Graham guardian., 1912-11-08

A frog has a sage look. wise look.
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-
sd-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. II their
rounsel be not followed. However con-
nicting the creeds. the differences Will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
cd. 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-
scnptural claims will be branded as
everything pile, at the mouths Of these
"frogs'' speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler send-
ments Of some Will be strangled by the
philosophy Of -the. same evil spirit
which spoke, through Caiaphns. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared It expedient to commit
q crime in violation Of Justice. human
and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, 30 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
croaklngs 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 a Divine arrangement.
For a brief time. rs we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces.
of Armageddon win triumph. Free
speech; free mails. and other liberties
which have come to besthe very breath
Of the masses. In OUR day. viii hc~ruia-
lessly shut off under the plea Of necrs-
sity, the glory Of God. the commands
Of the Church. etc. All will seem to lie
serene. until the great SOCIAL exlspsirn
in our Context described ns the great
Earthquake" An "earthQuak"." in
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration. of the
context is that none like unto It ever
before occurred. Revelation xvi, Is,
l9J Jesus described 1t az time nf
trouble such az never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xyiy. p
The Lord win Gather Them.
The false. frog-like teachings will
gather together into one host IN" great.
the rich, the wise. the learned alrd the
kings Of the earth, to battle. :: At this
juncture Divine Power will. step for
ward. and our text tells US that m
shall gather the marshnIed hosts, to
Armageddon-tO the Mountain OF De-
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
tion, etc, will be, the very thing they
will hasten Other Scriptures tell us
that God will be represented by tie
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-Messiah]
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 Hls
name and In His stead. ,-.s..~s
Jesus declared, His servants We 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
"verily 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 yOuch for the
moral character Of all who wi enlist
and fight on His side of any question.
"His servants they are to whom they
render SERVICE" whatever the m0tiv"
or object prompting them.
The snme principles will apply IN ne
coming Battle of Armageddon. G'd's
side Of that battle will be the p"ohIe's
side, and the very nondcscript hast.
the people. will he pittcd Mt the ms.in-
ming of the battle. Anarchists, Social
lists. and hot headed radicals of every |
school Of reason aud unreason. will te
In the forefront Of that battle. The |
Of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price.
A comparatively small number. Gods
people. will mt heart he |
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will bide the Lords time and wait pa |
tiently for It: they will he of good
courage, knowing the outcome outlined |
In the more sure word Of prorhccy,'
to which they have done we'll to take
heed. "as unto. a. light shining In
dark place until the Day dawn"-ll
Peter |. 49,
The masses will be restless Of their