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

Ea!d that he would come again to
make US His Bride and joint-heirs: but
We ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolically
say. "aIl nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine It Is this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon
The Bible presentation is that the
world Is a section Of the universe in
rebellion against Divine authority. un.
der the captaincy Of Satan and his as
sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already tasted death for
every man" and the merit Of that sac.
ri6ce 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 may know
something ut least respecting the times
and seasons" These brethren are
not in darkness. that that day land
that battle of Armageddonl should
overtake" them "as thief" -un
awareS.
Armageddon Not Yet 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 skirmishes as the
belligerent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals in
Europe. Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America. have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. charg
ed BY turns on employees and on EN-.
ployers, have further shaken conf
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful of the other. Bitter and angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines Of battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
be fought: Other matters intervene.
according to prophecy.
Gentle times have still two years to
run. The Image Of the Beast" Of our
context must yet receive We-power.
The Image must be transformed from
mere mechanism to living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
organization will still be futile unless
Il receive yitaliza tiop- unless its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recog-
nized as possessed Of apostolic ordina
ton and authority t. leach. This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe,
symbo!ically represents the Church OF
England. High-handed activities OF
Protesta ntism and Catholicism. operat-
ing in conjunction for the suppression
of human liberties. await this viVifytnR
Of the Image This may come soon.
but Armaeeddon cannot precede it. but
must follow perhaps a year after It.
according to our view of the Prophecy
Still another thing intervenes: AL
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine, gradually obtaining con
troll of the land of Canaan. and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there. ueverthe-
less prophecy requires m evidently
larger number Of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armageddon crisis
be reached. Indeed We understand
that Jacobs trouble" in the Holy
Land will come at the very close OF
Armageddon. Then Messiah's King
dom will begin to be manifested
Thenceforth Israe! In the land OF prom
ise will gradually rise from the ashes
Of the past to the grandeur Of proph
ecy. Through its Divinely appointed
princes Messiah's Kingdom. all-power'
ful but Invisible. will begin to roll
away the curse and to lift up mankind.