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ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF GOVERNMENT

Dear B. S.                                                                                                         March 9, 1989

      Thank you for your letter.... I am concerned by your stand for the consolidation of the city and county governments, and am writing in the hope that I might be able to cause you to re-think your position.

       God scattered the people at the Tower of Babel for this reason: places where large numbers of people live have the distinct nature of being able to become centers, not only of culture, but of evil. Micah declared, "...What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem" (Micah 1:5; compare with Amos 3:9).

      The reason that cities accumulate evil is not owing simply to the congestion of population, but to the congestion of moral evil. God condemned the cities of Israel because they became exponents of a spirit of self-dependence that caused them to dwell securely, and to cultivate the spirit of rebellion. Consequently, they multiplied their sins. So, God said, "I will cut off the cities of the land, and throw down all thy strong holds" (Micah 5:11).

      When Nimrod "began to be a mighty one in the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord," we are told "the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar" (Genesis 10:8,9,10). Why do men always set their eyes on bigness? because they walk by sight, and not by faith.

     It is on account of the increased corruption found in cities that God promises that in the future, He will condemn all cities, and they shall cease to exist. Lot's fascination with Sodom destroyed his family (See: Micah 2:10; 3:8-12). But, the day will come when every man shall sit in rural simplicity under his own vine, and eat from his own fig tree (Micah 4:4).

    Consider the pride and arrogance manifested in the recent history of our city, and how it has issued in a waterfall of corruption and intrigue. Certainly, the consolidation of the city and county governments will result in a consolidation of evil as well. Although our world is breaking down national barriers, and promoting one-worldism, or "globalism," this is not the way of the Lord: He divided the nations, and scattered them. Yet, He did not leave them without witness, but allowed them to seek the Lord, "if haply they might feel after him" (Acts 17:27). Thank you for your time.

ON MILITARY SERVICE

Dear R. S.                                                                                                  November 18, 1987

        ...The reason some Christians shy away from military life is because in our day, military life has become totally humanistic. Consider Oliver Cromwell, who allowed no one in his army who swore: only Psalm-singing men, who feared the Lord were allowed. This is without a doubt the reason that he never lost a battle. I once heard a Sergeant say that he wanted no one in his company unless he swore, and drank, and ran after women.

      The Covenanters of Scotland would kneel on the battlefield when they were about to do battle, and they would pray, "Lord, take the ripe, and spare the green."

     In our own history, Archbishop Leonidas Polk, General in the Confederate Army, wrote a tract entitled, "Balm for the Wounded," and he had a godly testimony while attending West Point Academy.

      And, Stonewall Jackson was so earnest a Christian, that the first log chapels were erected in his army. He would not even mail a letter on Sunday. He, too, was known to pray all night before doing battle. We do not have men like this today.

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