The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-08

them together unto
k place called in
l(4ASl0R RuSSElI)I the Hebrew tongue
n Armageddon."
Revelation xvi, 1871 The speaker said;
Armageddon In the Hebrew signifies
the '.Hill Of Megiddo,e or Mount Of De-
struction It was famous as battle
field In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen ct to associate the
name Armageddon. with the great con-
>troversy between Truth and Error.
right and wrong. God and Mammon,
with which this age win close, perish,
and the New Age Of Messiah's glory
be ushered in He has purposely used
highly symbolical figures Of speech In
the last book OF the Bible, evidently
with view to hiding certain impor-
liant truths until the due time for their
reyeaiment- But even in the due time,
the Bible assures us. "None Of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii,
8, 1OlAnone who are out OF heart har-
mony with God-but only the wise Of
His people-the wise virgin class OF
the Masters parable.
have long avoided presentation Of
my understanding Of our text and its
context. take it up now by request
and because believe it Is due time to
be understood. disclaim any special
inspiration. In some particulars my
views agree with those Of other Bible
students. and In other respects they
disagree Each hearer must use his
own Judgment. do his own Bible study.
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that am not re-
sponsible for the figures of speech used
By the Lord. My interpretations do in
deed constitute a terrible arraignment
Of institutions which we have all rever-
enced and which embrace good people.
of good words and good works Gods
sanity people in these various institu-
lions. being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as whole are
dealt with in prophecy.
The Dragon. Beast. False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three Inn
pure spirits (teachingsl will go forth
from the mouths OF the Dragon. the
Beast and the False Prophet. and these
three will be in accord. and symbolical-
" the doctrines are represented by
.frngs. These three doctrines are to
have mighty influence throughout the
iviIized earth They are to gather
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle OF Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes.
and their retinues of clergy and faith
full adherents. win be gathered in solid
Nphalanx = Protestant and Catholic The
kings and captains of industry, and as
many as can be Influenced by them,
will be gathered to the same side. The
political kings and princes. with all
their henchmen and retainers, will fol
low in line on the same side. The
financial kings and merchant princes
and all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever yet exereis-
ed IN the world. will Join the same
side. according to this prophecy.
These doctrines of demons" repre-
scented by the Frogs will lead many
noble people in this great army to- as
sumo an attitude quite contrary tc
!. their preference For a time the
wheels Of liberty and progress will bs
turned backward and medieval re
straints will be considered necessary
for self-preservation-for the mainte
nance Of the present order of things
In giving this Interpretation. it I;
necessary for us to indicate what IL
symbolized by the Dragon. the Beast
and the False Prophet Bible students
sf nearly all denominations agree witt
us that the Dragon Of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant interpreters generally agre,
that the Beast like leopard Reve
lation xiii. q represents the Papacy
But fewer still. we fear, will be ready
to support our view that Professionalism
Is the Image of the Beast" RevelatioI
xiii. l5l in our context given another
name. 1.-THE False Prophet" We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation
nor shall we think hard OF any VIII,
} refuse it We viii neither Islander mo-
otherwise injure them now. nor threat
30 them with eternal torture. They
*aVe the same right to their views tina
have. and the same right to MAKE
th&m known to others. And l. To-
onk. viii be very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set fortl
as their Interpretations of our text.
-unelsan Spirits Like Fross.s
The symbolisms Of Scripture. right