The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-11-14

the placing Of monopolies and utilities
and the supplies Of nature In the hands
Of the people for the public good. The
crisis will be reached when the hither'
to upholders of law shall become vio-
lators of the law and resisters of the
will of the majority as expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning masses to desper
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli
BILE Word of God assuring us Of a
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up 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 to be 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 precede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power, and beginning His reign.-Reve-
lation xi, II. IS.
"Send Them Strong Delusions."
st. Paul wrote prophetically Of our
time, that it 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 it. Ql Thessalonians il, 10,
H. They preferred their own errone-
Gus theories. the Apostle explains, and
therefore God viii give them over to
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 be in the condemned host. fight
ing agdinSt Cod" because of their lack
OF love for the Truth.
It is sad To say that we all as Chris
tians have been aboring under thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set UP
His Church in Kingdom power, and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength Of this delusion. Jews and
heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: "Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth. as in
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make US His Bride and joint-heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolicaily
say, "alI nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
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 a section Of the universe IL
rebellion against Divine authority, un-
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 and
his poSterity full, fair opportunity
for the attainment Of everlasting life.
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking in the light may know
something at least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren "are
not in darkness. that that day fand
that battle Of Armageddon] should
overtake'' them "as thief" - I'm.
awares
Armaaeddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mastering for both
sides Of the conflict. Strikes, lockouts
and riots, great and small, have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
belligerent 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 conf
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful Of the other. Bitter and angry
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.
Gentle times have still two years TO
run. The Image Of the Beast" of our
context must yet receive We-power.
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to a living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
it receive vitalization-unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog'
nized as possessed Of apostolic ordina'
ton and authority to teach. This the