Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-11-09

IL swells Itself up IN an apparent ST.
deavor 10 Impress the beholder. Its
great mouth well represents it's chile
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 win
tell of dire results that would follow.
involving the interests OF both the
present ard the future life, II their
counsel be not followed. However con
ficting the creeds, the differences viii
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed, or looked into. or repndIated.
The Divine authority Of the Church,
and the Divine right Of kings. aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and UNI
scrlptural claims win be branded as
everything rifle. at the mouths Of these
frogs speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press, The nobler senti-
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evI spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas, the
high priest. respecting Jesus. As Gaia
phas declared it expedient to commit
crime in violation of justice, human
and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog spirit viii APP
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection.
The croaking of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings aud
princes. financial, political, religious
and Industrial into one great army.
The spirit of fear. inspired by the
croakings of these frogs" viii scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men 70 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
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 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.r An earthquake" In
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration of the
context Is that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. tReyelation xvi. Is.
49, Jesus described 1t as a time OF
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation Matthew xiv, Il.
The Lord Will 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 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 us
that God win be 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 shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-MessiahI
stand up"--assume authority. He viii
take possession of His Kingdom In o
manner little looked for by many OF
those who enormously have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign In His
name aud in His stead.
Jesus declared. His servants We are
unto whom We render service" Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error. who claim to be rendering
service to God and to righteousness
and some OF these may be serving ig-
norantIy. as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God sery'
ice" in prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reyersely-
AS an earthly king does not bold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in his bat
ties, so the Lord does not youch 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 Arrnageddon. Gods
side of that battle will be the peoples
side. and the very nondescript host.
the people. will be pitted at the begin
ming OF the battle. Anarchists. Social
lists. and hot-headed radicals OF every
school of reason and unreason. will be
in the forefront Of that battle. The
majority of tile poor and the middle
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