J T Mawson

In democratic lands it is usual to speak of “the people” as the great and final tribunal at which the verdict is passed upon the acts of the rulers and “the bar of humanity” and “the verdict of history” are common phrases, but God is He who will have the last word about everything; every act of every ruler will be judged by Him finally, even as He controls all things now. If “the powers that be” are “ordained of God,” surely He can and will control them. They may determine to do their own wills; their wild ambition may result in far-flung battlefields and torrents of blood and tears, yet if God permits this He still holds the reins and says “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay” and will say to them in His own time, as to the ocean’s billows: Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.” He makes the wrath of man to praise Him and restrains the rest