New-York tribune., 1914-12-21

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Good Tidings Of
Great ioy. which shalk be to all people.
7Iukc 2:l0D He said in part:
This prophecy has not been iuinlleG
ae vet Instead of peace and good will
10 men we have war, savagery,. ana
other works of the flesh and OF the
Devil mentioned by st. Paul anger
malice. hatred, envy, strife. Not only
have the prayers for peace not peeh
Needed. but instead the war spirit IS
Eindling and spreading from nation 70
nation. fulfilling the prediction OF the
bible -cnveloping the world OF man
kind. The bitterness, hatred, feroclty,
of the warning nations seems 10 IN
crease daily. Magnifed tales OF ieroclIy
are believed. and arouse correspondents
bitterness and fcrocity on elther slde'
As VIC understand the Scripture. the
turmoil is only beginning most OF the
wailing and guashing Of teeth, most OF
the anguish and despair. suffering, sor-
row aud devastation, arc ahead OF US
With the cessation Of the war the Blble
seems TO predict the most gigantic
revolution ever known and, following
RAPIDLY. a reign Of lawlessness, anarchy
producing "a Time of Trouble such as
never was since there was nation. -
Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:2l.
Added to the physical distresses Of
the world. financial troubles impend IN
the midst of plenty. With every reason
for prosperity the wheels of commerce
are slow. The explanation given is loss
of contidence-grit; but not so. The
worlds fnanciers and merchant princes
are as courageous as ever, but they
have met with new conditions. The
wealth of the world, once represented
H. money, is in recent years represented
in collateral, stocks and bonds. The
war has made demand for gold, un-
settling values of collaterals.
Gold is disappearing becoming more
valuable hourly. In the same proper
tion collaterals. stocks and bonds, be
come less valuable hourly-because of
their plethora they arc a drug on the
financial market. The great insurance
companies. the banks and all wealthy
people have their reserve investments
i'm these securities" Additionally, the
heavy losses Of life in this war will be
serious financial blow to insurance
companies. IL is reasonably estimated
that the fall of British bonds to one
half par has already made insolyent all
the insurance companies OF Great brlt-
ain. What must we expect as the war
progresses toward anarchy?
As with every war, pestllentlal DIS
eases must be expected, while interier-
ence with agriculture threatens famine
IN various parts. This is not an over
drawn picture, but sober look behind
the scenes.
The One Ray of Hope.
Hope thou IN Cod" I'm the midst
OF all these tribulations the world must
learn more and more, until all know
the lesson by heart, that earth's only
hope is in God. This Is one OF the
great lessons which God wishes all
mankind to learnt For centuries men
have boasted OF what could and what
could not be done--of the worlds
financial institutions, insurance asso-
Citations. scientific learning and general
common sense. These. VIC we're assured,
were a part Of an evolutionary system
which some time i'm the future would
make man so wise, so great. 80 cficlent
that there would be no more wars. no
more dying. no more trouble. We were
said TO be near that climax.
Some Of the Peace. Peace sermons
Of even year ago seem laUghaoly 1901
ish today. The great and the. wise
deserted the Bible as a foolish old
book gotten up By those who were
merely emerging from monkey condl-
tion. They must yet learn lesson
recorded Twenty-Five centuries ago;
namely, that the wisdom Of their wise
men has perished. Isaiah 29:l4.!
They must learn that the wisdom OF
men is foolishness with God, even as
the Wisdom of God is foolishness with
mem Corinthians 1:20, 2l, 20; 3:ls.
By the time all shall have learned
where to look for help I'm this great
trouble. Gods time will have come for
giving the aid which lie has provided
for long centuries ago and promised III
the Bible. The aid which God has pro-
vided is Messiah's Kingdom. Many
have prayed, Thy Kingdom come who
have failed to study the Message Of
the Kingdom. Many have thought that
it had already come. Many others
imagined that because God in the past
has not exercised power and force in
dealing with humanity therefore He
will not do 50 in the future. The Bible.
however, assures US that Messiah's
Kingdom will be a forceful one. He
will rule the nations with rod Of iron
As vessel Of potter they shall be
broken TO shiyers. Psalm 2:9; Rcvela
tion 2:27.
We have reached this time. II is the
breaking and shaking process foretold /
that, now beginning are causing this
Time of Trouble, which before it ends
will be the greatest trouble ever known. |
The shaking, as we have already shown,
will be social, political, financial and re-
ligious. The crceds. representing the
monstrous fallacies engrafted upon the /
teachings of the Bible in the Dark Ages, /
will be shaken TO pieces. and all the
great institutions misnamed churches"
will be shaken with them. Only the !
One True Church will stand not the |
Church of England, not the Church Of
Rome. not the Church of Germany. not |
the Church Of Russia, but the Church |
OF God. 1t will include all sanity fol- |
lowers Of Jesus OF every nation and |
denomination; and it will exclude all |
others.
peace on Earth"-Nery Soon.
How glorious the hope that Messiah's |
Kingdom, backed by Divine Power will |
speedily set the worlds affairs in order. I
bringing peace out Of confusion. war,
strife! Human strength weakened. hu- /,
man pride humoled into the dust, hu- .
man hopes dashed the world will be .
ready for the New DAy-thc Now Fra