Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-11
Pastor Russell's Sermon

sure the true application VIII III well
A frog has a sage look, a wise look
It swells Itself up In an apparent en-
dea7or to lmgsess the behoIder. Its
great mouth We'll represents It's chief
power, used to crOak.
Applying these symbols, we learn
that an evil spirit, influence, teaching,
viii come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church Of Rome,
and from the Civil authorities, all In
full agreement The spirit Of all will
be boastful, m air Of superior wisdom
and knowledge win be proudly assum-
ed-all will croal In harmony, All will
tell Of dire results that would follow,
Involving the interests Of both the
present and the future life, II their
counsel be not followed, However con.
lictlng the creeds, the differences will
be ignored IN the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed, or looked into, or repudlated.
The Divine authority Of the Church,
and the Divine right OF kings, aside
from the Church, viii not be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these bOastful and I'M
scrlptural claims will be branded as
everything UiIe, mt the mouths Of these
frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms ana through the religious
and secular press, The nObler sentl-
mcnts Of some will be strangled by the
philosophy Of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Calnphas, the
high priest, respecting Jesus. As Caia-
phas declared It ~expedlent to commit
n crime In violation Of justice, human
and Divine, to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings, 80 this frog spirit will ap.
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary TO their self protection.
The croaklng Of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and industrial into one great army.
The spirit OF fcnr, inspired by the
croaldngs 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 ne and everything
ON the altar Of what they mistakenly
suppose ls justice, truth aud righteous
ness, under q Divine arrangement,
For q brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
Of Arm0gcddon viii 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 plen Of neccs-
slty, the glory Of God, the commands
Of the Church, etc, All will seem to be
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. Ulcvelation xvi, Is,
49, Jesus described It as n time Of
trouble such ms never was since there
was n nation. Matthew xiv, 81,
Tho Lord viii Gather Them.
The false, frog.libe teachings will
gather together into one host the great,
the rich, the wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
iuncturo Divine Power will step for.
ward, and our text tells us that NE
shah gather the mnrshaled hosts to
Armageddon-to the Mountain Of De.
]struction The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, fedora
ton, etc, will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that God will bc represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He will be ON
the side Of the masses, Thus we read
In Daniel XII, /. AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messlahl
stand up"-nssumc authority, He will
take possession Of His Kingdom In a
manner little looked for by many Of
those who enormously have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom,
and authorized 10y Him to reign In His
name and In Ills stead.
Jesus declared, Ills servants yc are
unto whom yc render service" Some
may be rendering service 10 Satan aud
to error, who claim TO be rendering
service TO God and 90 righteousness
and some Of these may be serving H.
norUntly, Az did Saul Of Tnrsus, who
verify thought that he did God a scry.
ice" In prosecuting the Church The
same principle holds true rcvcrsely
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
OF each soldier who fights In his bat.
tics, so the Lord does not youch Tor the
moral character OF all who will enlist
and fight on His side OF any question.
Ills servants they are 10 whom they
render service" whatever the motive
or object prompting them
Tho same principles will apply In the
coming Battle OF Armngcddon Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
side, and the very uondcscrlpt host,
the people win be- pittcd at the begin
ming OF the battle Anarchists, Social
lists, and hot headed radicals OF every
school " reason and ]unrcason, viii be
In the forefront OF that battle. The
majority " the poor aud the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price
A comparatively small number, Gods
consccratcd people, win nc heart be
longing for Mcssiah's Kingdom These
will hide the Lords time and wait pa
toutly Cor 10, they viii be- " good
courage knowing the outcome outlined