The Inner Life

still looking to men, or to the world, or to self, to help you out? Think you any of these will be able to save you, when the greater tribulations come?

No, we tell you truly, only God can save you then; and even He can save only those who have given themselves unreservedly into His keeping; for in those dark days the power of the enemy will be so great that He will be their only refuge and strength.

Heed these words, oh ye Christians everywhere, and from this time on let your worship of God be no mere lip service; but seek to surrender yourselves utterly to Him, wasting no more fruitless efforts to regain your lost fortunes or to pile up savings in anticipation of darker days; rather seek to put your mental and spiritual houses in order, and then to trust all to your loving Father, striving ever to hear and know His Voice, so that when He calls and tells you what to do, you will be ready to act immediately in obedience to His will.

Can you not see that the old Order has to go, with its outworn and no longer adequate systems of government, politics, business, commerce, society and even education? These along with their politically influenced banks, industries and institutions are now fast closing their doors because no longer able to supply what the people need and are demanding of them. For they were built on the foundation of competition, profit and money, born of, ever fed and supported by selfishness and greed—when the world is no longer able to thrive on such principles and is refusing further to uphold and patronize them.

All must go, for whatever is built on a rotten foundation will in time collapse of its own weight. And that time is now; for on every side we are witnessing the decay, weakness and failure of existing institutions, and