The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-07-22

they saying it? The second verse of
the same chapter tells us thai lit
shall come to pass in the last days,
etc.
Then in the last days We are TO
hear much talk of an epoch of peace,
tranquility, and prosperity; much
talk Of regulating all human conduct
by divine law; much talk of the
church regulating all the affairs of the
world; much talk of the speedy and
perpetual elimination of war from the
activities of this world. If we had no
other proof hat we are living in the
last days, ~present-day facts fulfilling
that prophecy would be proof enough.
That scripture describes our times,
and our times fulfill that scripture.
Now what is the truth of the mat
ter? In the same chapter we learn
what the true conditions will be in
the last days. 1t portrays a condition
of terror in the world:
"'Enter into the rock, and hide thee
in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and
for the glory of His Majesty. The
lofty looks Of man be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be moved
down, and the Lord alone shall be ex-
allied in that day. For the day of the
Lord of hosts shall be upon every one
that is proud and lofty, and upon every
one that is lifted up; and he shall be
brought low. q And they shall
20 into the holes of the rocks, and
into the caves of the earth, for fear of
the Lord, and for the glory of His
majesty, when He ariseth to shake
terribly the earth Isaiah 8:10-21.
"a very different condition of
things is this from the condition which
many people are looking for; but
that scripture agrees perfectly with
what our Savior himself declared
would be.
There is no promise there of any
epoch of peace and safety, 1t is a
time of distress and perplexity and
fear and terror, and it leads right into
the coming of the Son of God, the de-
struction Of the wicked and the reward
of the righteous.
Since Turkey has decided to throw
herself into this fray, there is every
possibility that this terrible grapple of
the nations of the world is leading
straight on toward Armageddon.
While Turkey kept out and the war
was confined to Europe, Armageddon
did not seem so near. That old bat
tie ground Of the ancient nations is
located in Palestine, at the foot at
Mt. Megiddo, in the plain of Eshraelon
north of Jerusalem, accessible from
the north and south and from the sea.
That is to be the gathering place of
the hosts of the nations in the last
mighty battles Of this world.
1.-The reason for the assembly of
the nations at Armageddon seems
plain when we consider the logical re-
suit of Turkeys entrance into this
war. If she is driven out Of Europe
and forced out of western Asia Minor,
it would seem she must withdraw into
Palestine. When Islam and other
heather religionists come to grips
with armed Christendom in the Holy
Land, we shall have Armageddon. The
door is now flung wide open for just
such a announcement. And will peace
follow it? Nay, verify; and there will
be no battles fought after that, for
there will be no n left to fight them.
That closes the history of this pres
ent world, and leaves the wicked slain
upon the earth and the righteous on
their way with angelic escort to the
place of their reward"