The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-11-08

sure the true application WILL 0t wen.
A frog has a sage look, a wise look.
1t sweils itself up ID an apparent en-
deavor to Impress the beholder. Its
great mouth we'll represents its chief
power. used to croak.
Applying these symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. influence. teaching
will come from the Protestant churches
federated. from the Church of Rome.
and from the Civil authorities. all In
full agreement. The spirit OF all will
be boastfui: an air OF superior wisdom
and knowledge will be, proudly assum,
ed-ail will croak IN harmony. All will
tell OF dire results that would fOllow
Involving the interests OF both the
present and the future life. II theii
counsel be rot followed. However cor
ficting the creeds. the differences viii
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 right 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 will be branded as
everything vile. at the mouths of thes
"frogs'' speaking from pulpits II
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler senti
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spir'
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest, respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared it expedient to commit
a crime in violation of justice. humaL
and Divine. to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog spirit will ap
prove Of every violation of principle
necessary to their self protection.
The croaking Of these frog" spirits OF
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes. financial. political. religious
and industrial into II great army
The spirit of fear. inspired by the
croakings of these frogs will scourgt
the passions OF otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury. desperation
In their blind following OF these evl'
spirits. evil doctrines. they will ht
ready to sacrifice if and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose |. justice. truth and righteous
ness, under a Divil" arrangement.
For a brief time. as "" understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
Of Armagcddon will triumph. Ere,
speech, free mails. and other liberties
-1l:-L bc,, .Ny,n r., in tl,A worry. bYA1tI
Of the masses in our day. will he 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 earthquakes" in
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration Of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvi, IS,
1917 Jesus described it as a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was q nation.-Matthew xiv. 81.
Tho Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together into II host the great,
the rich. tlr wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward, and our text tells US that n
shall gather the marshaled hosts
Armageddon-to the Mountain Of De
struction. The very thing which the
sought to avert by their union. fedora
H.. ILL Ln kl~ npr tlipr fhnN-
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell MS
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, i: eat that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-MessiahJ
stand up''-,ssume authority. He will
take possession of His Kingdom in a
manne 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 We 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
''verily thought that he did God a serv
ice" in prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely
As an earthly king does no 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 n~ondescript host
the people. will be pitted at the begin
ming Of the battle. Anarchists. Social
lists, and hot-headed radicals Of every
school of reason and unreasoD. will be
In the forefront of that battle. The
majority of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price.
A comparatively small number, God
nonoocro<o6 noonlo will at heart nv