The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-11-07


crisis will be reached when the hither-
to upholders of law shall become vio-
lators of the law and reslsters Of the
will of the majority as expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning masses to desper-
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 infalli-
BILE Word OF God assuring Us of a
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which Is at the same
time breeding millionalres and dlscon-
tents Had God lifted the veil a thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for Its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner But that
would have been too soon for the Dr.
vine purpose, because Messiah's King
dom Is to be the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath of the worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
mageddcn would Immediately precede
Messiahs taking to Himself His great
power, and beginning His relgn.-Reve-
lation II. II. IS.
"send Them Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetically of our
time. that it would be one of serious
trial and testing to many protesting to
be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love Of it. Gil Thessalonlans II. 10.
ID They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories. the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to a
strong delusion." 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. fight
ing against God" because of their lack
of love for the Truth.
1t Is sad to say that we all as Chris
tians have been labOring under thor.
ough delusion 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 delusion. Jews and
heretlcs 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 Redeemer
make us His Bride and joint-heirs; but
we Ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolically
say, "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t Is this false doctrine
that Will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world Is a section of the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority, un.
der the captaincy of Satan and his as.
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death fol
every man." and the merit Of that sac.
rlfice must eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus seek the Divine program
and are walking In the light may know
something at least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren ARE
not In darkness. that that day land
that battle of ArmageddonI should
overtake" them "as thief" - un.
awares.
Armaseddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
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 In
Europe, Insurance. Trust and 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
oe 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 lfe-power.
The Image must be transformed from
a mere mocha nism to a living force.
Protestant Fedora ton realizes that its
organlzatio will still be futile unless
1t receive vitaiization-unless Its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog-
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 vivifying
of the Image. This may come soon.
but Armageddon cannot precede II. but
must follow -perhaps year after it,
according to our view of the Prophecy.
Still another thing intervenes: AL
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine. gradually obtaining con-
troll of the land Of Canaan. and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there. neverthe-