The Hartford republican., 1912-11-08

ana tne Nupp1eS OF uUtuTe W tne uunuS
Of the people for the public good The
crisis will he reached when the hitIrr.
to uphoders Of law shall become vio.
lators Of the law and rcsIsters of the
will Of the majority ns expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning MASSES to deslmr.
alton: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would he this outIwk for
the future did we not have the infalli.
bic Word of God assuring us of u
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowi-
edge and skill which is ut the same
time breeding millionaircs and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou.
sand years s~iIcr. the world would
have lined mp for its Armngeddon II
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for The Di-
vine purpose. because Aiessiah's King
dom is to he the great Thousand
Year.Sabbath of the worlds history
God in kindness veiled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar.
mageddon would immediately prccede
A1essiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve-
latiOn xi. IL. 1S
"Send Them Strong Deiusions."
st. Paul wrote propheticaIly Of our
time. that 1t would be one Of serious
trial and testing to many processing to
be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love of 1t. OI Thessalouians II, 10.
H. they preferred their own errone
GUS theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over To a
STRONG delusion." and let them believe
the lie which they preferred. and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will he in the condemned host. tight
ing against God" because Of their lack
Of love for the Truth
1t Is sad to say that we all az Chris
tians have been labOring under thor
Ough delnsion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power. aud
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusiOn. Jews and
heretics have been persecutedto death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: THY Kingdom
come: Thy will he done on earth. as in
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that IIe would come again to
make us His Bride and joint-heirs; hut
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolically
say. "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine 1t is this false doctrne
that will constitute the frog spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for ArmageddOn.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is q section Of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. IN.
der the captaincy of Satan and his AS
sociated fallen angels. BY Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man." and the merit of that sac
rifice must. eventually. grant Adam anh
his posterity 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 Mt least respecting the ''tiUes
and Seasons" These brethren are
not in darkness. that. that day land
that battle of ArmageddOnI should
Overtake" them las thief" - un-
awares.
Arnnaseddon Not Vet but Soon.
For forty years the ArmageddOn
forces have been mastering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes. iockOuts
and riots. great aud small. have been
merely incidental skirmishes rs the
belligcrent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals In
Europe. Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America, have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. charg.
ed by turns on employees and on en-
plOyers. have further shaken CONT
dence and tended to make each dis
IuStiui ". tue OttcT. DIttcI uuu dukEy
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines of battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless ArmageddOn cannot yet
be fought. Other matters intervene.
according to prophecy.
Gentile times have still two years to
run. The Image Of the Beast" Of our
context must yet receive hfe-pOwer.
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to a living force.
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organiza tion will stir he futile unless
1t receive vitalizatiOn-unless its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recOg-
nized MS possessed Of apostolic ordina-
ton and authority to teach This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe.
symbolically represents the Church OF
England. High-handed activities Of
Professionalism and Catholicism. operat-
Ing In conjunction for the suppression
OF human liberties. await this viyifyins
of the Image This may come soon,
but ArmageddOn cannot precede II. but
must fOll0w-i,erhaps n year after 1t.
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