The Washington herald., 1909-03-22

Financial panlcs are not the result OF
Wall street cabals. nsr are national dis
astcrs. great losses OF life. defeats OF
parties. famInes. and floods the result
Of the Vaccinations Of men. They are
evidences OF the retributive law Of God
and incidents OF the divine chastening
process"
God barle-aX- was the subject OF
DR.. Wallace Radcune's sermon last
nigat in The New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church He chose for his text the
lords prophesying the fau OF Jerusalem
before the pagan hordes OF Nebuchad-
uezzsr. Behold. I VIII bring my word
upon this city for evil and not Ior good
Speaking or the responsibilities OF gov
ernments and business bodies, Dr- Rad
cliHe said:
Morals in Business Life.
I'VE sometimes try TO excuse govern
ments from the moral law We pauiate
in business life what We would not tol-
crate in private life The men who adj
minister this nation from their places IN
this city are accountable as strictly as a
body as they are individually. II a gov
ernmeut onends fl vii suffer
There is no such thing as a small sin.
either in private or in organized life
Il an act is unworthy and contrary 20
the teaching Of Jesus. IL brings down the
divine wrath. The fact that governments
believe in capital punishment Is an evi-
deuce Of that principle. Just as God
brought his battle-ax down oa the errins
city OF Jerusalem, SO civI authorities
sometimes md f. necessary % destroy.
for the ultimate good cf the community.
Modern sentiment would relegate the
battle-ax TO the museum. and yet Jeho-
yah himself is a God % warfare The
law OF retribUtion lie imposes IS tm-
mutable. But in His administration he
combines grace with punishment Al
things IN His hands shape themselves
To His purpose ETery human emotion.
\ every circumstance OF daily life. every
J business crisis. and every domestic
event has its significance in the great
/ process He destroyed Jerusalem by the
hand OF q pagan
Bad Ministers 10 Good
Against his chosen people he directed
/ hIs battIe-sx in the hand OF the ruler OF
/ Babylon. whose very existence was az
insult 20 God He uses the bad 90
minister 10 the good. and then Furnishes
! the bad for the harm II has done 10 the
good He smote Jerusalem for o-ed king
! its covenant. and so he smit-s any other
/ Jerusalem that turns its hack on the
law Of moral good. OF that makes lis
dwelling in the atmosphere OF its own
! conceit.
Woven into the very fabric OF Gods
retribution. however. We md abundant
1 tokens OF His reluctance 10 punish until
/ all other means Of redemption have failed
| He Is long suffering, slow 90 anger. Guicb
| 20 forgive. He gave numerous light taps
/ Of His battle-aX 10 Jerusalem before He
] delivered the anal blow He does not mean
I destruction unless We mean it, He de-
stroys only that which is useless and
/ antagoujsuc. That is what lie means
when He inlicts sorrow. and other
/ tTibulations that are often inexpIIcabIe-
Reform Follows Discipline.
Reformation and regeneration follow
/ reluctant chastisement in Gods scheme
It was a new Jerusalem that was evolved
/ from those centuries OF discipline Power
pleasure. profit. or pride may be slain
/ the earthly mar may be defeated. dis
| honored. dead. But God breathes new
lie into the PROSTATE form, and II shall
I live
| The choir. composed OF Mrs. W. II
/ Shir-Clif Miss Pauline Whitaker. John
/ II. Nolan. and Joseph F. Matthew. sans
/ the anthems God Be MercifUI Unto Us
and Bless U.s. and Lord Most Holy
\ Lord Most Mighty"