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tures of the coming Saviour ; then we see a people 

 called out of the- world and brought into peculiar 

 relationship to God, for \Vhom He made laws, and 

 for whom He established a religious system full of 

 most significant religious rites, a system whose every 

 part taught them to look forward to a sequel which 

 should be full of grace and glory ; then we look 

 still further on and trace out ihe history of that 

 people, full of wonderful events — now they are 

 captives in strange lands, now rejoicing in great 

 prosperity in their own land, and now again, 

 beneath the iron heel of foreign rulers, a people 

 wonderfully preserved to accomplish God's pur- 

 poses ; and last of all we take up the books of 

 sacred poetry, the psalms and the prophecies, and 

 while we hear the singers sing many plaintive songs, 

 and strike the strings in the minor key to tell of 

 sorrow and sin, yet running through all are the 

 joyous notes that One should come Who will save 

 His people, and make this world brighter and 

 better. 



