The Holly chieftain., 1912-11-08

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side Of that battle will he the peoples
side. and the very nondescript host
the people. will be pitted at the begin
ming of the battle. Anarchists. Social
lists. and hot-headed radicals of every
school Of reason and unreason. will he
In the forefront OF that battle. The
majority of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price.
comparatively small number. Gods
consecrated people. will at heart be
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will bide the Lords time and walt pa
tiently for It: they will be of good
courage. knowing the outcome outlined
IN the more sure word of prophecy
to which they have done well to take
heed, "as unto a light shining in .
dark place until the Day dawn III
Peter l. 10
The masses will be restless Of their
restraints. hut will be conscious OF
their own weakness as compared to the
kings and princes. financial. religious
and political. which will then hold
sway. Besides. the masses have no
sympathy with anarchy. They realize
truly that the worst form OF govern.
ment Ia better than none The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful re-adjustment Of earth's af-
fairs for the elimination Of evil. for
the placing OF nouopoIIcs ana uunrles
and the supplies OF nature in the hands
of the people for the public good, The
crisis will be reached when the hither-
TO upholders Of law shall become vio-
Iators of the law and resisters of the
will Of the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the weli-meaninG masses to desper.
alton: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli-
BILE Word Of God assuring US Of
glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great know-
edge and skill which is at the same
time breeding millionaires 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 d.
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
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power. and beginning His reign.-Reve-
lation II. II. IS.
"send Them Strong Deiusiens."
St Paul wrote prophetically of our
time, that 1t would be one Of serious
trial and testing to many processing to
be Christians. The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth in
the love of it. I'll Thessalonians H. 10.
III 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
Of love for the Truth.
1t is sad to say that we all rs Chris
tians have been laboring under thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power, and
that the Church has been relgning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusion. Jews and
heretics have been prosecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessiy repeated
the Lords prayer: Thy 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 section of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. un
der the captaincy Of Satan and his as
sociated 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