The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-11-15

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great mouth Well represents It's chile
power, used to croak.
Applying these symbols, we lear,
that an evil spirit. influence, teaching
> Will come from the Protestant churche
federated. from the Church of Rome
ana from the Civil authorities, all 1,
full agreement. The spirit of all vii
be boastful; an afr of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum
ed-all will croaS in harmony. All vii
tell of dire results that would follow
involving the interests Of both til,
present and the future life, II theil
counsel be not followed. However con
hicting the creeds, the differences vii
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.
; scrlptural claims will be branded as
everything rilc. Mt 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 1t 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-protecton.
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. rs 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 peces.
sity, the glory Of God, tho 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, 18,
1e) Jesus described It ps a time Of
trouble such as never was since there
was Matthew xiv. cl,
Tho Lord viii 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 marshaied 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 will be represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He will be on
the side of the masses. Thus we read
in Daniel xii, 1: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiah1
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 Els
name and In His stead,
Jesus declared, His servants ye aro
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
''yerily thought that he did God serv-
lcer in prosecuting the Church. Tho
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 bis bat I
lies, SO the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character t.all who will enlist
and fight on His side Of any question,
His servants they are to whom they
render SERVICE" whatever the motive
" object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming Battle of Armageddon. Gods
Iide of that battle will be the peoples !
Iide, and the very nondescript host.
he people, will be pitted at the begin
ling of the buttlc Anarchists, Social-
SITS. and hot headed radicals Of every !
chool of reason and unreason, will be
n the forefront Of that battle. The 9
majority Of the poor and the middle 9
lass prefer peace Mt almost any price. :
comparatively small number, Gods .
onsecrated people, will Mt heart be a
onging for Messiah's Kingdom. These
viii bide the Lords time and wait pa .
Iently for 1t: they will be Of good u
ourage. knowing the outcome outlined 9
0 the more sure word Of prophecy" 9
0 which they have done well to take .
eed. "as unto n light shining In u
ark place until the Day dawn."-Il -
'eter l, 10. =
The masses will be restless Of their :,
estraints, but will be conscious OF = =
,ejr own weakness as compared to the = .
Ings and princes. financial, religious . 2