The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-11-09

sure the true application will tit well.
A frog has sage look. wise iouk.
II swells itself up In an apparent en-
denvor to Impress the behOider. 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 he 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. II their
counsel be not followed However con-
ficting the creeds. the differences will
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 he allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un-
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything pile. ut the mouths Of these
'.frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press The n0bler senti-
ments Of some will be stranglel by the
philosophy Of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. As Gaia
phas declared II expedient to commit
q 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
croaklngs of these frogs" will scourre
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 ia justice. truth and righteous
ness. under Divine arrangement.
For brief time. as we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
Of Armagedd0n 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 off under the plea Of neces-
sity. the glory Of God. the commands
Of the Church. etc. All will seem to he
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 IL that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. ,Revelation xvi. IS.
49,, Jesus described II AZ a time OF
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.- Matthew xiv. ~.
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 marshnled hosts to
Armageddon-to the Mountain Of DE.
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. federa'
ton. etc. will he the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that God will he represented by the
Great Messiah. and that lie will be IN
the side Of the MASSES. Thus We read
in Daniel xii. I: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One Messia b
stand up''-assump authority. He will
take possession Of His Kingdom In u
manner little looked for by many OF
those who enormously have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom
and au ,horized by Him to reign In His
name and In His steid.
Jesus declared. His servants ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may he 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 IL
norantly. AZ did Saul Of Tarsus. who
"verily thought that he did GOd n serv
ice" In prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true rererseiy
/ Az an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
Of each soldier who fights In his bat
tles. so the Lord does not vOucb for the
mornl character or all who will enlis
and fight on His side Of any question
His servants they nre to whom they
render service" whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming Battle Of Armageddon. God''
y side Of that battle will I've the peoples
side. and the very noDdescript host
the people. will he pitted ut the begin
ming Of the battle. Anarchists. Social
ists. and hot hended radicals Of every
school OF reason and unreasOn. will bt
In the forefront Of that battle. The
majority Of the poor and the middle
cliss prefer peace ut almost any price
A comparatively small number. Gods
consecrnted people. will ut heart IN
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will biie the Lords time and wait lm