The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-12-04

the placing Of mon0p,lfes and util!t1e
aud the supplies of nature In the hands
Of the people for the public good The
crisis will be reached v ben the hithrr
to upholders Of law shall become vio
iators Of the law and resisters OF the
will Of the majority ~ expressed BY
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning mnsses TO desIer
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
Tire Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook fs
the future did we not huve the infalH
Bile Word Of Ged assuring us Of u
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowi-
edge and skill which Is at the sau.e
time breeding m!liionalres and discon
tents. Hind God .hfte6 the: veil thoii.
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up fer its Armageddon Il
thousand years E0oner. Bat that
would have been too soon for the hi
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Ia to be the great Thousand
Year-Sabbath Of the worlds history
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would Immediately p-ecede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve
lation xi. II. IS.
"Send Them Strong Delusions."
St. Paul wrote prophetically Of our
time. that it would be one OF serious
trial and testing to many processing #"
be Christians. The reason for this l,r
states-they received not the Truth III
the love of it. Ql TheSsalonians ii. ~
H. They preferred their own errone
GUS theories, the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over to Il
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 Cod" because of their lack
Of love for the Truth.
It is 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
f.: the strength Of .this delusion. Jews and
heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Chrfst'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 as His Bride and jont-heirs: but
We ignored the Scriptures. We we're
drunk. as the. Scriptures symbolicauy
say. ''ah netions were drunk" With the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
that VIII eonatitBte the frog" spirtt
which soon will begin to cnoak and to
prepare for Arnaseddon. ..
The Billie presentation fs that the
world Is a section Of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. TN
der the captaincy Of Satan and bis Is
Hociated fallen angels. BY Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man." and the merit Of that sac'
riHce must. eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity full, fair opportunity
for the attainment rof 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 Armageddon] should
oyertake" them '.as q thief" - un.
awares.
krmagedean Not Vet but Soon.
For forty years the ArmageddoE
forces have been mastering for both
sides Of the conflict Strikes, iockouts
and riots. great and small. have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
beIligerent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals IN
Europe. Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America. have shaken pub.
Tic 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 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 to
run. The Image OF the Beast OF our
context must yet receive Nfe-power
The Image must be transformed from
a mere mechanism to living force.
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organizat ton will still be futile unless
it receive vitalization-unless its clergy
directly or indirectly shall be reccg-
nized as possessed Of apostolic ordina-
ton and authority to teach. This the
prophecy indicates will: come from the
two horned beast, which. we believe.
symbolically represents the Church of