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Show ioicials Some Historic Truth THE THREAD OF GOLD IN HISTORY Better Study It Here is something to think about, especially for those who fight any and every kind of League or Society of Nations. To us there is a thread of gold running through all the big things concerning the world and mankind which links up with the Divinity that shapes the" ends of all earth's affairs. About a hundred years ago, Joseph Smith, American Prophet, sent Apostle Orson Hyde to Palestine to dedicate that land to the gathering of the Jews and to bless it that it might again become fruitful and bear and blossom. In an eloquent and prophetic prayer on the Mount of Olives this was done. The prophetic part of the prayer was that Britain should become a protector of that land so it would be safe for the Jews to gather there. For a long time nothing was heard of and little thought about this. Then World War I came on. At its close a League of Nations was established and that League gave Britain a mandate over Palestine and literally fulfilled the prohpesy made by Orson Hyde on that ancient Mount. This could not have been done without the League and a Divinity shaped things to that end. Those who fought the League were fighting the purposes of the Lord who never lets a calamity come upon His people, without first providing a means of escape, which He did in the great Covenant, but which men blindly rejected. They are reaping the whirlwind. , What Apostle Hyde prayed for concerning the Jews has literally come to pass. There are now 580,000 Jews in Palestine Pale-stine and another million will go there this year and next. They are farming 400,000 acres and have made wonderful . progress and prospered greatly. Through a sort of Com- munal system they have built up hundreds of fine homes, public pub-lic buildings, roads, reservoirs and many enterprises, etc. They art literally creating enormous wealth and making the erstwhile desert blossom as the rose. As truly as scripture speaks they are preparing the way for the coming of the Messiah. But some would reject even Him because of the touch of Communal living among the people. Again we say, these objectors are fighting the purposes of Him who guides the destinies of earth. If He, with His thread of gold, was in that first war, how much more is He in this great war? Beware men, lest you be found fighting His Plans. |