Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-11-09

lend the wclincanins MASSES % despcr
alton; and anarchy win result when
Socialism tails.
The CLOUDS Silver Lining.
Horrible would be thIs outlook for
the future did we not have the lnfalIi
BILE Word OF God assuring us OF
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
Withheld Until our day the great known
edge and skill witch Il at the same
time breeding uillionalrcs and discon.
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou.
sand years SOONER. the world would
have tined M for It's Armageddon q
thousand years sooner But that
would have heen too soon for the III
vine purpose. because Messlah's King
dom Is 10 he the great Thousand
Year 50 hhath Of the worlds history
God in Kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would immediately precede
Mcssiahs taking TO Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign. lieve-
Iatlon Si IL ~
"sond Them Strong pelusions."
st. Paul wrote pruphetieallv OF our
time. thar II would be one OF serious
trial and testing to many processing 90
be Christians The reason for this he
states -thcy received not the Truth IN
the love OF It. ul Thcssalonlans IL 10.
I'D Thay preferred their own CHROME
Gus theories. the Apostle explains, aud
strong deluslou." aud let then believe
the lie which they preferred, and lei
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love Thus they
will be IN the condemned host. light
Ing against God" because of their lack
of love for the Truth.
1t Is sad 10 say that we all as Chris
tians have been labpring under thor
ough deluslon respecting Gods Plnn.
We have claimed TINT Christ set up
His Church In Kingdom power. aud
that the Church has been reiguing on
the earth ais Ills representative On
the strength Of this delusion, Jews and
heretics have been prosecuted TO death
as opponents 10 Christ's Kingdom All
the while we thpughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: ''Thy Kingdom
come. Thy VIII he done on earth. as In
Heaven" We knew that the sedecmer
said that He would come again TO
make us fiis Bride and iolnt-heirs. but
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. as the Scriptures synlhnllcaily
say, .all rutions were drunk" with tile
false doctrine 1t is This false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit.
which soon win begin 10 croak aud TO
prepare for Armagcddon.
The Bible presentation Is TINT the
world Is a section or the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority. un-
der the captaincy of Satun and his MS
soeated fallen angels By Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man" and tile merit OF that sac.
rifice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity n full. fair opportunity
for thesnttainment OF everlasting life.
All who thus seek the Divine program
and are walking in the light may know
something ut least respecting the times
aud seasons These brethren ARE
not In darkness. that that day land
that battle Of Armageddon should
orertake' them las thief" - I'M
awares.
Armaeeddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces haye been mastering for both
sides OF the conflict Strikes. iockouts
and riots. great and small. have been
merely incidental skirmishes ms the
belligercnt parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals In
Europe Insurance. Trust aud Court
scandals in America. have shaken pub
lie confidence, Dynamite plots. charg.
ed by turns on employees aud on en-
ployers, have further shaken conti-
dence and tended TO make each dis
trustful OF the other Bitter and angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines OF battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
be fought Other matters intervene.
according to prophecy
Gentle times have still two years 70
run The Image ~ the Beast OF our
context must yet receive ufe--power
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to n living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
It receive vitaIization-unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be recog
nized as possessed OF apostolic ordina.
ton aud authority to teach. This the
prophecy indlcntes will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe,
symbolically represents the Church OF
England handed activities Of
Professionalism and Catholicism. operat-
ting in conjunction ror tile suppression
Of human liberties. await this vivifying
of the Image This may come soon.
but Armageddon cannot precode II. but
must follow perhat,s u year after II.
according 10 our view Of the Prophecy,
Still another thing interyencs: AL
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine. gradually obtaining con-
trol of the land Of CaDaan. aud all