The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-15

the war; read the oath verse of the
7th chapter of Daniel.
This is no war for the maintenance
or royal establishments or the ag'
of national power by
adding Maboth's vineyard to the pub
lie domains.
If the pouring out of the seven
vials of hail were all the evidence
required | have it. In the center OF
Palestine is a beautiful valley eX-
tending from the river Jordan to the
Mediterranean Sea, which has been
likened to a rolling sea os verdure.
Around it the mountains stand like
sentinels and through it the Kishon
threads its noisy way. This is the
Plain of Megiddo, or Armageddon,
known also as Esdraelon. the histor-
ic battlefield of Israel. Here Gideon
with his three hundred routed the
Midianites; here Barak triumphed
over the Canaanites, and here Debo-
rah and her daughters raised the
song, 20 my soul, thou hast trodden
down strength" | am fully war
ranted therefore, in concluding that
it fulfls the conditions of Johns Wis
ion in portending the close of the
present dispensation and ushering In
the Kingdom of Christ.
For, 10! the days are Fastening on,
By prophet bards foretoid,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the eartf
It's ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back thu
song
Which now the angels sing
| Hearken to the cry from thu
trenches of Belgium and from thu
borders of the far East.
Great credit is given our honora
BILE Chieftain at Washington by th
people of both political parties TO
keeping us out of the present con
flict. They forget the white churche
that dot the green valleys of Hol
ston, Virginia and Tennessee. The
forget to give Christ the honor
Honor is due where honor belongs
to the great Mediator between an o1
Tended God and offending man. Al
we say and do ought to be for tn
honor and glory of God. He, an
not Wilson and Bryan, is directin
our destinies.
| noticed in Kansas City pape
two or three months ago that tn
Euphrates River was over half drie
up. You will find this in the frs
verse above quoted, that the way {
the Kings of the East might be pr
pared. The question with this worl
: lis, prepared for what? So they ca
cross to go to that last great battl
, the battle of Armageddon. Here Sal
, and Jonathan, the beauty of Israe
were slain upon the high places an
here the good King Josiah met h
final defeat and the house of Dav
T was brought low. To this VALE
! John the Everlasting was transpor
, ed in his vision on Patmos, and b
fore him all the battles OF histol
were gathered into one stupendol
conflict which was destined to clo
y the present order of things and us
+, er in the golden age. :.
When you see any man or WON:
: so much lacking in sense or reasC
!. that no one can live with them
: peace, just tell them that they ha7
o certainly swallowed some of the FRI
: juice.
This war is the Cross against Il
Crescent, and those people who a
: dying over in Europe are the Ant
Christ. They are nearly all An
n Christ.
! Are we losing our faith? But re
: faith is strengthened by conflictil
. winds. 1t knows that God is on t
:. field when He is most invisible"
looks beyond the Syrian host al
sees like Elisha that "The Mountai
are full of the Lords horses al
chariots."
We are living in a grand and awf
age. When next the sun rises
. crimson splendor summon your fai
!. to the vision of Armageddon. S
:. the white troops advancing to me
), the hosts of evil. Cog and Magog
the fray! Hear again the shout tn
!. closed the controversy in Carmt
~ "The Lord he is the God!" Read h
tory between the clouds that open
!. like golden gates to let the King
:. Glory enter in. For this is the lot
!. tof events. The Lord of Sinai,
! Carmel, of Olivet. of Calvary, of n
! ! giddo. of all the salient heights
i history-this Lord is proving hims
4 to be the God.
i. Shall we say, then, that this is
= beginning of the end? Who can te
I, 1t is written, "The Kingdom of @
: cometh not with observation"
:. one that believes the end is near.
i Yours truly.