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TRSTCK THROUGH THE RIRIE
BOOK 111. PSALMS LXXIII.- LXXXIX. THE DOXOLOGY.
‘•Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen and Amen.” Psa. Ixxxix. 52.
A. The Title. B. The Quality. C. The Quantity.
“Jehovah.” “Blessed.” “For Evermore.”
The Essential Helper. “Amen and Amen.”
(See first Doxology.)
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The Divine Name.
The dominant name in this book is still “God.” It occurs once at least in every psalm,
and in one as many as 15 times. It is written in the singular (El) 20 times, and in the plural
(Elohim) 60 times.
“Jehovah” is found in the book 44 times. It is only absent from two psalms, and occurs
in one 10 times. • ' ,■
The general title “Lord” (Adonahy) occurs 15 times scattered through six psalms.
The title “Jah” is used twice.
The Dominant Thought.
In the third book the dominant thought is that of the worship of God under all circumstances.
Throughout both names are used, although that of God predominates. While this is so, the
final doxology speaks of Jehovah, showing that the thought is that of worship rendered to God
because He is the.essential Helper.
TITLES.
73. God the Good of His people. 81. God the Strength of the loyal.
74. God as silent and inactive. 82 - G od the Judge of the judges.
B - G °d vindicated as most High.
84. God the Strength of the pilgrim.
76. God the God of victory. 85 Jehovah the Restorer of the 'wanderer.
77. God the Healer of sorrow. 86. The Lord the mighty Helper of the needy.
78. God the God of patience. 87. Jehovah, His city and His peoples.
79. God the Hope of the distressed. 88. Jehovah the only Hope of the sorrowing.
80. God the Restorer of His people. 89. Jehovah the God of Discipline.
ANALYSIS.
A., Mighty Help—The Fact. B. Mighty Help—The Experience. C. Mighty Help—The Hope.
Ixxiii. —Ixxvii. Ixxviii.—lxxxiii. Ixxxiv. —Ixxxix
I. The View Point. I. History. I. Confidence. Ixxxiv., Ixxxv.
The Sanctuary. Ixxiii. Egypt to David. Ixxviii. i. The pilgrimage contemplated.
The problem of the prosperity i. The Institution for children. Ixxxiv.
of the wicked. ii. The Patience of God. ii. Salvation sought. Ixxxv.
The Solution.
11. The Revelation. 11. Special Manifestation. 11. The Attitude. Ixxxvi., Ixxxvii.
Ixxiv.—lxxvi. Ixxix.—lxxxi i. Personal Submission. ’ Ixxxvi.
i. The Hope. Ixxiv i. The Devastation. Ixxix. ii. Relative Government. Ixxxvii.
ii. The Certainty. Ixxv. ii. The Appeal. Ixxx.i
iii. The Activity. Ixxvi. iii. The Deliverance. Ixxxi.
111. The Vision. Ixxvii. 111. Administration. IxxxiL, Ixxxiii 111. The Summary. Ixxxviii., Ixxxix
The Years of the Right Hand. i. Home. Ixxxii. i. Human Need. Ixxxviii.
ii. Foreign. Ixxxiii. ii. Divine Resource. Ixxxix.
'Eugene Edlvards in Oklahoma
HE country is that of Oklahoma; the
battle is that of constitutional state pro"
hibition. It is a remarkable warfare.
Nothing like it has ever been witnessed
in the United States. The opposing
forces are lined up for a battle to the
finish, and to a finish it will be.
In the interest of constitutional state
prohibition there has just been held in
T
Oklah< ma City a convention of the Anti-Saloon
League, at which plans were formulated for a suc
cessful campaign.
There have been two prohibition organizations in
this territory. The Anti-Saloon League has been
duly organized in Oklahoma, in Indian Territory
there has been an organization known as the Feder
ation of Churches. At the convention just held in
Oklahoma City the two organizations were merged
into one, that of the Anti-Saloon League of Ok
lahoma.
Captain A. S. McKennon, a long time resident of
the great state of Arkansas, was elected president
of the new organization. Captain McKennon is a
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high-toned Christian gentleman of the old school,
and stands bravely for civic righteousness, and
moral integrity and purity in public life.
