"THE COMING REVOLUTION"

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 14

"THE COMING REVOLUTION"

"The Coming Revolution" was the subject of an interesting address given by Mr. E. P. Smith, of Melbourne, at the De Luxe Theatre on Sunday night. He stated that it was evident that we were living in a time when institutions and customs, huary with antiquity, were passing away. There was trouble and distress on every hand. Some people expected the end of the world and the burning of the earth. The Bible, however, did not teach that the world would be burned up, but .stated most emphatically that "this earth abideth forever." The Apostle Peter had explained that there were three worlds. The first ended with the flood, the second was about to pass away, and with its pasting would be introduced the third world. Peter reasoned that the first world was composed of heaven and earth, and was destroyed by the flood. The physical earth was not then destroyed. The heavens were the powers in control and the earth was organised society on the planet. The angels were the powers in control of the first world and Genesis tells of their failure and consequent loss of power, "The heavens of the present time are those in control of our civilisation. They hava been in charge for many years, and have failed to bring about, a satisfactory form of government. The financial, political, and ecclesiastical elements have been trying to stabilise the Governments of the earth, but their efforts are doomed to failure. Revolutions and strikes have been sweeping the earth, each worse than that preceding it, and eventually our civilisation will be engulfed. The seeds of revolution have been sown in most of the countries of the world, and ere long they will germinate and bring about the entire destruction of the older order of things." The lecturer stated that those who sought the Lord and His Kingdom would be safe, but those who fought against the setting up of that Kingdom and sought to uphold the present evil and unsatisfactory order. were in danger of being destroyed in the coming revolution. Those who passed through the coming trouble would be used by the Lord in establishing the new earth and the new order of society.