Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-11-16

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A frog has . sage look, . wise look
1t swells itself mp In an apparent en-
deavor to Impress the behold0. Its
great mouth well represents its chief
power. used to croak-
Applying these symbois. 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-
ed-all 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-
hicting the creels. 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 teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un-
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything pile. at the mouths of these
frogs speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press The nobIer senti-
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 it expedient to commit
q crime in violation of justice. human
and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and His
I'LL
prove Of every violation Of principle
necessary to their self-protection-
The croaking Of these frog spirits or
princes. financial. political. religious
and Industrial into one great army.
The spirit Of fear. inspired by the
croakings Of these frogs" viii scourge
the passions OF otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits. evfl doctrines. they viii be
ready to sacrifice Hfe and everything
On the altar Of what they mistakenly
suppose II justice, truth and righteous
ness. under . Divine arrangement
For q 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
iessly shut on under the plea Of necss-
Eity, 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.
49, Jesus described it AZ a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was q nation--Matthew xiv. IL
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
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells rs that he
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
ArmaReddon-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 He will be on
the side OF the masses Thus we read
In Daniel xii. 1: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiah]
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 were His Kingdom,
and authorized by Him to reign in His
name and In His stead
Jesus declared. His servants ye are
unto whom We render service" Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to God and to righteousness:
and some of these may be serving tg-
norantIy, as did Saul of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God a serv-
ice In prosecuting the Church The
same principle holds true reverseiy-
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights In bis bat
tles, 20 the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character OF all who will enlist
and fight on His side Of any question
His servants they are to whom they
render service whatever the motive
Or object prompting them
The anne principles will apply In the
coming Battle of Armageddon- Gods
side Of that battle will be the peoples
ss0a. and the very nondescript host
The people. will be pitted At the begin
ming Of he battle Anarchtstn, Social
istn. and hot-headed radicals OF every
school Of reason and unreason. will b
n the forefront q that battle. The
majority 81 the posi- and ths middle