, 1912-11-07

OF the people for the public good. The
crisis will be reached when the hither
to upholders of law shall become vic.
iators of the Law and resisters of the
will of the majority as expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the weil-meaning masses to desper
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
Tho Clouds silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalIi
Bile Word Of God assuring us of q
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl.
edge and skill which Is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon.
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 Di
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Ia to be the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath of he worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
h time when the gathering to Ar.
mageddon would Immediately preceda
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve-
lation x1. II. IS.
"Send Them Strong De~Iusions.1
St Paul wrote prophetically Of oui
time, that it would be one of serious
trial and testing to many protesting to
be Christians. The reason for this he
s~tates-they received not the Truth in
b love of 1t I'll Thessalonians Ii, 10,
H., They preferred their own CHROME
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 a thor.
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power. and
that the Church has beer reigning ON
the earth as His representative. On
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heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessiy 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-hefrs: 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 o will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is n section of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. un-
der the c%aptaincy of Satan and his as
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has ALREADY "tasted death for
every man. and the merit of hat sac
rifice must. eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity a full. fair opportunity
for the attainment Of everlasting life.
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking in the light may know
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and seasons" These brethren ARE
not In darkness. that that day land
that battle of Armageddonl should
overtake" them ''as a 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. ave beer
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 ern,
ployers. have further shaker conf
dence aud tended to make a 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
be 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 We-power.
The Image must be transformed from
u mere mechanism to a living force,
Protestant Federation realizes that Its
organization will still be futile unless
II receive vitalization-unless its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recog'
nized a possessed of apostolic ordina'
tion 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 vivifyina
Of the Imnge This NAV come soon.