Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-11-14

crisis will be reached when the hithcr-
to upholders of law shall become vto-
! lators of the law and ressers of the
will of the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the well meaning masses to drSrer'
alton: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the intalll
bic Word of God assuring us of
glorious outcome. Di' Inc Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great l;nowl-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding miilionnires and diScon.
tents. Had God lifted the veil Il thou
! sand years sooner. the world would
have lined M for its ArmAgpddnn Il
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the ID.
vine purpose. because MeSSinh's King
dom is to he the great Thousand.
Ypar-Sah hhath of the worlds history.
| God in Kindness vpilcd onr eyes until
the tine when the gathering to Ar
! magcldon would immediately prer"de
! MesSiahs takin" to Himself His great
! power. and beginning His reign,- -l.eve-
& lation st. II. lS
"Sond Them Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetiCally of our
/ time. tl!at ii would be one of serious
! trial and aSting to many processing to
3 be Christians. The reason for this lie
q states they received not the Truth in
the love of ii. III ThcSsaonianS ii, 10,
! H. They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories, tie Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over 70 Il
STRONG dens!un," 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 light
ing against Cod" because Of their lack
! of love for the Truth
| 1t is sad to say that we all as Chris
tians have been iaboring under Il thor
/ ough deuSion 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 deluSOn, Jews and
| heretics 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 tedccmer
said that He would come again to
make MS His Bride and i"inthrirS: but
We ignored the Scriptures We were
I drunk as the Scriptures symholicaIly
say. "all nations were drunk with the
. false do"trine 1t is this false doctrine
/ that will constitute the frog spirit
which soon will begin to cronk and to
prepare for Armageddon
The Bible presentation Is that the
+ world is section Of the universe IN
! rebellion against Divine authority. IN
| der the captaincv of Satan and his as
sociltcd fallen angels. by Divine grace
Jesus has already "tHSted death for
every man" and the merit of that sac"
riice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his postcrity full, fair opportunity
| for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus seek the Divine program
and are walNing in the light may know
something at least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren are
not in darkness. that that day and
| that battle of Armageddon should
overtake" them las thief" - un-
awnres
Armaseddon Not Yet but Soon.
( For forty years the ArnaSeddon
/ 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
| paths Court and Army scandals III
Europe, Insurance, Trust ana Court
scandals in America. have shaken pub
! lie confidence. Dynamite plots, charg-
ed by turns on employees and on EN-
| ployers. have further shaken conf
/ dence and tended to 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 to
run The Image of the Beast of our
context must yet receive life power
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to a living force
! Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
It receive vitaliZation-unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recoS'
nized as possessed of apostolic Ordina-
ton and authority to teach This the
/ prophecy indicates will come from the
! two horned beast, which, we believe,
/ symbolically represents the Church of
! England. High handed activities OF
Professionalism and Catholicism, operat-
ing in conjunction for the suppression
of human liberties, await this vivifylng
! of the Image. This may come soon
but Armageddon cannot precede it. but
must follow-perhaps year after 1t,
according to our view Of the Prophecy.
Still another thing lntervenes: Al
though the Jews are gradually flowing
. lDIO IdleSllue, Tauudhy opla'h'h7 S'i'
troll Of the land Of Canaan. and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there. nevelthe
less prophecy requires an evidently
larger number of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armageddon crisis
be reached Indeed we understand
that Jacobs trouble" in the Holy
Land will come at the very close OF
Armageddon. Then Messah's King
I a--u ,,,tn hnnin IN hn manifested