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sure the true application will f1t well.
| A frog has a sage look. wise look.
1t sweIls itself up In an apparent en-
1 1 dieuvur TO impress the beholder. Its
great mouth well represents its chief
power. used to croak.
| Applying these symbols. we learn
that an evil spirit. influence. teaching,
will come from the Protestant churches
federated. from the Church of Rome.
and from the Civil authorities. all in
full agreement The spirit of all will
be boastful: an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum-
edTall will croak in harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow,
involving the interests of both the
present and the future life, II their
counsel be not followed. However con
6icting the creeds. the differences will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed or looked into. or repudiated.
D The Divine authority of the Church,
and the Divine right of kings. aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
in conflict with these boastful and I'm
seriptural claims will be branded as
everything vile. at the mouths of these
frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobier sent
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared 1t expedient to commit
a crime in violation of justice. human
and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog" spirit will APP
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their selfprotection.
The croaking of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial. political, religious
and industrial into one great army
The spirit of fear, inspired by the
croakings of these frogs" will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines, they will be
ready to sacrifice life and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth and righteous,
ness. under a Divine arrangement
For brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
of Armageddon will triumph Free
speech, free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses in our day. will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea of neces'
sity. the glory of God, the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem to be
serene, until the great social explosion
in our context described as the great
An earthquake" in
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution. and the declaration of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred Revelation xvi, IS,
1917 Jesus described it as time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-M Matthew xiv. 81.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together into one host the great.
The rich, the wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
uncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells US that HE
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
the Mountain of De
,truction The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ion, etc. will be the very thing they
hat God will be represented by the
Great Messiah. and that He will be on
he side Of the masses. Thus we read
q Daniel xii, ]: "At that time shall
Iichael the Godlike One Messiahl
tand up"-assume authority. He will
axe possession of His Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by many of
hose who enormously have been
that they were His Kingdom.
nd authorized by Him to reign in His
ame and in His stead.
Jesus declared, His servants ye are
INTO whom We render service" Some
nay be rendering service to Satan and
0 error, who claim to be rendering
ervice to God and to righteousness;
nd some of these may be serving ig'
orantly, as did Saul of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God serv-
,e" in prosecuting the Church. The
anne principle holds true reversely.
s an earthly king does not hold him.
elf responsible for the moral character
f each soldier who fights in his bat {
es. so the Lord does not vouch for the
loral character Of all who will enlist c
nd fight on His side of any question
His servants they are to whom they G
4nder service" whatever the motive l
r object prompting them. c
The same principles will apply In the l
,ming Battle of Armageddon. Gods I
de of that battle will be the peoples T
de, and the very nondescript host I
le people, will be pitted at the begin S
ing of the battle. Anarchists, Social
It's, and hot-headed radicals of every T
,hool of reason and unreason, will be il
the forefront of that battle. The Q
laiority of the poor and the middle Q
ass prefer peace at almost any price. b
comparatively small number. Gods L
people, will at heart be a