The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-08

y0&k Nl place CaIen IN
ASIQR RUSStly) the Hebrew tongue
Armaee eeddon,"
Revelation xvi lsb The speaker said:
Armageddon IN the Hebrew signifies
the Hill of Megiddo," or Mount of De
structiop It was famous as battle
field in Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen fit to associate the
name Armageddon. with the great con
troversy between Truth and Error.
right and wrong. God and Mammon,
with which this age will close. perish.
and the New Age Of Messiah's glory
be ushered in He has purposely used
highly symboIicsl figures of speech in
the last book of the Bible. evidently
with view to hiding certain impor-
tant truths until the due time for their
revealment But even In the due time,
the Bible assures us. None OF the
| wicked shall understand" Daniel xii
| 3, 10)-none " no are out Of heart har
mony with God-but only the wise
His people-the wise virgin" class
the Masters parable.
! have long avoided presentation Of
my understanding Of our text and its
context. take 1t up now by request
and because believe it is due time o
be understood discIaim any specia
inspiration In some particulars m,
views agree with those OF other Bible
students. and in other respects they
disagree Each hearer must use his
own Judgment. do his own Bible stud
and reach IS own conclusions
Kindly remember that | am not re-
sponsible for the figures OF speech used
By the Lord My interpretations do
deed constitute q terrible ARA Ignmeni
Of institutions which we have all rever
enced and which embrace good peopl'
OF good words and good works, God
sanity peopt' IN these various instit
lions. bein' comparatively few.
ignored when systems as whole are
dealt with prophecy.
| The Dragon. Beast, False Prophet.
| Our context tells US that three i'm
pure spirits teachings will go forth
from the mouths of the Dragon. the
Beast and the False Prophet. and these
| three will be I'm accord. and symbnlical
ly the doctrines are represented by
| frogs" These three doctrines are to
have a mighty influence throughout tn
civilized earth They are to gathe
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle of Armageddon
The ecclesiastical kings and princes
and their retinues of clergy and faith
fnl adherents will he gathered IN solid
nhslsn1 Protestant and Catholic. The
kings and captatns Of industry and as
many as cau he influenced by them
will lao gathered to the same side. The
political kings aud princes. with all
their h"nchmen and retainers. will fol
low In line on the same side. The
| financial kings and merchant princes
and all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever vet eIercls
ed in the world will Join the same
aide. according to this prophecy.
| These doctrines of demons. repre-
santed by the frogs" will lead many
noble people In this great army to as
sume an attitude quite contrary e
their preference For time tb'
wheels of liberty and progress will h.
turned backward and medieval re-
straints will be considered necessar,
for self preservation the mhinte
nance nf the present order Of things
In giving this interpretation. II Is
necessary for us to indicate what Is
symbolized by the Dragon, the ReaSt
and the False Prophet Bible students
of nearly ali denominations agree will
US that the Dragon Of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant interpreters generally agree
that the "Reast like leopard Heve
lation xiii, 2, represents the Fapacy
But fewer still we fear. will he read,
to support our view that Professionalism
Ia the Image Of the Beast" (Revela tio'
XII. I5, iu our context given anotbe'
name. the False Prophet We urge
no one TO accept our interpretation
nor shall we think hard OF any wb,
refuse II We will neither SANDER no
, otherwise lninre them now. nor threat
on them with eteruaI torture They
have the same right TO their views tha
] have and the same right 70 MAKE
them known to others Ana ]. To
one. will lie very glad TO consider any
thing which opponents may set fortf
, as their INTERPRETATIONS OF our text,
"Unclean Spirits Like Frogs"
The srmhnlSmS IF Scripture. right
IL understood are ALWAYS forcef1l
when the Holy Spirit used frog
to symi,oirally represent certain