The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-08

crisis win be reached when the hither
10 uphoders OF law shall heroine vlo-
lators OF the law add resistcrs of the
will OF the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future viii
lead the we'll meaning masses TO desper-
alton; and anarchy win result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalll-
Bile Word OF God assuring us OF
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which IL at the same
time breeding mlllionaires and discon.
tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined mp for its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Di'
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Is 10 he the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath Of the worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering 20 Ar
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking 10 Himself His great
power. and begin ming His reign.-Reve-
Iation Il. II. IS.
"send Then, Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetically Of our
time. that il would be- one Of serious
trial and testing to many processing 10
be Christians The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love Of IT, Oh Thcssalouions II. 10,
IL They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories. the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to
''strong deluson," and let them believe
the lie which they preferred. and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love Thus they
win be 10 the condemned host. fight
ing against God" because Of their lack
OF love for the Truth
II is sad 70 say that we all as Chris
tians have been laboring under thor
ough deluslon respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set mp
His Church In Kingdom power, and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength Of this dcluson. Jews and
heretlcs have been prosecuted TO death
as opponents to Christs Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer; THY Kingdom
come. Thy will be- done on earth, as in
Uenvcn" We knew that the Redeemer
said that lie would come again to
make Ms Ills Bride and joint-heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk ms the Scriptures symbolically
gay "all nations were drunk with the
false doctrine II is this fatse doctrine
. that will constitute the frog spirit
which soon will begin TO cronk and to
prepare for Armagcddon
The Bible presentation is that the
world il section NJ the universe Zoo
rebellion against Divine authority, un-
der the captaincy " Satan and his as
socinted fallen angels. by Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man." aud the merit Of that sac
rltice must eventually. grant Adam and
his posterlty q full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus seek the Divine program
and are walking in the light may know
something nc least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren "arc
not in darkness. that that day land
that battle OF Armngeddonl should
uvertake" them "as thief'' - I'M.
swares
Arraqsddon Not Vet but Soon
For forty years the Armngeddon
forces have been mastering for both
sides Of fhe condict Strikes. lockoui>
and riots great and small have been
merely incidental Skirmshes as the
bclligercnt parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals iu
Europe Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals IN America. have shaken pub
I lic confidence Dynamite plotS. rhars
ed by turns on employee Jud IN en-.
ployers. have further shaken cont
dence and tended to muke cnch dis
trustfu Of the other sitter aud angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines of battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
ne fought other matters intervene
according 10 prophecy
Gentle times have still two wears Ia
run. The Image Of the Beast ~ our
context must yet receive Hfc-power
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism 10 q living force
Protestant Federation realizes that rs
organization will still be futile unless
IL receive vitaliztion-unlesS its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recog
nized as possessed Of apostolic ordina
ton and authority 10 teach This th'
pronhecy indicates will come from me
two horned beast. which we believe
Symbolically represents the Church oi
England Iigh-handed activities Of
Professionalism and Catholicism. oper1t
ing In conjunction FOR the suppression
OF human liberties. await this vivifyinl
OF the Image This may come soon
hut Armngeddon cannot preccde t. bu'
must follow-perhap a year after H.
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