He was a power in Arkansas and he is leading
the forces for home and native land here.
The battle here is unique. When a committee of
politicians of the same faith as the present adminis
tration visited Washington and asked for statehood*
the committee assured the leaders of the republican
party that the new state would be safely republican-
On this assurance, the enabling act was passed, bat
imagine the surprise of these too sanguine henchmen
when the election for delegates to the constitutional
convention gave the democrats an overwhelming vic
tory. In fact, the convention was almost solidly
democratic. They controlled the situation, the shap
ing of the constitution for the new state-to-be was
wholly in their hands.
But this convention also favored constitutional
state prohibition. Already the Indian Territory di
vision was dry, and a large majority of the dele
gates favored state-wide prohibition from the start.
This was freely d’f?cussed and for a time it looked
as though a provision of this kind would be inserted
without submitting it by separate vote to the people.
The convention could have done it, for sentiment fa
vored it. But the liquor element got frightened, and
said it would not be democratic to act that way.
They asked that the question of state-wide prohibi
tion be submitted to the people. It was the appeal
of a weakling, the cry of a vanquished foe.
The prohibition element of the convention, think
ing it would be wiser to let the people vote cn the
question separately, acceded to the demand of the
liquor element, and now the question (f constitution
al state prohibition goes to the people for their rat
ification. The question will be voted at the same
time the constitution is voted on, but separately.
The original plan was to include this provision in ths
constitution without separate vote
The constitutional convention set August 6 as the
date for the election, but the republican governor
has refused to call the election. The
republicans are seeking to d lay the election until
congress meets next Deceember, at which time it is
expected that congress will repeal its for
mer enabling act and pass a new bill, out
lining the counties and districts so as to
make the state strongly and safely republi
can. This work, that of shaping the counties and
districts, was left by the enabling act to the constitu
tional convention, the administration confidently ex"
pecting that the convention would be republican.
But it was democratic, and now the republicans
charge the convention with the sin of having so ar
ranged the county and district lines as to make the
state safely democratic, and, from a private source,
I learn that the charge is well founded.
The liquor element has joined forces with the re
publicans, thinking that delay will materially aid
either in gaining a victory over the prohibitionists.
The people want the election and they want it at
once, but inthe hands of the republican politicians
they are helpless. Thus we have a picture of the will
of the people being thwarted by a few designing pol
iticians. But the prohibitionists are determined in
their effort to have constitutional state prohibition,
and are moving right along regardless of the political
fight. The outlook at present is decidedly favora
ble to prohibition, and it is confidently thought by
some that eighty per cent of the vote when cast
will favor state prohibition. My personal opinion
is that the majority will be small. I believe the pro
hibitionists will win. but not without a struggle.
My confidence in the ultimate victory of the prohi
bitionists is based on two tbinngs: First, the ability
of the leaders to properly and wisely conduct the
campaign, and, secondly, on the strong, moral char
acter of the people; for the pople who have come
to Oklahoma are not what is commonly spoken of
as the riff-raff of population, but they are of that
class of citizenship which make a country great.
They have seen in the older states the destructive
influence of the liquor traffic and are determined
to have none of it here.
If Oklahomo votes for state-wide prohibition it will
be the first Territory in the Union to come into the
sisterhood of states as a prohibition state. This
fact is electrifying the people. They want to go
on record as the first state to recognize prohibition
from the start. Os course, not all the people feel
this way. There are many here, as elsewhere, who
place the dollar above home and native la d. but
it is hoped and believed that they are in the mi
nority.
The liquor people have organized what they call
a Citizens’ League, and are preparing to spend mil
lions in an effort to save this territory for rum
and the devil. But the Anti-Saloon League of
America is also preparing to rally to Oklahoma in
this fight, and I heard a gentleman from Kansas
publicly say that the prohibitionists of Kansas,
which means nearly all the people of the common
wealth. are. prepared to spend their money in an
effort to Sifiye Oklahnnia for God and home and na
tive land.
