The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-15

In the balances and
found wanting"
lRASl0R RQSSaly Dan. v. %. 2T.D In
80 brief be said:-
While our message for today is "meat
In due season" to the Household Of
Faith and every way most important
to be understood. 1t Is, nevertheless.
subject difficult to treat without CIV
ing offense, without being mlsunder.
stood. without seeming harsh. Bear
with me, then. while expressing what I
believe TO be the Divine Message. in just
as kindly manner as know how.
There was no Mystic Babylon In the
days of Jesus and the Apostles. The
expressions therefore In Revelation,
bearing upon Mystic Babylon. were
prophetic of Systems and conditions
which have since arisen in the Church.
The word Babylon has double sig.
nificance-the Gate Of God-also Con.
fusion.
BabyIon's Golden Cup.
Under the figure of n woman clothed
in purple and scarlet the Mother sys.
tom of Babylon. centuries ago. "mnde
all nations drunk with her wIne," the
doctrines which she had in her gold.
en- cup" REV. xvii. 1-G.l The golden
cup" represents the Bible. 1t was
mlsused when the wine Of false doc.
trlne was put into lt-whcn the Bible
was claimed rs authority for the erro.
neous teachings Of the Dark. Ages.
The intoxicating wine which made tho
nations drunk. and led them to sup
port the woman. and to cali them
selves Christian nations. Papacy still
holds In her hand. and still offers to oil
who will receive It. But the nations
are gradually SOLDERING up. and becom-
ing less aud less inclined to take more
Of the wine.
The thought is that n commlnglcd
wine--a stupefyiDg potIon-was put
into the wine In the cup: such doc.
trInes asthat Gods Kingdom had been
set up. and that the Pope relgns rs
Christ's vlcegerent Other poisonous
elements had threatened the people
with PurHtUrlal torture. or eternal
torment.
The Protestant denominations were
all horn under those intoxicating ln-
fluences. While they separated from
the Mother system, and denounced her.
yet they hold doctrinally to many Of
the intoxicating errors of her soup"
Consequently they, too. claim that
Messiah's Kingdom Is Get up and is
reIgniDg. They join in giving the na-
tons the same dope the Mother gave
them. telling them they are Christian
nations, though they are building great
guns and dreadnoughts to blow each
other OF the face Of the earth.
Water here symbolizes revenues.
from outside peoples and Kingdoms. So
in Revelation we read that the woman
with the golden cup Stitch upon many
waters" "and the waters which thou
sawest are peoples and multitudes, aud
nations. and tongues" Rev. xvii, !. 15.)
q The "Euphrates" to Be Dried Up.
In book Of Revelation not merely
Is the name Babylon used, but the
symbolical description includes the
name Of the Euphrates. and we
read Of The great River Euphrates that
"The water thereof was dried up" II
we are correct in interpreting these
waters" to signify revenuss, what
would be slgnifed by the drying up of
the River? 1t would imply cessation
Of the revenues OF REPRESENTATION
coming every year from rich and poor
OF all nations for her support. II is In
full accord with this Divine prediction
Of what is TO come that we bear cry
fings arising from all denominations,
Catholic and Protestant. that the IVA
tiers" the revenues, are being dried up.
History tells that the great City Of
Babylon was captured by Cyrus and
his army after n considerable siege.
His soldiers digged fresh channel for
lhe river and turned its course aside.
Thus was the River Euphrates dried
up. and the army Of Cyrus entered
Babylon, suddenly, In the night. While
these things were TRANSPORTING, the
princes OF Babylon, corresponding to
, the notables of Chrlstendom, were hold
Ing high carnival. rejoicing,in security.
II was at this moment of cxuberance
that in the banquet hall OF Belshazzar
a hand appeared and wrote: "Nene,
ucHe, Tekel. UphdrsiH." "Mene"-the
'dnys of your rule are numbered and
finished. "Teke"-Thou art weighed
In the balances and found wnntlng!
Enthusiastically KiHgdom is divided
and given TO the Medcs and Persians,
The strong symbolIsms used In respect
to Mystic Babylon correspond so well
with the prophetic language used re-.
specting literal Babylon that we are
warranted in understanding. literal
Babylon to have been n prototype of
Mystic Babylon, aud her fall preHg.
ure Of the fall Of Chrlstendom. Read
lisa. Kill, 1-19. Compare Jer. | and II
with Revelation xvi. xvii and xviii
Every homa shoul6 hovo ~ o,o-,,