The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-11-08

make us His Bride and joint heirs: bur
we ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolically
say. "all nations were drunk" with the
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin TO croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world Is q section Of the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority. un
der the captaincy Of Satan and his AS
sociated fallen angels. BY Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man." and the merit Of that sac
rlfice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity full. fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking In the light may know
something at least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren. "are
not in darkness. that that day land
that battle OF Armageddonl should
overtake" them las thief - un
awares
Armageddon 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, have been
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 aud on en-
ployers. have further shaken conf
dence and tended to make each dis
tIustful 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 Armageddon 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 Ue-power.
The Image must be transformed from
n mere mechanism to a living force.
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be- futile unless
It receive vitHliZntion unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog
nized ~ possessed OF apostolic ordina
lion 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 aud Catholicism, opernt
ng In conjunction for the suppression
Vt human liberties. await this vivifying
pr the Image This may come som.
but Armagcddon cannot precede It, but
must follow perhaps year after II.
according tO our view Of the Prophecy
Still another thing interveneS: Al
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine, gradually obtaining con
| troll Of the land OF Canaan. and al
| though reports say that already nine
| teen millionaires are there. neverthe.
ess prophecy requires an evidently
larger number OF wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armageddon crisis
| be reached Indeed we understand
| that Jacobs trouble" In the Holy
Land will come ut the very close ol
| Armageddon. Then Messiah's King
| dom will begin to be manifested
rhenceforth Israel in the land of prom
Ise will gradually rise from the ashes
NJ the past to the grandeur of proph
scy Through its Divinely appointed
| princes MpSSiah's Kingdom. allpowcr
| ful hut invisible. will begin to rr'
swar the curse md to NJ, M mnnt'