The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-11-08

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Armage dd o H."
Revelation xvi. 16) The speaker said;
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the Hill of Megiddo," or Mount OF De
struction. Ii was famous as a battle
field i'm aid Testament times.
The lord has seen fit to associate the
name Armageddon. with the great con-
troversy between Truth and Error,
right and wrong, God and Mamm0n,
with which this Age will close, perish,
and the New Age of Messiahs glory
be ushered in. He has purposely used
highly symbolical figures OF speech in
the last book OF the Bible. evidently
with a view TO hiding certain impor-
tant truths until the due time for their
revealment. But even I'm the due time,
the Bible assures us. None of the
wicked shall understand Daniel xii,
mony with God-but only the wise OF
His peOple-the wise virgin" class of
the Masters parable.
have long avoided presentation of
my understanding OF our text and its
context. / take it up now by request
and because | believe II Is due time TO
be understood. ! disclaim any special
inspiration In some particulars my
views agree with those OF other Bible
students, and in other respects they
disagree Each hearer must use his
own judgment. do his own Bible study,
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that l am not re-
sponsible for the figures OF speech used
by the Lord. My interpretations do In
deed constitute terrible arraignment
Of institutions which we have all rever-
enced and which embrace good people,
Of good words and good works. Gods
sanity people In these various institu-
tons. being comparatively few, are
ignored when systems as a whole are
dealt with in prophecy.
The Dragon, Beast, False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three i'm
pure spirits teachings) will go forth
from the mouths OF the Dragon. the
Beast and the False Prophet. and these
three will be in accord, and symbolical-
ly the doctrines are represented by
frogs" These three doctrines are 10
have a mighty influence throughout the
civilized earth. They are TO gather
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle Of Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes,
and their retnues Of clergy and faith
ful adherents. will be gathered In solid
phalanx-Protestan and Catholic. The
kings and captains of industry, and as
many as can be influenced by them,
will be gathered TO the same side. The
political kings and princes. with all
their henchmen and retainers. will fol
low IN line on the same side The
financial kings and merchant princes.
and all whom they can influence 10y the
most gigantic power ever yet exercis-
ed in ,he world, will Join the same
side. according TO this prophecy.
These doctrines OF demons" repre-
sented by the frogs" will lead many
noble people in this great army 70 as
sumo an attitude quite contrary to
their preference. For a time the
wheels OF liberty and progress VIII be
turned backward and medieval re-
straints will be considered necessary
for self elf-preservation-for the mainte-
nance OF the present order OF things.
In giving this Interpretation, It Is
necessary for Us TO indicate what Is
symbollzed by the Dragon, the Beast
Ssld the False Prophet Bible students
Df nearly all denominations agree with
rs that the dragon" OF Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant interpreters generally agree
that the Beast like leopard Reve-
lation xiii, p represents the Papacy
But fewer still. we fear. will be- ready
10 support our view that Professionalism
Is the "Image OF the Beast Oieyelation
KIil. 15j in our context given another
name. "the False Prophet" We urge
no one 10 accept our Interpretation
nor shall we think hard Of any who
refuse a. We viii neither slandor nor
otherwise iujure them now. nor threat
~ them with eternal torture. They
bave the same right 90 their views that
/. have. and the same right TO make
them known 20 others. And /. for
)ne. will be very glad 10 consider any.
thing which opponents may set forth
Is their interpretations Of our text
"Unelesn Spirits Like Frogs
The symbolisms Of Scripture. right
y understood. are always forcefuL
When the holy Spirit used a frog