The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-24

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dress of last Sunday, In which he had
pointed out some Of the false doctrines
which led to the exaltation of the
Scarlet Woman. the unfaithful Spouse
of Christ She had not followed her
Redeemer in self-sacrifice and humili
ty. She had especially separated her
self from the people under the clergy
title, had fought down the true follow.
ers Of Jesus, causing them to suffer for
righteousness sake, even as the Jews
had crucified Jesus. and as the Apos-
ties had suffered for loyalty to Truth.
Intoxicated by successes. she went to
great lengths OF Boosting. establishing
herself as Queen of Heaven. ruling
over the kings of earth; but neverthe
less having fellowship with them and
drawing support from them. Both
kings and people were made drunk
with the thought that they could have
so close dealings with the Divine
Kingdom and still live after the flesh
Degradation ensued. while kings and
people went into a sleep from which
they are not yet fully aroused.
The Sixteenth Century brought a
partial awakening. but the Adversary
was at hand to re-entangle those men
tally confused by the adulterated wine
the mixture of Heavenly Truth with
earthly selfshness and deviltry. To
have allowed the full light Of Truth to
shine In upon the world at that time
would have meant the permission of
the great Time of Trouble nearly three
centuries too soon; for the Lords King
dom would not be ready for establish
ment until the full end of the 6,000
years of the reign Of Sin and Death.
Therefore God permitted the Protes-
tant Churches to be born. and to devel-
op under the influence of their Moth
er's intoxicating Cup. So we are not
surprised at the prophetic declaration
that the Daughters had the Mothers
disposition and became Harlots like
her-affiliating with the Kingdoms of
this world, modifying doctrines so as
to meet their approval, etc. Each
Daughter has done her share to perpet
uate the intoxication of the world.
Babylon Is Fallen, is Fallen"
The name Babylon contains double
thought-lrst, the Gate of God; Sec
ond. confusion. Thus it imports that
the Church, Gateway to God and right
eousness. became confused, impure,
adulterous. As God had prophecied
this Babylon system. He evidently pur-
posed to permit 1t to have the con-
troll it has had. Throughout the past
some of His sanity ones have been In
Babylon. Otherwise He would not
say. Come out OF her. Ny people"
His voice calling His people out Of
Babylon at the time she is rejected for
destruction is the voice Of the Truth.
As knowledge respecting the Divine
character and plan. as revealed in the
Bible. comes to Gods consecrated peo
pie, the voice of the Truth. appealing
to the honesty of the individual. calls
him to come out at any cost and stand
separate from all earthly Institutions
The Divine Message declares that the
literal fall of these great systems is at
hand, and that everybody in them will
suffer-in proportion to enlightenment.
The Morning Hour, the Drunken Awake.
According TO Bible chronology. the
six thousand years of the reign of Sin
and Death have ended We are in the
dawning of the New Dispensation. and
the New Order is being gradually in
troduced. Properly. the awakening came
first to Gods consecrated. who long
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Meantime the Millennial blessings be-
ginning TO come to the world have
made the drunken sleepers restless.
AS they awaken, they are seized with
feverish acquisitiveness as individuals
and as nations AS the individuals
have racked their brains respecting
money-getting. so the nations have
been plotting and seheming for extern
sion of territory, trade. etc. Educa
ton has awakened the whole world.
While the awakened ones reject the
major part of the creeds of the past.
they carefully cling to any rights or
privileges which those false doctrines
gave them Thus the Divine right Of
kings and mobiles. princes and govern
ments. and rites and ceremonies. civil
and ecclesiastical, are clutched In the
interest of the rulers. This is the Sc
cret Of the willingness OF earthly kings.
financial princes and subservient re-
iigionists to engage In the present hor
rible war The argument with all is
that the end justities the means. The
Lord no longer restraints these: for His
time has come that iniquity should
have an end; that the Harlot Systems
should make manifest that none Of
them is the Bride of Christ; and that
the kings OF the earth might humble
each other and thus make ready for
the true Kingdom OF God.