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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 24, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 26.

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The Help of God.

By H. A. St. John

THE expression "Help of God," may mean either of two things: He helping us, or we helping Him. It is obviously used in both ways in the Bible, and there is but little difference, if any at all, which way it is used; in each case it is a mutual helping each other.
Let us first consider it from the standpoint of helping the Lord. We learn from Judges 5:23 that a bitter curse was pronounced upon the inhabitants of Meroz, because they came not up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Of course the Lord was victorious in that conflict with the mighty, but the inhabitants of Meroz lost the blessing of a triumph with the Lord, and instead, incurred a bitter curse. The same thing has been repeated in this world over and over again in the case of individuals, peoples, and nations.
Just now the greatest danger of this kind, and the last, too, threatens all nations, peoples, and individuals. Just now the mightiest foe of God and Israel is rallying, equipping and training both nations and individuals for his last battle with the powers and people of light and truth. The Almighty is loudly calling, by a special message, for His church and children to come to His help, in this final conflict between light and darkness, truth and error, Satan and the Saviour.
There is no question as to the final outcome of this greatest battle of battles. Victory will surely come, not to the mighty, but to the Almighty. Israel, helping Israel's God, will surely triumph. But, reader, where stand you? Are you coming up to the help of the Lord against the mighty? The Saviour, the great Captain of our salvation, is calling for volunteers. He will enrol your name with the army of the Lord in the Lamb's book of life. He can make you wholly whole, and wholly holy. Then He will clothe you with the invincible armor of God, the armor of light, the armor of righteousness. Then our righteous All-Father, with an army of righteous soldiers, under the leadership of the Son of righteousness, will cut His work on the earth short in righteousness. You will then hear the divine applause, "Well Done," and enter into the eternal joys of our adorable Redeemer. H. A. ST. JOHN.