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and khe supplies of nature in the hands
of the people for the public good. The
crisis Kill he reached when the hither-
TO uphk ders of law shall become VIC
lators Of the law and resisters of the
will of ne majority as expressed by
the ballet Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning masses to desper
alton: and anarchy w!l! result wien
SOCIALISM fails
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infaIIiiii-
BILE Word of God assuring us of a
| glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding milionalres and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou
/ sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up for its Armageddon
| thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Di.
vine purpose, because Messiah's King.
dom is 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 precede
Messiahs taking to Himself His great
power and beginning His reign.-Reve,
lation xi. II, IS.
"Send Them Strong Decisions"
St Paul wrote prophetically of our
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trial and testing to many protesting to
| be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth in
the love of it. I'll Thessalonians ii, 10.
H. They preferred their own errone.
GUS theories, the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to a
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
1t is sad to say that we all as Chris
tians have been laboring under a 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
the strength of this deusion. Jews and
heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: "rhy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth. as in
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and joint-heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically
say. ''all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. 1t is this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is a section of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. un
der the captalncy of Satan and his as
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man." and the merit of that sac
rifice must. eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity full, fair opportunity
for the attainment Of everlasting life.
All who thus see 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 Armageddonl should
overtake" them las a thief" - I'M
awares.
Armaeeddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mastering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes. lockouts !
and riots, great and small, have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the |
belligerent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals in
Europe. Insurance, Trust and Court
in America. have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. charg
ed by turns on employees and on en-
ployers, have further shaken conf,
1ence 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
1aily 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 Hte-power
The Image must be transformed from
/ mere mechanism to living force,
Protestant Federation realizes that its
will still be futile unless
t receive vitaization- unless its clergy
lirectly or indirectly shall be recog.
lized as possessed of apostolic ordina
ion and authority to teach. This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
wo horned beast, which, we believe,
represents the Church of
England. High-handed activities of
and Catholicism, operat-
ng in conjunction for the suppression
# human liberties, await this vivifying
If the Image. This may come soon.
'ut Armageddon cannot precede it. but
must follow perhaps year after it,
ccording to our view of the Prophecy