St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-09-19

Revslation xvi, 1G) The speaker said
Armngeddon in the Hebrew signifies
the "liill OF Mcgiddo." or Mount OF De.
struction. IL was famous M battle
field In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen M 10 associate the
name Armageldon. with the great con
troversy between Truth aud Error
right aud wrong. God and Mammou
with which this Age will close. perish,
snd the New Axe Of Messiah's glory
be ushered In. lie has purposcly used
highly symbollcnl figures OF speech In
the last book Of the Bible. evidently
with n view TO hiding certain impor.
tant truths until the due time Tor thcit
revealment Hut oven IN the due time.
the Bible assures us "None of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel XII.
.. iOl-none who are ont ~ heart har.
mony with God-but only tho wise ~
His pcople-tho wise virgin" class of
the Masters parable.
I have long avoided presentation u
my understanding ~ our test aud IT,
context ! take Il up now bg request
and because believe Il Is due time to
be- understood. ! dlsclalW any special
inspiration. In some particulars my
views ngree with those OF other Bible
students. and In other respects they
disagree. !, knch hcnrcr must use his
own judgment. 40 his own Bible study,
aud rench his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that ! am not re-
sponslble for the figures of speech used
by the Lord. My interpretations do In
deed constitute terrible nrraignmcnt
OF institutions which we have nli rcver.
enced and which embrace good people,
of good words aud good works. Gods
sanity people In these. various instltu.
tions. being comparatively few, are
ignored when systems as n whole are
dealt with IN prophecy.
The Dragon, Beast. False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three I'm
pure spirits ueachlngsl viii 80 forth
from the mouths OF the Dragon. the
Beast aud the False Prophet nnd these
three win be In accord. and symbolical
ly the doctrines are represented by
frogs" These three doctrines are 60
have a mighty influence throughout the
civilized earth They ARE 10 gather
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle OF Armngeddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes.
aud their rctinues of clergy and faith
ful adherents. will be gathered In solid
phalanx Protestant aud Catholic, The
kings aud captains OF industry, and as
many as cnn be Influenced by them.
will be gathered 10 the same side. The
political kings ana princes. with all
their henchmen and retniners. will fol
low IN line on the same side The
financial kings aud merchant princes,
aud all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever yet exercis.
ed In he world. will ioin the same
side. according 20 this prophecy.
These doctrines of demons" repre-
sented by the frogs" viii lead many
noble people In this great army 10 q
sumo an attitude quite contrary To
their preference. For time the
wheels OF liberty aud progress will he
turned backward aud medieval re-
stralnts will he considered, necessary
for self-pmseryation- for the mainte
ance Of the present order Of things
In giving this Interpretation, IL Is
necessary for MS a. indicate what Is
symhollzed by the Dragon, the heast
aud the False Prophet Bible students
OF nearly all denominations agree with
us that the Dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power /
Protestant interpreters generally agree I
that the Beast like leopard. Reve /
ladon xiii. p represents the papacy |
But fewer stlll, we feqr, will be ready I
to support our view that Professionalism |
IL ths'"lmage OF the Beast" CReyclatlon /
Iiil, l5l In our context given another /
name, the False Prophet We urge |
no one TO accept our Interpretation. /
nor shall we think hard of any who /
refuse IT, We will neither slander nor /
otherwise injure them now, nor threat.
sn them with eternal torture They /
have the same right 10 their views that
I have. and the same right TO make
them known to others. And |. for
one. will be very glad 20 consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text
"Unelsan Spirits Like Frogs"
The symbolisms OF Scripture. right
" understood. are always forceful
When the Holy Spirit used a "fnog'
10 symbolically represent certain