Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-25
ARMAGEDD0N STILL
FOR FUTURE TIME
Present European War Preliminary to
a Reign Of Anarchy.

Grand Opera House. We report his dis
course in part.
Our Text is Rev. 1916. With this
text we associate Zeph. 3:s.9; lisa. 9.E.l
and Dan. 7:l3-l4
That which the civilized world has
feared, that for which Chrstendom has
trembled, has come-a war, world
wide struggle between alleged Chris
tian nations; a conflict the ultimate
outcome of which can only be impov-
erishment and anarchy, when the masses
refuse TO be any longer slaughtered at
the whims OF their rulers.
The nations involved will fight tul
the bitter end, because honor TN pres
tigc are at stake, and while millions of
men are on the fields of batte, millions
of dollars worth of life s necessities go
to waste, because the harvestrrs are
away. Prices will soar ,kyward. are
soaring now, daily, hourly. This is no
nightmare but grim reality. The big,
black headlines in the newspapers tell
the story of slaughter, want ald suffer.
ing. Reliable news is scare. bat what
we do receive gives us vivid, but hor-
rible picture of modern wartares awful
tragedy now enaeting on the battle
fields of central Europe.
The world stands aghast. 1t cannot
account for the change of attitude
among the nations; but if we, in our
rerplcxity, 90 to the Bible for informa-
tiOn. and study it's message we see that
the present trouble and distress of
nations with perplexity, has been
toretold by God $ mouthpiece, the
Prophets. (Jccl 3:9.l4 etc.) We will
see that Gentle rule is soon to end.
The turmoil in every part of the world
is but the distant thunder that tells MS
that still greater trouble is soon due.
For 2520 years, since God removed
the typical crown from lsreal in COG
B. c., we, the Genties. have "by the
grace of God been the rulers of the
world During these centuries we have
tried to give the masses lust and
equitable government; but selfish and
designing interests have frustrated
every effort, For nineteen centuries
Christianity, more or less allied with
state, has tried to convert the masses.
The result is skepticism, sectarianiSm.
inf Ielity and anarchy. The Bible is
ridiculed, the pews are empty, the
theological seminaries are breeders of
higher critics, and the world at large
has gone pleasure mad Humanitarians
and idealists are preaching worldwide
peace; milliOnaires build peace palaces
and give prizes yearly to those who use
their influence towards the preserva-
ton of peace. Yet the nations of
ChiStendOm, while assuring each other
of their honorable intentions, have con
tinued to build dreaduaughts and invent
deadly weapons with which to destroy
each other. They have sown the winds
of armament, they are reaping the
whirlwinds of war Thus have they
healed the hurt of the daughter of
my people slightly saying, "Peace.
peace, when there is no peace"
The roaring cannons, the bursting
shells, the rattle of musketrv, the awful
explosions Of the hidden mines, are the
death kuells of the Gentle reign
Blinded by greed and selfishness
ChristendOm has set nation against ma
tiou, class against class, and is marking
her downfall with the greatest tragedy
the world has ever known, ga time of
trouble, such as never was since there
was nation. Dan. l21.
What may we expect. when the ma
tions have exhausted their power, neg
lccted their land, emptied their Golfers,
ruined their credit and sacrificed the
lives of hundreds of thousands of their
subjects' What may We expect when
the sOldiery of Europe return from the
fields of carnage, to homes imp0rer.
ished or destroyed, when they begin to
realize the extent and result of the
slaughter! Revolution and anarchy.
The masses that before were ignorant
and divided, and unorganized, undis-
ciplined army, are now educatcdl Their
unions and sOcialistic fraternities, are
links in chain that surrounds the
world. The kings, the captains of in.
dustry trcmble at their wrath. Suppose
the $4,000 engineers and firemen had
gone on strike! What a calamity that
would have been to the nation. The
time had not come for Armageddon, the
Gentle times had not fully ended it
was still too soon for the wheels of in.
dustry to stop in America.
Ihe speaker, then declared that while
the 1ehehe times would close WIN
''tooer OF inns year, Armageddon' tne
great social revolution, which would
destroy both church and state. would
not be due until late in 1918. That it
"ou'u pe a reVoii OF tne masses against
ne" union ol the Poiit'caI ana eeeieS,
astical powers wh''h WCnld attempt
10 stem tne t,oe OF socialism Wy re-
,l'aI OF the deSPo'is" OF the DARK