The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-11-09

~ the people for ~ public good. Tho
1 crisis will be reached when the hlther'4
10 upholders Of law shall become vio-
lators OF the law aud resisters OF the
will OF the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the wei meHuiug masses to de~per
alton: and amrchy viii result when
Socialism fails
The Clouds silver Lining.
Horrible wohd i,r this outlook for
The fsure did we not have the infalH.
bic Word OF God assuring us OF a
glorious outcome Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great know.
edge and skill which is az the same
! time breeding mllliOnaires aud discon-
tents Had God lifted the veil thou
sand years sooner. the world would
nave lined up for IFS Armageddon
thousand wears sooner But That
would have been too soon for the III
/ vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Is 10 be Tho great Thousand
Year-Sahhath OF the worlds history
! God in kindness YELLED our eyes untit
the time when the gathering 10 Ar
mageddon would immediately precede
Messlah's taking TO Himself His great
power and beginning His reign. -lievc
latlon xi. IL. rs.
"Send Them Strong Delusions."
ST. Paul wrote pupheucally OF our
time. that it would he one OF serious
trial and testing to many processing to
be Christians The reason for this be
states-they received not the Truth IN
the love OF It, III Thessalonians ii. 10
III They preferred their own errone
GUS theories, the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over To a
strong delusion." and LEI them believe
the lie which they preferred. and let
them suffer FOR missing the Truth
which they did not love Thus theY
will be ia the condemned host eight
ing against God because OF their lack
OF love for the Truth
II is sad TO say that we all rs chris
tians have boon laboring under thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan
We have claimed that Christ set Up
IT'S Chyrch IN Kingdom power. ana
that the Church has been reigning ou
the earth as His representative On
the strength OF this delusion. Jews gud
! heretics have been prosecuted TO death
as opponents 10 Christ's Kingdom An
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer THY Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth. aS 90
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
s~s tkat lie would come again le
make Is dis Bride and iolnt.heirs. hut
we ignored the Scriptures We were
dsTsnk. as the Scriptures symboheai
| say, "nll nations were drunk" with tho
false doctrine II Is this false doctriue
that will constitute the "frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and rc
prepare for Armageddon
The Bible presentation is that the
world is n section OF the universe M
rebellion against Divine authority. MS
der the captaincy OF Satan and his n
ISOLATED 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 q full. fair opportunity
for the attainment OF everlasting life
All who thus soc 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 Armageddonl should
overtabc" them "as THIEF nm
awares.
Armageddon Not Vet 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 skirmishcs MS the
bclligercnt parties crossed cach others
paths Court and Army scandals iu
Europe, Insurance Trust and Court
scandals in America. have shaken pub
lie confidence Dynamite plots. chare
ed by turns on employees and on en-
ployers have further shaken cont
dence and tended % 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 still two years 20
run The Image OF the Beast" of our
context must yet receive hfe-power
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism TO living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
it receive vitalIzation-unless It's clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog
nized as possessed OF apostolic ordIna
ton ana authority TO teach. This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe.
symbollcally represents the Church ~
England High.handed activities OF
Professionalism and Catholicism. operat
Ing in conjunction for the suppression