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sure the true application will ft well
A rrog has a sage look, a wise Ink
IL sWells Itself up In an apparent on.
oeaVor 10 Impress the behoIder. Its
great mouth well represents its CHIEF
power. used to croak.
Applying these symbols. we learn
tnat an evil spirit. influence. teaching
wan come from the Protestant churches
Federated. from the Church of Rome
and from the Civil authorities. all IN
fuH agreement. The spirit of all will
De Doasful: an air Of superior wisdom
ana knowledge will be proudly assum-
ed-al 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 be not followed However COZ
nicting 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 be allowed
to conflict Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un-
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything Uile. 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 evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest, respecting Jesus. As Gaia
phas declared it expedient to commit
a crime in violation 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
Of these frogs" will scourge
the passions Of otherwise good and
men to 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 a 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 of 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" An earthquake" in
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution. and the declaration OF the
context is that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. Revelation xvi. Is,
I9) Jesus described it as a time Of
roubIe such as never WIS since there |
Tas a nation.-Matthew xiv. 21.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will |
sather together into one host the great,
he rich. the wise. the learned and the |
rings Of the earth, to battle. At this
uncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells US that he
hall gather the marshaled hosts to
the Mountain OF De-
truction. The very thing which they
ought to avert by their union. fedora
ion, ETC.. viii be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell rs
hat God will be represented by the
treat Messiah. and that he will be on
be side Of the masses. Thus we read
D Daniel Xii, ]: AT that time shall
fichaeI 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiahl
tand upT-assume authority. he will
axe possession Of His Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by many Of
hose who enormously have been
laiming that they were his Kingdom.
nd authorized by Him to reign In His
anne and in His stead.
Jesus declared. His servants ye are
uIO "uOu We EeuucI ScINlSc- 0OuC
lay be rendering service 10 Satan and
} error. who claim to be rendering
ervice to God and to righteousness;
nd some OF these may be serving ig-
as did Saul Of Tarsus, who
verify thought that he did God a serv-
e" in persecutihg the Church. The
lme principle holds true reversely.
8 an earthly king does not hold him
IL responsible for the moral character
each soldier who fights In his bat
es, 30 the Lord does not vouch for the
oral character Of all who will enlist
i'd fight on His side Of any question
ais servants they are to whom they
nder service" whatever the motive
object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
ming Battle Of Armageddon. Gods
de Of that battle will be the peoples
De. and the very nondescript host
% people. will be pitted at the begin
ng of the battle Anarchists, Social
s. and hot-headed radicals Of every
hool Of reason and unreason, viii be
the forefront Of that battle The