River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-08-06

sonable eXplana-
ton Of Scriptures hitherto misunder-
stood by them.
Today Pastor RusselPs text was,
"And l will shake all nations, and the
desire Of all peoples shall Gomez
Haggai 81.
The Pastor began with the declara-
ton that the only proper contentment
is that which is combined with godli-
ness and which sees from the stand
point of Scripture the Divine Power
able to correct the difficulties which
assail mankind. Thus instructed the
godly believer is able to appropriate
the Divine promises of prOvidential
care, and so can be content with condi-
tons which are not satisfactory.
On the other hand, he declared, those
who either do not know Of the Power
Divine, or have lost their faith in Di-
vine Wisdom, chafe more and more
under present conditions. The more
discontinued they become, the greater
is their tendency toward ungodliness,
doubt of the Divine Love, Wisdom and
Power. Self-dependence is q poor sub
stttute; and as disappointments come,
those inclined to combativeness find
anger, malice hatred, envy and strife
surging through their minds Then
they become rabid Socialists, and are
in a fair way to become eventually
rabid anarchists.
Again, the speaker continued, we
have those who term themselves Chris
tan Socialists. These Well-meaning
souls perceive the situation of their
brethren and say, Eyes, the world
should be transformed socially. It's
riches should not flow, as at present,
into certain favored channels, but
should be scattered everywhere for the
general refreshment and comfort Of
mankind as a whole" This class
phiIosophize on what God surely would,
and surely would not, approve amongst
men, and then declare that all Chris
tians should at once set about to Sc
cure to the world of mankind a just
division Of Gods bounties.
The love and zeal of this class for
right principles we should admire and
commend, the Pastor said. But we
cannot commend their course, their
hopes, their preaching by which they
seek to obtain the ends desired. RecOg-
nizing the principles Of Divine Justice,
they seek to apply these, forgetful
that they have not the Divine wisdom
necessary to a proper application.
The SoripturaI View of the Matter.
| Next was shown that this class seem
to forget also that human Justice has
been the same for several thousand
years past and that Divine Wisdom
has not yet seen fit to establish Divine
Justice amongst men. If they think
that this is neglect on the part of the
Almighty which they are wise enough
to rectify their thought is evidently an
erroneous one. If, on the contrary,
they believe that the time for the es-
adjustment of justice has now come
they should be able to find Divine
revelation to this effect and point 1t
out to us-one practically authorizing
them to take their stand for Socialism,
and explaining that the due time for
the prosperity of justice has now come
and telling how they shall proceed ana
what will be the outcome.
| The Pastor then discussed the world
from the Bible standpoint. According
to the Word of God, the world IS not
properly ready for its own control I'M
der any form of government. 1t IS a
rebellious province in the Divine EN-
pire-one In which sin, selfishness and
| death constitute the ruling elements.
The Bible declares that what the
world needs is monarchy-a strong.
centralized government, in which the
masses must not be allowed to have
voice at all, because in their fallen
condition they do not know what is
! for their own highest good
Furthermore, the Bible tells US that
present institutions, under the power
of selfishness driving the wealthy in
one direction and the masses IN the
opposite direction, are about to bring
q universal crash-anarchs. This and
atheistic Socialism and Christian So
cialism, and in q larger sense general
selfshness and discomfort, are urging
on the two great combatants, both of
whom will fall in the struggle, never
TO rise again. However, according to