Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-05

ago. declared prophetically Of our day
that every hidden thing shall be re-
yealed Matthew X. 20. We see his
prophecy fulfilling. The secrets of ma
tions are being exposed. Injustice in
its every form is being brought to
| light rs never before. lnequity in
financial institutions and in politics
and In private affairs is being remorse-
lessly muckraked and brought to light.
Expediency and policy might say,
Hide these things from public gaze.
But under Divine Providence the light
is being turned on everywhere and
hidden things of darkness are being
exposed, sometimes In the evil and
sometimes in the good. And some
times, perhaps. the Adversary sue
ceeds in making the good to appear
evil. We are merely noting the gen
eral tendency-the great fact SO pc
culiar to our day. We are not saying
that every charge of fraud is bona-fde.
Levelling Processes Are at Work.
The great levelling processes men,
toned by the Prophet may be seen at
work everywhere in society-in poll
tics, In finance, In religion. A straight
path is certainly being marked out in
the wilderness. The people are COM
ing TO see gradually what constitutes
Justice from the Divine standpoint
the path that Jehovah God will take
when coming to mankind to require an
accounting for the blessing of religion
and Of enlightenments granted to hui
manity In this, our day Those who
point out to mankind the straight paths
do not always walk therein themselves.
Nevertheless, the great purpose Of the
Almighty is being accomplished In the
exposures Of sin and injustices, wheth-
er made from the Christian pulpit or
from the socialistic platform or in the
public press. The Divine edict Is,
"Make straight In the desert a high
way for your God" isaiah xl, 3)--show
his path Of righteousness; make 1t
known 70 NJ; the people.
We should remember, however, that
II is one thing to know the path OF
Righteousness. of justice and OF equity,
and another thing to walk therein.
Let us. my dear hearers. see to 1t that
we not only recognize the Divine
standards OF righteousness and that
we proclaim these to all who have the
hearing ear, but let us also take heed
that we practice what we preach;
that .vo ho NOT nondau,nad In roonaot
to those principles which we allow and
acknowledge and proclaim as the Gold
en- Rule to others. Alas for the hypo-
critics who proclaim the way Of the
Lord to others. vet ignore thnt way in
their own dealings. We have every rea.
son TO believe that honesty Is one OF the
qualities which our God most highly
appreciates In his creatures; hence we
may be sure that Hypocrisy is one
OF the most abominable qualities in
his sight. Hearken to the words OF the
Great Teacher, "woe unto you. scribes
and Pharisees. hypocritesl . . for we
lade men With burdens grievous to be
borne. and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one OF your fingers"
duke xi, 44-4s).
Let all who have named the name
OF Christ: all who In any sense OF the
word profess to be Gods people, put
far from them the hypocrlsies which
appear so abomlnable In others. Let us
be honest Let us practice even more
than we ever preached. Let all who
belong to the Lord be indeed burning
and shining lights In the world-exam-
Piles OF justice and righteousness In
their homes, In their neighborhoods, In
the workshop and In the markets. Let
US not only proclaim aud assist In
making straight before our feet the
pathway OF our God, but let us con-
form our words and deeds and thoughts
thereto. The general result OF the
uncoverlng OF the hidden things OF
darkness. and the bringing of them
90 light, and the proclamation OF the
straight way OF the Lord. win have a
great effect, and that effect Is declared
| by the Prophet IL will mean RevO-
luuon-in symbolical language, an
earthquake. Note the picture given:
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be made
low: aud the crooked shall be made
straight, ana the rough places smooth -
Not In one instant will all this mighty
transformation of society be accom-
plished Not at once win all the de-
graded members OF the human family
be brought TO the general standard OF
level, Not al once viii the mountains
and hills 0he kingdoms and prince
donls of the worldl be brought down
10 the common level, Not at once will
thus general equalization OF society
be effected But II ioil be effected
"rhe mouth OF the Lord hath spoken
IT,"
"The levelling process already Is be-
gun, In Germany. Tor instance, one
fourth OF the Reiehstag is composed
Of Socialists Notwithstanding the fact
that the wealthy have several votes
70 the poor mans one, Already WI
see the great mouetain Tor nation Of
Russia yielding 20 the demands Of the
people and granting them measure
OF civil rights There We see pracd
cal illustration OF the lifting up OF the
valleys and the bringing low Of Tho
mountains. In Great britain we se'
another wonderful Illustration OF this
principle. for here more than In any