The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-11-07

of the people for the public good ] ne
crisis will le reached when the hitler
to nphOlderS of law shall t,etnlne vm-
lators of the law and resiSters of the
will of the majority as Expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well meaning masses to deslrer
alton: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining
Horrible would ipe this outlook for
the future did we not have The ;nfalli
Bile Word of Cod assuring ns OF
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until oar day the great knowi-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding mllionaires and distnn-
tents. Had God lifted The veil IL 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 Di-
vine purpose. because Messah's King
dom is to be the great Thousand
Year-Sa bbath of the worlds history.
God in kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power and beginning His reign.-Reve-
lation xi. II. 49,.
"Send Them Strong DeIusions."
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. QI Thessalonans ii, 10.
IL 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. light
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 reignipg on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusion. Jews and
/, heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom All
the while we thoughtessly repeated
the Lords prayer: ''Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth, as in
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
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 for
every man." and the merit of that sac
rifice 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 Armageddonl should
; Overtake" them las a thief" - IN
awares
Armageddon 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
F.! 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 ArmageddoD cannot yet
} Oe fought Other matters intervene
according to prophecy.
| Gentle times nave still two years to
run. The Image of the Beast" OF Our
context must yet receive Hfe-power
! The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to living force
+, Protestant Federation realizes that its
! organization will still be futile unless
+, 1t receive vitalization-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 it. 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
!