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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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government on the earth. Iron represents imperialism, authority, fascism, capitalism. Clay, or brittle pottery, rep resents democracy, socialistic principles, communism. The trend, toward these forms o f government is clearly seen in Europe and is now being reflected in America. A Chicago editor declares that in four years our coun try will be ruled by a dictator—the iron of Daniel’s image. The editor o f the Hollywood Citizen-News says, speak ing of the election: There is a lesson for the country in that protest vote. Every one hopes, of course, that conditions will gradually improve, and that by the end of the next four years, there will be healthy economic conditions around us. But if there isn’t, then let the country face the possibility that the protest vote will next turn to the Socialist party. It is shortsighted for reactionaries to declare that j since they have control they will do as they will for their own selfish interests. It is well for them to know just how their selfish interests can be best served. This election proves that the people do have a weapon in their hands in the ballot. Seldom do the people know how to use it for their own best advantage. But there is always the possibility Of it being turned to the disadvantage of those who seem to be oppressors. If the conservative forces o f this country, whether they be Republicans or Democrats, desire to avoid the su premacy of the Socialist party, they must prove to the people that an opportunity for them to work can be pro vided under a conservative, capitalistic form of govern ment.'1; The average man will no longer accept as fact the statement that depressions are acts of God. The average man knows that depressions are due to man-made eco nomic systems—systems built upon human selfishness and greed. The average man knows that God has been boun teous in the blessings He has bestowed upon us and that only human selfishness decrees that millions shall suffer privations while God’s abundance is evident on every hand. The average man cannot understand the intricacies of our present economic system. In fact, most exceptional men do not understand them. But the average man does understand that once this country sets out to serve the cause of humanity, it can remedy conditions under which wide-spread privation , exists amidst wide-spread abundance. How clearly, then, we see on the one hand the possible rise of a dictator; on the other socialism, possibly only a step to communism! Surely the Lord must be at hand! Harold F. Graham with the Lord ■ hen , on the morning of November 19, 1932, after an illness of only a few days, Harold F. Graham entered into the presence of his Lord, his congregation and denom ination, his classes at the Bible Institute, and the church
In the temporary absence of Dr. White, the editorials this month are written by Dr. Stewart P. MacLennan, Pastor o f the First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, Calif.,, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bible Institute, The World Now Beyond Man’s Control & t last man is beginning to realize that the manage ment o f this world is beyond his puny control. The strong Son o f God, who is both God and Man, is alone equal for this task, and surely He must soon come, for the hearts of men are failing them for fear of the things that are coming upon the earth. In the New York Herald-Tribune , under date of Oc tober 21, there was an article headed, “ W ORLD HELP LESS IN DEPRESSION , MONTAGUE NORMAN TELLS LONDON .” Mr. Norman has been governor of the Bank of England since 1921. Viscount Snowden says of him : “ He is the greatest statesman in England since the World War.” Speaking at a banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Norman said in part: The world is, in the grip of an economic disorder which has rendered it virtually helpless, and there is n o . solution in sight. The difficulties are so vast and 'so unlim ited, that I approach the subject not only in ignorance but in humility. It is too much for meAT wonder if there is ... any one in the world who can really direct the affairs of > the world, or of his country, with any assurance of the result his action will have? Who, a year ago, could have, foreseen the position into which we have drifted little by : little ? First we have been down, then we have been up, then down, then up. The confused affairs of the world have brought about a series of events and a general tendency which appear to me at this time as being outside the con trol of any man and any government and any Cpuntry. I Mr. Norman, before he concluded his speech, gave but one ray of hope in saying: I believe that if every country and every government could get together, it would be different. But we do hot seem to be able to get together. Yes, Mr. Norman, the nations of Europe are going to get together and in their desperation are going to submit to an international dictator, the last world ruler, who will become the political despot and will be assisted by a social- religious ruler or dictator who will seek to deliver to the po litical potentate the religious worship of the world. (Read Revelation 13.) In the two beasts, one from the sea and one from the earth, is clearly revealed the political situation that is soon to come. The iron and the clay o f Daniel’s image are. seen now in one beast who represents political autocracy,, and the other social-religious communism. X HE RESULTS of the past election in our beloved coun try tend to confirm the conviction that we are living in the end days of human government in the earth. Two distinct trends in government are clearly foretold in Daniel 2 :42,43 : “ The toes of the feet are part of iron and part o f clay; so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.” Here is a condition that obtains at the end time in human The Recent Election in the Spotlight of Prophecy
at large were stunned by the removal o f a young man of most unusual promise. His was a finesse of mind, a consecration and devotion o f soul, a keenness of spiritual perception that was entirely out o f the ordinary. The first time I met him I loved him. My spirit kindled to him when I looked into his earnest eyes. I cov eted him for ministry in my church. Later, the Lord gave him to us, and he became minister o f youth in the
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