glory the inhabitants of the earth will be all righteous, all holy, and that in that dispensation there will be a succession of holy generations; and if this succession. has existed for so long a period when or how has it to end? But in their interpretation they impliedly teach, it will never end; and this is the very doctrine of the passage. It is asserted, "A seed shall serve Him;" it shall be accounted to the Lord for a, or rather, as it is in the original, for the generation. But the word the generation, neither itself, nor as it occurs in the passage, signifies a definite number for ever the same; but an ever increasing number, for it signifies build, pile up, increase, and might have been rendered "a seed shall serve Him;" it shall be counted to the LORD for the building, piling up, or the increase. And if this be correct, then, while the seed serves Him, the piling up, the adding, the increasing will be progressive; and if they are to serve Him eternally, so will they be eternally increasing. And this eternal increase or progression will furnish them with the perpetual opportunity of declaring the Lord's righteousness unto a people that shall be born from generation to generation through the flight of endless ages. This seems to be the doctrine taught in this passage. Look at the generation then, the holy ones inhabiting the new earth, and from that generation we are taught, a new generation shall spring up to serve the LORD, and so on eternally, each declaring to the other his righteousness; for surely it will not be contended, that when the generation, or the

increasing, inhabiting the earth become all holy, the Lord will cut off their increasing, and their service to Him of declaring his righteousness to a people that shall be born, when he has declared that they and their offspring with them shall inherit the earth for ever and

ever.

The same doctrine seems further taught by the sweet singer of Israel, Ps. cii. 25-28, " Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed; but THOU art the same, and THY years shall have no end. The children of THY servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee." Here reference is made to the change through which the earth and the heavens or surrounding atmosphere are destined to pass; and it is asserted, that amidst all these changes Jehovah shall remain unchanged. "Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end." When the new heavens and the new earth have been created, Jehovah Jesus will live eternally in them. But if He is to survive these changes, and live years without end, so also are his redeemed people for whom this new creation "is prepared. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before. thee;" that is, while CHRIST continues to exist they shall continue; for they and their seed. are to continue, or dwell, or be established before him. This establishing

takes place at the time of the new creation, and when introduced into this state they are to increase; and if that increase once begin, where and when shall it end? End it can have none; like the abiding of his servants before Him it will continue for ever; it will be established as an order in the kingdom, and their numbers will be perpetually increasing. If it ends, then also may the continuance of the children of his servants. before him end. The increase of the race seems clearly implied both here and elsewhere. "He shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand." 'Of the increase of his government there shall be no end."

The same doctrine is not only implied, but manifestly taught in the covenant made with Abraham. He and his seed are to have the land for an everlasting possession; and when in possession of that land, the LORD promised to multiply his seed as the stars of heaven. Abraham and his seed have never yet inherited the land; nor have his seed been so multiplied; but when they are gathered from the lands whither GOD in His anger has driven them, according to His sure word of promise, and united under one head, under God's servant, the Beloved, then will they begin to multiply, and having once begun, where in scripture is it taught, or even insinuated, that they shall ever cease to multiply? Man may assert they will, at the day of judgment; but it has already been shown, that that is the time when they will increase more rapidly; and

therefore, the reason of the assertion is demanded. Men may take it for granted, that the increase of the race will cease at the day of judgment or at some other epoch, but as such a doctrine is not taught in the Bible, proof upon this point is demanded. When the seed of Abraham get the promised land for an everlasting possession, they will consist of parents and children, and the getting possession of the inheritance, will not surely prevent the children growing up to manhood; neither will it prevent them from multiplying. On the contrary, it is when they have possession of the land, that the LORD has promised to make their number as the stars of the sky, and the sand upon the sea shore. And if they are to possess the land for ever; and if, when entering upon the possession of the land, to increase in numbers; and that too, for ages after ages, why are they not in the eternal possession of the land to increase for ever? The land was promised to them for an everlasting possession, that they might for ever multiply in the land: and it would be as consistent to hold, that they shall not have that land for an everlasting possession, though GOD has sworn they shall, as, that they shall not as long as they possess that land multiply therein.

Moreover, the promise to Abraham in the covenant, was, “In blessing, I will bless thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply thee." Now it will not be denied, that intimates to Abraham that He

in this promise, God

will bless his seed eternally; and if this be true and

admitted, then it must also be true and admitted that He will multiply his seed eternally. There is no intimation that the work of blessing them is perpetual, and the work of multiplying them only temporary. God's blessing them and God's multiplying them according to the very nature of the covenant and promise, must be, and assuredly are co-enduring. If then He blesses them eternally, as assuredly He will do, as certainly will He multiply them eternally. The continuance of blessing and the multiplying stand or fall together.

The ceaseless propagation of the race, is also taught by the angel Gabriel, when he declared to His virgin mother, “He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end." When the restored throne of His father David is given to Him, and according to the promise and prophecy, He begins to reign over the house of Jacob; we have seen, that the Jews are to be converted, and multiply under His divine and holy government. Of this there can be no doubt, for it is clearly taught in scripture. Now it is the introduction of this kingdom, that is to bring about this order of things; but this kingdom when once introduced is to be eternal: "He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end." Now it cannot be supposed, that it is merely of the continuance of the government or rule, or of the duration of the kingdom. itself, that there shall be no end; but also, of the