The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-08

A frog has a sage look, wise look
1t swells Itself nr IN an apparent en-,
deavor to Impress the behclder Its
great mouth we'll represents It's 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 hoastful an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will he proudly assum-
ed-all will Croak IN harmony All viii
tell Of dire results that would follow.
Involving the interests of both the
present and the future life, IL their
counsel he not followed However con
dieting the creeds. the differences will
he ignored in the general proposition
that nothing ancient must hc disturb
ed, or looked into. or repudiated.
The Divine authority Of the Church,
and the Divine right Of kings, aside
from the Church, viii not he allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastfui end IN
scriptural claims viii he branded as
everything riie, at the mouths Of these
+ frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press The pobler senu-
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas, the
high priest, respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared 1t eypedient TO commit
a crime I'm iolatIon 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
croakings Of these frogs" will scourge
the passions OF otherwise good and
res sonahle men to fury desperation
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits. evil doctrines. they will he
ready TO sacrifice life and everything
on the altar Of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth and righteous
ness, under Divine arrangement
For brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
Of Armageddon will triumph Free
speech free mails and other liberties
which have come tn 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 eyplosio"
| In our context described as the "grea
! Earthquake An earthquake. in
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration Of the
context is hat none like unto IL ever
/ before occurred CRevelation xvi. Is,
49, Jesus described 1t as a time "f
trouble such as never was since there
was nation Matthew xiv, u,
The Lord viii Gather Them.
The false frog-ike teachings will
gather together into one host the great.
the rich. tho wise, the learned and the
kings OF the earth. to battle At this
! tuncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells us that He
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
/, Armageddon-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 na
that God will he represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He Will be on
the side of the masses Thus we read
in Daniel xii. | AT that time Sha'l
| Michael the Godlike One Messiah
stand up"--assume authority. He VIII
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 an, horized by Him to reign in His
name and in His stead.
Jesps declared, His servants ye are
INTO whom ye render service Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error. who claim to be rendering
service to TOD ana TO righteousness
and some Of these may be serving IL
norantly. as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
"yarily thought that he did God srrN
ice' In prosecuting the Church me
same principle holds true reverselF
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
Of each soldier who fights in bis bat
ties, so the Lord does not vouch for thf
moral character of all who will enliSl
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 God :
side of that battle will he the people
side and the very nondescrirt host
the people. will be pitted at the begin
ming of the bait Anarchists. Social
lists. and hot headed radicals Of every
school of reason and unreason, will ht
in the forefront of that battle, The
ma ajority of the poor and the MIDDLE
class prefer peace at almost any price
A comparatively small number. God