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deaf ears shall be unstopped."EVERY KNEE SHALL BOWThese Bible Students are very generally agreed that thelong-promised "Golden Age" of Messiah's Kingdom isnear at hand. Very generally they quote and rejoice insuch Scripture promises as, "When He shall appear, weshall also appear with Him in glory." (Colossians 3:4.)This appearing or revealing will be to the world, respectingwhom Saint Paul writes, "The whole creation groanethand travaileth together until now,"..."waitingfor the manifestation of the sons of God." They quoteand rejoice in the promise which declares, "If we sufferwith Him we shall also reign with Him." Gladly, therefore,do they rejoice in tribulations and misrepresentationsand whatever Divine Providence permits, knowing thatall of these things are working out for them a far moreexceeding and eternal weight of glory--in the Kingdom.These Bible Students have come to very generally understandthat the Scriptures teach that Messiah's Kingdommust first enlighten the world before, "Unto Himevery knee shall bow and every tongue confess to theglory of God." Hence, while sympathetic with all goodworks, these Students are not expecting the world's conversionas the result of Missionary effort, and are not disappointedthat the eighteen centuries of the preaching ofthe Gospel has not brought such a result.A MESSAGE TO ALL NATIONSThe interest of these Bible Students in the presentstatus of missionary work centers in the fact that theyunderstand the Bible to teach that the preaching of the----------This journal $1.00 (4/-) per year in advance. Entered atBrooklyn, N.Y., Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.R5008 : page 124Gospel in all the world has been eminently proper, notwith the expectation of converting the world, but, as theMaster said, to give a witness to all the world, and togather an elect few from all nations, peoples, kindredsand tongues for membership in His Bride class--to sitwith Him in His throne during the thousand years, cooperatingin the work of uplifting the race as a whole.Indeed, we understand that one of the principal motivesassociated with the sending out of the Committee ofInvestigation was to ascertain whether or not there wouldappear to be saints in those distant lands, who, as yet,have no knowledge of "the Gospel of the Kingdom," andof the fact that we are now in the harvest time of thisAge, and probably very close to the dawning of the New