But we must look farther still, and the eye must reach even beyond the return of Israel. There are many ready to say that they do not care much whether the Jews are restored or not, for it will make very little difference to them. But we must remember that the return of the Jews will be but the beginning of the end, for there are far greater blessings beyond. We must never forget the promise in Psalm cii. 16, “When the Lord shall build up Zion He shall appear in His glory.” There cannot be a doubt that the return of the Jews and the coming of the Lord are most intimately connected in the Word of God. Every thing therefore that affects the Jews affects more or less our hope of seeing HIM. When we see them in Palestine we may begin to look out for his appearing. When they are in Zion we may hope that HE will soon come there to reign. Oh! what a summer will that be, “when the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings,” when “the sun shall be ashamed, and the moon confounded, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and before his ancients gloriously!” What a multitude of overpowering thoughts are presented to us if we trust we see in our own day even though it be nothing more than what we think may prove to be the first budding of the Jewish fig tree! It may be only the first budding, and there may still be a great deal to follow before we gather the fruit. {15} But if there is a bud at all there is enough in it to fill our hearts with holy hope, and to remind us of the words of our Lord—“When these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh.” * * * * * * * * * * HENRY S. COLBRAN, PRINTER, TUNBRIDGE WELLS. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. ROME, TURKEY, & JERUSALEM. 17th Thousand. 16mo. cloth, 1s. 6d.; paper cover, 1s. PALESTINE & RUSSIA. 5th Thousand. 16mo. cloth. 1s. 6d.; paper cover, 1s. _JUST PUBLISHED_. REDEMPTION. A Companion Volume to _Sanctification_. In square fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. SANCTIFICATION. Third edition. In square fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. DOCTRINE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, As Taught by the Church of England. Fcap. 8vo. sewed, 6d. ALSO CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD. New Edition, revised. 16mo. cloth., 1s. 6d.: paper cover, 1s. INSPIRATION: ITS NATURE AND EXTENT. New Edition, revised. 16mo. cloth, 1s. 6d.; paper cover, 1s. THE COMMUNION AND COMMUNICANT. New Cheap Edition, revised and enlarged. 18mo. sewed, 3d.; or 2s. 6d. per dozen. BAPTISM, As Taught in the Bible and Prayer-book. Sixth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. sewed, 4d. * * * * * BY THE LATE MRS. E. HOARE. THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER; OR, NOTES FOR MOTHERS’ MEETINGS. Second Edition. 1s. FOOTNOTES. {7a} See Faber on the Prophecies. {7b} See Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem. {15} See Palestine and Russia.