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Though dim as yet in tint and line,We trace thy picture's wise design,And thank thee that our age suppliesThe dark relief of sacrifice,Thy will be done!And if in our unworthinessThy sacrificial wine we press,If from thy ordeal's heated barsOur feet are seamed with crimson scars,Thy will be done!If, for the age to come, this hourOf trial hath vicarious power,And, blest by thee, our present painBe liberty's eternal gain,Thy will be done!Strike, thou the Master, we thy keys,The anthem of thy destinies!The minor of thy loftier strain,Our hearts shall beat the old refrain,Thy will be done!--Whittier.====================R1154 : page 3MR. TALMAGE'S VISIONOF THE MILLENNIUM."The night is far spent; the day is at hand." --Rom. 13:12.--In the midst of the great revolutions of thought in thiswonderfully revolutionary period which the Scriptures term"The Day of Jehovah"--"the day of his preparation" for theMillennial reign of Christ, it is refreshing to observe that the dimoutlines of God's real purpose are already beginning to dawnupon the minds of sincere thinkers who are not yet prepared forsuch a radical transformation of their theological views as God'splan of the ages makes manifest to others of God's believingwatchmen on the towers of Zion.While echoes from the pulpits of eminent theologians in thegreat cities savor strongly of the rankest infidelity, which strikesat the very foundation doctrine of Christianity--the atonementthrough the precious blood of Christ--we see that a few arebeginning to get their eyes open to the real truth. They begin tosee "men as trees walking;" and as the signs of the Master'spresence become more and more manifest in the events of thisday of his presence, all who preserve the attitude of discipleswill be led into clearer light more or less rapidly, according tothe measure of their earnestness, diligence and freedom from