Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-04-21

raised 70 t6e throne Of Egypt. il
Noses day. God there raised to the
Throne a man of great determine
ton, and hindered from reaching the
Throne Others men not SCI fayorable
to the carrying out of the Divine
Purposes Thus, without inter
fering with the free moral agency
of the king, God used the wrath OF
man to praise him and the remainder
he restrained. Similarly, God prev
ious1y raised Joseph to the Governor
ship OF Egypt for his own purposes.
The Prophet describes the tumult
of that day of overwhelming trouble,
| when Gods Kingdom will be estab
lished, saying of the sea that will
swallow up the mountains, "The
waters roar and be troubled; the
mountains shake with the swelling
probably true that such socialistic
and anarchists roarings have many
times in the past caused the king
doms of the earth and their rulers tt
tremble. But some day, according t.
the scriptures, the final catastrophe
will occur. How near that day may
be who can tell? Quite good mah3
earnest Bible students concur in the
| thought that such climax is indi
| Gated in the prophecies, for the yeal
1915. Bu$ be the date as it may, tn
fact remains. The prophecy we ar,
Examining is nearly three THOUSAND
years old. but it is as good, as sure
and as meaningful today as ever II
was.
! We are not of those who would
;narass the minds of our fellows wit
ear. Rather we would point them t.
the, fact that behind" this cloud o
trouble there is a glorious silver lin
ing of millennial joy and blessing
Cor all the families of the earth
Rather we would encourage all who
have the hearing ear to zeal ant
lfaithfulness in their conservation
|that they may make their sailing
and their election sure" to share il
the Kingdom .glories and 'escape
those things coming upon earth
duke xxi, 36). In word, The Cos
Del of Christ is not a message of dam
Iaation and fear and torture, but, az
he angels declared. Good tidings
If great joy which shall be unto ali
Jeople" (Luke ii. 10).
V011V0EdHACC vi UAAC OAuTCA L 4CCUCCus
Ii the fourth and fifth verses fol
owing our text the Church is sym
iolically pictured as the City or
Kingdom Of God, His dwelling place.
IAnd the stream of Truth is. repre-
EIsented as the river making the City
7 ,leans and fresh and glad, The
proclamation is made. God is in the
midst of her! She shall not be
moved! God shall help her early
in the morning''-The Church is to
be "a first-fruits unto God" Her Sal
walton as the Bride of Christ will be
accomplished early in this millennial
morning. Oh, how glad will be all
those accounted worthy of a place in
chat 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 Cod s
people will be preserved from fear
and doubt and misunderstanding of
the events OF that time of trouble"
and that their. faith will enable them
to triumph at "a time when others
will be in great distress and perplex-
ity (Luke xxi, 26).
The GentiIes Ragged.
Beginning with the 9Th verse the
Prophet gives a brief synoptical pie
ture Of the time of trouble and its
contamination and the Inauguration
of universal peace. 1.-THE heather
Gentle peoples) ragged" These
words describe the tumult which
will prevail amongst humanity in the
great time. of trouble before the eli
L. 0H orpivn MI
voices arise from public meetings,
and in the more private meetings of
the lodges of Labor and Capital, and
trough the columns of the Press to
1.-THE extent permitted. In Germany
(the raging" Press for some time has
been muzzzled. The same is true in
Iother nations. In Great Britain, in
the United States and in France there
is a fear of tumult through public
Press raging" and everything pos
Isible is done to restrain it. Whoever
SEES that anarchy Is the most dreadful
terror confronting Civilization must
lrealizze the wisdom of reasonable re-
Istraints upon his own tongue and up
on the tongues of others. Neverthe-
less 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
melted" The unfaithfuIness of hui
| manity, the clamor of greed, both in
rich and poor. will be answered by
the Almighty, "Giver of every good
and. perfect 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 thsSsymbolical earth (society)
will melt-the social structure of
civilization will disintegrate. An
other Scripture declares that the dis
Indignation will be SO great that
"every mans hand will be against
his neighbor."
But the Prophet hastens ito as
lenro ne that In the midst of all this