Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

It swells itself up In an apparent en-
deavor to Impress the beholder. Its
great mouth well 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 viii !
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.
involving the interests of both the
present and the future life. II thei'
counsel be not followed However con
ficting 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
from the Church. will not lie allowed
TO conflict Any persons or teachings
IN conflict with these boastful and Nv
srrtntural claims will be branded ns
everything rifle. AT the mouths of these
frogs speaking FROM pGipits ana
platforms and through the religious
and secular press The nobler senu
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. Az Gaia
phas declared Ii expedient to commit
a crime in violation of justice. human
and Divine. TO be rid If Jesus and HIS
teachings. 81 this frog" spirit will aI-
proye of every violation Of principle
necessary 10 their self-protection
The crnaking of these frog spirits or
doctrines WIN 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. VIII Sc"ur@r
the passions of otherwise good ana
reasonable men to fury. desperation
In their blind following of these evi'
spirits. evil doctrines. they VIII %
ready 10 sacrifice life and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice. truth and righteous
ness. under a Divine arrangement
For a brief time. as we undressing
the Scriptures. these combined rorces
of Armageddon will triumph Free
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 of under the plea OF neces
sity. the glory Of God. the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem 10 On
serene. until the great social explosion
in our context described as the "grea
Earthquake" AID earthquake. u
symbolic language. signifies socia
revolution. and the declaration of thu
context is that none like unto II eve
before occurred. Revelation xvi. le
1911 Jesus described 1t as a time o
trouble such as never was since Their
was a nation.-Matthew xiv. Il
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-hke teachings WI
gather together into one host the grea'
the rich, the wise. the learned and tn
kings Of the earth, to battle At tnl
iuncture Divine Power viii step fol
ward. and our text tells us that d.
shall gather the marshaled hosts I
} Armageddon-to the Mountain or Dt
struction. The very thing which the
sought to avert by their union. feeders
ton, ETC.. will he the very thing the
win hasten Other Scriptures tell
; that God ~.,i be represented by tn
, Great Mes ~. and that de will be
the side of ne masses Thus we rea
, In Daniel xii. l.: "At that time sha
D Michael 1.-THE Godlike 0ne-Messiah
. stand up assume authority he wi
r take possession of His Kingdom In
I manner little looked for by many
those who enormously have bee
i. claiming that they were His Kingdor
j. and authorized by Him to reign In q
q name and In His stead
e Jesus declared. His servants ye a
s unto whom We render service Son
!. may be rendering service to Satan an
e TO error. who claim to be renderir
u service to God and to Righteousness
l. and some of these may be serving !
e norantly. as did Saul Of Tarsus. wi
5. verify thought that be did God q ser
e ice" In prosecuting the Church. II
3 came principle holds true reversed
10 AS an earthly king does not bold oil
self responsible for the moral charact
B of each soldier who fights In bis b'
VI ties. so the Lord does not vouch for {
3 moral character Of all who will emil
10 and eight on bis side Of any questic
lie ''His servants they are to whom IN
'e render service" whatever the mort
E. or object prompting them.
y The same principles WI apply IN {
e coming Battle Of Armageddon. Coo
side of that battle will be the peopl'
Is side. and the very uondescript DO
is the people. will be pittsd at the beg
It. ming of the battle. Anarchists. Soci
ts lists. and hot-headed radicals OF eve
th school Of reason and unreason. VIII
% In the forefront Of that battle /
r. majority Of the poor and the mild
ee class prefer peace at almost any pri
e. A comparatively small number. Go
y consecrated people. will at heart
iy longing for Messiah's Kingdom. The
m viii bide the Lords time and wait
% tiently for Il: they will be OF &c
eT courage, knowing the outcome outiir
&c In the more sure word Of prophec
N. to which they have done well to ts
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