Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-05


ness seek righteousness II may be
that ye shall be hid in the day Of the
Lords anger" tZephaniah H. -.
Hidden Things to Be Revealed.
The greatest Teacher the world has
ever known. a Jew eighteen centuries
ago, declared propheucally of our day
that every hidden thing shall be re-
vealed Matthew x. 26l We see his
prophecy fulfilling The secrets of ma
tons are being exposed Injustice in
its every form, is being brought to
light as never before. inequity in
financial institutions and in politics
and In private affairs is being remorse-
lessly muckraked and brought to light.
! ExpedieDcy 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 10 appear
/ evil. We are merely noting the gen.
| eral tendency-the great fact SO pc
| culiar 10 our day. We are not saying
that every charge Of fraud is bona fide.
The great dwelling 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 xI. 3l--show
his path of righteousness make it
! known TO alt the people.
! We should remember. however. that
/ 1t is one thing to know the path Of
/ Righteousness, of justice and of equity,
and another thing to walk therein.
Let us, my deag hearers, see 10 il 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 we be not condemned In respect
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, yet ignore that 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 abomlnable 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 grlevous to be
borne, and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one of your fingers"
duke xi, 44-4G).
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 hypocrisies which
appear so abominable 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-
pies of justice and righteousness In
their homes. In their neighborhoods, in
the workshop and in the markets. Let
us not only proclaim and 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
uncovering OF the hidden things OF
darkness, and the bringing of them
to light. and the proclamation Of the
straight way Of the Lord, will have a
great effect. and that effect is declared
by the Prophet. II will mean a Revo-
lution-in symbolical language, an
earthquake. Note the picture given:
Every valley shall be exalted, and
every mountain and hill shall be made
low; and the crooked shall be made
straight. and the rough places smooth
Not in one instant will all this mighty
, transformation of society be accom-
plished Not at once will all the de
graded members Of the human family
| be brought to the general standard oil
| level Not at once will the mountains
, and hills (the kingdoms and prince
, doms Of the world be brought dowI
I to the common level. Not at once will
: thus a general equalization of society
> be effected. But IL tciu be effected
/ 1.-THE mouth Of the Lord hath spokeI
. it."