The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10


blessings and conveniences aud advan.
tages Of our day.
The Curse of Seifishness.
need not do more than remind
you that selfishness is to be found in
every one of US. and that a semblance
Of righteousness is insisted upon by us
all and adhered to. and violators OF it
are styled criminals. Nevertheless it
seems impossible to legislate equity.
justice. The keen intellects of men
lind opportunities for circumventing
the laws and for committing theft and
murder and sin in the face of laws and
without danger of being punished
Let us illustrate this: We have heard
of the famines of India and how the
British Government has spent millions
Of Pounds Sterling" for irrigation pur-
poses to compensate for Irregularities
in the rainfall Undoubtedly the fam
ines are to some extent due TO water
scarcity. Nevertheless, one Of the
ablest of our engineers informs the
world that there has not been in fifty
years such a scarcity as should have
created the famines. The famines Of
India, which have cost the lives Of
millions, are to be accredited to greed
-selfshness which has fiourlshcd un-
der the shadow of the law. Wealthy
milling concerns purchase the rice from
the natives and grind it into -four By
agreement between themselves they do
not compete. but press the market
price of rice lower and lower until the
poor native, unable to make a profit.
declines to plant. care for and harvest
the crop. AS result there is famine.
The poor natives suffer; but the man
ayers of the milling properties pay
large dividends of from fifty to one
hundred and fifty per cent. on Invested
capital to the wealthy owning them.
AS an illustration of the exorbitant
profits will re'ate a case: Two young
men whose accumulated savings
(about two thousand pounds. or ten
thousand dollars) invested 1t in rice
milling. Their profits for the first year
were eighty thousand rupees-about
! i've thousand pounds, or twenty-five
thousand dollars. They were not in
the combine to depress the price of
rice. but they profited by what the
combine accomplished. These inequi-
I ties of our present social order are
/ beyond the reach and correction of
( the comparatively few men of ability
not directly or indirectly interested in
/ them.
! The White Throne Judgment.
j Neither Jehovah nor his great Repre-
| sentative, Messiah, can in any sense
/ or degree be Il party to injustice or in
equity. The fact that injustice has
/ been permitted. and that inequity
has been the rule for centuries, is
/ to be accounted for by the other
/ fact that during all this period the
world has been under the reign of sin
/ and death. and not under the reign OF
righteousness and life; it has been un.
der the reign of Satan. the Prince OF
this world" and Of the darkness OF
selfshness and evil-all OF which his
! name represents-and not under the
dominion of Messiah. the Representa-
tive of Jehovah, and his righteousness
not under the King of glory, the anti
1 typical David and Solomon. the anti
typical Aaron and Melchisedec. The
New Dispensation which Messiah's
Kingdom will usher in is pictured il
our text. 1t will be the dominion that
will be world wide-pure, holy. right
eous. just. truthful. God-like-a great
White Throne. No wonder we read
that the symbolical heavens and earth
representing the old order of things
social, ecclesiastical-will all vanish
away.
But let no one think for a moment
that ecclesiastical princes. 6nancia
princes and political princes will vol
unfairly acknowledge that the hour
has come for a full surrender to Mes
siah and 10 all the principles of his alb
solute righteousness. On the contrary
these privileged members Of our race
Will more aud more be drawn together
for mutual protection-for the pres
ervation Of the special privileges which
have come into their possession. Even
now we see the prophecy of the Sec
ond Psalm fulfilling. We are In the
very time when the Lord, through the
Prophet David, calls the great ones OF
the earth to recognize the true situa
ton of our wonderful day-that II
means that the Day of Messiah has
arrived, and that he should be recog
nized and his principles of righteous
ness Obeyed
The call is recognized. Salute the
Son. o We kings of the earth, while yc
are in the way with him, before his
anger be kindled and We perish by the
way psalms II. 10-12). But no, the
prophecy declares that we are in the
day when the people, the masses. will
have foolish maginations-when they
will think that by their own strength
they can inaugurate reign of right
eousness along the lines of Socialism
or by anarchy. The people must
learn that their help is in the Lord
and not in their own frai arm. The
people must see the force of the state
ment, Blessed are all they that put
their trust in Messiah Verse 12,. The
Lord is about TO establish the great
White Throne of absolute justice in
the world
On the other hand, the money kings
and earthly rulers ana ecclesiastical
I princes are taking counsel together to-