The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-11-07

| SymDOllZeu by the Dragon, the Beast
and the False Prophet. Bible student
Of nearly all denominations agree wit
us that the Dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant interpreters generally agre
that the Beast like a leopard" Reve
lation Kill. p represents the Papacy
| But fewer still. we fear, will be ready
to support our view that Professionalism
Is the Image Of the Beast" (Revelatiol
Kill. u, In our context given another
name. the False Prophet" We urge
no on" to accept our Interpretation
nor shall we think hard of any who
refuse 1t We VIII neither Islander mol
otherwise inJure them now, nor threat
ell them with eternal torture. They
have the same right to their views that
| have. ind the same right to make
them known TO others And |, for
one, will be very glad to consider any.
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text.
"Unclean Spirits Like Frogs"
The symboliSms Of Scripture. righc
y understood. are always forcefuI
When the Holy Spirit used frog
to Symbolically represent certain
doctrines or teachings, we may be
sure the true application will fit well.
A frog has sage look, q 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, if their
counsel be not followed. However con-
dicting the creeds. the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
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
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything oile. at the mouths of these
frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler senti-
ments of some wifi be strangled by the
of the same evil spirit
which spoke through CaiaphaS. the
ligh priest. respecting Jesus. As Gaia
bias declared it expedient to commit |
| crime In violation of justice. human |
Ind Divine, to be rid of Jesus and His |
eachings, so this frog" spirit will ap |
rove of every violation of principle
eceSsary to their self protection
The croaking Of these frog spirits or
octrines will gather the kings and
rinces. financial, political. religious
nd industrial into one great army
he spirit Of fear, inspired by the
roakings Of these frogs" will scourge
le passions of otherwise good and
easonable men to fury, desperation
D their blind following of these evil
)irits, evil doctrines, they will be
lady to sacrifice life and everything
I the altar of what they mistakenly
oppose is justice. truth and righteous
ess, under a Divine arrangement
For a brief time, as we understand
e Scriptures. these combined forces
Armageddon will triumph Free
Deech, free mails, and other liberties
hich have come to be the very breath
the masses In our day, will be ruth
ssly shut of under the plea of neces
ty, the glory of God, the commands
the Church, etc. All will seem to be
rene, until the great social explosion
our context described as the great
An earthquake" In &,
mbolic language. signifies social '
and the declaration of the
ntext is that none like unto it ever
fore occurred. Revelation xvi. IS,
} Jesus described it as a time of
)uble such as never was since there
IL Matthew xiv. 81.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will ;,
Their together into one host the great.
3 rich. the wise, the learned and the "
1gs Of the earth. to battle. AT this
1cture Divine Power will step for o
nd. and our text tells us that He G.
Ill gather the marshaled hosts to a
the Mountain of De. W
uction The very thing which they
light to avert by their union. fedora. NJ
n, etc, will be the very thing they h.
1 hasten Other Scriptures tell us
It God will be represented by the
eut Messiah. and that He will be on p
. side of the masses Thus we read OF
Daniel xii, l: "At that time shall IL
chael 1.-THE Godlike One Messiahl er
nd up'-assume authority. He will ii
,e possession of His Kingdom In a ar
nner little looked for by many Of If
'se who enormously have been =
inning that they were His Kingdom. "
! authorized by Him to reign in His ="
ne and in His stead.
esus declared. His servants ye are m
70 whom We render service" Some tn
y be rendering service to Satan and sp
error, who claim to be rendering ma
vice to God and to righteousness; wi
! some of these may be serving ig- %
antly. as did Saul Of Tarsus, who
rily thought that he did God serv- -''
In prosecuting the Church. The
le principle holds true reversely WI