Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-07

consrcratpd people. will mt heart ht
longing for NIessiahs Kingdom These
will hide the Lords time and wait pa
tently for 1t: they will he of COCO
courage. knowing the outcome outlined
In the more sure word OF prophecy
to which they have done we'll to take
heed, "as unto a light shining In q
dark place until the Day dawn"-Il
Peter |. 10
The masses will be restless of Their
restraints hut will be conscious OF
their own weakness rs compared TO the
kings and princes. financial. religious
and political. which will then holo
sway. Besides. the masses have NJ
sympathy with anarchy. They realize
truly that the worst form Of govern
ment is better than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot anu
peaceful REIMBURSEMENT of earth's uf
fairs for the elimination of evil. for
he placing Of monopolies and utilities
and the supplies Of nature in the hands
of the people for the public good. The
crisis will he reached when the hither-
to upholders of law shall become vic.
lators of the law and resisters of the
will of the majority as expressed 10y
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the welI-mennng 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 infalIi
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 millionaires and discOn-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou.
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Di.
vine purpose. because Messiah's King.
dom Ia to be the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath of the worlds history.
God in kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
inageddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve-
lation XII. II. Is.
"Send Them Strong Deiusions."
St Paul wrote propheticany of our
time. that it would be one Of serious
trial and testing to many protesting to
be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love Of It, I'll Thessalonians II. 10.
H. They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over to a
'strong delusion," and let them believe
the lie which they preferred. and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will be in the condemned host. Eight
ing against God" because Of their lack
Of love for the Truth.
1t is sad to say that we all as Chris.
tians have been laboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power, and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusion, Jews and
hereties have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will be done on earth. as In
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and toint-heirs: but
we ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically
say, AL nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is a section of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. un.
der the captaincy Of Satan and his as
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 a full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus see 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
overtake" them las a thief' - un.
awares.
Armageddon Not Yet 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 skirmishes as the
belligerent parties crossed each others
Innths, Court aAaradnl.. In.