Nations have their corporate duties and responsibilities; and government, to be a blessing to mankind, must be from above, not from beneath. Government is for the administration of justice and truth; and the mere popular will can neither make nor unmake one particle of truth or justice. It is a lie against the living and Almighty God, to say that the people are the source of all legitimate power. For the blessing of mankind, what is to be desired is not "the rule of the least competent. THE MORAL, THE SPIRITUAL, THE DIVINE IN MAN MUST RULE; not the numerical force of the mere physical and arbitrary, not cunning craftiness and selfish scheming, or the volubility of the reckless and empirical, and of such as despise even the oath of the Lord. Mammon too has had his day of disastrous rule, and is found wanting. There are other principles worthy to be taken account of besides those of the wealth of nations. LET IT BE KNOWN AND PROCLAIMED THAT THE LORD GOD OMNIPOTENT REIGNETH ! The hour is on the wing when that proclamation will be accepted not as mere breath; and when it will be felt and confessed that no other kingdom is henceforth possible to be established and to endure upon this earth, but THE KINGDOM OF GOD. As a humble servant and messenger of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, I do hereby proclaim Him KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, SUPREME IN THE STATE AS WELL AS IN THE CHURCH, and thereto have set, with my hand, my heart's inmost prayer. In faith of His coming glory, I am, Men and Brethren, Your Servant for His sake, W. B. GALLOWAY. Feb. 9, 1869. CONTENTS. Nature and importance of the question to be considered; with Of the Egyptian Mythical Periods of Diodorus; their source A PRELIMINARY EPISTLE. To the Remnant of Judah and Israel resident in England. MEN OF ISRAEL, The Lord's dealings with your fathers down to the time of His glorious deliverance of your nation out of Egypt are briefly considered in this work, and the historical truth of the Sacred Record is vindicated from some attempts of modern unbelievers. The subject specially concerns you, and while it is of interest for all, to you I specially commend it. Receive it, I pray you, in faith of that greater and more glorious deliverance which yet awaits you out of all lands into which your people have been scattered, and that glorious reconstitution of Israel under the Messiah, which is promised according to the word of the Lord. The appointed measure of time is fulfilled. tiles have run their course. now at length He may have mercy, and be favourable to His ancient people; and do you, on your part, break off your sin and unbelief, that these may not frustrate His gracious and declared purpose towards you. The times of the Gen- |