The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-10

have the same right 20 their views that
! have, and the same right to make
them known to others. And i, for
one. will be very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their Interpretations Of our text.
"uneisan Spirits Like Frogs"
The symbolismg of Scripture, right
iy understood. are always forceful-
When the Holy Spirit used a frog
10 symbolically represent certain
7octrines or teachings, we may b.
yure the true application will fit well.
A frog has a sage look, a wise look
1t swells itself up In an apparent en-
deavor to impress the beholder. Its
great mouth well 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 authorities, all In
full agreement. The spirit of all will
be boastful; 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, IL their
counsel be not followed. However con
fictlng the creeds, the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
that nnthlpr onafant sutor ha .IiCtnr1a.
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 I'M
sc%rlptural claims will be branded as
everything rifle, 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-protection.
The c~roaking Of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and Industrial into n great army.
The spirit OF fear, inspired by the
croakings 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 be
ready to sacrifice Hfe and everything
ON the altar of 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 Armageddon will triumph. Free
speech, free mails, and other liberties
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 grea. social explosion
In our context described as the great
Earthquake" An earthquake" in
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution, and the declaration of the
context Is that zone like unto it ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvi, 10,
49, Jesus described It as a time Of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xiv. Fl.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, froglike teachings will
gather together into M host the great.
the rich, the wise. the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward, and our text tells us that HE
shall gather the marshaled hosts 10
Armageddon-to the Mountain Of De
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, fedora
ton, etc, will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell US
that God will be represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He will be on
the side of the masses. Thus we read
In Daniel xii, 1: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiahl
stand up'-assume authority. He will
take possession OF His Kingdom In a
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 We are
unto whom We render service" Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, 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
''verily thought that he did God a serv-
ice" In prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely.
AS an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
Of each soldier who fights In his 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