could they have taught, as they have, that the ten tribes have all been dissipated among the nations never to appear any more? Listen to this:

Jer. 16:14, 15, "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither I had driven them; and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers." Jer. 23:7, 8, "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the House of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land."

Not a lost sheep of them will escape the Shepherd's care and finding; for it is said (Jer. 16:16, 17), "Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks; for mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes."

Jesus said to the Jews in John 10:14, 16, "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd." Now it seems plain and beyond doubt that Jesus was speaking to the House of Judah concerning the House of Israel, and

assuring them of the regathering of the whole twelve tribes into one kingdom again when he himself would be their King.

This regathering of Israel is called in Acts 3:21 the restitution, or the "restoration of all things." In the mouths and minds of many people this has become a set phrase, which is very misleading, and very subversive of the truth; and the difficulty arises by taking a phrase out of a full sentence which has a most important limiting clause attached. The limiting clause is "Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." This clause limits the "all things" to the things that the prophets have prophesied should be restored.

There has been much false teaching on this subject of the restoration. Teachers have so magnified the church beyond the Scriptural warrant, and lost sight of the Kingdom, that they have spent all their energies on the idea of a restored Church. There is no promise of such a restoration in God's word. There may be a restored Church, but God has surely not promised it. On the other hand we are told by Paul that there shall be a great falling away from the Church just before the coming of the Lord.

THE RESTORATION.

It is that which the prophets have declared should be restored. We cannot go outside of that relative clause. We cannot go beyond what the prophets have written. Here it is: They have promised time and again, over and over again, that it is God's purpose to restore the ten lost tribes of Israel, together with the Jews, which are two tribes, into one nation again. If there is any other resto

ration mentioned in the prophecies, we have been unable to find it.

No less than sixteen prophets have spoken clearly and unmistakably of these days of restoration; viz., Nathan, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Malachi, and Zacharias; together with three of the apostles, Peter, James and Paul.

We will now introduce the testimony of these sixteen prophets, and three apostles as to what the Restoration is.

NATHAN.

II Samuel 7:10, "Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as aforetime."

DAVID.

Psa. 89:4, 5 (Leeser), "I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant, To eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy Throne from generation to generation."

ISAIAH.

Isa. 1:25-27, "I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment and her converts with righteousness."

JEREMIAH.

Jer. 23:3, 4, "And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and I will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them that shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord."

Jer. 24:6, 7, "For I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up, and I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart."

Jer. 30:2, 3, 10, 11, 18, 21, 24, "Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave unto their fathers, and they shall possess it. Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee; and though I make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Behold I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be

builded on her own heap; and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. And their nobles shall be of themselves. (In the restoration no Gentile will lord it over Israel.) And their leader shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me; ; for who is this that will venture of his own heart to aproach unto me? saith the Lord. The fierceness of the anger of the Lord will not turn back, until he have done it, and until he have fulfilled the purposes of his heart; in the latter days shall ye understand this."

This prophecy of Jeremiah was uttered during the last forty years of the kingdom of Judah, just before the Babylonian captivity, and a hundred years after the House of Israel had been carried away. It cannot refer to the return of the Jews from Babylon, for that regathering did not inIclude the House of Israel. The fact that their nobles and their leaders shall proceed from their own midst is proof that it will not be a Pilate nor a Herod that will lord it over them when this prophecy is fulfilled. And we are beginning to understand it in these latter days. Oh what a glorious heritage awaits Israel when Jesus comes!

Jer. 31:1, 4-9, 27, 28, "At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, oh thou virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances with them. that make merry. Thou shalt yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. For there shall be a day, that the watchman on Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, unto the Lord of our God. For thus saith the Lord, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout