The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-11-09

and The supplies 0f nature Ill the naiius
Of the people for The public gnsi. The
crisis will i,e reached when the hitlier
to uphoders Of law shall letpnie vio
lators Of the law anil rrsisters of the
will of the majority az expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well meaning masses to deslpr
alton: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would bp this Ouilmk for
the future did we not have the infall
Bile Word of God assuring us of n
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which In at the same
time breeding milionaires and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil n thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for lts Armageddon II
thousand years sooner. Bnt TINT
would have. leen too soOn for the III
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom il to he the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath Of the worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would immediately precede
Messiahs taking to Himself His great
power. aud beginning His reign.-Reve.
lation xi. II. IS.
"Ssnd Them Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetically Of our
time. that 1t would BIZ one of serious
trial and testing to many processing to
be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love Of 1t. I'll Thessalonians II. 10.
H. They preferred their own errone-
Gus theories. the Apostle explains. aud
therefore God will give them over to
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. tight
ing against God" because Of their lack
Of love for the Truth.
1t Ia sud to say that we all as Chris
tians have been labOring under u thor
ough delus!on respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church In Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been reigning TN
the earth us His representative. On
the strength Of this delusiOn. LEWIS and
heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents To- Christ's Kingdom All
the while we thoughtlessly rerented
the Lords prayer: THY Kingdom
come: Thy will he done on earth. AZ In
Heaven" We knew that the Redeenier
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and joint-heirs: hut
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. M the Scriptures symmlicnlly
say. "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t IN this false dmtrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to cr0ak and tn
prepare for Armageddon.
The Billie presentation ia TINT the
world IN u section Of the. universe In
rebellion against Divine authority. I'M
der the rnptuincy OF Satan and his nv
sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death fol
every man." and the merit Of that sac
rifice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his pOsterity full. fair opportunity
for the attainment OF everlasting life
All who Thus seek the Divine program
and are walking In the light may know
something Mt least respecting the times
and seasons These brethren ARE
/ t. H., al. h,t hnf Hn In
that battle Of Armageddonl should
overtake" them ms a thief" - un
awares.
Armaseddon Not Vet but Soon.
For forty years the ArmngeddOr
forces have been mastering for b0tt
sides Of the conflict. Strikes. l0ckouts
and riots. grent and small. have beer
merely incidental skirmishes IN the
belilgerent parties crossed each Others
paths. Court and Army scandals ir
Europe. Insurance. Trust and COur
scandals In America. hnve shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. chnrg
ed by turns on employees and on EN-
ployprs. have further shaken conf
denca and tended to make each dis
trustful Of the other. Bitter and angr!
feelings on both sides are more nnt
more manifest. The lines Of battle ar'
daily becOming more distinctly marked
Nevertheless ArmagptldOn cannot ye
be fought. Other matters intervene
according to prophecy.
Gentle times have still two years Il
run. The "Imnge Of the Reast' Of on
context must yet receive We-pOwer
The Image must be- transformed from
q mere mechanism to living force
Protestant Federation realizes TINT III
organization will still he futile unless
II receive vitalizntiOn-u unless its clerg!
directly or Indirectly shall be recOg
nized us possessed Of apostolic Ordinn
tion and authority to teach. This tn,
prophecy Indicates will come from tin
two horned beast. which. We believe
symbOlically represents the Church o
England. High-handed activities y
Professionalism and Catholicism. Oierat
ing In conjunction for the suppression
Of human liberties. await this vivifyin
Of the Image. This mny come soon
but Arnageddon cannot precede II. b,l
must f0llow-l,erhaIs year after u
according to our view Of the Prophecy
Still another thing intervenes: Al
though the Jews are gradually fOwin