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together; righteousness and peace have blessed each other, truth shall spring -out of the earth. Ps. 122: 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee: peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palace. John 3. 4. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up. Num.21: 4,8. They journeyed from the mount Hor, by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edem, and the people sinned against God and God sent fiery serpents among them, and Moses prayed for the people, and the Lord said unto Moses, Make a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass that if a serpent had bit any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived. Math. 2: 15. Which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son: this is the great prophet indeed. Acts 3: 22. For Moses truly said a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you, and it shall come to pass that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from, among the people. Mind that as you pass by, for God is not to be mocked, for this is a Prophet indeed, and Priest and King: and he is the King that will reign forever. Dan. 2: 44. And in the days of those Kings, shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to any other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. The stones were cut out of the mountains without hands, and that is the reason that hands can never throw it down. This is a wonder to the world. This stone has become a great temple, far superior to that of Solomon's. Solomon's temple was put together without the sound of a hammer, and when finished, it had the resemblance more of the Architector of the universe than that of human hands. But this temple here mentioned, is put together without any sound, or swearing, lying, or drunkenness, or otherwise of the wisdom of this world.—That is one great point for us to look into for there is a peace that dwelleth in it forever, and that is the reason that wicked men and devils never have been able to throw it down. Love is its foundation, salvation the walls and
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