Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed,
but understand not; and see ye indeed,
but perceive not. Make the heart of this
people fat, and make their ears heavy,
and shut their eyes; lest they see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and convert,
and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how
long? And he answered, Until the cities
be wasted without inhabitant, and the
houses without man, and the land be ut-
terly desolate.”
Thus it is seen that darkness is upon
Israel as a nation, and will be until the
THE WATCHMAN
cities are wasted without inhabitant, and
the land utterly desolate, which will be
during the thousand years after Christ
has destroyed the wicked by the bright-
ness of his coming, and has taken the
righteous to himself. Then shall appear
the glorious new earth and the holy city,
in which the twelve tribes again, that is,
the holy and the blessed, will be restored
to their own land.
How the literal seed of Israel may be
grafted into the tame olive tree, the
church, and the 144,000, will be the con-
cluding chapters of this study of Israel.
IS IT TIME TO AWAKE?
Clarence Santee
OD is doing a special work
in the earth to-day. He is
calling the attention, not of
the nonprofessing world
alone, but the professing as
well, to the keeping of the
commandments of God.
The elements are teaching
the same lesson. This may be thought
incredible, but the Bible teaches this to
be true.
In Jer. 9g: 12 - 14, the Lord asks a ques-
tion, then answers it himself. The ques-
tion: “Who is the wise man, that may
understand this? and who is he to whom
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that
he may declare it, for that the land
perisheth and is burned up like a wil-
derness, that none passeth through.”
The answer: “And the Lord saith, Be-
cause they have forsaken my law which 1
set before them, and have not obeyed my
voice, neither walked therein; but have
walked after the imagination of their own
heart, and after Baalim, which their
fathers taught them.”
It is evident from the above that the
earth shares in the curse of sin, or “ the
transgression of the law,” for “sin is
the transgression of the law.” 1 John
3:4. This is also stated in the follow-
ing: “The earth also is defiled under
the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the
ordinance, broken the everlasting cove-
nant. Therefore hath the curse devoured
the earth.” Isa. 24:5, 6. “Thou shalt
be visited of the Lord of hosts with thun-
der, and with earthquake, and great noise,
with storm and tempest, and the flame
of devouring fire.” See Isaiah 29:6.
God says, “ When thy judgments are
in the earth, the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness.” Isa 26:0,
last part. He does not say that all will
accept righteousness, but that they will
“learn righteousness; ” “they shall see.”
Verse 11.
The only time to which this can refer
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ever be given to man to repent and be
free from the plagues that come on the
finally impenitent. See Rev. 18: 2-5.
Who can fail to see that we are in the
time spoken of when the earth itself r=-
veals that God’s judgments are in the
land? Our large cities going down in a
moment, San Francisco, Valparaiso,
Kingston; St. Pierre with its people
swept out and silent in death by one
breath from Mount Pelee; Vesuvius lay-
ing barren a vast territory, fire and death
following quick in the wake of all these.
Added to all this, pestilence and famine
are sweeping vast districts.
There is no place of assured safety.
Jeremiah, looking down to this time, said,
“ Destruction upon destruction is cried;
for the whole land is spoiled; suddenly
are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in
a moment.” Jer. 4:20. He saw tents
— dwelling places — falling “in a mo-
ment.” This could only be done by cy-
clone or earthquake. The San Francisco
earthquake lasted twenty-eight seconds.
the Kingston earthquake about thirty
seconds, or half a minute; yet a city is
ruined, spoiled. Even the feelings ex-
perienced by an earthquake are described
Harbor Street, Kingston, Jamaica, after the Earthquake.
is mentioned in Rev. 18:1, where it is
said, “The earth was lightened with
His glory.” His glory is his righteous-
ness. Take it away, and his glory would
vanish. Then when “ the inhabitants of
the world” learn righteousness, “the
earth” will be lightened with his glory.
This takes place in the last call that will
in the preceding verse. The man who
has passed through it will appreciate the
fitness of the figure. Is it time to awake?
The end is near. Soon the verses follow-
ing the ones quoted will meet their ful-
filment. They read :—
“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was
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