The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-06

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all in full agreement. The spirit of all
will be boastful, an air Of superior wis
dom and knowledge will be proudly as
sumed-all will croak in harmony. All
will predict dire results to follow. in
volving the interests of both the pres
ent and the future life. If their coun-
sci be not needed However conflict
ing the creeds. the differences will be
ignored in the general proposition that
nothing ancient must be disturbed. in
vestigated or repudiated.
The Divine authority of the Church,
and the Divine right of kings, aside
from the Church. will not be permitted
to conflict Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and I'm
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything vile, at the mouths of these
froglike spirits. speaking from pulpits
and platforms and through the press
The nobler sentiments of some will be
strangled by the philosophy of the
same evil spirit which spoke through
Caiaphas. the high priest, respecting
our Lord Jesus. As Caiaphas declared
it expedient to commit crime In
violation of justice, both human and
Divine, in order to be rid of Jesus and
His teachings, so this frog spirit will
approve of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection-
The croaking of these frog spirits Of
doctrine will gather the kings and
princes financial. political. religious
and industrial-into one great army.
The spirit of fear. inspired by the
croakings, will scourge the passions
of otherwise good and reasonable men
to fury. desperation. In their blind
adherence to these evil spirits, evil
doctrines, they will be ready to sacri-
fee life itself on the altar of what they
mistakenly suppose is justice. truth
and righteousness.
As we understand the Scriptures, for
q brief time these combined forces
of xrmageddon will triumph. Free
speech, free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses of our day will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea of neces-
sity, the glory of God. the commands
of the Church. etc. All will seem
serene until the great social explosion
takes place. described in Scripture as
"a great earthquake Rev. 1918, 10.
In symbolic language, an earthquake
signifies social revolution. The declara-
ton of the Revelator is that it will be
such as was not since men were upon
the earth" Our Lord Jesus and the
Prophet Daniel described it as "a Time
of Trouble such as was not since there
was a nation Matt 24:21; Dan. 12:1
The Opposing Forces at Armageddon.
The false. froglike teachings will
gather together into one host the great.
the rich, the wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth. At this juncture
Divine Power will step forward and
marshal the hosts to Armageddon-to
the Mount of Destruction The very
thing which they sought to avert by
federation will be the very thing which
they will hasten. Other Scriptures tell
US that God will be represented by the
great Messiah. and that He will be on
the side of the masses. Thus we read.
"At that time shall Michael 1.-THE God
like One Messiah stand up"-assume
authority He will take possession of
His Kingdom in manner little ex-
pected by many Of those who errone-
ously have been claiming that they
were His Kingdom. and authorized by
Him to reign in His stead.
The Scriptures declare. His servants
We are unto whom ye render service
Some may be rendering service to
Satan and error while claiming to be
serving God and righteousness; and
some of these may be serving ignorant
~. as did Saul of Tarsus. who verify
thought that he did God service" IN
prosecuting the Church. The same
principle holds true reversely- AS no
earthly king holds himself responsible
for the moral character of each soldier
who fights in his battles, so the Lord
does not vouch for the moral character
Of all who fight on His side of any
question.
The same principle will apply in the
approaching Battle of Armageddon
Gods side of that battle will be the
peoples side; and that very monde
script host, the people, will be pitted
at the beginning of the battle An
archists. Socialists. and hot-headed
radicals of every school of reason and
of unreason, will be at Tire forefront
Of that battle The majority of the
poor and of the middle class prefer
peace at almost any price The masses
have no sympathy with anarchy; for
they realize truly that the worst form
Of government is better than none
A comparatively small number, Gods
consecrated people, will at heart be
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will wait patiently for the Lords time
they will be of good courage, knowing
the outcome delineated in the more
sure word of prophecy" to which they
have done well to take heed, as unto
a light shining in a dark place, unit
the Day dawn."-2 Peter 1:19.
Conscious of their own weakness as
compared to the kings and princes
financial. religious and political. who
will then hold sway. the masses will
be restless. Through the ballot and the
peaceful reimbursement of earth's af
fairs they will seek for the elimination
of evil, for the placing of monopolies.
utilities and the supplies of nature In
the hands of the people for the public
tho .fe.sc \
the hitherto upholders of law shall be-
come violators of that law and resist
ers of the will of the majority as .ex-
pressed by the ballot Fear for the flu
ture will lead the well-meaning masses
to desperation; and anarchy will result
when Socialism fails.
Why Armageddon Is Necessary.
Horrible indeed would be the out.
look for the future did we not have the
infallible Word of God assuring us of
a glorious outcome. Divine Wisdom
has withheld until our day the great
knowledge and skill which is breeding
both millionaires and discontents. Had
God lifted the veil a thousand years
ago, the world would then have lined
up for its Armageddon. But that date
would have been too soon for the Di-
vine Purpose; for God has His own
times and seasons, and has appointed
the Seventh Thousand Year Day of
the worlds history for the Reign of
Christ Therefore in kindness God
yelled our eyes until the time when the
gathering to Armageddon would imme-
diately precede the Inauguration of
Messiah's Kingdom.-Rev. 11:17, 1S
St Paul. writing prophetically of
this time, declared that it would be
one of trial and testing to many pro
fessed Christians, for the reason that
they received not the Truth in the love