The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-07

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deavor to Impress the beholder. Its
great mouth-Mel represents its chief
power used to croak.
Applying these symbols, we learn
that an evil spirit, influence, teaching,
Wll 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; IN air Of superior wisdom
aud knowledge Will be proudly assun-
ed all will croak in harmony. All will
tell Of dire results that would follow.
involving the interests of both tho
present and the future life, II their
counsel be not followed. However con-
hicting the creeds, the differences will
Be ignored In Nthe general proposition
Nat 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 boastful and IN
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything ellie. at the mouths OF these
frogs" speaking from pulpits and
plat forms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler senti-
meuts 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 1t expedient to commit
a crime In violation Of Justice, human
and Divine, 70 be rid OF Jesus and His
teachings, SO this frog spirit will ap-
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
croakings of these frogs" will scourge
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 or what they mistakenly
suppose is Justice, truth and righteous
ness, under a Divine arrangement
For a brief time. as. we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
of Arna&eddon Will triumph Free
speech. free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breal b
Of the masses In our day, will be ruth
lessly shut off 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
EARTHQUAKES" An earthquake" In
symbolic language signifies social
revolution, and the declaration Of the
context is that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred Revelation XVI, lS
10, Jesus described 1t as time oil
trouble such as never was since there
was i milton Matthew xiv, Il
The Lord viii Gather Thorn. i
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together into one host the great
the rich. the wise, the learned and thu
kings Of the earth, to battle AT THU
iuneulre Divine Power will step for
wurd and our text tells us that III
4 shall gather the marshaled hosts Il
Ar1aa 9eGdona@tO the Mountain OF De
strrntiOn The very thing which the,
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton, etc, will be the very thing the!
will hasten other Scriptures tell u
that God will be represented by tn
Grent Messiah, aud that He will be OF
the side ot5-tlIc masses Thus We rea'
In Daniel xii /: AT that time shal
Michael the Godlike One Messiah
stand up assume authority He vii
take possession Of His Kingdom In
manner little looked for by many 0
those wlpl enormously have bee
claiming that they were His Kingdom
and authorized by Him to reign In Hi
name and in His stead.
Jesus declared, His servants we ar
unto whom SO render service" Som
may bp rendering service to Satan Au
to error. who claim to be renderin
service to God and to Righteousness
and some of these may be serving IL
norantly. as did Saul OF Tarsus. VIII
verify thought that he did God serN
ice III prosecuting the Church. Th
same principle holds true reversed.
AS IN earthly king does not hold lin
self responsible for the moral chnract.
Of each soldier who fights In his Da
ties, 50 the Lord does not vouch for tn
1Lpr .te,. of oil M yriH f.
and fight on His side OF any question
His servants they are to whom the
render service" whatever the motiy
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply III IL
coming Battle OF Armageddon God
side Of that battle Will be the people
side, and the very nondescript hos
the people, will be pittrd ut the beGil
ming OF the Battle. Anarchists. Socia
lists, and hot headed radicals OF ever
school Of reason and unreason, will
In the forefront Of that battle II
majority Of thr5 poor and the midd
class prefer i.e;lGc at almost any pric
comparatively small number. God
: conseerated people, will at heart
longing fol Messiah's Kingdom Thes
J will ble the ort!'s time and wait p
Bttently for Ii. they will be Of goo
courage, Knowing the outcome outline
In the more sure word OF prophecy
to which they have done well to tai
heed tas unto 4 light shining In
dark place until the Day dawn -
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