Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-11-18

1t 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 will
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, If their
counsel be not followed. However con-
flicting the creeds. the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
: that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed, or looked into, or repudlated.
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
croakings of these frogs" will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable 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 Divine arrangement.
For 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
Iessly 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" An earthquake" in
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution, and the declaration of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred. Revelation xvi. 1S.
49, Jesus described it as "a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was nation.-Matthew xiv, u.
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
Armag geddon--to the Mountain of De-
struction. The very thing which they
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ton, etc, will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that God will 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-Messiahl
stand up"-assume authority. He will
take possession of His Kingdom in a
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 and in His stead.
Jesus declared, His servants ye are
unto whom ye 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-
norantly, as did Saul of Tarsus, who
verify thought that he did God serv-
ice" in prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely.
AS an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in his bat
ties, so the Lord does not vouch 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 Armageddon. Gods
side Of that battle will be the people,
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 the poor and the middle
| class prefer peace at almost any price
A comparatively small number, Gods
consecrated people. will at heart be
longing for Mcssiah's Kingdom. These
will bide the Lords time and wait pa
tiently for. it; they will be of gooc
courage. knowing the outcome outlined