Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-01
SOMETHING DOING.

Dear Sir:
I have read your July and August
numbers Of your paper, and it may be
that you nave a more effective Fool
Killer than ever, though not so funny.
It certainly does look like there is
something in the wind" these times,
and the events Of the day r doing
more to strengthen my faith in the
Bible than everything else combined
I want to offer some passages o scrip-
ture that may OF may not have escap-
| ed your notice and hat Of your read
ers.
Turn to Rev. IS. Read the whole
chapter over carefully. Amt 1t a
picture Of our times? Read verse IT
particularly, and you will find the
cause of occasion Of this world war
the shipping trade. Turn also to
lchapter 16, verse IA. You will see
that in the great battle Of Arranged
don it will reach the whole world.
Nearly the whole world is nowe in
the war, and soon every nation will
be-in another year at most. Verse Is
refers to a great earthquake" That
will follow this wal and will be a
worldwide state OF anarchy-the
French Revolution on a worldwide
scale.
Turn to Rev. 6. You see a white
horse" etc. White always means
peace or purity in some sense. This
white horse Is the Allied Nations fight
ing for peace. Read verse 4. This is
the "Quadruple alliance" which has
taken peace from the earth" The
great sword" Is the terrible German
military machine. more terrible and
deadly than the "bow' in verse 2.
You will notice that this horse is red
'l-emblematic Of great slaughter and
carnage. Note carefully verse 6,
Can't you see in this the national con
troll and conservation Of the food sup
ply, and the setting Of prices, etc!
Notice that this horse is black-emble-
matte of mourning and terror Of
famine soon to follow. In verse 8 ie
q pale horse. You will find in this
verse that it waa John and not Gan
fisherman who first said that war il
hell" Notice that the carnage IL
lover a fourth part Of the earth
about the actual battle-ground. Of, this
!, war, including the. In verse IL
we have the Earthquake" introduced
The "sun," I take 1t, is God, and, the
+ moon" the church. In verse Is the
"stars" are the ecclesiastical powers
, soon to fab. In other words, the
, nominal church
i, The heaven" is the ecclesiastical
system, the mountains" the big ma
, tons and the islands" the. small ones
,I-all to fall together in the genera
"earthQuake." In the concluding
, verses You will sec that all classe.
from kings to bondmen (from. the
Kaiser to- every c~onscript) will &
. down in the general chaos.
:. All this either MEANS SOME
/ THING, or else 1t MEANS NOTHING
. one or the other. The facts of 1914
1917 would seem to indicate that /
/; means ver much-more, In fact, thai
any history Of the past; yes, NOR
than all past history including tn.
' Flood, the downfall Of Jerusalem, tn
fRoman Empire, the French Revolu
ton and all others combined. Doesn'
it, indeed, look like "~something is go
ing to happen"-nay, Is ALREAD'
dIHAPPENING?
ell Read also James Sis. Compar
all these texts. Get your c~oncordanc
and reference Bible, and your histor
I Of the past three years, and stud
Il them. Can you say it means nothing
VI You may print this In Coed New
n II you wish.
II 0noerofy.
T. q. @MMEMY Ma1R
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