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

crisis will be reached when the hither-
to 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-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 infalll-
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
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 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 relgn.-Reve-
lation Xi, II, IS.
"Send Them Strong Delusions."
st. Paul wrote prophetically of our
time, that 1t would be one of serious
trial and testing to many protesting to
be Christians The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love of it. QI Thessalonians Ii, 10,
H. They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will 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 against Cod" because of their lack
Of love for the Truth.
1t is sad to say that we all as Chris
tians have been laboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set I'D
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
HhI, will
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 symbolically
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 croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is section of the universe in
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 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 day land
that battle of ArmageddonI should
overtake" them las a thief" - un-
awares
Armaseddon 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 Stin two years to
run. The Image of the Beast" Of our
context must yet receive lfe-power
The Image must be transformed from
a mere mechanism to a living force.
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
it receive vitalizntion-unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog.
nized as possessed of apostolic ordina-
ton and authority to teach This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast, which. we believe,
symbolically represents the Church of
England. High-handed activities of
professionalism and Catholicism, operat-
Ing In conjunction for the suppression
OF human liberties. await this vivifying
OF the Image, This may come soon,
Dut Armageddon cannot precede it. but
must follow-perhaps year after it,
according to our view Of the Prophecy.
Still another thing intergenes: a!
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine, gradually obtaining con-
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