peace. He pointed unl tbe road to a uulvrraal brotherhood, through fellu lu Uod the eternal rather aud faith-fiilneia faith-fiilneia to lha Chareh al lilt belorad Ptja, Joiua I'hllit. |