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mercy, like the Wilderness Of the sea-"
and also of the vastness Of Divine
Power and human insignifcance, said
Pastor Russell. Humanity may justly
feel encouraged by its present progress.
Steel ships, a thousand feet long,
carrying thousands of passengers, have
replaced the wooden dories Of CEN
fury ago. Not only have the oceans
been underlaid with cables, but this
less telegraphy. This is only one Of
many avenues Of progress.
Gods people, counselled by their Fa-
theirs Word, see that God is behind
the wonderful developments Of our
day; for we are living in the day Of
His preparation" Nahum 2:8) for Mes
siahs Kingdom. They perceive that
God is gradually lifting the veil Of tg-
norance and superstition.
"kinss of Earth Set Themselves"
"The kings of EARTH" in a broader
sense, include financial kings, captains
Of industry and political chieftains.
These wise men Of the world grasp the
situation only In part. They perceive
the riches and blessings rolling In upon
the world through invention, and are
fort1fying themselves In luxury and
power. Thus have they set themselves.
Moreover, ''the rulers Of the people
-professedly Gods people-eccles
cal rulers and princes-are affiliated
with them. Together they take coun-
sell" Their next step will be.to put
their counsels into practise.
LET Us Break Their Bands"
For centuries kings and governments
have been more or less restrained by
the people, guided by the Bible and
its spirit of liberty. The new condt
lions of today, however. have evaded
many restraints. So the people are In
tent upon making new regulations to
cope with the trusts and the wealth of
financial kings and with the great
power of political kings.
Through the Bible, the stronghold OF
liberty, the masses have learned that
rich and poor must all eventually stand
before the Judgment Seat and be- judg-
ed by one Law This Bible portrays
the Divine Plan of Restitution-the
rolling away Of the curse Of death,
shortly to be inaugurated In a great
Time Of Trouble.
The Bible spirit Of liberty is the
Divine restraint the Glands" and
cords" of our context What form
opposition will assume toward the
Bible is difficult to detail In advance.
jesus the Head, the Church His Body.
The Lords Amounted Is The Christ
Of glory. This prophecy was fulfilled
respecting Jesus when PLATE and
Herod took counsel with the chief
priests, scribes and Pharisees. The
religious rulers were the prime movers
in the opposition against Jehovah and
His anointed Son. They knew not
what they did, st. Paul declares They
took counsel against Jesus, realizing
that His influence was against their
own false expectations respecting Mes
slabs Kingdom.
We should expect shortly the COM
plete fulfillment Of this prophecy. OPP
position will arise against the Lord
and His representatives and mouth
pieces. The federated religious inter-
ests, with cherished plans opposed to
the Truth, will denounce it as Caiaphas
denounced Jesus. We may expect that
the last sanity members Of the Body
Of Jesus will suffer similarly 'for the
good of the cause" as seen by modern
scribes and Pharisees.
God In Heaven Shall Laugh.
Jesus enemies supposed that their
projects would flourish. But God
laughed at them. Under Divine disfa-
vor they entered into the time Of trou-
BILE which eliminated in the complete
overthrow of their polity. Here we ex-
pect the same.
The plans of kings and rulers will be
measurably carried out ", IL The
irreligious will be in tumult, not know
ing Of the Messianic Kingdom. The
people nominal Christendom) will Inn
agine a vain >thing-either that they
can bring the Kingdom, or that 1t Is
here, but waiting until millions are
poured into the missionary treasury.
The picture of Gods laughing at poor
human pride is forceful. The failure
that will come to the professed people
Of God and world will be a great
lesson In humillty. The absurd position
would make all laugh, If they could
realize that without Divine interposi-
ton Gods will cannot be done on earth
as It is In Heaven.