In short, all the authority necessary has been received to enable men to become co-workers with Jehovah, angels and the spirits of just men made perfect, in building up an everlasting kingdom, instead of the man-made governments of today. A kingdom is to be established to which the Great King shall speedily come, "in the clouds of glory," surrounded by His angels; and the Saints of other days, who are singing the songs of heaven, will speedily have fulfilled the words of John, "He has made us kings and priests unto the Lord our God, and we shall reign on earth." The promise of Jesus that the "meek shall inherit the earth" is coming to pass, as also the words of Job: "I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He _shall stand at the latter day upon the earth_: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in _my flesh shall I see God_: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another" (_Job xix._, 25-27). All these and many more grand and glorious promises are about to be fulfilled. The decree has gone forth, God hath declared by His own mouth, and the mouths of all the holy prophets, that His power and authority over the earth will be asserted; and who is man, to contend with God? An appeal is made to the honest in heart to heed this call--to pause, to mediate, to ask God, "who giveth to all men liberally," for wisdom to know what to do. {297} Here are evidences worthy of their attention: The testimony of the _three witnesses_; the signs following the believers; the eyes of the blind opened; the ears of the deaf unstopped; the tongue of the dumb made to sing; the lame man to leap as an hart; devils cast out; unknown tongues spoken, and the interpretation thereof given by the spirit of inspiration; prophecy fulfilled, and the Spirit of God making manifest to the honest in heart the great fact that God has again spoken from the heavens. Many questions are asked relative to our belief on the subject of gathering, and we again turn to the Scriptures to answer the questions: These things are not done or spoken in a dark corner, but as good men as are in existence to-day testify of them. "And it shall come to pass in the _last days_ that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the _top of the mountains_ and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it" (_Isa. ii._, 2-4). "And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly" (_Isa. v._, 26). "And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel (not the Jews alone, but _all Israel_) and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth" (_Isa. xi._, 12). "I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers" (_Jer. xxx._, 3).