Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1912-11-08

and secular press The nobler senti-
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. As Gaia.
phas declared it expedient to commit
4 crime in violation Of justice. human
and Divine. to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings, 40 this frog spirit will ap
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary to their self protection.
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
croakinss Of these frogs" will scourge
the passions Of otherwise good ard
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 IL 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 our day. will be ruth
lessly shut Of under the plea of neces-
sity. the glory Of God. the commands
Of the Church. etc. All will seem to he
serene. until the great social explosion
In our context described as the great
Earthquake" An earthquake" In
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration Of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred. tRevelation xvi. 70.
10, Jesus described It a. time OF
trouble such as never was since thcre
was a NATURALIZATION xiv. ~.
The Lord VIII Gather Them.
The false. frog-like teachings win
gather together into ono host the great.
the rich. the wise. the learned and the
kings Of tho earth. to battle. At this
1uncture Divine Power viii step for.
ward. and our text tells 10 that BE
shall gathe. the marshaled hosts to
AEmageddon-to the Mountain Of De.
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. federa.
ton. etc.. will be the very thing they
Will hasten. Other Scriptures tell Us
that God will b represented by tho
Great Messiah. and that He will be ON
the side Of the misses. Thus We read
in Daniel xii. l: AT that time shalt
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiahl
stand up"-assume authority. He will
take possession of His Kingdom In
manner little looked for BY many Of
| those who enormously have BEEN
claiming that they were His Kingdom.
! aud authorized by Him to reign In His
name and In His stead.
Jesus declared. His servants ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may he rendering service to Satan aah
! to error. who claim to he rendering
i service to God and to righteousness:
! and some OF these may be- serving jg-
! norantiy. as did Saul Of Tarsus. VINO
"verily thought that he did God II sew.
! ice" In prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reverseIv
As an earthly king does not hold hi /
self responsible for the moral character
/ Of each soldier who fights I'm his bat
! ties. 40 the Lord does not vOucb for the
/ moral character Of all who will enlist
and ti"ht Oh His side OF any question
His servants they are to whom they
! render service" whatever the mOttve
o. object prompting them.
| The same principles will apply IN the
coming Battle Of ArnlageddOn. Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
side. and the very nOndcscript host
the people. will be pitted Mt the begin
ming Of the battle. Anarchists. Social.
lists, and hot. headed radicals OF pve"y
school Of reason and unrelSOn. will he
In the forefront Ut that battle THE
majority Of the pOOr and the middle
class prefef peace at almost any price
A comparatively small number. Gods
cOi,spcrated people. will ut heart bt
longing for Mpssiah's Kingdom Thea.
will bide the Lords time and wait pa
tiently for it: they will be Of gOW
courage. knowing the outcome Outlins.
In the ''mOre sure word n prophecy
to which they have done we'll to taE'
heed. las unto u light shtnin. In i
dark place until the hay dawn."-l'
Peter /. ~
The masses will he restless OF theiI
restraints. but will be conscious Z"
their own weakness IA compared to tht
kings and princeH. financial. religtou'
and political. which will then hole
sway Besides. the masses have NJ
sympathy with anarchy. They reaIX,
truly that the worst form OF govern
ment is better than none. The nlasse.
will seek relief through the ballot aat
peaceful REIMBURSEMENT of earth's at
for the elimination Of evil, to-