o
call natural law. The Divine will not rudely break in upon His own
established laws.

Sin impairs the energy and growth of man, and so infringes upon Nature.
As man frees himself from the bondage and sequences of sin, he will rise
higher and higher in his command and authority over Nature's forces.
Three several times the earth has been cursed, which curse is gradually
removed as man returns unto his God in loving and obedient service. "And
now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground,
it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength" (Gen. iv. 11). The
secret of a world's wealth and peace lies here, and it were well if
reformers and agitators understood this. For they work best who work in
harmony with God and His laws.

[Picture: Pyramid picture]

"In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord; and it
shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the
land of Egypt."--Isaiah xix. 19.

THE STONE WITNESS. {159}
DISCOURSE XVII.

THE GREAT PYRAMID--WHO JOB WAS--WHO BUILT THE PYRAMID--WHAT IT WAS BUILT
FOR--AN EPITOME OF THE EARTH--THE HISTORY OF MAN CONTAINED IN IT, PAST
AND FUTURE--SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE, ETC., ETC.

The wonderful discourses of the Rev. Dr. Wild, of Brooklyn, were
continued last Sunday evening, before a thronged congregation in Elm
Place Church. Under the organ gallery, behind the pulpit, was a
representation of the Pyramid, or as the learned doctor terms it, "the
stone Bible," its massive rectangular dark stone foundation and some of
the most interesting of its interior passages, chambers, and mysteries.
All eyes were fastened in scrutiny upon it, well knowing that some
revelation of unusual Christian interest would be made by the Doctor from
it as soon as his lecture commenced. The preliminary exercises of
singing by a well-trained choir and prayer were therefore impatiently
listened to by many whose thoughts were concentrated on the wonders of
the Pyramid and its astounding confirmation of the prophetic Scriptures.
Dr. Wild read a lesson from Job xxxviii., remarking that the author of
that book was also the engineering director or architectural author of
the Pyramid and identical with Shem and Melchisedec. The book of Job is
the oldest book i