trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Rev. 4 :1 ). Now, assuredly, if any such earthly catastrophe as our scientists envisage from the dropping of bombs is to take place, it certainly would have been within the vision o f the great Reve- lator who showed John the great judgments that were to befall the human race on the earth. Only after the final judgment will “ the earth and the heaven” flee away (Rev. 20:11). Judgments and tribulation on earth there will be. But at all times throughout the entire Apocalypse of John, vast masses o f people appear continually upon the earth. So, Friend Einstein, after any judgment, there will be enough human beings left fo r seed! Moreover, while with in the judgments John saw as taking place prior to the millennial reign o f Christ, there may be hints o f the possible use o f the devilish handicraft o f men, (as in the eighth and ninth chapters o f the Revelation), yet even these judgments cannot take place while the saints are upon the earth. Thus, trembling scientists may comfort themselves when they see the saints still walking about upon the earth! For, even so hath the Lord promised: “ As it was in the days o f L o t; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; BUT THE S A M E D A Y THAT LOT WENT OUT F R O M SO DO M it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and d e s t r o y e d them all. EVEN THUS SHALL IT BE in the day when the Son o f man is revealed” (Luke 17:28-30). Just how was it then “ in the days o f Lot” ? Hear it: “ The men [mes sengers from heaven] laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand o f his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters . . . and they brought him forth . . . and he said . . . escape to the mountain . . . Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou he come thither . . . The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then [when the saints had gone out] the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire” (Gen. 19:16-24), “ Even thus shall it b e !” So, quiet your hearts, ye states men, ye scientists, and ye modernists. There will still be extant a world, such as it is, Dr. Fosdick, so long as you see walking about you men and women cleansed from sin by the preci ous blood of the virgin-bom Son of J U N E , 1 95 0
God—men and women who are “look ing for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing o f the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Tit. 2 :13 ). But, you had also better “watch . . . and pray . . . that [with them] ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36). The scientists do not seem to know it, the statesmen do not seem to know it, the modernists do not seem to know it, and if I tell them they will laugh and count me unlettered, not knowing chalk from cheese; but the fact remains that the Word of God supports me when I say that the greatest defense they have from the devastation o f the A-bomb or the H- bomb are the humble saints o f God upon their knees in that almost for saken little prayer meeting on Wed nesday nights— still here! Once again, the God that keeps His covenants, whatever men may do, has entered into a covenant with man, the keeping of which forbids any such disasters on this earth during this age o f grace, as these scientists envision as possibilities, if not prob
abilities. Here is the record o f His covenant: “ And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took o f every clean beast, and o f every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more fo r man’s sake; for the imagi nation o f man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Gen. 8:20-22). “ And God said, This is the token o f the covenant which I make be tween me and you and every living creature that is with you, for per petual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth” (Gen. 9:12, 13). Ponder those words, 0 trembling soul! And comfort your heart in the thought that the eternal God never breaks a promise. THE RAINBOW IS STILL IN THE SKY!
Bridge in Hiroshima, target of first A-bomb.
W E are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling— to be living is sublime. Hark! the waking up of nations, hosts advancing to the fray; Hark! what soundeth is creation's groaning for the latter day. Will ye play, then? will ye dally, far behind the battle line? Up! it is Jehovah's rally; God's own arm hath need of thine. Worlds are charging, heaven beholding; thou hast but an hour to fight; Now, the blazoned cross unfolding, on, right onward for the right! —Arthur Cleveland Coxe Page Nine
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