The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-28
God Uttered His Voice.:
the Earth Melted
By PASTOR RUSSELL
Of Brooklyn Tabernacle

mountains be carried into the mid,, ne
the sea.-Psalm 4:2
| have chosen for my text a..
topic. a symbolical prophecy which
believe. Is rapidly nearing fulfillmen,
All Bible students recognize the ,.o,
that many of the Psalms are Mes.
sianic; that is to say, they applv ~
the time or the inauguration of Mas
slabs Millennial Kingdom. Some !,
them detail the peace and joy ana
blessings which will then prevail
among men. when the great leyeln.
processes Of that time will raise all
the worthy poor and degraded and
will humble all the proud. establish.
ing society under such new condition.
that the new order of things is sym.
bolically styled in the scriptures "a
new heavens and a new earth. where.
in dwelleth Righteousness" QI Pete,
I'll, 13). Others of the Psalms describe
in highly figurative terms the work a,
the Millennial Age. For instance wa
read:
Therefore will not we fear, though
Liz cal III DS lSllONSu, anu lnOu2l tba
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 fire.
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 men,
not by his word isaiah xxx, 49,. Hs
would have us trust him as a great,
loving, generous father, saying, Like
as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord compassionate those who rever
ence him psalm Gill, 13). As love.
more love, perfect love, comes into
our hearts 1t more and more casts out
the fear which the adversary would
ineulcate and which has burned into
mems minds and consciences the doc
trines of devils" to which the apostle
refers Il Timothy Nv, u.
The fact that the scriptures prophet
ieally describe the overwhelming Of
the social order and the great govern
ments of the earth must not be un.
derstood to signify that the Bibls
counsels revolution or anarchy. On
the contrary, all of Gods people
| throughout the scriptures are coun-
seled to live peaceably with all men.
so 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 SUI.
fer injury. They are counseled that
God is the great Overload, and that
although be 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 viii 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 Il. He tells us that Satan
| Is now the Prince of this world" by
virtue OF the fact that he deceiyes 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 carnal
! mind q Corinthians II, Ia. None Oh
the wicked shall understand" Daniel
xii. 100.
The great creator has contented
himself with such a supervision of hui
man affairs as leaves much Tespon.
! sibility in human hands He merely
interieres to raise up or to cast down
! on occasions when the interest oil DIS
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 tne
free moral agency of the king, Goa
used the wrath of man to praise Din
and the remainder he restrained SIN
ilarly, God previously raised Joseph
to the governorship of Egypt for h''
own purposes. :,
We are not of those who woua
harass the minds of our fellows WIN
fear Rather we would point them
the fact that behind this CLOUD y
trouble there is glorious silver M
ing of millennial Joy and blessing ~
all the families of the earth. hatn''
we would encourage all who nave Wv
hearing ear to zeal and faithfuihesS
their conservation, that they ma.
make their calling and their elecuv'
sure" to share in the kingdom o.
ries and escape those things con"'s
upon the earth" duke xxi, 800.
word, the gospel of Christ Is ho1
message of damnation and rear -"
torture. but as the angels declM.yn