King's Business - 1921-08

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THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S

against nation, and kingdom against kingdom ; and th ere shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in div­ ers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Matt. 24:7. And who shall say th a t the sorrows have not be­ gun ?. These Scriptural signs are enough to convince the honest seeker after tru th ; bu t besides th e s e ' are many p resen t day events th a t point to­ w ard a culm ination. Notice the ' ‘Safety” , cry on th e stree t cars, in the factories, on th e streets, in the newspapers. “F o r when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruc­ tion cometh upon them , as trav ail upon a woman w ith child; and they shall not

escape.” 1 Thess. 5:3. The world has been crying, “ Peace and safety” for some time, and sw ift judgm ent follows th is condition. Never before has th e world been in such a position governmentally, th a t God could adm inister punishm ent upon it justly, because the form of govern­ m ent in the past has been largely some form of monarchy and the responsibility has been upon the ruling class. Now th e people ru le. They are responsible for th e life and conduct of the nation. Judgm ent can fall ju stly on all. Fu rth erm o re the sta r of empire has been moving west until now the strongest nation is not a European n a t­ ion. A victory for the yellow races in

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“ Looking after those things which are coming on the earth.“ Luke 21:26.

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