The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-11-08

ready to sacrifice life and everything
on the altar Of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth and righteous
ness, under n 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
which have come to be the very breath
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 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. Revelation xvi, IS,
19.) Jesus described it as n time Of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xiv, p.
The Lord Will 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
iuncture 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-
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, /: "At that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-MessiahI
stand up"-assume authority. He will
take possession of His Kingdom in
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 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
verify 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
render service" 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,
he people, will be pitted at the begin
ing of the battle. Anarchists, Social
;ts, and hot-headed radicals of every
!, :hooI of reason and unreason, will be
I, the forefront of that battle. The
n ajority of the poor and the middle
Il aSs prefer peace at almost any price.
4 comparatively small number, Gods
20 nsecrated people, will at heart be
OF aging for Messiah's Kingdom. These
vi ii bide the Lords time and wait pa
ie ntIy for it; they will be Of good
%, lrage, knowing the outcome outlined
n the more sure word of prophecy"
o which they have done well to take
letd. "as unto a light shining in a
lark place until the Day dawn."-II
Peter j. 10.
The masses will be restless Of their
'estrairts. but will be conscious Of
heir own weakness as compared to the
.ings and princes, financial. religious
md political. which will then hold
way. Besides. the masses have no
with anarchy, They realize
ruly That the worst form Of govern
nent is bt.tter than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful re-adjustment Of earth's af-
airs for the elimination of evil. for
he placing of monopolies and utilities
nd the supplies of nature in the hands
& the people for the public good. The
risis will be reached when the hither-
0 uphoIders of law shall become vio-
tors of the law and resisters of the
i u of the majority as expressed by
% ballot Fear for the future will
adt he well-meaning masses to desper-
ion and anarchy will result when
,ciaIis. N fails.
THE Clouds Silver Lining.
would be this outlook for
o futura lid we not have the infalli-
! word VI God assuring us of
,riors onto, Nme! Divine Wisdom has
tbboId until our day the great f.nowl-
go ond el,iu which is at the same
le breeding n Nlllohalles anu ulSIolA
It's Had God ulleu tne ven 'iou,
,d vooro soono =, the world would
We lined up for Its Arhlasel''on q
'usand years 81 "ner Dut
uld have been too sooh ioi tno -
a nrrnoeo bacorsa Messiah's King
n is to ho tbo ., eat Thousand
ar.Sabbatb of +ha prlds history.
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