at the dedication of the temple, in the prophecies of Balaam, the blessings of Moses, and in the portrayal of a new universal Kingdom of peace and righteousness in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel and the minor prophets. But it is especially in the Psalms that these visions and promises become missionary prayers. The second Psalm strikes the key-note. “Ask of me and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” In the twenty-second Psalm
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