Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-08

ercseuf aud the future l5fe. s their
counsel ks rot fosso~ea Iio~eeer con.
asatiaG The ers~sis. the diaerenoes ~in
be .esoe~d IN th~ general pross's,sssi',n
thai aoehiRg sscseat Ds-s le di-.sarb
Cd. or Ssoss@d Into. or repsd.sted.
Tlse Esvsae authority ~ the Church.
aud the tHviRe right of kings. aside
fron tbs Charch. VIII so he allowed
10 conaict Any persons or teachings
IN coaaict wifh these boe~tfui aud an
scriptursi claisAs win ie branded s~
frogs ssseakiag from psipifs and
PLATFORMS and through the religious
and secular press The nobler senti
menss of some VIII he ssranelcd ny the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest Respecting Jesus. As Gaia
pbas declared II expedient to commit
and Divine. TO he rid of Jesus and His
teachings. 50 this freq" spirit Will ap
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary 70 their self protection
The croaking of these frog" spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings aud
princes. financial political. religious
and Industrial into one great army
The spirit of fear. inspired by the
croakings Of these frogs" will scoar0e
the passions Of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury. desperation
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits. evil doctrines. they will he
ready to sacrifice life and everything
on the altar OF what they mistakenly
suppose In justice truth and righteous
ness. under q Divine arrangement
For a 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 he the very breath
Of the masses la our day. will he ruth
lessly shut on 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 II ever
before occurred tRevelation xvi. Is.
49, Jesus described II as time Of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation Matthew xxiv. n
rks Lsrs Will csshsr Them.
The false. frog-like 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
tuncture Divine Power viii step for
ward. and our text tells US that NE
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Armageddon- the Mountain of De
struction The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton. etc. will ne the very thing they
will hasten Other Scriptures tell us
that God will be represented by the
Great Messiah. and that He will he on
the side Of the masses Thus We read
IN Daniel iii. I: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-kiessiahl
stand up''-assume authority Tie will
take possession Of His Kingdom In q
manner little looked for by many Of
those who erroneously have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign In His
name and in His stead.
Jeeus declared His servants We are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may he rendering service to Satan and
10 error. who claim to be rendering
service TO God and to righteousness:
and some Of these may be serving ig-
norantly. as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
"v2ily thought that he did God a serv-
i~" In prosecuting the Church The
same principle holds true reversely
As an earthly bing does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
Of each soldier who fights In his bat
ties, 80 the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character Of all who will enlist
end fight on His side Of any question
His servants they are to whom they
render service" whatever the motive
m object prompting them
The same principles will apply In the
soming Battle of Armageddon. Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
the people. will be pitted at the begin
ming of the battle Anarchists. Social
lists and hot-headed radicals Of every
school Of reason and unreason. will be
In the forefront Of that battle The
majority Of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace Mt almost any price
4 \ comparatively small number. Gods
sonsecrated people. will at heart be
longing for Messiah's Kingdom These
will hide the Lords time and wait pa
sienfiy for IL: they will he of good
courage. knowing the outcome outlined
In the more sure word of prophecy.
% which they have done well tn take
he~d. 'as unto a light shining in a
aark place until the Day dawn III
cetef l. ~
The masses will Ire restless Of their
restraints. hut will he con.cious of
their own weakness as compared to the
hines and princes financial. religions
end political. which Will then hold
sway Resides. the masses have no