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such a supervision of human affairs as leaves
much responsibility in human hands he mere
Is interferes 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 tgydn
man of great determination. and hlndered
from reaching the throne other men not 30
noses Thus without interfering with the
free moral agency of the king, Goa useu Ihe
wrath of man to praise Him and the remainder
he restrained. Similarly, God previously raised
Joseph to the governorship of Egypt for His
The prophet describes the tumult Of that day
of Overwhelming trouble. when COTS klngo1 m,
will be established, saying of the sea that VIII
swallow up the mountains, The waters roar
and be troubled; the mountains snake Win l he
swelling thereof psalm, 1879. IL IL proua-
bIv true that such socialstic and anarchlstle
roarings have many times in the past causeu
the kingdoms Of earth and thelr ruIei sb :" Scrin
lures fine final catastrophe will occur HOW
Near that day may be who can teilF Vulte d
good many earnest Bible students eGn S,a tna in
the prophecies, for the year islo' nur onhecv
date AS II may, the fact remains Inc proph IA
Nnt a. "a as good. as sure, and as meaningfui
today as ever IL was
We are not of those who would harass the
minds of our Fellows with fear. Rather we
wouId noint them to the fact that behind this
cloud of trouble there Is glorious silver lin
ing of millennial Joy and blessing for al the
families
courage all who have the hearing ear TO zeal
and faithfulness in their conservation, that they
may make their calling ana thelr electl 's
sure to share in the kingdom giories ana
'escape those things coming upon the earth
duke q 1867. In word, the Gospei OF Chrls.
is not a message OF damnauon anu rear c ald
tidings of great joy which shall De unto all
peOpie'' luke. 2:10). - ,,,o,,,,,pr,,
DT IT, re fourth and fifth verses following our
text the church is symbolicallv pictured as the
CITY or Kingdom OF God, HIS dWelIins -piac..
And 7the stream Of truth is represented as a
river making the city clean ana Iresh anu i
glad. The proclamation Is MADE, 1ou r,n ~
the midst Of her! She shall noe ne
early in the millennial morning. Inc chu noI
Is TO be "a first-fruits unto God her sal
walton as the Bride OF HepTs T morning Oh
boy rlad will be all those accounteu H SnS
of place in that elect churcn- Irr,,tan in
Of the first-borns whose names are 81 IN
Saavan,' '.She shall not be moved, u ~
agreement with the first verse IN fnn, Fear
that Gods people will be pTeser'esp the o evcn*s
and douDs . anu % trouble and that their faith
Oh ,,I an.bIa them to triumph at time Mhen
others will be in great distress anu
'NuAe THE GENTILEs RACED.
Re0inninr with the sixth verse the Prophet
gives brief synoptica picture OF the tlule oi
fronble and its communication and the inaugura-
tion of universal peace. The heather lGehIne
peoples) ragedr' These words describe tne
tumuIt which will prevail amongst humanity
in the great time Of trouble oefore the CLIMAX
Ie reached Raging" angry voices arise from
public meetings, and In the more priVate meet,
ings of the lodges of labor ana capltal' anu
through the columns Of the press to the extent
nermitted In Germany the raging press TOT
some time has been muzzled. The same Is true
in other nations. In Great Britain. IN the
United States and in France there IS rear
Of tumult thrcS.h public press raging ana
everything possible is done to restrain 1t. Who
ever sees that anarchy is the most dreadIuI
terror confronting civilization must realize the
wisdom Of reasonable restraints upon MS own
tongue and upon the tongues OF Others Never
theless the Scriptures show US that all effort
TO SUPPRESS the tumult and the angry voices OF
men seIfishly raging out against each other
will fail.
The prophetic picture continues-"God uttered
His voice: the earth Melted The unfaithful-
ness Of humanity the clamor Of greed, both
in rich and in poor. will be answered by tine
Almighty ''Giver of every good and perfect
Gift" He will utter his voice" or, as an
other 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 tsOcietyl will melt-the social
structure of civilization will disintegrate. An
other Scripture declares that that dsintegration
will be so great that every mans hand will
be against his neghbor."
But the Prophet hastens to assure us that
in the midst OF all this tumult the Lord will be
with His cOnsecrated people. We read. The
Lord Of hosts Is with Tine God Of Jacob
Is our refuge" This promise applies primarily
to the consecrated church of Christ-spiritual
Israel. But IL also secOndarily applies TO flesh
IL Israel the Jewish nation. which will par
ticipate i'm this time of trouble, but be saved
out of IL, the Scriptures declare Jeremiah
XXX. ~ In this time Of trouble the Lords
Jewels, His saints. will be gathered to their
heavenly home, after which divine favor will
begin to return to Israel CRomans ri. $500.
The Psalm closes with picture Of the de-
vastation which will prevail throughout the