Time was when the visible Church of the living God was wrapped up within the narrow confines of Judea; and its professing members consisted exclusively of the families and tribes of Israel. In contradistinction, however, to such narrow boundaries and such scanty membership, holy seers were privileged to glance along the roll of ages; and there to contemplate a bright and glorious era, in which the bounds of the Church of God should be none other than "the ends of the earth," and its professing members should consist of "all the kindreds or families of the nations."

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