Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-05

all men acknowl-
! edge the existence of God. How do
they treat him?
Some decline to acknowledge him as
having any personal relation to them.
He is an intangible, far-away being,
possibly nothing more than the great
Fan of the ancfents. Some forget God,
| having occasional moments of recog-
milton, especially when he appeals to
them by catastrophe, but the words of
the psalmist are again true: God is
not in all their thoughts This is true
oftentimes of bodies of men, even
| great nations
Some defy God, following the advice
| or the wife of Job-to curse God and
die They fight against God, but they
never think of asking the result of the
| fight. They never win. Some parley
with God, having some recognition of
his being and of their moral obliga-
lions to him, but when those obliga-
tions are pressed as present duties
| they say Tomorrow or Consider our
business, our political or domestic sit
uatfon and excuse U.S."
The Demand of God.
We have in the text a command, not
| a mere suggestion or intimation:
H.
part of the verse defines what God
means: Il will be exalted among the
heather. I will be exalted in the
EARTH The cry of the Mohammedan
muezzin is not wrong: God is great"
In the Old Testament we have the
word ''Elohim," which means "the
strong or faithful one" used 1900
times. The root in that word, Ell"
means "the strong or mighty one"
That was Gods claim in those times
and one Of the things upon which he
has been most sensitive is that of his
unchangeableness. What he was to
Moses or David or Nebuchadnezzar he
is to us. God makes a demand in the
text, and no man has a right to chal-
lenge 1t: II am God"
How Obey the Command.
In our authorized version of the
Scriptures we have the words: BE
STILL" Most men make such a clamor
in their business or in the political
world, or on the battle field that they
cannot hear God. Elijah in the cleft
of the mountain side heard God more
distinctly in the STILL small voice than
in the raging fire or stormy wind
Men have come close to God as they
have sat by the silent sea, or in the
of the midnight hour The Hebrew
word translated Still might be trans
lated Cease ye," or Let your hands
hang down." which means that efforts
should cease Many claiming to rec
ognize God struggle on, attempting to
do things that God would do, but
which he cannot do because men in
sist on doing them for themselves
While God has been compelled to
show his almightiness or strength in
sending catastrophes on men he shows
this same strength in simple ways
The Nations and God.
Probably in these days when the
earth is trembling with the crash of
the mightiest armies that the world
has ever known there should be a
thought of God and his power What
are kings and emperors and great ma
tions? Nations are as a drop in the
bucket and are counted as the small
dust in the balance. AS the rulers of
the earth take counsel together
against the Lord and against his
anointed, God sits in the heavens and
laughs at them and has them in de-
rision.
Over the armies of Europe now in
conflict God is standing. He has a
purpose III LnlS Unparalleled war and
that purpose viii be realized The
mighty fighting organization of Ger
many will not Illustrate it, nor the pa
triotism and impetuosity of the French,
nor the tenacity of the English, nor
the masses of the Russians
Waterloo and God. j.
Victor Hugo asks with reference to
Waterloo: WAS it possible that Ma
poleon should win this battle? We
answer, No.. And why? Because of
Wellington? Because of Blucher?
No. Because of God" And he SAYS:
Napoleon had been impeached before
the Infinite and his fall decreed He
vexed God"
The man Is wise who makes God his
refuge and strength, very present
help in trouble. Today the glory of
America lies in the fact that its chief
executive is man of clear recogni-
ton of God, and his remarkable
achievements may be accounted for by
those moments of solitude before God,
in his chamber