The Southern herald., 1912-11-15

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desvox to Impress the behnlder. It's
EFeaf mouth well rspressnn ln chief
power. used to eroak.
Applying these symbols. We iearn
that an evil spirit. lnnuence, teaching.
vii cone from the Protestant lurrhes
federated. from the Churvh af Ros1e.
and from the civil auth0fltieS ali IN
fuI agreement The spirit Of all VIII
Be boastful: an air Of superior Etsdom
and knowledge viii Be proudly assum
ed-alI win SrOak IN harmony All viii
tel Of dire results that would follow
Involving the interests o. both the
present and the future life Il their
counsel be cot followed However con
nicting the crseds. the differences win
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 righ- Of kings. aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
to conflict Any persons or teachings
IN conflict with these boastful and un-
scriptural claims win be branded as
everything vsle, at the mouths OF these
frogs speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular presS The nobler sent-
msnts 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 Il expedient 10 commit
a crime In violation u justice. human
ard Divine. to be I'D Of Jesus and His
tsaehings. 80 this frog spirit will ap-
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary 10 their self-protscticn.
The eroaklng Of these frog" spirits or
doctrines viii gather the kings and
princes. financial. political. religious
and Industrial into one great army
The spirit Of fear. inspired by the
croakings Of these frogs" will scourge
tile 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 Divine arrangement.
For q brief time. as we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
Of Armageddon will triumph. Free
speech. free mails. and other liberties
which have come 10 be the very breath
Of the masses IN our day. will be ruth
lessly shut o6 under the plea Of neces-
sity. the glory Of God. the commands
Of the Church. etc. All will seem to be
serene. until the great 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 none like unto It ever
before occurred. lReyelatiOn xvi. Is.
l9.l Jesus described It as time of
trouble such AZ never was since there
was nation Matthew xiv, 21
The Lord VIII Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together Into one host the great,
the rich. the wise. the learned and the
kings OF the earth. to battle. AT this
juneture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells Us that he
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Armageddon-to the Mountain Of De
strnction. 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 dine 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 ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may be rendering service to satau and
10 error. swho 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
"vsriy thought that be did God a serv-
ice" m pesecuting the Church The
same principle holds true reverseiy.
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responMble for the neral character
Of each soldier who Hghts IN bis bat
ties, 80 the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character Of all who win enlist
and nght on His side Of any question.
"His servants they are to whom they
render servtce1" whatever the motive
Or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming Battle OF Armageddon. Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
side. and the very nondescript host,
the people, will be pitted at the begin.
ming Of the battle Anarchists, Social.
lists. and hot-headed radicals OF every
school Of reasot and unreason. viii be
IN the forefront Of that battle. The
majority Of the poor and the middle