The following beautiful poem was printed by Dr. Thomas in hi Herald of the Future Age. It was written by a Jew of the East named Jerushale me, who had been converted to Christianity, and on that account disinherited by his father and sent into exile, where he found occupation as a translator for the press.

Ancient of Cities, admired of the nations!

Rest of Jehovah, His chosen delight!

Well may we mourn thee with sad lamentations,
Fallen thy greatness and faded thy light;

And the rainbow of promise that gleamed on thy brow
Is hid by the cloud that hangs over thee now!

Land of the Prophet, whose mystic revealings
Dimly enlighten all tribes but thine own!
Thine are the records of wonderful dealings,
Lost or unmarked by thy children alone;
And strangers and aliens, whilst they are forlorn,
Rejoice in the birthright to which they were born.

Land of the Minstrel, so sadly foreboding

Woe after woe on thy children and thee,
Linked with the joy, and its sweetness corroding,
Just as the blight-worm is linked to the tree.
Yet the poet e'en now, when he touches his lyre,
Must wake at thine altar the spark of his fire.

Land of the Martyr, whose seed, sown in weakness,
Is whitening the earth with a harvest of grace!
Thine was the worship all gorgeous with splendor,
Trumpets, and cymbals, and anthems of praise.
'Twas in thy wide cradle Messiah was lain,
And in thee for the sins of the people was slain.

Where is the outcast that shared in thy glory?
Where is the lost one so favored of yore?
Driven from thy temple, its stones lie unbuilded,

Banished thy vineyards, they blossom no more. And the soil that enameled with verdure thy lawns, Now he is an exile, bears briars and thorns.

Vainly the infidel plants on thy border

Corn for his garner or grapes for his cup; Dew from the Lord is withheld that must water; Blights are around thee that wither it up. And the land in her sabbath is waiting the day When the dew shall return and the desert look gay.

'Twas not for him thou wast placed in the sunlight,
Gilding thy temples and painting thy flowers;
Lebanon's cedars have languished before him,
Carmel and Sharon look sere in their bowers;
And sower and reaper but labor in vain,
And wealth may not purchase that splendor again.

Sadly the wanderer mourns thee, in absence;
Waking or sleeping, his home is in thee;
Feeds on the water and bread of affliction,

A proverb, reproach, and a byword is he.
Poor child! and the stranger that looks on thee now
Reads the price of his sin in the brand on thy brow.

Weary of wand'ring and worn with oppression,
Owned of no country, and favored by few!
Who shows thee kindness to lighten thine exile,
Or yields to thy sorrow the sympathy due?

In the hour of affliction mankind is thy foe,
And no brother hast thou but the brother in woe.

Who could but weep to behold thee degraded?
Beauteous for station, the joy of the earth!
If I forget thee in my exaltation,

Yea, if I hold thee not chief in my mirth,
Then may my right hand her cunning forget,
And my tongue in the silence of sorrow be set.

Lift up thine eyes to this burthened horizon,

Child of the promises, what dost thou see?
Bright golden streaks, growing wider and brighter,
Break through the darkness and gleam upon thee.
And the shaking of nations, in Nature's last groan,
Is paving the way of thy King to His throne.

He comes! O Jerusalem, wake from thy slumbers,
And shake off the dust that encumbers thy strength!
The dust of defilement long years have rolled on thee;
The day of redemption draws on thee at length.
Thy temple shall rise from its ruins more bright,

And the nations around thee shall walk in thy light.

Was Jesus omniscient while among men? It is understood that omniscient means knowing all things. Trinitarians and believers in the deity of Christ give an affirmative answer to the above question. But the facts brought to view in the Scriptures of truth contradict the claim. Jesus, in speaking of the time of His coming, said, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father" (Mark 13: 32). This shows beyond doubt that Jesus did not know at that time the day and hour of His coming. Jesus knew that He would come, but the time had not been revealed to Him by "the Father."

Again, the Book of Revelation opens with these words, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him" (Chap. 1: 1). A revelation has the object to reveal things not known; otherwise it is not a revelation. From this we conclude that this revelation revealed certain things to Jesus Christ which, up to the time it was given to Him, were un

known to Him; and since "God gave Him" this revelation, God revealed things to Him which were to "come to pass" soon after John's time. In Chapter 5 we see a book given to a Lamb (which we easily identify as the Lord Jesus Christ), and the contents of this book, we are told, were designed to "show things which must be hereafter," that is, after John's day. Since Jesus sent these things, and "signified" them to His servant John, for the benefit of other "servants" (Chap. I: I), it is clear that these things were revealed to Jesus Christ between His ascension and the time when John wrote this book.

This "revelation" contains the program of events between that day and the coming of Christ, showing, besides the order and succession of events, their chronological setting, revealing to Jesus Christ, and through Him to His servants, at least approximately, the time of His coming. What mean those seals and trumpets? They show the scenes that were to be enacted upon earth under the supervision of the Lord Jesus Christ during His absence. All these things were made known to Jesus Christ in this revelation because He did not know them. Thus we see plainly that He was not God, and hence He was not omniscient.-A. H. Z.

Holiness. God is holy, and therefore His people must be holy. Without holiness no one shall see God (Heb. 12: 14). Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matt. 5: 8). Reader, have you been washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God (I Cor. 6: 11)? If so, "blessed" (happy) are you (Rom. 4: 6-9). If not, how do you expect to enter into the kingdom of God?-A. H. Z.

"Doctrinal preaching" has fallen into disfavor, and hence little of it is done in these days. What people want-and getis discussion of ethics, poetry, civic and political problems, and such like. Ask the average attendant at the "popular" church, "What is the gospel which the apostle Paul designated as 'the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth?'" and he will look at you in amazement. What is the cause of this? Men have "turned away their ears from the truth to fables" (2 Tim. 4:3, 4). After all, Paul was a true prophet according to Deut. 18:22. The "thing" which he predicted has "come to pass."-A. H. Z.