The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-07
Rattle of Arma geddnn.

Battle of Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes.
and their retinues of clergy and faith
full adherents, will be gathered in solid
phalanx-Protestant and Catholic. The
kings and captains Of industry. and as
many as can be Influenced by them.
will be gathered to the same side Inc
political kings and princes, with all
their henchmen and retainers, Will FOL
low in line on the same side. me
financial kings and merchant princes
and all whom they can influence py the
most gigantic power ever yet exercls-
ed in the world, will join the same
side, according to this prophecy.
These doctrines of demons" repre-
sented by the "frogs," will lead many
noble people in this great army to as
sumo an attitude quite contrary 10
their preference. For time tne
wheels of liberty and progress will be
turned backward and medieval re-
straints will be considered necessary
for self-preservation-f the mainte-
nance of the present order Of things.
In giving this Interpretation, 1t Is
necessary for us to indicate what is
symbolized by the Dragon, the Beast
and the False Prophet. Bible students
Of nearly all denominations agree with
us that the dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant interpreters generally agree
that the "Beast like a leopard" (Reve
lation xiii, p represents the Papacy.
But fewer still. we fear, will be ready
to support our view that Professionalism
Is the Image of the Beast (Revettion
Kill 15) in our context given another
name, "the False Prophet" We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation
nor shall we think hard of any who
refuse it. We will neither SANDER nor
otherwise injure them now, nor threat
en- them with eternal torture. They
have the same right to their views thal
l have, and the same right to make
them known to others. And l, for
one, will be very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text.
"UncIean Spirits Like Frogs
The symbolisms of Scripture. right
" understood. are always forceful
When the Holy Spirit used a frog
to symbolically represent certain
doctrines or teachings, We may be
sure the true application will fit well
A frog has sage look, wise look
1t swells itself up in an apparent en-
deavor to impress the beholder. It's
great mouth well represents its chieI
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 II
full agreement The spirit of all vii
be boastful; an air Of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum
ed-all will croak in harmony. All vii
tell of dire results that would follow
| involving the interests of both thu
present and the future life. if thei
counsel be not followed. However con
ficting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored in the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be 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 teaching
| in conflict with these boastful and un
scriptural claims will be branded al
everything rilc, at the mouths Of thes'
"frogs" speaking from pulpits AM
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler sent
ments Of some will be strangled by thu
| philosophy of the same evil spiri
which spoke through Caiaphas. thu
high priest, respecting Jesus. AS Gaia
phas declared it expedient to commi
a crime in violation of justice, human
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and Hi
teachings, so this "frog" spirit will ap
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their. self-protectiOn.
The croaking of these frog spirits o
doctrines will gather the kings ant
princes, financial, political. religion
and industrial into one great army
The spirit of fear, inspired by TIT
croakings Of these frogs will scourg
the passions of otherwise good AM
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following of these evi
spirits, evil doctrines, they will b.
ready to sacrifice life and everything
on the altar of what they mistaken.
suppose is justice truth and righteous