The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-08

deriSlOn.' Usalm
PAD He said: The
vast ocean, on
which this stately
ship Is but q toy,
lAST0R RUSSELDl reminds me OF
Gods mercy, like
the Wilderness of the sea-" and also Of
the vustness Of Divine Power. and hu-
man inSlgnif1cance I'm comparison. Hu-
mainly may Justly feel encouraged by
the progress made In the past century.
Mighty ships Of steel. n thousand feet
long. carrying thousands Of passengers.
have replaced the wooden dories of q
century ago. Propelled by steam. they
are indeed leviathanS Of the deep. The
oceans have been underlnid with ca.
hles Of steel. carrying intelligence to
the ends Of the earth. And this males
tic steamer is Outiitted with Il wireless
system Of tGIcgraphy. by which she Is
continually in touch with sister vessels
and with the world. And these are
only A few OF the many avenues Of
progress being trOddcn In Il day.
Those not guided by the Word of the
Lord are pulled with pride. and dis
posed to feel that our grandparents a
little way back were mere monkeys.
Coils people, guided by their Fa-
Tiers Word. and by the spirit. of a
sound mind, are held back from such
dcluslOn. They see that there are not
many great or mighty today, as COM
pared with the nOtablcs Of the past.
They see that God is behind the o
derful developments of today; for we
are living In 'tlc dny Of His prepare
ton" Nahum 3:0 for Mcssiah's King
dom. and the Reign Of a thousand
years. These perceive TINT God Is
gradually lifting the veil Of Ignorance
and superstition; and TINT. according
to His promise. men arc now seeing
out Of Obsrurity.
Withal, IL blessings are comiHg In
n most natural way. The printing
press. present-day mail service, teIe-
graph systems and telephones. and
worldwide education. are bringing
the thinkers Of earth in close touch the
world over. Scarcely is n discovery
made of any kind. anywhere. that Is
not known worldwide within n week.
A million minds engage upon the same
project. with the result that there nrc
still further improvements. still more
wonderful inventions-and all these
procedures repeated! Surely the only
explanation is that God is bnck Of the
present intelligence now coming to the
world. His time has come to bring
blessings to mankind, instead Of the
curse which so long has prevailed.
Kings of Earth Set Themselves.
The kings of the earth. IN Il broader
sense, include financial kings and cap
tains Of industry, us we'll as political
chieftalns. These wise men Of the
world have grasPed the situation only
In part. They perceive the blessings
md the riches rolling in upon the
world through human invention. and
are terrifying themselves in luxury
and power beside the golden streams
they have corralled.
Thus they have 'set themselves"
according to our text Moreover, the
rulers Of the people-the ecclesiastical
rulers and p~rinceS-are affiliated with
them. Together they take counsel
Their next step will be to put their
counseIs into practice.
"Let Us Break Their Bands"
For centuries past kings and govern
ments have been more or less restrain
ed by the peoples they governed. And
the peoples have been more or less
guided by the Bible, and its spirit OF
liberty. The new conditions Of our
day, however, have evaded many OF
the regulations and restraints of the
Dast. The restraints r necessarily
unequal to the new conditions. And
the people are intent upon making new
regulations to cope with the Trusts
and the wealth Of the financial kings,
and with the great power OF political
kings, as represented In modern mill
tary ornaments and organizations.
Tho Bible Is the great stronghold OF
liberty. Through it the masses Of civ
llfzation have learned that kings and
~ncnSantS. rich and poor, must all even
tuully stand before the Judgment Seat
and he judged by one Law This same
Bible portrays to the public, the Divine
Plan OF the coming Jubilee If Ecstitu.
tlOn-thc rolling away Of the curse and
the installation OF Gods blessing,
through McSsiah's Kingdom. 1t shows
that the Messianic Kingdom is near
md that 1t will be i%naugurHted In the
midst OF n great Time Of Trouble,
symhnlicnlly represented by st. Pe:er
is Il conHagratiOn. us rcsp.cts ecc!e