The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

counsel be not followed However Gun
dieting the crepds. the differences will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
eli. or looked into. or repudiated
The Divine authority Of the Church.
and the Divine right Of kings. aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
TO conflict Amy persons or teachings
in conflict with these boastfnl and un-
scripturai claims will be branded "a
everything rifle. at the mouths Of these
frogs" speaking from puipits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press The nobler send'
ments Of some will be strangled by the
philosophy Of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. As Gala
phas declared II eIpedient to commit
a crime in violation Of Justice. human
and Divine. to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings. SO this frog" spirit will up
prove of every violation Of principle
necessary to their self.protectos.
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
cruakings of these 'frogs." will scourge
the passions Of otherwise good ana
reasona Bile men to fury. desperation.
In their blind following Of these evil
spIrits, evil doctrines. they will h+
ready to sacrifice Hfe and everything
on the altar OF what they mistakenly
suppose IL Justice. truth and righteous
ness. under a Divine Arrangement
For a brief time. a. 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
Iessly shut of under the plea Of neces-
sity. the glory OF God. the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem to b
serene. until the great social explosion
in our context described rs the great
EARTHQUAKE" An earthquake. In
symbolic language. signifies social
revolution. and the declaration OF the
context II that none like unto 1t ever
before occurred. tRevelation xvi. IL.
49, Jesus described II - dine OF
trouble such a. never was since there
was q nation.-Natthew xiv. 81.
The Lord Will Gather Thorn.
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
iuncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells us that HS
shall gather the marshnled hosts TO
Armageddon-to the Mountain or De
struction The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton. etc. will he the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell Us
that God will be represented by the
Great Messiah. aud that He will he on
the side Of the misses. Thus we read
In Daniel XII. ]: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiah J
stand up"-ussume authority. He will
take possession Of His Kingdom In
manner little looked for by many OF
those who enormously have been
claiming that they we're His Kingdom
and authorized 10y Him to reign IN His
uame and In His stead
Jesus declared. Ills servants ye an
INTO whom ye render service" Scins
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error. who claim TO be rend.-ina
service to God and to righteousness
and some Of these may be serving TX
norantly, as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God a serv
Ice" In persecutng the Church. Tht
same principle boids true reverseiy
Az M earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral characte'
Of each soldier who fights In his bat
ties, SO the Lord does not vouch for thu
moral character Of all who will en!is
and light on His side Of any question
"His servants they are to whom the!
| render service" whnsever the motive
or object prompting them.
The anne. principles will apply In I'M
coming Battle Of Armaxeddon- God''
| side Of that battle will be the peoraei
side. and the very nondescript host
the people. will be pitted at the begin
uing Of the battle. Anarchists. SOciaI
lists, and hot.headed radicals Of ever!
school Of reason and unreason. will h
| 10 the forefront Of that hattie. TIT
majority Of the poor and the middle
| class prefer peace Mt almost any price
A comparatively snnii plumber. God
consecrated people. will at heart b
longing for Messinh's Kingdom. Thes'
will bidc the Lords time and wait pa
tiently for It: they will be OF goot
courage. knowing the outcome outlines
IN the more sure word Of prophecy.
to which they have done we'll to TAX
heed. ''as unto q light shining In I
dark place until the Day dawn."[
Peter l. 10.
The masses viii b restless Of thsi
restraints. but will Be conscious o
their own weakness a compared to tn
kings and princes. financial. religion
ana political. which will then hOl
sway. Besides. the masses have o.
sympathy with anarchy. They realiz
truly that the worst form Of govern
meut In better than none. The nnasse
will aeek relief through the ballot an
peaceful REIMBURSEMENT of earth's al
Sairs for the elimination of evil. 70
the placing Of monopol,es and utilities
and the supplies of nature in the hand