revealed, and the warlike conflict it produces among the nations, things have been shaped into the civil, ecclesiastical, and social constitution of things, which prevails upon the earth in the present age; and which, having waxed old, is ready to vanish away. In view of these things we come upon a very interesting, and indeed, immensely important enquiry, namely: “Upon what principle, or principles, did the God of heaven propose to carry out His purposes in relation to the developing of rulers