Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

the placing Of monopolies and utilities
ana the supplies Of nature In the hands
Of the people for the public good. The
crisis win be reached when the hither-
to upholders Of law shall become vio-
lators of the law and resisters Of the
VIII of the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future VIII
lead the well-meaning masses to desper-
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism falls.
The Clouds silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli-
BILE Word of God assuring Us or a
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowi-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined mp for Its Armageddon
thousand years sooner But that
would have been too soon for. the Di-
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Is to be the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath of the worlds history
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to AT
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messiahs taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve
lation xi. IL. Is.
"send Them Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetically Of our
time. that il would be one Of serious
trial and testing to many processing TO
be Christians The reason for this be
states-they received not the Truth in
the love OF 1t I'll Thessalonians ii. ~.
H. They preferred their own CHROME
Gus theories. the Apostle explains. ana
therefore God will give them over TO a
"strong delusion." and let them believe
the lie which they preferred. and LET
them suffer for missing the Truth
/ which they did not love Thus they
will be in the condemned host. fight
ing against God" because Of their lack
I of love for the Truth
1
tians have been laboring under thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan
We have claimed that Christ ser M
/ His Church In Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusion. Jews and
heretit-S have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessiy repeated
the Lords prayer: Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will he done on earth. az IN
Heaven" We knew that the RedeemeI
said that He would come again tt
make US His Bride and joint-heirs; but
! we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolirally
say. "all nations were drunk with thu
J false doctrine IL is this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog spiri
, which soon will begin to croak and e
prepare for Armageddon
. The Bible presentation Ii that the
world is q section of the universe II
rebellion against Divine authority. IN
der the captaincy of Satan and bis as
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divine grac'
Jesus has already tasted death TO
every man. and the merit Of that sac
. rifice must. eventually. grant Adam ant
: his posterity full. fair opportunit.
. for the attainment of everlasting life
! All who thus see the Divine program
q and are walking In the light may know
!. something at least respecting the slime
! and seasons" These brethren ''ar
!. not In darkness. that that day Ian
that battle of ArmageddonJ shout
: svertake'. them "as q thief' = ur
@ swares.
n Armasedden Not Vet but Soon.
Il For forty years the Armsgeddo
n forces have been mastering for bot
4 sides of the conflict Strikes. lockout
II and riots. great and small, have bee
a merely incidental skirmishes as tn
4 belligerent parties crossed each other
n paths. Cedft and Army scandals
n Europe, insurance, Trust and Coul
Is scandals in America. have shaken pul
lic confidence. Dynamite plots. char
% ed By turns on employees and ON en-
70 ployers. have further shaken conf
"A dence and tended to make each di
10 trustfuI of the other Bitter and angi
:. feelings on both sides are more an
more manifest. The lines Of battle al
n daily becoming more distinctly marke
. Nevertheless Armageddon cannot y
10 be fought. Other matters interven
y according to prophecy.
= Gentle times have still two years
or run The Image Of the Beast" OF o
:. context must yet receive 6fe--pow'
I. The Image must be transformed fro
~ a mere mechanism to a living fort
- Protestant Federation realizes that
!, organization will still be futile unle
% IL receive vitalization- unless Its clerl
directly or indirectly shall be recc
no njzed as possessed Of apostolic ordiI
rs ton and authority to teach This
"a prophecy indicntes will come from Z
n two horned beast. which. we belize
N. symbolically represents the Church
al England. Higb-handed activities
nv Professionalism and Catholicism. oper
no ing In conjunction for the suppressi
no of human liberties. await this vivifyi
lie of the Image This may come So
70 but Armageddon cannot precede 1t,
ia must follow perhaps year after
no according to our view Of the Prophe
Sc still another thing intervenes:
"a. though the Jews are gradually fowi