Milford chronicle., 1912-11-08

may be 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 ig-
norantly, as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
''verily thought that he did God a 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 youch 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 the
coming Battle of Armageddon Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
side, and the very nondescript host.
the people, will bp pitted at the begin
ming Of the battle Anarchists Social
lists, and hot-headed radicals Of every
B1hOol Of reason and unreas0u. will be
IN the forefront Of that battle The
majority Of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price
A comparatively small number. Gods
cOnsecrated people. will at heart be-
longing for MesSiah's Kingdom These
will bide the Lords time and wait pa.
tiently for il: they will be Of good
courage. knowing the UHfcO8ie OutiDed
IN the more sure word of prophecy
to which they have done well 10 take
heed. ''aS INTO light shining in n
dark place nritl rhr DAY dawn II
Peter j. -
The MASSES will br restless nt thrir
restraints. hut will n. conscious of
their own weakness as compared to the
kings aud princes. financial reli-a"us
and political. which will then Mold
sway Besides The MASSES nave no
sympathy with aunrhy They realtlr
truly that th" worst r"rm NJ govern
mpDt is hetter rhHi uufe The niaSs"s
will seek r,'irf ihrough the !mi'f Hud
peaceuu reimbursement of earth ~
fairs fri we .inH,,Htion ut .vti tar
the placing OF m0nopolies and utilities
and the supplies OF uatdre in the hands
Of the people for the pnblic good. The
crisis VIII I've reached when the hither
10 uphOlders of law shall become vlO-
lators Of the law and rrsisters 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 he this outlook for
the future did We not have The lnfalli
BILE Word Of God assuring us Of
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl- !
edge and skill which is at the same |
time breeding milIionaires aud discon- |
tents Had God lifted he veil Il thou |
sand years sooner. the world would /
have lined up for iFs ArmageddOn a |
thousand years sooner. But that |
would have been too soon for the Di- |
vine purpose. because Messiah's King |
dom is 10 be- the great Thousand |
Year-Sahbath of The worlds history. /
God in kindness veit.d our eyes until .
The time when rhr gathering to Ar
wnuh Immediately precede
iIesslah's taking to Himself His great ]
power. and beginning His reign. -Keye-
ation xI. II. IL
"send Thsm Strong Dslusions."
st. Paul wrote prophedcally Of our
time. that it would be one Of serious
rial and testing to many protesting to
be Christians The reason for this he
received not the Truth in
he love of It I'll Thessalonians ii. 10,
Id They preferred their own errone-
'us theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over TO a
strong delusiOn," and let them believe
he lie which they preferred. and let
hem suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
yill be in the condemned host, fight !
ng against God" because Of their lack =
+ love for the Truth
II is sd 80 say ihaJ We all Is Chris {
ians have been labOriug under thor I
ugh deluslon respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
lis Church in Kingdom power. and
hat the Church has been reigniug on
he earth as His representative. On Q
he strength Of this delusion. Jews and d
eretics have been prosecuted to death A
S opponents to Christ's Kingdom All s
le while we thOughtlesslR repeated
le Lords prayer: 'Thy Kingdom -
Dme: Thy will be done ON earth. as In 7
-eaven." We knew that the Redcemer
lid that He would come again to
ake us His Bride and joint heirs; but o
e Ignored the Scriptures We were -
-unk rs the Scriptures symbolically ,
". "ail nations were drunk" with the
Use doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine =
iat will constitute the frog spirit y
hich soon will begin to croak and to
'epare for ArmageddOn. lf-
The Bible preservation is that the
Orld is a section # the universe In
bellion against Divine authority, un-
r the captaincy OF Satan and his AS
ciated fallen angels BY Divine grace
sus has already TASTED death for