...Son is born — unto us a Cliil'.l is given ; that the government shall be upon His shoulders, and that of the increase of His government there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with...

...to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even FOR EVEK;' and that, 'of the increase of his government there shall be no end.' Now we contend that if these predictions be not fulfilled in the person of Christ, they have been actually...

...rapturous praise, " Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given," the promise at once follows, that " of the increase of his government there shall be no end." An objection, however, has often been conceived to lie against the doctrine of the Incarnation from...

...Christianity. The Prophet Isaiah says, when speaking of the Messiah, the glorious Founder of Christianity, that " Of the increase of His government there shall be no end," and the same prophet adds that " The knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth as the waters cover...

...And surely all this is in harmony with the statement in connection with the endless reign of peace, that of the increase of his government there shall be no end. " — Isa. ix. 7. Yes, it is evident that the endless reign of Christ, securing peace on earth and...

...putting the government of our lives upon his shoulder. So we limit his rule to narrow areas, forgetting that "of the increase of his government there shall be no end." Is Christ Lord of every place? We do not make him so. We dedicate our churches as holy unto the Lord,...

...and daughter and sent them into this world to take tabernacles; and that God the Son has the promise that " of the increase of his government there shall be no end ;" it being expressly declared that tV- children of one of His Queens sho"1 ! be made Princes in all...

...standpoint of a highly self-conscious emancipationist: "[What matters is] the noble attempt should be made for the abolition of the African Slave-Trade....what event can human wisdom foresee, more likely to 'give His Son the heathen for His inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession,'...

...indulge myself in moments of the most enthusiastic and delightful vision, taking encouragement from that glorious prophecy, that 'of the increase of His government there shall be no end;' a prediction which seems to be gradually accomplishing, and in no instance more, perhaps, than in the...