Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
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doctrines or teachings. we may be
sure the true appIication will Dit we'll.
frog has a sage hmk. a wise look
1t swells itself mp il IN apparent Ell
deavor to imPrpSs thp Ialnlilrr rs
great mouth well rrprrsenls u> '.hirt
power. used to croak.
Applying these synll"ls We .r:rn
that an evil sHrit. infinenrr ii.:lrll:.
will come from the Protestant hur. br>
federated. from THE thuri-h al ia,in,.
I'D from the tivil aulhnrfiir>. an ~
full agreement The >plrii Ut alt will
he b0astful: an air OF superior wisdom
and knowledge will he proudly asSum-
ed--all will croak III 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
flicting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed. or looked into. or repudiated
The Divine authority of the Church.
and the Divine right of kings. aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these bnstful and IN
scriptural claims will he branded as
everything rifle, AT the mouths of these
frogs" speaking from pulpitS and
platforms and through the religious
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
a crime in violation Of justice. human
and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog" spirit will APP
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
erOakings of these frogs" will scourgp
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury. desperation
In their blind following of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines. they will In
ready to sacrifice life and everything
on. the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice. truth and righteous
ness. under 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 be
serene. until the great social explosion
IN our context described as the great
Earthquake" AID earthquake" In
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration of the
context is that none like unto It ever
before occurred. Revelation XVII IL.
1871 Jesus described 1t as q time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation Matthew xiv. q.
The Lord Will Gather 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
juncture Divine Power will step for.
ward. and our text tells US that H.
shall gather the marshaled 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 be represented BY the
Great Messiah. and that he will be Oh
the side of the masses. Thus we read
In Daniel xii. L.: '"At that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-MessiahI
stand up"-assume authority he viii
take possession of His Kingdom in u
manner little looked. for by many ot
those who enormously have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign in His
name and in His stead
Jesus declared. His servants We are
unto whom We render service Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to 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
verify thought that be did God serv
ice" in prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true eversely
AS an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in his bat
ties. so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
and fight on His side Of any question
His servants they are to whom they
render service" whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming Battle of Armageddon. Gods
side of that battle will be the people:
side, and the very nondescript host
the people, will be pitted at the begin
ming Of the hattie. Anarchists Social