The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-11-08


Of the people for the public good, The
crisis will I've reached when the hither.
to uphoders of law shall become vio-
lators Of the law and resisters OF the
will of the majority IA expressed by
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the we'll meaning masses to desl,er
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
Tho Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would Ike this outlook FOR
Bile Word ut God assuring ns Of a
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl
edge and skill which Is at the same
time breeding millionaires and Qaon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil Il thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for it's Armagphdon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too snOn for the )i-
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom is to he the great Thousand
YearSahl,a'h of the worlds history.
God in kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
magetldon would Immediately precrde
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign. -lieve-
latlon xi. II. IS,
"Send Them Strong Celusions."
ct. Paul wrote prophetically of our
time. that 1t would be- one Of serious
trial and testing to many PROGRESSING to
be Christians. The reason for this he
statcs-they received not the Truth in
the love OF it. I'll ThessaIonians II. 10.
H., They preferred their own errone-
GUS theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over to a
"strong deIilsion." 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 he in the condemned host, fight
ing against Cod" because of their lack
OF love for the Truth.
1t is sad to say that we all as Chris.
tans have been laboring under thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church In Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth Us His representative. On
the strength Of this delusion. Jews and
heretcs have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thought'essly repeated
the Lords prayer: Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done ON earth. a, in
Heaven" We knew that the lIedeemer
said that He would come again to
make us His Bird" and joint heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolie;'ly
say. "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t Is this false doctrine
that will otstitute the frog" 81 rit
which 500. will begin to croak anu to
prepare f. Armagetldon.
The Bib Z presentation ia that the
world IL I; section Of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority, I'M
der the cnptain.y of Satan and his as-
soriated fnIlen angels by Divine grace
Jesus has already 'tnstpd death for
every mnn." and the merit Of that sac
rifice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity Il 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 ut least respecting the ''times
and Seasons" These brethren ARE
not in darkness. that that day land
that brittle Of ArmageddOn should
overtnke" them ''as a thief" - un.
awnres.
Armaeeddon Not Not but Soon.
For forty years the Arnnyeud0n
forces hn, been mastering for boh
sides Of the conflict. Strikes. Iockouts
and riots. great and small. have been
merely incidental skirmiShes as the
belIigerent PARTIES crossed each others
paths Court and Army scandals III
Europe. Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals in A mericn, have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. chnrg-
ed by turns on employees and on "m-
rlOyrrS. have further shaken CONT
dem'p ana tended to make each dis
truStfuI OF the other Bitter and angry
feelings ON both sides are more AMI
more manifest The lines of BATH" ire
daily becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless mHyeddUn cannot vet
De fought Other matters Intervene.
according To prophecy.
Gentle times nav" still two years tn
run The Image of the Beast" ct olr
context must yet receive Inc power.
Th" Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to u living force.
Protestant Federation realizes tina, It's
organization will still be futile unless
1t receive ltaiZhtiOtI unless its clergy
directly o. indirectly shall he reco.;-
nized as possessed of apostolic ordilia-
ton and authority to teach. This the
prophecy ,!icntcS will come from the
two h,rl,ec beast. which. we believe.
BymbO!ical!y represents the Church Ut
England. High handed activities Ut
Professionalism and Catholicism. ouerat.
ing In con Injunction for the suppression
Of human ,hertipS, await this vivifytng
of tn" I'M 70. This may come soon.
but Arlnnrrddon cannot precede II. but