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nature, and will be accompanied by evidences of love andimpartial justice. Everyone will recognise that anypunishment he may receive is deserved and intended forhis good. He will have the best guarantee that this is so,for the judge in that day will be the meek and gentleJesus* and associated with Him will be the saints-ActsXVII, 31; I Corinthii VI, 2 Gradually the world willyield that obedience which comes from love and appreciationof righteousness, and will no longer require to be. forced.In Christ's day errors in judgment will not occur, normistakes of any kind on the part of the Great Judge."There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,' and a Branch shall grow out of his roots; and the spiritof the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom andunderstanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spiritof knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; and shall makehim of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: andhe shall not judgd after the sight of his eyes, neither repowafter the hearing of his ems ''-Isaiah XI, 1-8.This chapter is one of the best known of these whichdescribe the Millennia1 reign of Christ. It describes howsuch ferocious animals as the wolf, the leopard and thelion will lie down with the lamb and the kid, and how alittle child shall lead them. It tells, too, how "they shallnot hurt nor destroy in all God's holy mountain; for theearth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as thewaters cover the sea." In that day Christ will .see intothe hearts of men; and will discern the mo'iws whichunderlie their every thought and action.Mot only will Christ be unerring in judgment, and Hisdealings ultimately recognised by all to be just and loving,perfect, but His righteous decisions will be backed bythe almighty power of God. He has full authority fromGod to execute His wise, just and loving pyrposes whenthe time comes. When He rose from the dead, He said :"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earthm--Z