The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-02-07
THE HAND OF GOD
A Prophecy of the European
War by a Californian.

fed and hid Themselves in the cave
OF Makedah, and the Amorites were
delivered unto Joshua.
There came also another time when
the sea was divided and the children
Of Israel passed dry shod between
the walls of the parted waters. And,
when the hosts of Pharoah followed,
the waters closed in upon them, en-
quilted their chcriots and swallowed
UP the armies of the Egyptians, foot,
horse and dragon, to the last man.
And upon still time again,
amidst the revelry and the drunken
feast, the doom of Babylon was writ
ten against the candlcstick on the
plaster of the wall in the palace of
Belshazzar.
1t was all very long ago, in the
days of old, and the hand OF God
y was on the world.
And, things like unto these have
happened now, and in every thought
full mind the question arises: Is the
hand of God upon tho world again?
We have the facts above related
!, from history. They are chronicled
in the Bible, which, among other
things, is the best authenticated his
tory in existence. Tho statements
must be true. No scholar now dis
putes the statements set down in the
Bible. irrespective of his religious
beliefs, or whether he he's religious
beliefs at all.
1t being a perfectly authenticated
fact that there were times in the
past when God interfered with OF
directed the affairs of men in this
world, is it not logical to suppose
that he may well do so again?
It is the same old world that Goo
flung out of the hollow of his hand
Man is the same being of soul anC
body now that he YVES before the
Pyramids were buildcd or Noah sci
ont in the Ark on tho vest adventure
of the deluge.
Surely there is as much reason tt
suppose that the hand OF God IS
therefore, upon tho world now as IL
any other time Of the past.
And if it be true, then it mus
K also be true that there is God ant
that he still rules the world. And
this being true, every other fact o.
which we have possession sinks int
trifing insignificance.
Without attempting anything far
fetched is it possible for one Wht
has knowledge of both old times ant
new to find parallels in Bible histor!
with the events of the past foul
years?
Not only is this possible, but thu
parallels are SO sharp and so striking
as to leave one almost breethles
with astonishment.
Is it far-fctched to liken the heroic
stand of Belgium against German!
in this war to that day when the SUI
stood still on Gibcon in order tina
Joshua might have more time?
The war would have ended will
victory for Germany in less thai
three months after it began had no
Belgium barred tho path of the HUI
as he rushed with his mighty armies
to Paris. Neither France nor Eng
land was ready. 1t all depended OF
Belgium to make the sun stand still
until they could be ready.
And that is just what Belgium
did. In all the annals of wars ther'
has never been stand SO heroic
Albert of Belgium is the Joshua o
our times.
And again, even as the seas parted
for the children Of Israel, and the!
passed safely between the parted
walls of the waters, so have the grea
ships passed with 100000 Ameri
cans thru mine-sown billows ant
shoals of deadly submarines, reach
ing the shores of Franco almost un
harmed and with scarcely the loss o
a man.
It was the boast of Germany tina
we could not land an army in Eu
rope to fight against her, and sh
was we'll prepared to carry out he
boast. But our army has landed
It's flag unfurled it's stars of glor,
on Flanders fields; its arms turne'
the tides of battle to victory on tn
Marne.
There will be explanations of tn
wonder of this by those who max
maps and diagrams and. who deal II
the chemistry of depth bombs ant
the machinery of engines. But, will
their explanations wholly satisfy
Will there not still be gomething o
1t yet that can be explained only b.
the nature of miracle?
And, lastly, are not the kings seek
ing again the shelter of the caves