The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-14
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v. SIMPSON TURNER
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THE ROD OF JUDGMENT


stretched its arms of fire across
the Heavens, destroying az
Clouds thata pproached it. 1t
sent forth its blazing heat fol
six days and nights allowing
no rain to fall. Some predict
ed that this star would fall on
land and others said at sea,
The last night watch soon
came, The inhabitants prayed
all night for God to spare the
land and the people. Those
who never prayed before pre- =
ed that night for mercy, for
just tibet ip of that star could
destroy all the earth. The star
fell at sea destroying evert'-
thing in it, so strong was its
heat that everything in the sea
became cooked and no fishing
was possible for over seven
n o1.hs.
Why all this to bring a ma
ton to its knees? Why must
volcanic mountains spout forth
its lava, why must hurricanes
and tornadoes sweep their de-
structive blow over the land,
why must an earthquake shake
the earth's foundation, opening
and closing the ground, swal-
lowing everything in its wake?
Why must the thunder crash
and the lightning flash? VIII
must wars and rumorS of wars
destroy these mighty nations,
Why must death strike its
mighty blow at the Great Mon
arch of time when God does
not willingly afflict His people
and wants none to perish?
WY must floods and famines
and plaques cover the land to
tell the people that there is a
God whose wrath can pc
stirred?
WHY do fools gamble their
sous against the wrath Of God;
why match your strength
against the might of God when
it need not be so?
All affliction is for a purpose,
one purpose is to bring that
soul closer to God. God afflicts
a nation to draw its people
closer to His side. Sometimes
earth gets too soft and life
becomes too sweet and we stop
looking to the hills from
whence cometh our strength.
Sometimes when the sun
shines too long we forget to
look up to see what makes it
shine. God never allows His
people to stray out of His
reach and He has many meth
DDS of bringingt hem home.
When earth. becomes too bitter
ew seek Heaven that's sweet;
when the body becomes too
tired, it seeks for rest; when
our needs are great and the
arms of men fail, we seek God
for our daily bread. When
sick s fails on the frame,
when torture and pain, boils.
and sores break out on our
bodies, it takes our minds from
the joys and pleasures of this
world and tbs then we seek the
Doctor of the Soul. Sometimes
pride and selfrighteousness po-
sess our personality and, we
have no mercy for our fallen
brother. God allows us to fall
through some sin, and having
sinned we can point no longer
nor condemn or scott at 9TH
ers but M seek Him for
repentance. God has all kinds
of rods to whip the body so as
to preserve the soul. SOME
times we make an idol out of a
pet and God destroys that pet;
someti-es some child of ours
is Just so sweet that we can't
see Jesu.,-God moves that
child. Sometimes a car or an
instrument of a house stands
between the soul and God and
God steps in and lets poverty
bring us closer. Sometimes our
minds are on a bank account
and we have no time to think
about Jesus: God Just closes the
bank. But these things need
not be if we but seek Him and
Him alone and To- everything
else follow after.
God is calling you to step
away from that singing 100,
for if it strikes you down you
will not be able to get in the
chariot that's swinging low. So
come out from the houses Of
ill-fame, from the plays of car
nality, from hypocrisy, from
lying and stealing, from envy
and jealousy, from stumbling
stone pathways, from beer tav-