Deut. xxxii. "Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee."

Why should the children of Israel be told to remember the days of old, and to consider the years of many generations? It seems as though it was to direct attention to the past; not that which has just gone by, but to the far past: of which they must ask their fathers and their elders. This far past, the years of many generations, are the years of the past creations, and it is to them that attention is called: for they are part of the inheritance, and their landmarks shall not be removed. In connection with this it is stated in the eighth verse, "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel;" and, according to Deut. vii. 9, the covenant was made to a thousand generations. Now, consider the years of these generations: for according to the number of the children of Israel the bounds of the people are set, and these bounds must agree with the thousand generations.

These expressions each indicate a value to the duration of man on the earth simply as man, but as yet a fixed value has been given to neither of them. It seems evident from that which has gone before that the bounds of each creation are set according to the number of the three tribes which appertain to them: which was done from the first when the sons of Adam were separated. It is not clear as yet in what part of the thousand generations the exodus of the children of Israel took place, but the two depopulations of the earth, one of which was by famine and the other by the flood, take history far beyond the Adam of our race. In due time, however, the values will be made manifest: for the work progresses step by step, and the light will shine accordingly.

It becomes more and more evident that the children of Israel were raised up for a special purpose and as a special people unto the Lord, that by them and through them the wonderful workings of the Lord should be manifested.

Deut. xxxii. 8 "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel."

These bounds were set in the great plan Zion, and consequently the longevity of each race can be determined by the number of the children of Israel of the tribes appertaining to it; that is, the duration of the Euphratic race will be limited according to the number of the children of Reuben, Judah, and Levi (but the tribe of Levi was not numbered); that of the Hiddekelic race by those of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan; that of the Gihonic race by those of Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; and that of the Pisonic race by those of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali. By reference, therefore, to the book of Numbers, i. chapter, it will be found that the number of the children of Reuben and Judah combined is one hundred and twentyone thousand one hundred; that of the tribes of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan is one hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred; that of the tribes of Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun is one hundred and seventy-one thousand one hundred; that of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali, one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and fifty. The half-time of the Pisonic era is three thousand nine hundred and thirty years: consequently the whole era is seven thousand eight hundred and sixty years. Therefore by simple proportion the duration of the Euphratic race would be six thousand seven hundred and seventy-two years; that of the Hiddekelic race would be nine thousand five hundred and fifty-one years; that of the Gihonic race would be nine thousand five hundred and sixty-eight years; whilst the Pisonic is already given, viz., seven thousand eight hundred and sixty years. Now, these creations being consecutive, it follows that from the creation of the first man of the White race unto the creation of our Adam there would elapse a period of twenty-five thousand eight hundred and ninetyone years; which would fix the minimum limit of the sixth day of creation, man having been created in this day.