Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-05

she placing Of monopolies and utilities
and the supplies Of nature III the hands
of the people for the public good.&sThe
crisis will be reached when the hither-
to upholders of law shall become ylo-
lators of the law and resisters Oftthe
will of the majority as expressed? by
the ballot. Fear. for the future. ai~ill
lead the well-meaning masses to desper-
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialk m fails.
Yhe Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook for
the future did we not have the infalli-
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 millionaires and discon-
tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up for It's Armageddon a
thousand years one d 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 XII. II, Is.
"Send Them Strong Decisions"
st. Paul wrote prophetically Of Q M
time, that it 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. Q1 Thessalonians Il, 10,
~ They preferred their " 'errone-
GUS theories, the Apostle explains, land
therefore God will give them over to q
"strong deluslon," 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, tight
ing against God" because Of theirlack
Of love for the Truth.
1t is sad to say that we ali as Chris.
tians have been laboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting God'snPlan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power and
that the Church has been reigntng on
the earth as Els representative On
the strength Of this delusion, Jews and
heretics have been persecuted5to death
as opponents to Christs Kingdom All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: "Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will be done on earth, as IA
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make US His Bride and jo~int-heirs; but
we ignored the Scriptures. Wezwere
drunk, as the Scriptures syunbohcally
say, call nations were drunk! with the
false doctrine. It 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 Ethat the
world Is a section Of the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority, TN.
der the captaincy Of Satan and his aa-
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divinesgrace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man," and the merit Of that sac.
ri1ce must, eventually, grant Adam and
; his posterity a full, fair opportunity
for the attainment Of everlasting life.
All who thus see the Divine program
} and are walking in the light mayFknow
something at least respecting the 'times
and seasons" These brethren "are
not In darkness, that that day land
that battle of Armageddon1 should
> %overtake" them "as a thiefs- un-
: awares.
, A~rmageddon Not Yet but Soon.
!, For forty years the Arnaageddon
!, forces have been mastering Tor both
sides Of the conflict Strikes, sl0ekouts
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
> scandals in America, have shaken pub
He confidence. Dynamite plots, charg.
ed by turns on employees and ON en-
: ployers, have further shaken conf
! dence and tended to make each dig.
trustful Of the other. Bitter and angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest. The lines OF battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot YET
. be fought. Other matters intervene,
: according to prophecy.
Gentle times have still two years t.
+ run. The Image Of the Beast" Of oul
context must yet receive WeA-.power
y The Image must be Transformed from
I a mere mechanism to a living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
l. >~tzation will still be futile *unless
orga. vttaltzatdon-unless It's clergy
it receive -atfaetly shall f,essreceg
directly or ill., NJ apostolic lordina
nized as possessed ZACH. qllls .tht
ton and authority to L.. >5Mom ~
prophecy indicates will COM Hs>sseHe
two horned beast, which, we ~ :"
symbolically represents the Church I.
England. High-handed activities of
Professionalism and Catholicism. ogpperat-.