Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-10-15

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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 the 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 he 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
light shining in a dark place, until
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 earths 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
good. The crisis will be reached when
come violators of that law and resist
ers of the will Of the majority as ex-
pressed by the ballot. Fear for the fu-
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
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 11:17. 49,
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
Of it. e Thessalmians 2:1O. I'D They
preferred their own erroneous theories,
the Apostle explains. and therefore
God will give them over to strong
| delusion. permitting them to believe
the lie which they preferred and to
suffer for missing the Truth which
they did not love. Thus they will be
in the condemned host. fighting
against Cod
| Sad to say. we Christians have labor.
| ed under a thorough delusion respect.
ing Gods Plan. We have claimed that
| Christ set up His Church in Kingdom
| power and that the Church has been
reigning on the earth as His represent.
alive. On tee strength of this delusion,
Jews and so-called heretics have been
| prosecuted to death as opponents to
Christ's Kingdom. Meantime we
thoughtlessly prayed. Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will be done on earth. as
| in Heaven" We knew that the Re
deemer had said that He would come
again to make us His Bride and Joint.
heirs; but we ignored the Scriptures
We were drunk, as the Scriptures sym.
bolically say; all nations were drunk
with the false doctrine. Revelation
lI:2l 1t is this false doctrine which
will constitute the frog spirit that soon
will croak, preparatory to Armageddon.
For the past forty years the forces
| nave Uceil lluSleIlu9 lOF Tue COIlIlCl.
AS the belligerent parties have crossed
each others paths. incidental skirmish.
es have taken place-strikes. lockouts,
riots, etc. Court and army scandals
| in Europe. trust and court scandals in
America. have shaken public conf.
dence. Dynamite plots. charged by
turns on employees and employers,
have tended to make each distrustfu.
of the other. Bitter and angry feel,
ings are more and more manifest
The War Clouds Silver Lining.
According to Scripture the great bat,
tie must follow the occurrence of two
events; the transformation of the I'm
age of the Beast into a living force,
and the return of many wealthy Jews
to Palestine. The Protestant Fedora.
ton realizes the futility Of it's organiza-
ton unless it receive vitalization-un.
less it's clergy be recognized as possess
ing apostolic ordination and authority