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PEOPLES PULPIT.
MOUNTAINS
SWEPT INTO
THE SEA
I'VE Will No, Fear Though the
Mountains Be Carried Into the Midst
Of the Sea" psalm XIV, y.

oil the Oea " sam XIV, ~.
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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
mcnt of the majority OF our race. 1t
Is the lash which the Adversary fire.
qucntly 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
| will give you rest" And again, God
declares his name to be Love and says,
"Thclr fear toward me is taught by
the prccepts Of mcn"-not 10y his
Word isaiah xxx, 49,. He would
have uS trust him as Il great, loving
generous Father, saying, Like as a
father piticth his children. so the Lord
compassionate those who reverence
him" psalm cii, 49, AS love. more
love, perfect love, comes into our
hearts it more and more casts out the
fear which the Adversary would in
mems minds and conscicnces the
doctrines of DEVILS" to which the
Apostle refers Il Timothy iv, u
Fear not their fear, neither be
afraid" says the Lord to those who
are his people Let the peace of God
which passcth all understanding rule
in your hearts" Re faithful! BE
truStful! Accept the assurance that
"All things shall work together for
good to those who love God-tO the
called ones according to his purpose
NomanS viii 2S,. This class will not
fear when the earth shall be removed
and when the mountains shall be car
ricd into the midst of the sea. They
might indeed be aStunShed and in
trepidation if these were literal noun
tainS: but they are symDOliCal. The
people of the Lord, under his instruc
ton, will not be in darkness that that
day shall overtake them as thief. al
though it will come as n 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 fiXity 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 symbolZes
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
in anarchistic rebellion against social
order.
1.-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
mcntS of the earth must not be under
stood to signify that the Bible coun-
sells revolution or anarchy. On the
contrary, all of Gods people through
out the Scriptures are counseled to
live peaceably with all men, so far as
possible. They are counseled not to
use carnal weapons, not to take to the
sword for the settlement of disputes,
but rather to suffer injury. They are
counselcd that God is the great Over
Lord, and that although he is not now
ruling directly amongst men he is fully
the Master of the situation In that he
could at any time overthrow all OPP
pOnents. He does not acknowledge
that his will is now done in the earth,
but tells us that it will be done by and
by and encourages us to pray and to
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 a carnal mind q Corinthians II, ~.
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 may 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
ilarly, God previously raised Joseph
to the Governorship Of Egypt for his
own purposes.
! The Prophet describes the tumult of
| that day of overwhelming trouble,
when Gods Kingdom will be estab-
| liShed saving of the sea that will