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be re-established us soon as possible This hud resulted between the 

 Boers and ourselves to a surprising extent. It was not only just 

 and right to avoid " f rightfulness " and cruelty in war : it was also 

 politic and wise. He hoped the time would never come when our 

 rulers, swollen with pride, should treat the nations associated with 

 us under our flag with aught but justice, sympathy and honour. 

 He hoped that one result of this present struggle would be a greater 

 simplicity of living and a much better preparedness should war 

 be again forced upon us in the future. Above all, let us, as a nation, 

 give honour to God and obey His Word. So doing we might 

 reasonably hope that our Empire might continue to prosper in the 

 future, not to the exclusion or suppression of others, but as the 

 leader in good government and freedom. 



Prof. Langhorne Orchard desired heartily to second the vote 

 of thanks to the Lecturer. The Roman Empire had been the best 

 of the ancient world, and he thought the British was the best 

 Empire of the modern world. The Germans had been led astray 

 by their military caste, and by philosophers and historians like 

 Nietzsche and Treitzschke, into thinking that there was something 

 noble in the enslavement and oppression of other nations. There 

 was something far higher and nobler than that, namely, to help and 

 uplift them. According to Plato's definition, the aim of right 

 government must be the advantage of the governed. The laws 

 were to be obeyed, but the essence of right law was that it must be 

 for the good of those who were subject to it. God Himself was the 

 Governor of the universe, and His rule manifested itself in authority, 

 in wisdom, and in love. Would there ever be a W^orld Empire ? 

 Yes, most assuredly. The nation of Israel shall be restored to its 

 own land, and the Son of David shall be its King. Of his Govern- 

 ment there shall be no end, and his Empire will be the perfect 

 World-Empire, for the three great principles of authority, wisdom 

 and love will there be seen in exercise; and the subjects of that 

 kingdom will gladly render the obedience of free will. 



Dr. Pinches thought the references of the Lecturer to the 

 Assyrian and Babylonian Empires were in the main correct, but 

 doubted whether their kings had consciously entertained the idea 

 of setting up World-Empire. Probably the chief motives of their 

 wars were the desire for plunder and the wish to create a dread of 

 their prowess in the neighbouring states. 



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