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clysm Of the nations? Is it the wreck
o. civilization: Is it the long expect
cd Armageddon of Biblical prQphe-
cye Yesterday, so to speak, the
world was IA neighborhood; today it
Is slaughter house, cei-letery.
Today there is turmoil and famine,
Hatred, ruin, and mutual desire to
Kill. Does it mean nothing tof this
race but the changing of Il few rulers
and the maxim. vi new boundary
lines?
Over twenty-five hundred years
ago the prophet Daniel toldS Eof a
time that would come when the call
to war would ring out to the nations
and that they would respond to the
cry as we see today when more NEIL
are under arms tllan ut any one time
in the worlds history, notwith-
standing all the efforts of the peace
,cieties and the cry of peace and
safety that certain religious leach
ers have been settin" forth FOR IA
number of years. They havef Wanted
wars to cease. ard have declared
that they would cease. God has re-
corded their declarations: and then
.hey have declared that Coils rec
ord OF their declartion in this mat
Ter was Gods own declarations to the
human race Of what he purposed to
be. This declaration from lsdlah
they have thus interpreted: "And He
(GOd) shall judge among the ma
tions, AMI shall rebuke many people,
and they shall beat their swords in
to pillow shares and their spears in
to pruning hooks: nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah "a"
1t is essential that we know who
i saving this Thee verse imnaediate
; lv pree edin@ the one quoted reads ::
"And many people shall &c aud say,
Come We and let us go up 70 the
mountain of the Lord, to the h(3 90
of the God of Jacob: and He
teach us his ways, and we viii NnI
in His paths: for out of I'd
90 forth the law, and the
the Lord from Jerusalem Asho say
it,-"Many people" And who are
saying it now. The second verse of
this same chapter tells us that it
shall come to pas, in the last days.
etc.
If we had no other proof that we
are Twin" in the last DAYS. present
day facts fulfilling that prophecy
would be proof enough That scrip
ture fulfils our times and our times
fulfil. that scripture There shall b.,
signs in the sun. and in the moon.
and in the stars: and upon the earth
distress of nations, with perplexity;
the sea and the waves roaring:
mems hearts failing them for fear.
and for looking after those things
that are coming on the earth: for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken.
and then shall they see the Son of
Man coming in Il cloud with power
and great glory. Luke 21:- 15-27.
We have seen the signs in the sun,
moon and the stars. We are seeing
The distress of nations and their
rerplexitity; and mems hearts today
are trembling with fear because Of
What they see and hear. 1t is time
Of distress and perplexity and fear
AMI terror, and it leads right into
the coming of the Son Of God. We
have another divine word in refer
cice to these conditions: "FOr
yourselves know perfectly that the
day OF the Lord so cometh as thief
in the night. For when they shall
cay. Peace and safety; then snd-
den destruction cometh upon them
and they shall not escape. Thcssl-
lonians 5: 2-3.
They have been saying, "Peace
and safety" in all parts Of the
world in the last few, years. They
have held peace congresses, and
have dedicated MAGNIFICENT pal
ace to that idea. Every nation had
armed itself to guarantee peace;
and then Bosom of destruction was
turned loose upon the world. Mil
lions of men sprang to arms--and
the arms were ready. Men forgot
that they We're armed to guarantee
peace; and they began to fight one
another like wild beasts, and to die