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

FTlSlS VIII Ut Itatntu Wuen ine nltneT
to upholders of law shall become vic.
lators Of the law and resisters of TIE
will of the majority as expressed 10y
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the well meaning masses tu dcsppr
alton: aud anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds silver Lining.
Horrible would he this outlook FOR
the future did we not have the infalli
bic Word Of God assuring us of
gloriuus outcome, Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which Is at the same
time breeding mllllonalres aud discOn-
tents. Had God lifted the veil thou.
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined. up for It's Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. hut that
would have been too soon for the Dl.
vlue purpose, because MessIah's King
dom ls 10 he the great Thousand
! Year sabbath Of the worlds history.
God In kindness yelled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar.
mngpddon would Immediately precpde
Mrsslah's taking 10 Himself Ills great
power and beginning Ills reign -lieve-
latiOn XII, IL. ~.
"send Them Strong Delusions."
ST. Paul wrote propheticnly Of our
time, that II would be one Of serious
trial and testing to many processing 10
be Christians. The reason for this he
statcs-they received not the Truth In
the love OF IL. ul Thessalonians II. 10.
~ They preferred their own errone-
ous theories. the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to n
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. "dght.
ing against Cod" because Of their lack
" love for the Truth
II Is sad 20 say that we all ms Chris
tinns have been laborng under n thor.
ough dclusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
Ills Church IN Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been relguing on
the earth as Ills representative ON
the strength of this delusion. Jews and
hcretics have been perseculed 10 death
~ opponents 10 Chrlst's Kingdom. All
the while We thoughtlessly repeated
the Lords prayer: "rhy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth ns In
| Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that lie would come again to
make us Ills Bride mud joint heirs: hut
we ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk. ~ the Scriptures symbolically
| say, "nll nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine II n this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin TO croak aud 10
prepare for Armagcddon.
The Bible presentation II that the
world II section Of the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority, un.
der the captalncy Of Satan aud his M.
ISOLATED fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already "tnsted death for
every man." aud the merit of that sac.
rlficc must eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity full. fair opportunity
FOR the attainment Of everlasting life,
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking In the light NAV know
something nt least respecting the times
aud seasons" These brethren ARE
not IN darkness. that that day land
that battle OF Armageddonl should
oyertake" them las n thicf'' - un
nwnrcs
Armassddon Not Vet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mastering for both
sides OF the conflict Strikes. lockouts
and riots, great and small have been
merely incidental skirmishcs Hs the
belllgcrent parties crossed each Others
paths, Court aud Army scandals Ia
Europe. Insurance. Trust aud Court
scandals In America. have shaken pub
IT, confidence Dynamite plots. charg
ed 10y turns on employees aud ON e
plOyers. have further shaken conn
dence and tended to make each dis.
lrustful OF the other Bitter and angry
feelings ON both sides are more and
more manifest The lines Of battle ARE
daily becoming more distinctly O. urked
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot set
be fought other matters Intervene,
according Ca prophecy,
Gentle times have still two years Ia /
run The Image ~ the Rcust' of uur /
context must yet receive Wc-pnwer |
The Image must be transformed frum |
a mere mechanism 90 living force |
Protestant Federation realizes that It's /
organization will still be futile unless |
Il receive yitalization-unl its clergy I
directly or indirectly shall be recog /
nized as possessed OF apostolic ordina
tion aud authority to teach This the /
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast, which, we believe,
symbolically represents the Church OF
England. llighhanded activities OF
Professionalism and Catholicism, Operat-
Ing iu conjunction for the suppression
~ human liberties. await this ylvifying
of the Image, This may come soon,
but Armageddon cannot precede Il, but
according 20 our view OF the Prophecy
Still another thing interyenes Al
though the Jews are gradually lowing
into Palestine. gradually obtaining con
troll of the land OF Canaan. aud al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there, neyerthe-
less prophecy requires an evidently
larger number Of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armageddou crisis
be reached Indeed we understand
that Jacobs trouble" in the Holy
Land will come at the very close OF
Then Messiah's King
dom will Begin 60 be manifested
Israel In the land OF prom
Use will gradually rise from the ashes