THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S tog eth er again st th e Lord, and against His anointed, saying, L et us b reak th e ir bands asunder and cast away th e ir cords from us. H e th a t sitte th in the heavens shall laugh: th e Lord shall have them in derision. . . . Thou sh alt b reak them in pieces like a p o tte r’s vessel.” And is no t th is th e tim e for all th e ru lers of earth to h ear and heed th e words: “Now, therefore, be wise, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth . Serve th e Lord w ith fear, and rejoice w ith trem bling. Kiss th e Son lest he be angry and ye perish in th e way, for His w rath will soon, be kindled.” And le t all th e world h ear th e words: “Blessed are all they th a t p u t th e ir tru s t in H im .” If th is League of Nations is to have a democratic basis and make democracy safe in th e world, th e people who sup po rt it m ust be righteous and in telli gent. W ith a righteous and in tellig en t people a democracy is th e ideal govern ment, w hether it be kingdom or repub lic; b u t w ith unrighteous and igno ran t people a democracy is th e w orst govern m ent on ea rth and is a menace to every th ing th a t is good. If, therefore, th is world is to be made safe for democracy, th ere m u st be some way of m aking th e people righteous and intelligent. A failu re to do th a t will be th e failu re of democracy. B u t let th e re be no illusion, for the League of Nations will not bring the Millennium. “F rom whence come wars and fighting among you?” asks th e Apostle James. “Come they no t hence even of your lu sts th a t w ar in your m em bers?” I t is th e lu st for power, w ealth and fame th a t cause wars, and a League of Nations which simply organizes the lu sts of men and women will no t remove th e causes of war. The mission of th e Church of Christ is to remove th e cause of w ar by displacing th e lu st for power, w ealth and fame by th e holy desire to min-
404 war, though th e resu lt would have been many little independent nations in dan ger of going to w ar w ith each other a t any time. The victory of Abraham Lin coln th rough th e N orthern arm ies was no t only th e death of slavery b u t th e death also of “ S tates’ R igh ts” in th e sense th a t any S tate has th e rig h t to secede from th e Union. “The Union, one and inseparable for ever” is now th e political creed of every S tate in America. I f the League of Nations is organized on th e principle th a t no nation will have th e rig h t under any circum stances to w ithdraw from it, it will, of course, be perm anent. B u t if any nation, displeased w ith its .actions, shall have the privilege of w ithdraw ing, th e League of Nations will be a rope of sand, and may promote w ar ra th e r th a n prevent it. If a League of Nations is to be per m anent and useful, it m u st tak e God into its counsels, seek His guidance and recognize His au tho rity . T h at au th o r ity is expressed in th e Bible, and the Bible, therefore, ought to be recognized. The g reat cen tral personality of th e Bible is revealed as King of kings, and all ru lers should acknowledge Him as th e ir Ruler. If such an ideal League of Nations could be formed, w ith the Word of God for its au th o rity and th e Son of God as its acknowledged head, it would be a good prep aration for the setting up of th e M illennium Kingdom when Christ shall re tu rn for His peo ple; b u t if, as I fear will be the case, a League of Nations is to be organized which ignores th e Bible and Christ, it will be left on earth when th e Church is caught away and may become the nucleus of the Kingdom of Anti-Christ w ith “ the Man of Sin” a t its head, to be destroyed w ith his arm ies by th e rider of th e white horse (Rev. 19 :11 ) a t the battle of Armageddon. Then will be fulfilled th e prophecy of th e second P salm : “The kings of th e earth set themselves and the ru lers ta k e counsel
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