Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-11-08

doctrines or teachings. we may be
sure the true application will at well.
A frog has a sage look, wise look
1t swells itself up In an apparent en-
deavor to impress the beholder. Its
great mouth we'll represents its chief
power, used to croak.
Applying these symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. influence, teaching.
will come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church of Rome.
and from the Civil authorities. all In
full agreement The spirit of all will
be boastful; an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum-
ed-all will croak in harmony. All will
tell Of dire results that would follow,
present and the future life, If their
counsel be not followed. However con-
Hicting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed, or looked into, or repudiated.
The Divine authority Of the Church.
and the Divine right of kings. aside
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
in conflict with these boastful and un
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything Uile, at the mouths Of these
"frogs' speaking from pulpits and
platform and through the religious
and secular press. The nober senti
ments Of some will be strangled by the
. 4x-I hi
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared 1t expedient to commit
a crime in violation Of justice, human
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog" spirit will ap-
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection.
The croaking of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes. financial, political. religious
and industrial into one great army.
The spirit of fear, inspired by the
croaklngs of these FROGS" will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines, they will be
ready to sacrifice life and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth and righteous
ness, under Divine arrangement.
For a brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
speech. free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses In our day. will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea of neces-
sity. the glory of God, the commands
of the Church, etc. All will seem to be
serene. until the great social explosion
In our context described as the great
Earthquake" An Earthquake" In
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution. and the declaration Of the
context is that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. Revelation xvi. IS,
1917 Jesus described 1t as time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xiv. 81.
The Lord viii Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together into one host the great
the rich, the wise the learned and the
kings of the earth to battle, At this
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells us that Hh
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Arma geddon--to the Mountain OF De
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton, etc, will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell US
Great Messiah. and that He will be Oh
the side of the masses. Thus we read
In Daniel xii, l: "At that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-MessiahI
stand up"-assume authority. He Will
take possession of His Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by many Of
those who enormously have been
claiming that they we're His Kingdom.
and authorized by II i'm to reign in His
name and in His stead.
Jesus declared. Ills servants ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, who claim to be rendering
service 10 HOu anu W righteousness y
and some Of these may be serving ig
norantly, as did Saul of Tarsus. who
"verily thought that be did God serv
ice" In prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely
AS an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights In his bat
ties, so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
and fight on His side of any question
His servants they are to whom they
render service" whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply in the
coming Battle of Armageddon. Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
L. L. Arac,A