Article November 1, 1952 Issue

GOVERNMENT

LELA MAY AULTMAN

A SEASON of new birth in our concept of government can be a consecrated experience, with each day filled with inspiring views of the spiritual facts about true government.

What do we know about government? We know that God, who created the universe, governs it, and therefore that the only government is His—beneficent, just, and impartial. God's government is the wise, righteous, and loving control of all His children and of their relationship to each other. As human governments come and go, there is comfort to be found in the Scriptural assurance (I Cor. 12:5), "There are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."

Are we scientific in our thoughts and conversations with respect to government? Do we maintain the spiritual fact of God's supremacy even when the senses present their reports of evil's tyranny? We would not be tempted to rehearse heatedly the symptoms of a disease. Is it not just as inconsistent to rehearse heatedly the symptoms of national or international disorder?

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