“Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” Joel 3:9‐16. Mark, this is not what the people say, but what the Lord says of the very same time when the people are preaching a good time coming. Another verse referred to, and representing quite a numerous class of similar ones, is found in Num. 14:21. “But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.” There is no occasion to modify or limit the meaning of those words; for their utmost significance will be realized. But when?—When sin and the curse are wiped away. After the purifying fires of the day of the Lord have burned up the last work and relic of rebellion, and the earth made new in Edenic glory comes again from the hand of its Maker, as beautiful, yea, more beautiful, if possible, than at first. It would not be within the limits of this pamphlet to follow out this subject, but the reader is referred to the following scriptures: Isa. 65:17‐22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21 and 22, and to published works. In that state this and all kindred scriptures will meet a fulfillment that is ample and complete. But for such a condition of things this side of the coming of Christ neither the Bible nor the trend of events give any promise whatever. Judging of the probability of the conversion of the world from the facts, it would seem to be far from striking. The following table gives a comparatively accurate showing of the present religious status of the world:— Jews and Parsees 15,470,000 Greek Catholics 84,136,000 Protestants 114,815,500 Brahminical Hindoos 120,000,000 Mohammedans 122,400,000 Roman Catholics 255,000,000 Pagans 227,000,000 Buddhists 482,000,000 Unclassified 51,050,000 Concerning the very small proportion of this number classed in the list of Christians, Bishop Foster has very aptly said:—