Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-12-20

A frog has a sage look. wise look
II swells itself up in an apparent en-
deavor to Impress the behoder. Its
great mouth we'll represents its chief
power. used to croak.
Applying these symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. Influence. teaching.
will come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church of Rome.
and from the Civil authoGties. all In
full agreement The spirit OF all will
be boastfuI; an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum.
ed-all will croak In harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow,
involving the interests of both the
present and the future life. If their
counsel be not followed However con-
ficting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed. or looked into. or repudiated.
TIE 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 ua-'
scrlptural claims will be branded az
everything pile. 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 1t 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 ap'
prove of every violation Of principle
necessary to their self-protecton.
The croaking Of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gathe: 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 scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines. they will De
ready to sacrifice -Hfs and everything
en the altar Of what they mistakenly
suppose s justice, truth and righteous
ness, under a 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 be the very breath
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 De
serene. until the great social explosion
In our context described rs the great
Earthquake. An earthquake. III
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution. and the declaration OF the
context is that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. tRevelation xvl, 10,
19) Jesus described It az a time OF
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xiv, Il.
Tho Lord Will Gather Them.
The false. frog-like teachings viii
gather together into one host the great
the rich. the wise. the learned and the
kings of the earth. to battle. At this
iuncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and eur text tells as that HIS
shall gather the marshaled hosts 10
Arma geddon-to the Mountain OF I's
struction- The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton. ETC., will be the very thing the!
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell Us
that God will be- represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He will be on
tbe side of the masses Thus VIZ read
in Daniel xii. /: AT that time snaii
Michael 1.-THE Godliks .One-Messlahl J
stand up"-assums authority. de Will
take possession of His Kingdom In
manner little looked for BY many OF
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 ye are
unto whom ye render service Some
may be rendering service to Satan ana
TO eryor, 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
"yerily thought that he did God serT'
ice" In prosecuting the Church Inc
same principle holds true re7erseiy
AS an earthly king does not hold MIN
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights In bis 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 peoples
side, and the very nondescript host
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
is the forefront Of that battle. Thf
majority of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace ut almost any price
A comparatively small number. Goda
consecrated people. will at heart oe
longing for Messiah's Kingdom, These
will bids the Lords time and wait pa
tiently for it; they will bs Of g"oo
courage. knowing the outcome outlined
In the more sure word Of prophecy.
to which they have done well to taks
heed, "as unto 4 light shining In .