Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-13
PEOPLES PULPIT.
MOUNTAINS
SWEPT INTO
THE SEA
I'VE viii Not Fear Though the
Mountains Be earned Into the Midst
Of the Ssa" Psalm XVI. y.

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| shall be bound will God be the refuge
Of his saints, but in all times and I'M
| der all circumstances s'the peace of
| God which passeth all understanding"
will keep the hearts and minds Of his
| faithful.
Therefore will not we fear, though
the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst
Of the sea-" Fear is the great tor
ment Of the majority of our race. It
Is the lash which the Adversary fire.
quently uses to drive away from God
those who need his sympathy and love
and succor. To such the Lord speaks
tenderly saying, "Come unto me, all
We that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest" And again, God
declares his name to be Love and says,
''Their fear toward me is taught by
the precepts of men"-not by his
Word isaiah xxx, 49,. He would
have us trust him as a great, loving,
generous Father, saying, Like as a
father pitieth his children, so the Lord
compassionate those who reverence
him" psalm ciii, 49,. AS love, more
love. perfect love, comes into our
hearts 1t more and more casts out the
fear which the Adversary would in
cuicate and which has burned into
mems minds and consciences the
doctrines Of devils" to which the
Apostle refers Il Timothy iv, j..
Fear not their fear, neither be
afraid" says the Lord to those who
are his people. LET the peace of God
which passeth all understanding rule
In your hearts!' Be faithful! Be
trustful! Accept the assurance that
Cali things shall work together for
good to those who love God-to the
called ones according to his purpose"
Romans viii, 28). This class will not
fear when the earth shall be removed
and when the mountains shall be car
ried into the midst Of the sea. They
might indeed be astonished and in
trepidation if these were literal noun
tains; but they are symbolicaL The
people Of the Lord, under his instruc-
ton, will not be in darkness that that
day shall overtake them as a thief, al
though 1t will come as a thief and as
snare upon the whole world duke
xxi, 35). In the symbology Of the BIZ
BILE the term earth is used to represent
the social structure, as the mountains
which constitute the backbones Of the
earth symbolic the kingdoms of the
world supported by the social order.
AS the earth represents the f1xity Of
the social order, the sea represents
; the restless, turbulent, dissatisfied
, classes which lash against the earth
and continually seek to swallow it up.
! The removal of the earth symboliZes
7 the disturbance of the social order.
The swallowing up Of the mountains
in the seas represents the overwhelm-
ing Of some of the great kingdoms Of
the earth by the uprising Of the people
f in anarchistic rebellion against social
order
: "The Powers That Be Ordained of
! God"
The fact that the Scriptures prophet
ically describe the overwhelming of
the social order and the great govern
mentS Of the earth must not be under
stood to signify that the Bible coun-
E sells revolution or anarchy. On the
2 contrary, all Of Gods people through
E out the Scriptures are counseled to
e live peaceably with all men, so far as
e possible. They are counseled not to
i use carnak weapons, not to take to the
] sword for the settlement Of disputes,
s but rather to suffer injury. They are
= counseled that God Is the great Over
s Lord, and that although he is not now
e ruling directly amongst men he is fully
!. the Master Of the situation In that he
e could at any time overthrow all op-
Il ponents. He does not acknowledge
e that his will is now done in the earth,
r but tells us that it will be done by and
i by and encourages us to pray and to
2 hope and to wait for it He tells us
/ that Satan is now the prince Of this
world" by virtue of the fact that he
deceives the minds and hearts of the
majority. God would have his peo-
pie understand something Of his great
;, Program, but he would keep this hid
den from all others; hence the impos-
sibility of explaining spiritual things
to carnal mind q Corinthians ii, 14).
"None of the wicked shall understand"
. Daniel xii 10).
The great Creator has contented him
self, with such supervision Of human
|, affairs as leaves much responsibility
In human hands. He merely inter-
feres to raise up or to cast down on
occasions when the interest of his
Cause and Program NAV demand. For
instance, the case of the Pharaoh,
raised to the throne Of Egypt, in
Moses day. God there raised to the
Throne man Of great determination,
and hindered from reaching the throne
other men not so favorable to the car
rying out Of the Divine Purposes.
Thus, without interfering with the
free moral agency Of the king, God
used the wrath Of man to praise him
and the remainder he restrained Sim