The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-06-25

which spoke through Caiaphas, the
high priest, respecting Jesus. as Gaia
phas declared it expedient to commit
a crime in violation Of Justice. human
and Divine, to be rid Of Jesus and His
teachings, so this frog" spirit will ap-
prove Of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protecton.
The croaking Of these "frog spirits OF
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes. financial. political. religious
and Industrial into one great army.
The spirit of fear. inspired by the
croakings of these frogs" will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury. desperation,
In their blind following Of these evil
spirits. evil doctrines. they will be
ready 70 sacrifice life and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice. truth and righteous
ness. under a Divine arrangement.
For a brief time. as we understand
the Scriptures. these combined forces
of Armaseddon Will triumph. Free
speech. free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
Of the masses in our day. will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea Of neces.
sity. the glory Of God. the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem to be
serene. until the great social explosion
in our context described as the great
Earthquake" An 'earthQuake." In
symbolic language. signifies socia!
revolution. and the declaration Of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred (Revelation xvi. 1S.
49,, Jesus described 1t as time OF
trouble such as never was since there
was nation.-Matthew xiv. q.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together into one host the great.
the rich, the wise. the learned and the
kings Of the earth. to battle. At this
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells Us that he
shall gather the marshaieG hosts to
Armageddon-to the Mountaic Of De
structioa. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, fedora
tiop. ETC.. will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell Us
that God Will be represented BY the
Great Messiah. and that BE will be on
the side Of the masses. Thus we read
In Daniel xii, i: AT that time shall
Michael 1.-THE Godlike One-Messiahl
stand up"-assume authority he Will
take possession of Els Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by many OF
those who enormously have been
claiming that they were bis Kingdom.
and authorized by Him to reign In His
name and in His stead
Jesus declated. "His servants ye are
unto whom ye render service" Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to God and to righteousness:
and some of these may be serving ig
norantly. as did Saul of Tarsus. who
verify thought that he did God serT
Ice" in prosecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reVersely
AS an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in his bat
ties. so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character Of all who will enlist
and fight on His side Of any question
"His 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 Of that battle will be 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 be
In the forefront of that battle. The
majority of the poor and the middle
class prefer peace at almost any price.
A comparatively small number. Coos
consecrated people. will at heart De
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will bide the Lords time and wait pa
tient!y for it; they will be OF good
courage, knowing the outcome outlined
in the more sure word of prophecy.
to which they have done we'll to take
heed. las unto light shining IN a
dark place until the Day dawn."-1l
Peter I. 10.
The masses will be restless Of their
restraints. but will I've conscious OF
their OWL 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 Is better than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful re-adjustment of earth's at
fairs for the elimination Of evil. for
the placing Of monopolles and utilities
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-
lators Of the law and resisters OF the
will of the majority as expressed oy
the ballot. Fear for the future will
lead the wellmeaning masses to desper
alton; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
Tho Clouds Silver Lining.
Horrible would be this outlook Tor
the future did we not have the infalli-
bic 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 vel! thou.
sand years sooner. the world would
have lined up for its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Dl-
vine purpose. because Messiah's King
dom Is to he the great Thousand
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