The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-07

to upholders Of law shall become VIC
lators Of the law and resisters Of the
will Of the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning masses to desper
Socialism falls.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli-
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding mlllionaires and discon-
tenta Had God lifted the veil a thou
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for thesDi-
vine purpose, because Messiah's King
dom Is to be the great Thousand
Sabbath Of the worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power, and beginning His relgn.-Reve-
lation II, II. 49,
"eend Them strong Decisions"
St. Paul wrote prophetcally of our
time, that It would be 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 It. Oh Thessalonians Ii, 10,
ID They preferred their own errone-
Gus theories, the Apostle explains, and
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, fight
ing against God" because Of their lack
of love for the Truth.
It u sad to say that we all as Chris
tians 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 as His representative. On
the strength Of this deluson, Jews and
heretlcs have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth, as In
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and joint heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically
say, "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
that Will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon Will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armngeddon
The Bible presentation IS that the
Morld ~ section Of lie universe In
rebellion against Divine authority, uni
der he captain Y Of Satan and his as
socated fallen angels. BY Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man" and the merit OF that sac
riice 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 at least respecting the times
and seasons These brethren are
not In darkness, that that day land
that battle Of ArmageddonI should
overtake" them "as thief I'M
awares,
Armaseddon Not Yet but Soon.
As a
forces have been mastering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes, lockouts
and riots, great and small, have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
bclligerent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army. scandals In
Europe, Insurance, Trust and Court
scandals In America, have shaken pub,
hc confidence. Dynamite plots. charg
. ed by turns on employees and on EN-
ployers, have further shaken conf
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful Of the other. Bitter and angry
Feelings on both sides are more anC
: more manifest The lines of battle are
} daily becoming more distinctly marked
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot We
according to prophecy.
Gentle times have still two years tt
r run. The Image OF the Beast" of oul
context must yet receive life-power
e The Image must be transformed from
I mere mocha nism to q living force
j. Protestant Federation realizes that it,
y organization will still be futile unles,
2 1t receive vitalization-unless it's clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recog
e nized as possessed OF apostolic ordina
: ton and authority to teach. This thu
$ prophecy indicates will come from thu
. two horned beast, which. we believe
! symbolically represents the Church o
England High handed activities 0
Z Professionalism and Catholicism. operat
e ing in conjunction for the suppression
e of human liberties, await this vivifyinj
. OF the Image. This may come soon
). but ArmaReddon cannot precede It, bu
/ must foll0w-perhAps year after 1t
e according to our view OF the Prophecy
Q Still another thing intervenes Al
. though the Jews are gradually fiowini
i into Palestine gradually obtaining con
4 troll OF the land OF Canaan, and al
Y though reports say that already nine
/. teen millionaires are there neyerthe
4 less prophecy requires ali EVIDENT.
| larger number OF wealthy Hebrews I,
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