The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-04-27
God Uttered His Voice;
the Earth Melted
By PASTOR RUSSELL
Of Brooklyn Tabernacle

! TEXT-We will not fear though the
mountains be carried into the midst Of
the sea.-Psalm 1872.
have chosen for my text a sea
| topic, a symboical prophecy which. !
believe. Is rapidly nearing fulHllment
All Bible students recognize the fact
that many OF the Psalms are Mes
sanic; that is to say, they apply to
the Time Of the inauguration of Mes
siahs Millennial Kingdom. Some Of
them detail the peace and Joy and
blessings which will then prevail
among men, when the great leveling
processes OF that time will raise all
the worthy poor and degraded and
VIII humble all the proud. establish,
ang society under such new conditions
that the new order OF things is sym,
bolically styled In the scriptures "a
new heavens and new earth, where.
In dwelleth Righteousness" QI Peter
Ill, l3). Others Of the Psalms describe
In highly fguraive terms the work Of
the Mlllennial Age. For instance, we
read:
Therefore will not we fear, though
the earth bo removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst
OF the sea-" Fear is the great tor.
ment OF the majority Of our race. II
is the lash which the adversary fre.
quently 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 ye that labor and are heavy
laden. and will give you rest" And
again. God declares his name to be
Love and says, Their fear toward me
Is taught by the precepts of mem
not by his word isaiah xxx, l3). He
would have us trust him as n great,
loving, generous father. saying, Like
as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord compassionate those who rever.
ence him" psalm ciii, 49, As love,
more love. perfect love, comes into
our hearts II more and more casts out
the fear which the adversary would
inculcate and which has burned into
mems minds and consclences the doc
trines OF devils" to which the apostle
refers q Timothy iv, y.
The fact that the scriptures prophet.
ically describe the overwhelming OF
the social order and the great govern.
ments OF the earth must not be un-
derstood to signify that the Bible
counsels revolution or anarchy On
the contrary, all OF Gods people
throughout the scriptures are coun.
seled TO live peaceably with all men,
30 far as possible. They are coun-
seled not to use carnal weapons, not
TO take to the sword for the settle
ment of disputes, but rather to suf-
fer injury. They are counseled that
God Is the great Over-Lord, and that
although he is not now ruling direct
ly amongst men he Is fully the mas
ter of the situation In that he could at
any time overthrow all opponents. He
does not acknowledge that his will Is
now done In the earth. but tells us
that Il will be done by and by and
encourages us to pray and to hope and
to walt for t. lie 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 people understand
something OF his great program, but
he would keep this hidden from all
others; hence the impossibility of ex.
planning spiritual things to a carnal
mind Il Corinthians ii, l4. None Of
the wicked shall understand" Daniel
iii, 100.
The great creator has contented
himself with such a supervision of hu.
man affairs as leaves much respon.
slbillty in human hands He merely
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 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 governorshlp of Egypt for his
own purposes.
We are not Of those who would
harass the minds Of our fellows with
fear. Rather we would point them to
the fact that behind this cloud of
trouble there ls a glorious silver lin
ing of millennial Joy and blessing for
all the families Of the earth. Rather
we would encourage all who have the
hearing ear to zeal and faithfulness In
their conservation, that they may
"make their calling and their election
sure" to a share In the kingdom glo-
ries and escape those things coming
upon the earth" duke XXI. 36). In
word. the gospel OF Christ is not
message OF damnation and fear and
torture but. as the angels declared.
Good things of great joy which shall
be unto all people" (Luke II. 10)
Beginning with the sixth verse the
Prophet gives a brief synoptical pic
ture of the time of trouble and It's
consummation and the Inauguration
of universal peace. The heather
Gentle peoples) ragedl" These
words describe the tumult which will
prevail amongst humanity in the great
time Of trouble before the climax Is
reached. Raging" angry voices arise
from public meetings, and In the more