The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-09-22
CALLS WORLD
PEACE FALSE .
Evangelist Predicts Greater Strug
gle Between Nations.

t'The prediction that the clGEe
of this gigantic European struggle
| will mark the dawn of permanent
world peace is a false alarm. There
will be a greater struggle soon thai
will end in the shipwreck of ah
nations" This is the firm belief OF
Evangelist l.. E. Froom, expressed
in an address on "Europe's Alarm
of War;" last Sunday night, at the
Adventist Chapel. He discussed the
issue entirely from the Bible stand
point, drawing the conclusions which
follow:
This titanic struggle comes as
slap in the face to the sincere ade
vocates of peace. 1t stands Will
out a parallel in history. Such q "
full carnage staggers the hea
Millions of men to be maimed, nssf.:-
gled, murdered. Mountains OF
wealth to be wasted. Oceans of
tears to be shed. The day is tuEn-
ed into night by the smoke of it
tie.
1T is all so shamefully out of
peace Great nations, so-ea sd
dominantly Christian, going to Asf-
tie, blessed and prayed for 10y
those wearing the insignia Of Gle
Prince of Peace. Yet no Bile
student should have been taken S9y
surprise by this gigantic conflsSt.
The dream of the peace and ss.e-
ty' preachers has been rudeIy slsat-
tered. Before international peiHe
can be possible, there must bssa
universal reign of purity, honesyys
virtue, and truth among the pe0Ne
that constitute the nations. sZs
This is not the presenta tiuH of
some theological theory. 1t isIfa
divine fact, clearly laid dow1 n
the scripture. There is no p4Se,
saith my God, to the wicked,
ST, 21. Not till Christ comes ill
wars cease, and peace reign enl
earth from the rising even to e
setting of the sun. Come, Prince
Peace, who 'maketh wars to ce
unto the ends of the ear
Ps. 46, 9.
''Yet even now, amid the DIN 3of
war, voices that assure perI1a1 nt
world peace rise higher and b III
er A false idea is going BE
rounds of the press and pulpd at
the horrors of the present stu te
will so shock the world as
suit in permanent world peac
disarmament of the nations
not deceived by this foni
Fortunately, We have .a
higher gUhrUe of INFORM
human speculation and GU
The nations will never disar
''In the Light of the Wor1
the war spirit that has conve j
Europe into an armed camp. q
has now plunged it into a te. ke
conflict, is not the precursor OF
peace. The present war is not lthe
Armageddon of the Scriptures. 1t
is but the prelude to Armageddon.
Armageddon involves the great
Eastern Question, which we MUST
leave for an entire evening in the
near future.
''This war may be brought to- an
end before long, but it will not
end in permanent world peace. The
rumblings and mutterings will con-
tinue. The time will come, and
that before long, when all the ma
tions of earth will be gathered to
the last great battle of Arma ged-
don, that will terminate in the ship
wreck of all nations, one last ter
rifle clash of arms.
1.-The Bible makes it all so Slear
and plain. We are not emer g1ng
into an era of peace. 1t is. wrong
to lull the inhabitants of earth to
sleep with songs of peace and
safety when standing nearly on
the brink of the great war that will
usher in the destruction of all ma
tions. Time has not changed the
hearts of men. Great changes are
soon to take place, and the final
movements will be rapid ones.
"In Rev. 16; IA, Is, we are
told the spirits of devils are going
forth to inflame the leaders Oft the
nations with the diabolical spirit OF
war just before the second coming
Of Christ. That was the under
lying cause of the present war
which is but the muttering off the
coming storm.
''Lt was none other than Sill
Edward Grey who recently said:
1T is really as if, in the atmosphere
of the world, there were some mis-
chievous influence at work which
troubles and excites every part OF
it, Place this statement beside
| the words of Scripture. How $trik-
ingly they coincide. If men would