The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-12-04

doctrines o. teachings. We may 1e
SURF the true application will at we'll.
A frog has q sage look. wise HOOK
II swe!ls itself up in an apparent 60
deavor to Impress the beholder. lts
great mouth we'll represents tts CHIEF
power. used to croak.
Applying the*e symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. influence. teaching.
will come from the trotesta ut canrches
federated, from the Church of Rouse.
and from the Civn authoritie& ali In
full agreement. The spirit Of all will
be boastfui; an atr Of superior wtstc.a
and knowledge win be proudly assurn-
sd-ail will croak IN harmony. All VIII
tell Of dire results that wou!d follow.
tnvoivinz the interests Of both the
present and the future life. II their
counsel be. NOT followed. However COZ
aicting the creeds. the dinereaces 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 Be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
in conflict With these boastfui and uh-
scripturai claims will be branded as
everything ollie. at the mouths of these
+ frogs" speaking from fpuiplts and,
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The acbfer sellt1'
ments Of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiapaas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared it expedient 10 eommtt
crime in violation Of Justice. hurraa
and Divine. to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings. 50 this frog spirit will ap'
prove Of every violation OF principle
necessary to their self-protectieR.
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
crca kings 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 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 OUT day. Will be ruth.
lessly shut off under tiie plea Of ncces-
sity. the glory of God. the commands
Of the Church. etc. AL viii seen, to be
serene, until the great social explosion
In our context described as the great
HarthQuahe" AB "earthqaake." in
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution, and the decisratiou OF the
context - that Done IKE unto il ever
before occurred. Rerelaeson XVI. Is,
1o) Jesus described It es Q time Of
trouble such as sevef was sfnee tsere
was a nation.-Matthew xx1v. 2a.
The lsrd Will Gather Them.
The false. frog-ike teachings viii
gather together into one host the great.
thssrich. the wise. the learned and the
sings OF the earth. to- battle. At this
tuncture Divine Power will step for"
ward, and our text tells US that he
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Armag ageddon-to the Mountain OF De-
s.ruction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton, ETC.. will be the very ttnS they
will hasten Other Scriptures tell US
that God will be represented BY the
Great Messiah, and that he will De on
the side Of the masses. Thus we read
in Daniel xii. 1: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike 0ne-Aessiah /
stand up''-assune authority. he Will
sake possession Of His Kingdom in Il
manner little looked for by many OF
those who enormously have beei'
claiming that they were His Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign in lilS
name and in His stead.
Jesus declared, His servants sc ::rr
unto whom ye render service" Some
may lie rendering service to Satan AMI
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
verify 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 vouch for the
moral character Of all who will enlist
and fight on His side Of any question.
His servants they are to whom they
render SERVICE" whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply in tie
coming Battle Of Armageddon. Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
side. aud the very nondescript host,
the people. will be pitted at the begin
or iol-