Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-04

forward to the present struggle sees
the outcome and speaking by inspira'
ton says to the oppressors of the poor,
go to now We rich man, weep and
howl for your miseries that shall come
upon you. Your gold and silver is
cankered and the rust of them shall be
a witness against you, and shall eat
your flesh as it were fire. james
5:1-3. The very riches in which they
trust will become the source of their
overthrow and misery.
Never in the worlds history has
there been greater need to preach the
duties of wealth and the rights of pow
erty.
If we understand prophecy we can
see that the finger of God has clearly
pointed out the very situation as it is
today and also marked out the future
of the coming struggle between the
poor and the rich The oppression Of
the rich wiki increase and the resist
enc of the laboring classes will be
more determined until finally Summon
ed to the battle of that great day Of
God Almighty. REV. t6:t4) The
Prophet Daniel was instructed as to
the situation at the present stage of
the worlds history. 1.-The wicked
shall do wickedly and none of the
wicked shall understand, but the wise
shall understand Dan. 1910. Those
who are living as in the days of Noah,
buried up in their own personal affairs
without a knowledge of God or His
Word, cannot understand the trend of
these events They cannot SEQ the
abyss of ruin that is before them, they
cannot see trouble coming, but out of
it they who are on the side of the OPP
pressed hope to bring in an age of
tranquility in which wrongs shall be
righted and the bounties of Col in the
earth receive an even distribution
among all classes. But Gods Word
saws this is not to be. The wicked
will continue to do wickedly, the cry
of the oppressed will come up before
God as a memorial until the affairs of
this world are cut short in righteous
ness, when the coming King brings in
his reign of justice and mercy and
love as proclaimed by the angels to the
Shepherds of Bethlehem. "Glory to
God in the highest: on earth, peace,
good will toward men. Luke 2:14.
The education of the masses and the
cultivation of the fine arts will not le-
deem humanity nor secure justice in
toe government. Egypt, Babylon and
Greece were all highly cultured, but
the same inequalities existed there.
They all went down because of their
lavish luxury and social inequality.
Political law cannot cement men in
ties of brotherhood, n inspire benev-
olence in human hearts. Mans rule
has been an era of misrule from the
first. Law never begets love. Com
pulsory obedience creates hatred. The
man who is conquered by force will
remain an enemy; the man who is
conquered by love will be a friend.
Politicians admit that a change of sys-
TENS does not remove the evil. The
strife between the rich and the poor is
but one feature of the great c%ontrover-
sy between truth and error, between
good and evil, that has been in pro-
gress for six thousand years. At pies
ent this struggle constitutes INT of the
most striking signs of our times.
Year by year the conflict deepens, the
strife increases in bitterness and PIE
JUDGE and animosities become mole
deep seated. He who holds in His
hands the destinies of all men, Who
from the beginning sees clearly the
end, has pointed out in His infallible
Word the present state of affairs. Not
in a single place alone, but in several
places does the Bible speak on the
great question now before us. God is
the Father of the poor, the helper of
the suffering. The cries of the OPP
pressed laborer enter into the ears of
Him with whom we have to do.
Whenever the cry of the oppressed Is
raised, there is n who listens in
whose book of remembrance every sigh
and tear is faithfully recorded. In the
law laid down for his people anciently
the Lord said, ''Thou shalt not de-
fraud thy neigbbor. neither rob him.
The wages of him that is hired shall
not abide with thee all night until the
morning. Lev. 19:t9:13.
The coming of Jesus is neal The
long course of sin and oppression is
nearly run, but it is not to close with
out an unusual demonstration of it's
power. A fearful measure of
punishment is threatened against the
self indulgent hoarders of wealth who
have heaped together treasure for the
last days The hire Of the laborers
who have reaped their rich harvests of
gold, which is by fraud kept back,
cries to God. The sufferings of the
poor appeal to heaven, and while
thousands are perishing for the neces-
of life because they are depriv-
ed of the just fruits of their toll the
rich are living in wanton luxury.
While this is going on the poor are
becoming poorer in the same -propor-
tion. Want and starvation predomin-
ate among the poor. The gulf that
separates between wealth and poverty
is daily becoming broader and deep
or. In this fifth chapter of James we
have a correct view of the labor ques-
lion as it exists today pointed out
nearly two thousand years ago. This
Word tells us that these are the last
lays when the coming of the Lord
nigh. Wrongs will be made
light when Jesus m The poor
will have their rights.
May the great God of Heaven bless
Ill the readers of the News is the pray
II of your humble servant.
WIN. LOACH,
Ala
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