The Holly chieftain., 1912-11-08


nor shall "" think hard of any who
refuse il. We will neither sIander nor
otherwise iniura them now. nor threat.
en- them with eternal torture They
have rhe same right to their views that
! have. and the same right to make
them known IN others. And 1. for
one. will he very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text.
"uneIean Spirits Like Frogs"
The symboiisms Of Scripture. right.
ly understood. are always forcefui
t" symbOIicsliy represent certain
doctrines or teachings. We may be
sure the true application will it well.
A frog has a sage look. a wise look.
1t swells itself up In an apparent en-
deavor 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 boastfui: an air OF superior wisdom
ed-ali 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.
dicting the creeds. the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
that nothing ancient must he disturb
ed. 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. Any persons or teachings
in conflict with these boastful and un
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything rile. at the mouths OF these
frogs" speaking from pulpits 'and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobier senu-
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas. the
nigh 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. 80 this frog" spirit will ap-
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary to their self-protection,
The cracking 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 Hte and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice truth and righteous
ness. under 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 of 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
Earthquake 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. 1S.
1917 Jesus described 1t as time OF
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.-Matthew xiv. u.
Tho 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
1uncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells Us that HE
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Armageddou-to the Mountain of De
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union. fedora
ton. etc. will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell US
that God will be represented by the
Great Messiah. and that BE will be on
the side Of the masses. Thus we read
In Daniel xii. l: "At that timet shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiahl
stand up'-assume 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 by Him to reign in His