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desvor to Impress the beholdcr. III
great mouth we'll represents It's chic
power, used 30 croak.
! Applying these symbols, we leart
| that an evfl spirit, influence. teachiug
| will come from the Protestant churchc,
/ federated. from the Church Of Rome
and from the Civil authorities. all II
| full agreement. The spirit Of all viii
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 or both IN,
present and the future life. n theft
counsel be not followed However con
| nicting the creeds, 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
I'm conflict with these boastful and un.
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything rilo. at the mouths Of these
frogs" speaking from pulpits nnd
platforms aud through the religious
and secular press The nobler scntl
ments OF some will, be strnnglcd 10y the
philosophy Of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Caiaphns. the
high priest. respecting Jesus. As Gaia.
phns declared n eXpcdicnt 20 commit
crime I'm violation Of justice. human
and Divine. 20 be rid Of Jesus and Ills
teachings. so this frog" spirit will ap.
prove OF every violation Of principle
necessary 10 their self protection
The croaking of these frog" spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes. financial. political. religious
and Industrial into one great army.
The spirit Of fear. inspired by the
cronklngs " these frogs" will scOurgc
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men ~ fury, desperation.
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits. evil doctrines. they will be
ready 10 sacrifice ne and everything
on the altar NJ what they mistakenly
suppose Is Justice. truth and righteous.
ness. under Divine arrangement.
For u brief time. ns we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
" Armngcddon will triumph. Free
speech. free mails. and other liberties
which have come 10 be the very breath
of the masses In our day, will be ruth
lcssly shut OF under the plea OF neces
sliy. the glory Of God. the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem 10 be-
serene. until the great social explosion
In our context described as the great
Earthquake" An earthquake" In
symbolic lnngunge. signifies social
revolution. aud The declaration Of the
context IN that none like unto II ever
before occurred 0,eyelation xvi. Is,
iOl jesus described II as n time Of
trouble such M never was since there
was n nation. n.-Mntthcw xiv. ~.
The Lord viii Gather Them.
The falsc. froglike teachings will
gather together Into one host the great,
the rich the wise. the learned and the
kings OF the earth. to battle, AZ this
luncture Divine Power will step for
ward. aud our text tells us that M
shall gather the marshnled hosts Ia
Armagcddon- the Mountain Of De
struction The very thing which they
sought 10 avert by their union, fedora
tlon. etc. will be- the very thing they
will hasten other Scriptures tell us
that God will be represented 10y the
Great Messiah. aud that lie viii be ON
the side ~ the masses, Thus We read
Ia Daniel Nli. l. AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike one Messiah
stand up" assume authority lie will
take posBcsslon Of Ills Kingdom IN u
manner little looked Tor by many ~
those who erroneOusly have been
claiming that they were His Kingdom
aud authorized by Him 20 reign IA His
uamo aud In Ills stead
Jesus declared. Ills servants ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may bee rendering service Ia Sntnn und
to error. who claim 10 be rendering
service Co Cod and o. righteousness.
and some Of these may be- serving *
norantly, as did Saul Of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God a sery
Ice" Ia persecuting the Church The
same principle holds true reyersely
As nm earthly King does not hold him
self responsible Tor the moral character
of each soldier who lights Ia his hat
ties, 30 the Lord does not youch for the
moral character ~ all who will enlist
and fight on His side OF any question
Ills servants they are To whom they
render service" whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming Battle Of Armageddon. Gods
side ~ that battle will be- the peoples
side. aud the very nondescript host. !
the people. will he 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 |
of the poor aud the middle |
class prefer peace at almost any price.
4 comparatively small number. Gods |
people, will at heart he
onging for Messiahs Kingdom These
viii hide the Lords time aud wait-pa
.ieuuy Tor II; they will he OF good |
courage, knowing the outcome outlined
In the more sure word OF prophecy
o which they have done well 90 take
need, las unto "a light shining In =
lark place until the Day dawn."-ll
Peter T. 10
Tha nassas will Ia rastlass ~ THAR
restraints. but viii he conscious of
heir own weakness as compared TO the
,ings and princes. financial, religious
md political, which will then hold
way Resides. the masses have no
with anarchy, They realize
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