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was denounced, and for the same reason all who will live Godlyare similarly offensive.But if any man will reprove, let him speak as an oracle of God,and let nothing be done or said, through bitterness, strife, or vainglory; but let him by a meek and quiet spirit show forth in lovethe power, as well as the form of Godliness to the praise of Himwho hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.Jesus in his day called the attention of the Jews to the judgmentsof God about to come upon them, saying: "These be days ofvengeance that all things written should be fulfilled." (Luke21:22.) Elijah gave warning of the death of Jezebel and Ahab,that dogs should lick his blood and eat her flesh. So here itbecomes our place to speak the word of God as declared by him,that Ahab and his successors (the Roman and succeedingempires) shall be slain--i.e. destroyed. (Dan. 2:44.) Also, thatJezebel shall be "eaten by dogs" (the degraded), i.e. Papacy, andin fact the nominal church, as it represents the same church andworld-united system, shall be cast down and consumed.Elijah further represents the "little flock" of despised ones, bybeing highly exalted, caught up in a whirlwind. Oh, that we maybe among the little company now separating, who shall soon bechanged in a moment into the perfect likeness of our Lord andhead!====================R235 : page 6PRUDENT OR IMPRUDENT, WHICH?Wisdom and prudence are good things in their place, and whennot overdone or abused; but there is such a thing as being overwise,or "wise above that which is written," and there is, wethink, such a thing as being prudent above that which is written.We have been somewhat exercised upon this thought by theexpressions and looks of some of our friends, when theirattention has been called to the subject of Restitution.The thought that men are to be restored to natural life again, tolive again in the flesh as men, that they are in fact to be restoredto all they lost through Adam, or because of the sin of Adam,seems to many to be the height of presumption, but they wouldnot apply the same rule of reasoning to other matters, we think.Take Rom. 5:18-19: "As by the offense of one, judgment cameupon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness ofone the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Foras by one man's disobedience, many were made sinners, so bythe obedience of one shall many be made righteous." Now ifthese words were used in the same way regarding anything otherthan the relation between God and man, who would think of