The Washington herald., 1914-12-21

| preached here today
| in the L B. s. A,
| Temple. As usual
| he had a large au-
| dience and an atten-
| tive one. As usual
| also, his discourse
| was out Of the ordi-
1 nary line. He took
| for his text the mes
| sage of the angel at
| Jesus birth: Fear
| not; for, behold,
| H5=S57S55 55,ISsT;5Sf bring you good It'd
| IlKAeISk kQo2llLlj Ings of great JOY.
| which shall be to all
people" Uuke 21o) He said in part:
This prophecy has not been fulfilled
as yet Instead of peace and good will
to men we have war, savagery, and
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 been needed, but
| instead the war spirit Is kindling and
spreading from nation to nation. full
filling the prediction of the Bible-en-
veloping the world OF mankind. The bit
terness, hatred. ferocity. OF the warning
nations seems to increase daily. Magnl-
fed tales Of ferocity are believed, and
| arouse corresponding bitterness and
ferocity on either side. As We under
stand the Scripture. the turmoil is only
beginning-most of the wailing and
gnashing of teeth, most Of the anguish
and despair, suffering. sorrow and de-
vastatiOn, are ahead Of US. With the
cessation Of the war the Bible 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
nan aI Fat
| thew 24:21.
Added to the physical distresses OF the
world. financial troubles impend in the
prosperity the wheels Of commerce are
slow. The explanation given is loss of
confidenCe-grit; but not so. The worlds
financiers and merchant princes are as
courageous as ever, but they have met
with new conditions. The wealth OF the
world. once represented in money, is in
recent years represented in collateral.
stocks and bonds. The war has made a
demand for gold. Unsettling values Of
collaterals.
Gold is disappearing-becomi more
valuable hourly. In the same proper
tiOn collaterals. stocks and bonds. be-
come less valuable hourly-because of
| their plethora they are a drug on the
financial market The great insurance
companies. the banks and all wealthy
people have their reserve investments
in these securities" Additionally. the
heavy losses Of life in this war will be
serious financial blow to insurance
companies. 1t is reasonably estimated
that the fall of British bonds to one
half par has already made insolvent all
the insurance companies of Great Brit
ain. What must We expect as the war
DrORrRsSaS toward anarchy
As with every war. pestiIential dis
eases must be expected. while interfer-
ence with agriculture threatens famine
in various parts. This is not an over
drawn picture, but a sober look behind
the scenes
The One Ray of Hope.
Hope thou in Cod" In 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 learn. For centuries men have boast
ed of what could and what could not
be done-Of the worlds financial institu-
tons. insurance associations, scientific
learning and general common sense.
These. We were assured. were a part of
an evolutionary system which some time
in the future would make man so wise
so great. so efficient, that there would be
no more wars, no more dying, no more
trouble. We We're said to be near that
climax.
Some OF the Peace, Peace." sermons
OF even a year ago seem laughably fool
ish today. The great and the wise de-
serted the Bible as a foolish old book
gotten up by those who were merely
must yet learn a lesson recorded twenty
five centuries ago; namely. that the wis
dom Of their wise men has perished
Isaiah 29:lL) They must learn that the
wisdom OF men is foolishness with God,
even as the wisdom of God is foolishness
with men.-l Corinthians In, q, .; 3:ls
BY the time all shall have learned
where to look for help in this great
trouble Gods time will have come for
giving the aid which He has provided
for long centuries ago and promised in
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 king
dom. Many have thought that it had
already come. Many others imagined
that because God in the past has not ex-
ercised power and force in dealing with
humanity therefore He will not do so in
the future. The Bible, however, assures
US that Messiah's kingdom will be
forceful one He will rule the nations
with a rod OF iron. As a vessel OF a pot
ter they shall be broken to shivers.-
Psalm 20; Revelation an
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 creeds, representing the |
m6nstrous fallacies engrafted upon the
teachings of the Bible in the Dark Ages, |
will be shaken to pieces, and all the great |
mlsnamed 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 includ all sanity followers Of Jesus !
Of every nation and denomination; and |
1t will exclude all others.
"Peace ON Earth"-Very Soon.