The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-02


will be transacted. These alliance
will prove of vast import
ance providing the farmers take
sufficient interest in them to insure
arge attendance.
United States in the Light Of Prophecy
He .doeth great wonders, real mir
acles, makes fire, come down from
heaven, and deceives them that,
dwell on the earth. Rev. xix.20 the
same works. wrought for the, same
purpose, are ascribed to the false
prophet! The two-horned beast and
the false prophet are therefore the
same power. But Rev. xyir13 IA,
shows that the agency by which the
false prophet, works his miracles is
the spirits of devils. And behold it
has its appearance in modern spirit,
ualism, which has arisen in this
country. and from this point has
spread to all the nations, of the
earth. Considering tn sse facts, that
the power represented by the two
horned beast must be located in this
hemisphere, and be just coming into
notoriety alb put the year 1898, and
be lamb; like power. republican in
form of government and Protestant
in religion, and the place where the
wonder i, workings of Spiritualism
should first spring forth, and one
that should make such progress as
has no parallel in the history of ma
tons Can any one for moment
doubt that our government is the
one represented? els -o: .,s.i r..
What remains to be fulfilled, is
em bodied in two propositions: This
power is to cause an image to be
made to the. beast, and TO enforce the
reception of the mark of the beast.
An image of the beast must be some
thing resembling the beast. The
beast, Catholicism, was a church
clothed with civil power. An eccle.
siastical organization clothed with
civil power would bear some resem-
blance to it, or be an image of it.
A State church in this land Of mul.
tiplied sects is probably an impossi
bility. How, then, can we. have here
such an image? There can be un.
ion formed on such points as the diff
ferent religious denominations hold
in common. Take for instance the
first day Of the week for the Sabbath
This is adored from various stand
points and under different titles, as
the Lords Day, the Christian Sab
bath, the American Sabbath, etc.
The question of such union among
the churches, under the seductive
title Of a "Union in Christ is now
extensively agitated. Papers are
published in the interest of the
movement and earnest advocates arc
devoting TO it their best powers. II
finds strong undercurrent of
power in all the churches. ~.
What is the mark of the beast
1t is not of course literal mark
Prophecy would not couple together
a symbolic beast, and literal mark
of that beast. The mark of the
beast must he some institution of the
beast which will distinguish its fol
| lowers. But We show ourselves fol
lowers or servants of any power only
by obeying its authority; and au
thorlty is always manifested through
law. ,,s .r.. ...:... ....>. i.
From what other compay are the
follower of the beast distinguished
From the followers of God !; mas
much as the warning which goe:
forth against the worship of tht
beast and the reception of his MARI
| is designed to keep men loyal to the
requirements of Heaven. "Here art
they "says the third message,"whicl
kept the commandments of Goa
But we can show ourselves followers
of God only by keeping his law.
The mark of the beast is therefore
simply this change which the Catho
lie power has attempted to make ir
the law of God. We take testimony
from it's own mouth. See Catholi;
Catechisms. Tt is its change of thu
fourth commandment, wherein it b a:
put the first day of the week ir
place of the seventh, which God ha!
net ceased to. enjoin. sru..s,s
That the Catholic power is sym
bolized by the little horn of Dan. z
is beyond'question. The prophecy
said that it should think to chang,
the law of God ), and it steps, fortl
and acknowledges the act. What fur
ther evidence is required2 He who
with the light before him, and tn,
issue pressed upon him between Gee
and this wicked power, deliberatel.
decides to keep the institution of, tn,
beast instead of the commandments
of God, worships the beast and re.
ceives his mark. II 9-...s..ss. .........
We know the objection which will
here Immediately fly to the lips O
an opponent. He will say; ther
all Sunday-keeper, past or present
how ever eminent as servants OF
God, have had, or. now have tn,
mark of the beast. And we quickly
answer, not one, why? Becaus.
they have not kept it. and are mo-
keeping it, with tue issue befor,
them presented in the prophecy
They have supposed they were keep
ing the fourth commandment accord
ing to the will of God. But flashes Of
truth in these closing hours of tim,
are to dispel all such darkness from
every honest mind, and show this
work in its true light. And this in
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