The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-19

which led to the exaltation OF the
Scarlet Woman. the unfaithful Spouse
OF Christ She had not followed her
Redeener 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 boasting. establishing
herself us 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
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 q
partial awakening. but the Adversary
was Mt 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 5000
years Of the reign Of Sin and Death.
Therefore God permitted the Protes-
tant Churches to be born. and to devel-
0p 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. afIiliating with the kingdoms of
this world. modifying doctrines so as
to meet their approval. etc. Each
Daughter has done her share to perpet
nate the intoxication of the world.
Babylon 10 Fallen. 10 Fallen"
The name Babylon contains double
thought-first. the Gate of God; Sec
ond. confusion. Thus it imports that
the Church. Gateway to God and right
eouspess. became confused, impure.
adulterous AS God had prophecied
this Babylon system. He evidently pur-
posed to permit It to have the con-
troll 1t has had. Throughout the past
some of His sanity ones have been in
Babylon. Otherwise He would not
say. Come out of her. My people,"
His voice calling His people out of
Babylon ut 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 viii
| suifer-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
PRODUCED. Properly. the awakening came
first to Gods consecrated. who long
have prayed. 'srhe Kingdom comet"
Meantime the MiIlenhial 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-getfing. so the nations have
been plotting and scheming 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-
ligionists to engage in the present hor-
rible war The argument with all d
that the end justifies the means. The
Lord no longer restraints these; for His
time has come that iniduity should
have an end: that the Hariot Systems
should make manifest that none of
them Is the Bride of Christ; and that
. the kin-s Of the earth might humble
eacb other and thus make ready foE
the true Kingdom Of God.