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ago, declared prophpticuly of our day
that every hidden thing shall be re-
vealed Matthew x. 20I. We zee his
prophecy fulfilling. The secrets of ma
tions are being exposed. Injustice In
its every form is being brought to
light as never before. lnequity In
financial institutions and In politics
and In private affairs is being remorse-
lessly muckraked and brought to light.
Expediency 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 to appear
evil. We are merely noting the gen
eral tendency-the great fact so pc
culiar to our day. We are not saying
that every charge of fraud Is bona fide.
LevelIine Processes Are at Work.
The great levelling processes men
toned by the Prophet may be seen at
work everywhere in society-in poll
tics. In finance. in religion. 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 puth that Jehovah God will take
accounting for the blessing of religion
and of enlightenments granted to hu
, 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 socalistic platform or in the
public press. The Divine edict is.
"Make straight In the desert high
way for your Cod 0saiah Xl. 3I-show
his path of righteousness; make 1t
known TO nj, the people.
We should remember, however, that
| II IL one thing TO know the path Of
righteousness. OF justice and of equity.
and another thing to walk therein.
Let us, my dear hearers, see to 1t 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
| on Rule TO others. Alas for the hypo-
critics who proclaim the way of the
Lord to others. yet ignore that way in
son TO believe that honesty Is one of the
qualities which our God most highly
appreciates in his creatures; hence we
may DE sure that hypocrisy is one
OF the most abomlnable qualities In
his sight. Hearken to the words of the
Great Teacher. Woe unto you, scrlbes
and Pharlsees. hypOcrtes . 4" for We
lade men with burdens grlevous TO be
borne, and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one of your fingers
duke XII, 44-IG).
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 hypocrlsies which
appear so abOmlnable 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-cxam
pies Of justice and righteousness In
their homes. In their ueighborhoods. In
the workshop and In the markets. Lei
ms not only proclaim and assist III
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 then
straight way OF the Lord, win have Q
great effect. and that effect IN declared
by the Prophet, II VIII mean a Revo
lutlon-in symbolicnl 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 ono instant will all this mighty
transformation of society be accom-
plished, Not at once will all the de
graded members of the human famil,
be brought TO the general standard o,
level Not NJ once will the mountains
and hills Uhe kingdoms and prince
donis of the worldI be brought dowl
to the common level. Not at once vii
thus n general equalization of societ!
be effected BH Il piH be effected
The mouth Of the Lord hath spokei
t."
"rhc dwelling process already is be
gun, In Germany, for Instance, one
, fourth of the lielchstag Is composed
OF Socialists, Notwithstanding the fac
tbat the wealthy have several vote