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Do you
then pray, in daily supplication, “Thy
kingdom come?" Well, that kingdom cannot
come in the full glory and universality of its do-
minion, until God's banished ones shall return to
their land, acknowledge their Messiah, and in Him
adore and serve their God. Connect then the
ancient heritage of God with his Gentile flock in
your fervent supplications; and wrestle with Him
who fills the throne of grace for the coming of that
time when there shall be one fold under one
Shepherd-Christ Jesus the Lord. Then, and not
till then, will be heard the emphatic cry of praise
and adoration from the ransomed Church, "Alle-
luia, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!"

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"In mercy shall the throne be established; and He shal! sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness."

(Is. xvi. 5.)

LECTURE V.

THE FURTHER UNFOLDING OF THE ORIGINAL PROMISE BY THE PROPHET NATHAN'S MESSAGE TO DAVID CONCERNING HIS SON, TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPHETIC PSALMS.

BY THE REV. FIELDING OULD, M.A.,

INCUMBENT OF CHRIST CHURCH.

2 SAM. vii. 18, 19.

"Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord; and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?"

THE subject which has been assigned to me in this course of Lectures is probably the most interesting, if it be not the most difficult, as compared with those which have preceded, to treat judiciously. That subject is, "The further unfolding of the original Promise (viz. of full restoration by the seed of the woman) by the Prophet Nathan's message to

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