come to the dawning, then
the noontide, then the evening of this great day and we will find the
glory and the wonders to be as the prophets foresaw and described.

What can the holy seer mean by saying, "Violence shall no more be heard in
thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders"? We have only to
turn to the eleventh chapter, where we have this clearly explained. Let us
read: "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a
Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the Lord shall rest
upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; and shall
make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of
his ears; but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and
faithfulness the girdle of his reigns. The wolf also shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child
shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand
on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles
seek: and his rest shall be glorious."

Who does not know who is referred to by the words "the Root of Jesse,"
whom the Gentiles shall seek, "and his rest shall be glorious"? We hear of
one saying in the New Testament, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." "Violence shall no more be heard
in thy land." "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb" in the day when the
Gentiles shall seek rest in the Root of Jesse. This prophecy will never
have a literal fulfilment, as some erroneously teach. It only exalts the
salvation of the Branch of Jesse to deliver men from the wolf and lion
disposition. It