The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-08

llASl0RRUSSElLlf reminds me OF
- Goods mercy, like
the Wilderness OF the sea- and also OF
the v~astness Of Divine Power, and hu.
man insignilcance In comparison. HUI
mainly may justly feel encouraged by
the progress made in the past century
Mighty ships Of steel, a thousand feet
long, carrying thousands OF passengers
have replaced the wooden dories OF
century ago. Propelled by steam, they
are indeed leviathans of the deep. The
oceans have been undertake with ca
bles of steel, carrying intelligence "a
the ends Of the earth. And this males.
tic steamer is QUILTED with a wireless
system Of telegraphy, 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 trodden In our day.
Those not guided by the Word Of the
Lord are puffed with pride, and dis,
posed to feel that our grandparents q
little way back were mere monkeys.
Gods people, guided by their Fa-
theirs Word, and by the spirit Of q
sound mind, are held back from such
delusion. They e that there are not
many great OF mighty today, as com
pared with the notables Of the past.
They see that God is behind the won
derful developments Of today; for we
are living In ''the day OF His prepare.
tom (Nahum 2:3) for Messfah's King.
dom, and the Reign Of a thousand
years. These perceive that God is
gradually lifting the veil Of ignorance
and superstition; and that, according
to His promise, men are now seeing
out of obscurity.
Withal, our blessings are coming In
q most natural way. The printing.
press, present-day mail service, tele.
graph systems and telephones, and
worldwide education, are bringing
the thinkers of earth in close touch the
world over. Scarcely is a discovery
made Of any kind, anywhere, that Ii
not known worldwide within a week,
a million minds engage upon the same
project, with the result that there are
still further improvements, still more
wonderful inventions-and all these
procedures repeated! Surely the only
explanation is that God is back 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 a broader
sense, include financial kings and cap
tains of industry, as well as political
chieftains. These wise men Of the
world have grasped the situation only
in part. They perceive the blessings
and the riches rolling in upon tht
world through human invention, and
are fortifying themselves in luxury
and power beside the golden streams
they have corralled.
Thus they have 'sset themselves
according to our text. Moreover, thu
rulers OF the people-the ecclesiastical
rulers and ~princes-are affiliated witt
them. Together they take counsel
Their next step will be to put thetl
counsels into practice.
aLet 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 lesi
guided by the Bible, and its spirit o.
liberty. The new conditions OF oul
day, however, have evaded many ot
the regulations and restraints OF thu
past. The restraints are 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 politica
kings, as represented In modern mill
tary ornaments and organizations.
The Bible is the great stronghold q.
liberty. Through 1t the S OF civ
iIization have learned that kings and
peasants. rich and poor. must all even
tually stand before the Judgment Sea
ind be Judged by n Law. This sam,
Bible portrays to the public the DIVINE
Plan OF the coming Jubilee OF Restitn
tion-the rolling away OF the curse ant
the installation Of Gods blessing
through Messiah's Kingdom. IL show
chat the Messianic Kingdom Is near
and that it will be inaugnrated In tn,
midst OF d great Time of Trouble
symbolically represented BY ST Pete
as Il cnnfia eration. as resDects eccle
stastical interests, and SnDseauenII.
the social interests OF the world
Thus the Bible stands; and the spiri
OF hope and liberty which ii inculcate
is the Divine restraint, the bands,
the cords, Of our context 'Th'
kings OF the earth set themselves; am
the rulers take counsel togetheragains
Jehovah and His Amounted. saying, Ie
us breakrthei bands asunder, and cas-
away their cords from us"
The form which this opposition wi
assume toward the Bible and its spiri
of liberty, the spirit DC the New Dis
pensahon. fs dificult to detail ia aid
vance. We see, however, under th
Guidance ogs the New Testarnens th I