Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-06

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have the same right to their views that
] have. and the same right to make
them known to others. And [. for
one. will he very glad to consider any.
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text.
"unelsan Spirits Like Froas."
The symbolisms Of Scripture. right
y understood. are always forcefuL
When the Holy Spirit used q frog"
to symbolically represent certain
doctrines or teachings. we may bs
sure the true application will it well.
a frog has a sage look. wise look.
It swells itself up In an apparent en-
deavor to Impress the beholder. It's
great mouth well represents its chief
power. used to croak.
Applying these symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. influence, teaching,
win 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 viii 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
counsel be not followed However con-
Glcting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored 10 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 he allowed
to conflict ANY persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un.
scdptural claims win be branded AZ
everything rile. 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 Gala
phas declared II expedient to commit
a crime In violation Of justice. human
and Divine. to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog" spirit win 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 q 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.
lessly shut OF 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 rs the great
Earthquake" An earthquake" In
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution, and the declaration Of the
context Is that none like unto II ever
before occurred. tRevelation xvi. Is.
10l Jesus described It a. time Of
trouble such as never was since there
was n nation. Matthew xxlv. ~.
The Lord viii Gather Them.
The false. frogllke 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 m
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
the Mountain OF De-
struction, The very thing which they
sought to avert by their nnion. fedora
ton, etc. will be the very thing they
viii 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 readl
In Daniel xii. /: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-A AiessiahH
stand up'-assume authority He will
take possession VI His Kingdom In q
manner little looked for by many of
hose who enormously have been
that they were His Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign In His
name and In His stead
Jesus declared. His servants We areI
INTO whom ye render service" somel
may be rendering service to Satan and
10 error. who claim TO be rendeFingI
service to God and to righteousness;
md some Of these may be serving ie
nuramtly. IN did Saul Of Tarsus. whol
verify thought that be did God q serv
&c" In persecuting the Church. Thel
'ame principle holds true resersely
As an earthly king does not bold him
'elf responsible for the moral character
II each soldier who fights In his bat
les, so the Lord does not vouch for thsI
moral character OF all who win enlist
Ind eght on His aide Of any question
His servants they are TO whom theyl
'ender service whatever the u,ofivpl
" object prompting them