The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-08

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A frog las a sage look, a wise looL
Il Swelis itself up IN an apparent en-
dna vor to Impress the beholder. IL
sreltt mouth well represents It's chile
power. used to croak.
Applying these symbols, we learI
that an evil spirit, Influence, teaching
viii cone from the Protestant churche
federated, from the Church Of Rome
md from the Ciyll authorities. ali II
full agreement. The spirit of all vii
re hnaStful: 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 th,
present and the future life, II theil
counsel be not followed. However con
ficting the creeds, the differences vii
he ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
I'd. or looked into, or repudiated.
The Divine authority of the Church
ind the Divine right OF kings, aside
from the Church. will not be allowed
TO conflict, Any persons or teachings
10 conflict with these honstful and un,
scrlpturnl claims will be bra nded as
everything Tile. at the mouths Of these
frogs" spenking from puiplts aud
platforms and through tho religious
md secular press The nobler senti.
ments NJ some Will be strangIed by the
philosophy Of the nm evil spirit
which spoke through Cniaphas, the
high priest. respecting Jesus. AS Gaia.
phaS declared 1t expcdient to commit
a crime In violation of justice. human
and Divine, TO be rid Of Jesus and His
ten &hIngs. So this frog spirit will up.
prove Of every violation of principle
necessary to their self. protection
The crouking Of these frog spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial. political, religious
ind industrial Into one great army.
rhr spirit OF fear, inspired By the
of these frogs" will scourge
he passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury. desperation,
IN their blind following of these evil
evil doctrines, they win DO
'endy to sacrifice life and everything
N the altar OF what they mistakenly
suppose ls Justice, truth and righteous
less, under a Divine arrangement.
For a brief time, as we understand
he Scriptures, these combined forces
# Armageddon will triumph. Free
free mails, and other liberties
have come to be the very breath
# the masses In our day, will DO ruth
essly shut Off under the plea Of neces.
;ity, the glory of God, the commands
II the Church, etc. Ali will seem to- be
creme, until the great social explosion
n u context described as the great
earthquake" An earthquake" In
ymbolIc language, signifies social
and the declaration OF the
ontext ~ that none like unto It ever
,ef0re occurred. tRevelntion xvi. is,
o. Jesus described II as a time Of
such as never wns since there
vas a nation Matthew xiv. q.
The Lord VIII Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
.ather together into one host the great,
he rich, the wise, the learned and the
.ings Of the earth. to battle. AT this
uncture Divine Power will step for.
yard. and our text tells US that BE
hall gather the marshaied hosts to
lrma ~geddon-to the Mountain OF De-
truction. The very thing which they
ought to avert by their union. fedora
lon. etc, will be the very thing they
viii hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
hat God will be represented by the
treat Messiah, and that He will be on
he side of the masses. Thus we read
n Daniel xii, /: AT that time shall
fichael 1.-THE Godliks one-Messiahl
tand up'--aBsums authority. He will
AXE possession OF His Kingdom In Il
little looked for by many OF
hose who enormously have been
laiming that they were His Kingdom,
nd authorized by Him to reign In His
Iame and In His stead.
Jesus declared. His servants ye are
into whom We render service" Some
nay be rendering service to Satan and
D error, who claim to be rendering
ervice TO God and to righteousness;
nd some OF these may be serving ig-
Iorantly, as did Saul Of Tarsus, who
verify thought that he did God a serv-
In prosecuting the Church. The
anne principle holds true reyersely.
Ii nm earthly king does not hold him
elf responsible for the moral character
II each soldier who fights In his bat
les, 80 the Lord does not youch for the
moral character OF all who will enlist
nd fight on His side of any question.
His servants they are to whom they
ender service" whatever the motive
r object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
Battle Of ArmaEeddon Gods
ide OF that battle win be the peoples
ide, and the very nondescript host.
be people. will be pitted at the begip.
ing Of the battle. Anarchists. Socir'-
sts, and hot.headed radicals Of every
cbooi Of rensou and %nnreason, will be
D the forefront Of that battle. The
majority Of the poor and the middle
lass prefer peace at almost any price.
| comparatively small number, Gods
~onsecruted people, will at heart be
for Messiah's Kingdom. These
VIII bide the Lords time and wait pa.
for 1t; they will be Of good
ouraee. knowing the outcome outlined
b the more sure word OF prophecy"
b which they hnve done well to take
reed. n into a light shining In a
lark place until the Day dawn."-Il
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