Show Hc Ites Thoburn II a Prominent prelate ot the Methodist church an address In which ho he tho t passing away of nationalism m and tho U concentration of at authority t National Imn lie ho said sahl will In the future not ex exIst a 1st us now Understood The Ilie will be freed from the prejudices of environment that noW separate then them and will seek alliances with kindre nations for tor mutual strength and develop de lLe He what In his opinion will happen In the Immediate futurE There will be the tho United States of a North AmerIca and of South America Then there thero will bo be the tho United State of Europe the Russian empire the th Clerman empire the Chinese consisting of eastern and amI Asia A ln the tho Indian empire and ond the of a Australia There Thero Is no nOl epochal provision pro vision Islon In this view for the tho em piro but perhaps the bishop imagine that the tho English will absorb Africa as a aa II a recompense tar tor the tho loss of In India la Australia and Canada There Is nothing improbable In tho tb suggestion that the world has hns entered upon an era ern vf of centralization centralisation in mankind wilt will bo be gathered en the red th In large groups nut But to predict the tho exact linea on which the tho grouping will be llone doal would nt at thIs time be difficult Aus Austria Austria tria and Germany may possibly unite may continue to expand un until until til It reaches from the At Ian de to till lie Tile rho Lath nations may hind It necessary to corn com comLine Line blue Into the United States of l Europe groupings cannot and so all on hut But these take place pi nee without of at arms and commotions among the tho nations such as the world hn line not witnessed before I held hebl l ns Its now con constituted lire are together by force Corce Within them are ele monts menta that adhere ns as loosely os as clay and Iron They tire built up ot of broken fragments In the th the tue eie cle clementI mentI menta must be Ie separated the lone done In till ho pa past must IncEst be righted The traces of the rule ot of blood anti Iron must ho be the principle ot of human Le be recognized We this IK III to take place to the Scriptures nn an era Is nt t In III which nil all power glory and dominion shall Lie he to shore e erl rl right ht It Is to rule rute This Is set lIet orth In the revelations to the Church In this us It was to lo the ho of old We lYe rind read In the Doctrine onil Covenants I 1 will myself Crom heaVen hllen with tilt groat glory nil all the hosts hereof and dwell In righteousness with men ecu on an earth a thousand years o and lid the he wicked shall not stand Doc Dec and Cov ov Sec 20 Ii 11 Hut But this ot of power by the will be preceded by great changes politically and otherwise Dit behold I say lIay unto you ou that be before fore ore this great day come the sun lIun bali bo be darkened and the moon hall be turned Into blood anti the ho stars shah fall tram from heaven and hero shah ho bl greater signs In heaven hove anti In the earth beneath anti here thero shall be b weeping and waiting amonG mong the tho hosts of men V U 14 15 ills IS IA the tho vcr very by which the Isaiah lii 18 thought to have do de described scribed the fall of oC the ern em emIre Ire Is 13 10 Joel the tho end of the Jewish state Joel 2 10 our Lord the he same event Math I th 24 22 and John the he the tho tall fall of home Rev ne neG G 12 It If that Interpretation is III correct great grent ad momentous events In the political world orld are arc to be expected before th be beginning Inning ginning of tho ho reign oC at the theton ton Son of that In tho th pie pic pictorial erich language of the tho prophecy can liLly bo be compared to the darken darkenIng Ing ag of the heavenly luminaries that rule ule day night and their deviation from rom their wonted courses In 11 space It III necessary to be prepared for tor fortich tich Ruch events It Is necessary to be guided by n a faith founded not on the pinions opinions of men but Lut on the tho firm rook of t revelation for those who aro not 80 3 founded will surety surel perish In the storms and tIES the floods that are corn coal ig anti the will bo be great grent |