Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

stances, will the peace of God which
passeih all understanding keep the
hearts Of His faithful people
Therefore will we not fear. though
the earth be removed. and though the
mountains he carried into the midst ol
the sea" Fear is the great torment
OF the majority of our race. II is the
lash which the Adversary uses to drive
away from God those who need His
sympathy, love and succor. To such
the Lord speaks. tCndcrly saying,
"Come unto Nc all yc that labor and
are heavy laden, aud will give yon
rest"
God declares Ills name To be Love,
Through the Prophet Isaiah He says.
This peoples fear toward Me Is
taught 10y the precepts of men not 10y
His Word. He would have MS trust
Him aS Il great. loving Father for He
says, Like as a father piticth his chill.
dren. so the Lord compassionate those
who reverence Him" psalm l03 :l3J
As love, more love. perfect love, comes
into our hearts. 1t more and more casts
out the fear which the Adversary
would incucate ana which has burned
into mems minds and conSciences the
doctrines Of demons to which the
Apostle Paul refers Il Timothy I1.
Biblical Symbology Explained.
To His people the Lord says. Fear
not their fear. neither he afraid" Let
the peace Of God. which rasseth all
understanding. rule In your hearts"
BE faithful: he trustru, Accept the
assurance that "all things shall work
together for good 10 those who love
Sod. 10 those who are the called ac-
iording TO Ills purpose" This class
will not fear when the earth shall be
removed and when the mountains shall
be carried into the midst of the sea-
They might indeed he aStouiShed and
ia trepidution il the reference were 10
literal mountains; but the language Is
fguratve. The people Of the Lord. uu
der lis instruction. will not he in dark
ness, that tue Day Uf the Lord shall
0vcrtuke them as u thief. although II
will como as u snare upon the whole
world Luke II -.
In the symbology of the Bible the
term C0rh is used to represent the so
.'ial structure: for the mountains. which
constitute the backboncs Of the cunti
nentS. symbolic the kingdoms Of the
world, supported by the social slruc-
turc. As the earth represents the fin
ity Of the social order. the sea repre-
SentS the restless, turbulent, diSsatis-
fed Glasses which lash against the
"earth' and continually seek to swal
low il up. The removal of the earth
SymboliZcS the disturbance Of the social
order The swallowing mp of the
mountains" 10y the seas represents the
overwhelming Of some Of the great
kingdoms of the earth by the uprising
Of the people in amarchiNtic rebellion
against social order.
The fact that the Scriptures prophet
ically describe the overwhelming Of the
social order and the great governments
of the earth must not be understood to
signify that the Bible counsels rcvc,u-
tiOn or anarchy. ON the contrary.
Gods people are c0unScled throughout
the Scriptures to live peaceahly with
all men, so far MS possible. They are
instructed not TO use carnal weapons.
not to take tO the sword for the settle
ment Of disputes. but rather to suffer
injury They are counselcd that God
is the great Over-Lord, and that al-
though He is not now ruling directly
amongst men He is fully the Master Of
the situation I'm that at any time lie
could overthrow all Of His opponents.
God does not acknowledge that His
will is now done in the earth. but lie
tells us that by and by 1t will be done
here, and He encourages MS to pray for
it, to hope for it and to wait for II. He
tells us that Satan is now the prince
of this world by virtue Of the fact
that he dcceivcs the minds and the
hearts of the majority. God would
have His people understand something
Of His great Program, but He would
keep this hidden from all others
Hence arises the impossibility Of cx-
planning spiritual things 10 a cnrnal
mind Il Cor 2:14). "NOne Of the wick
ed shall understand. Daniel 1910.
Divine Supervision Of Human Affairs.
The great Creator has cOntented
Himself with such Il supervision Of this
world as leaves much responsibility
for human affairs I'm human hands. He
merely interferes to raise up or TO east
down when the interests of His Pro
gram may demand. For instance, take
the case Of the Pharaoh who was rails
ed to the throne OF Egypt in Moses
day. There God raised TO the throne q
man of great determination, and hin
dered from reaching the throne other
men not so favorable to the carrying
out Of the Divine Purposes. Thus,
without interfering with the free moral
agency OF the king Of Egypt, God used
the wrath Of man to praise Him, and
the remainder He restrained. Similar
ly He had previously raised Joseph to
the governOrship of Egypt for His own
purposes.
The Psalmist describes the tumult OF
that day OF overwhelming trouble.
when Gods Kingdom will he estub-
lished. saying of the sea that will
swallow up the mountains, The wa