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"The Great Pyramid."Bible Students' Convention, St. PaulFriday, August 17, 19069 to 10:30 a. m. - General' Rally, Praise and Testimony10:45 to 12 a. m. - Discourse by Brother John Edgar. Subject, "The Great Pyramid."THE GREAT PYRAMID, BUILT, 2170 B. C.DEAR Friends: I have great pleasure in coming be fore you and speaking a little more concerning God'spurposes with regard to the time features of His plan. I want to remind you of our motto for this year, "In DueTime," and to show you how God has been working everything on time. It is six years since I first read thechapter on the Pyramid in the third volume of Millennial Dawn. At that time I was somewhat prejudiced againstit; partly because the Pyramid is not the Bible, and partly because it seemed to me too fanciful to imagine thatits various passages should symbolize the plan of salvation. I cast the matter entirely aside, and did not study itagain until April of this year (1906), when I had to take it up in the usual course of the Glasgow class for Dawnstudy. My knowledge of God's plan of salvation is now deeper and wider than it was six years ago andaccordingly I am now better able to appreciate the symbolism of the Pyramid. As a result of this year's study ofthe Great Pyramid I agree with Brother Russell that it is indeed God's stone witness in Egypt. I now feel certain,dear friends, that God was the architect of this wonderful structure and that it was built fully 4,000 years ago inorder to be God's witness to the world in the Millennial Age. The reason why God has given us the privilege topoint out that it is the witness, and wherein it is the witness, is that we, the feet-members of the Body of Christ,are living in the opening years of the Millennium. In our study of the Pyramid our love for God grows deeper,because we see in it His loving favor for us and for the world in general, and at the same time our awe of Himincreases as we perceive His power and wisdom.Now, dear friends, I shall not take time to discuss the outward features of the pyramid but shall confine myself