The Holbrook news., 1913-01-17

sure the true application will it well
 A frog has a sage look. a wise look
 It swellS itself mp in ian apparent en
 deayor to impress the beholder., Its
 great mouth well represents it's chiej
 power, used to croaK
 Applying these symbols, we learn
 that an evil spirit. influence. teaching
 will come from the Protestant churches
 federated. from the Church of Rome
 and from the Civil authorities. 9aH in
 full. agreement. The spirit of; all will
 be bOastful; an. air of superior wisdom
 and knowledge will be proudly assum- ] edAall will croak in harmony. All will
 tell of dire results that would follow. involving the interests of both the
 present and the future life. if their
 counsel be not followed However con-
 flicting 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
 in conflict with these bOastful and Hn-
 scriptural claims will be branded as
 everything rifle. at the mouths of these
 frogs speaking from pulpits and
 platforms and through the religious
 and secular press. The nobler senti-
 ments of some will be stranged by the
 philosophy of the same evil spirit
 which spoke through Caiaphas. the
 high priest. respecting Jesus. As Caia- phas declared it expedient to commit a crime in violation of justice. human and Divine. to be rid of Jesus and Ills teachings. so this frog" spirit will ap- prove of every violation of principle necessary to 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 croakings of these frogs" will scourge the passions of otherwise good and reasonable men to fury. despera tion. In their blind following of these evil spirits. evili doctrines. they will be ready to sacrifice lite and everything on the altar of what they mistakenly suphoSe is justice. truth and righteous ness. under Divine arrangement.
 For brief time, as we understand the Scriptures. these combined forces of Art1a geddon will triumph Free speech free lmails.. 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 OfHiod.i the commands of the Church. etc, All will seem to be | serene. until the great social explosion | iii our context described as the great | arthquake An "eaIfhqpake.J in symbolic, language. signifies social and the declaration of the context is that hone like untopit ever before iorcurred iReyel9tion xvi. IS | I9l Jesus described it as a time of trouble such as never was since there w;is ;i5nationi- Matthpw ixxiy12 p
 D. The Lord Will Gather Them.
 The false! fros4liks: teachiu~s will gather together inrq one host the, great. the rich. the wise. the learned and the kings of the earth. to battle. At this junctme Divine power will step for ward. and our text tells us that HE >baH gather the .marshaled hosts to the Mountain of De struction. Tine very thing which they sought to avert by their union. feder;l- -iop. etc. will be the very thing they will hasten Other Scriptures fell us hae 3tsOd wilt be represented by the treat Messiah. and that He will be on he side of the masses. Thus we read n Daniel xii. T: "ATthat time shall Michael lthe GQdlike Qne-AIessiahl . aand up assume authority He will ake possession of His Kingdom in a ndnner little hooked for by many of hq<e who errQileously !. have, been 'lalnling that they were His Kingdom. md ;iuthorized by Him to reign in His $ laIhe and in His stead. f pI' sIeSus ,GpcIared. .1THis servants ye are { into, whom ye render. service.f Some nay be rendering service to Satan and ( O errof who cl:iini to be rendering { erkice to God rami to HigiiteOushess nd some of these may be serving ig- [ prantly. as did Saul of Tarsus. who q terily thought that he did God a serv- , x1nn persecutiuG the Church. The 1 aine' princinIe holds true reyersely. a IS an earthly king does not hold him. elf respohsible' for the moral character T f each soldier ewhoufghts in his hat ( les. So, the Lord does not vouch f9r, the ] loraI character of all who will enlist a nd fight on His side of any question. [ His servants they are tU' whom they o ender sertice.". whatever the motive .it r object. prompting them. d The safhe principles will apply in the n 5hiing Battle of Armageddon.nG Gods 1 IdeoOf that battle will4 the. peoples p de. and the very nOndescript host. | le people. viii be pftted ait the 6e!i6- $ tug of theibattle.;l Anarchists. Social -E tS. and hqt-beaded radicals of every I ,hool of reason and unreason. will be il the forefront of that battIe. The Q laibriry of the pDor and the middle n ass prefeH peace pt almost any prize b
 comparatively small nnmber. Gods Ii .s h {. sI..A rt.. h.