The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-11-19

and the supplies of nature I'm the hands
of the people for the public good. Tho
crisis Will he reached when the hitler
10 upholders OF law shall become vio-
lators Of the law and reslSters OF the
will Of the majority as expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future Will
lead the well-menning masses TO desper-
alton; and anarchy viii result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would lie this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli-
bic Word Of God assuring us of n
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding milllonaNes and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil Il thou,
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for its Armageddon Il
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Dl-
vine purpose. because Messinh's King
dom Is to be the great Thousand
Near-Sabbath of the worlds history
God in kindness yelled 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 XII IL, IS
"Send Them Strong Dslusions."
st. Paul wrote prophetically 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 i'm
the love of it. or Thessalonians ii, 10.
ID They preferred their own errone-
Gus theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God Will give them over TO Il
strong delusion." ana let them believe
the lie which they preferred. ana let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will be In the condemned host. "6gilt-
ing against Cod" because of their lack
Of love for tho Truth
II is SID 90 say that we all as Chris
tiHn' have been iahorinG under thor
urHA Gri;.>.rl respecting Gods Plan.
We have ,..in.vd that Christ set up
lis Church ia Kingdom power. and
that tie Church has been reigning on
the earth rs His representative On
the strength OF this deluSion. Jews and
hercticS lave been prosecuted to 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. rs in
/ Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
sail that He would come again to
\ make us His Bride and ioint-heirS: but
/ we Ignored the Scriptures We were
/ drunk. rs the Scriptures Symboically
/ say. all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
/ that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin To croHk and to
| prepare for Arnageddon.
| The Bible presentation is that the
world is Il section Of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. I'M
der the captaincy of Satan and his as
socintcd 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 seek 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 dav land
that battle of Armageddon should
overtake" them "as thief" un-
awareS
Armagoddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddor
| sides of the conflict Strikes. lockouts
ana riots. great and small. nave 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 cont
| dence and tended to make each dis
| trustfu 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 Arnageddon cannot yet
/ DO fought Other matters intervene.
| according TO prophecy
Gentle times have still two years TO
\ run The "lmnge>of the Beast of our
| context must yet receive life power
| The Image must be transformed from
/ a mere mechanism TO living force
I Protestant Federation realizes that it's
organization VIII still be- futile unless
\ 1t receive vitaliZatiOu-unlcss it's clergy
/ directly or indirectly shall be rrcO--
I nized as possessed Of apostolic ordiua-
I ton and authority Co teach This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. We believe.
symbolically represents the Church or
England. High handed activities OF
/ Professionalism ana Catholicism Operat-
| ing I'm conjunction for the suppression
Of human liberties. await this viyifyiug
/ OF the Image This may come soon.
/ but ArmagedGOD cannot prcccdc it. but
must follow perhaps year after it..
[ according to orr view Of Che Prophecy.
Still another thing Intervene, Al
though tho Jews are gradually flowing
INTO Palestine. gradually obtaining con-
| troll Of the land of Canaan and aI-
/ though reports say That already nine
teen miiliOu0ires are there. uovpriuo-
less prophecy requires an evidently
larger numbcr Of wealthy Hebrews TO-
Dee there before the Armacc1lou crisis