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Deliveranoe of the Church Pictured.
| In the fourth and fifth verses fol-
| lowing our text the Church is SYM
/ bolically pictured as the City or King
| dom of God. his dwelling-place. And
the stream of Truth is represented as
river making the City clean and
! fresh and glad. The proclamation is
made. God is in the midst of her!
, She shall not be movedl God shall
help her early in the morning"-early
in the MilIennial morning. The Church
is to be "a firSt-fruitS unto God" Her
salvation as the Bride of Christ will
be accomplished early in this Mil
lennial morning. Oh, how glad will
be all those accounted worthy of a
place in that elect Church-"the
Church of the First-borns, whose
names are written in heaven" "She
shall not be moved" is in agreement
with the first verse in assuring us that
Gods people will be preserved from
fear and doubt and misunderstanding
of the events of that time of trou-
BILE" and that their faith will enable
them to triumph at time when 9TH
ers will be in great distress and per-
plexity duke xxi, 90.
The Gentlcs Ragged.
Beginning with the 9th verse the
Prophet gives a brief synoptical pic
ture of the time of trouble and its
conSummation and the Inauguration Of
nil III .sNhn Al
tile peoples) ragedr These words
describe the tumult which will pre-
vail amongst humanity in the great
time of trouble before the climax is
reached. Raging" angry voices arise
from public meetings. and in the more
private meetings of the lodges of La
Dor and Capital, and through the col
umns of the Press to the extent per-
mitted In Germany the raging"
Press for some time has been muz-
Zled. The same is true in other ma
tions. In Great Britain. in the United
States and in France there is a fear
of tumult through public Press rag
ing" and everything possible is done
to restrain it. Whoever sees that an
archy is the most dreadful terror con-
fronting Civilization must realize the
wisdom of reasonable restraints upon
his own tongue and upon the tongues
of others. Nevertheless the Scriptures
show us that all effort to suppress the
tumult and the angry voices of men
selfiShly raging" out against each
other will fail.
The prophetic picture continues
God uttered his voice; the earth melt
ed" The unfaithfulness of humanity,
the clamor of greed both in rich and
in poor, will be answered by the AL
mighty. "Giver of every good and per-
feet gift" He will utter his voice."
or, as another prophet declares, He
will speak to the people in his anger"
for their correction, for their reproval.
The result will be that the symbolical
earth Society will melt-the social
structure of civilization will disin
tegrate. Another Scripture declares
that that disintegration will be so
great that every mans hand will be
against his neighbour
that in the midst of all this tumult the
Lord will be with his consecrated peo-
pie. We read, 1.-The Lord Of hosts is
with us. The God of Jacob is our
refuge" This promise applies primari-
ly to the consecrated Church of Christ
Spiritual Israel. But it also sec
ondarily applies to fieshly Israel, the
Jewish nation, which will participate
in this time of trouble, but be saved
out of it, as the Scriptures declare
Jeremiah XXX. y. In this time of
trouble the Lords jewels, his saints.
will be gathered to their heavenly
home, after which Divine favor will
25-3O).
The Psalm closes with picture Of
the devastation which will prevail
throughout the world as a result of
human selfishness and blindness
Capital and Labor will rise up to a
terrible cataclysm of anarchy. awful
for rich and poor alike. Only Gods
saints will then have peace. and that
because of their knowledge of the
grand outcome; because of their faith
in God and their willingness to ac-
cept whatever his providence should
send. Mark the grand symbolic apos-
trophe with which the Psalm closes!
May it's lessons draw us nearer to the
Fountain of Grace and give us rest.
peace and joy through obedience of
heart to him. "He QmmanueD maketh
wars to cease unto the ends of the
earth: he breaketh the bow in sunder;
he burneth the chariot in fire. Be still
and know that / am God. l will be
exalted among the heather (Gentiles,:
will be exalted i'm the EARTH