The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
A NIGHT OF WOE SETTLING
DOWN UPON THE EARTH

Editors PleaSantvllle PreSS:-
Shades of evening, plainly indicat-
ing a night of woe, are settling down
upon the earth, but a glorious morn
ing of deliverance for all true Chris
tians is just ahead. The awful Euro
pean war had made 2,500,00 widows
in the first eight months of it's con
tinuance, besides more than 1000, 900
fatherless children. Today the allied
powers are pressing on toward Con-
stantinople. The Turk is about to be
driven out of Europe. His entrance
into Jerusalem will be the signal for
the beginning of the reign of Christ,
who shall appear in the clouds of heav-
en-, and all the holy angels with Him
lin flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God and obey not
the gospel" as the scripture says in 2
Thess. l: s.
The great religious power which
ruled all nations of the world during
the Dark Ages, but which in 1898 re-
ceived a deadly wound" by having it's
ruler made a prisoner of the French,
is fast being restored to it's former
prestige. The deadly wound" Is be-
ing healed, as was foretold in Revela-
tion Is. Eventually no man will be
able to buy or sell except those who
pay homage to this power, for this
prophecy concerning the use of the
boycott by a great religious d~espotism
is found in Revelation 10: 16, IT.
Today all the nations of Europe are
represented at the Vatican save
France. Great Britain recently SEN
her plenipotentiary. Even Russia,
with the Greek Catholic religion pre-
vailing, has her representative in the
court of the Roman See, and Turkey
and Germany are likewise represented.
Representatives of this power believe
the present terrible war will place the
Roman Pontiff again in supreme pow
er over the kings and rulers of earth.
Only recently the newspapers brought
the information that President Will
son and the Pope are likely to work
actively for peace in Europe within a
short time"
The very next event after the resto-
ration of this great religious system
to power, as recorded in Rev. IA: l is
the appearing of Jesus Christ. All
things are now ready for His appear
ing. All upon this earth are invited
to the wedding supper, the bride of
Christ, shall sit down with Him at the
sumptuous repast. The power which
has sat "in the temple of God, showing
himself that he is God" will have no
representative at that feast, but a Tit
tie flock" is promised a place there.
He that doeth the will of my Father
says Jesus, shall inherit all things"
Preparation for the great event so
near at hand is imperative. Without
a higher power you can not reach your
own ideals. The flesh is weak, though
the spirit may be willing. You must
have a power outside of yourself to
enter your life, to cleanse the mind, Ito
enable you to live the perfect life.
No other power in the universe can
accomplish this work than the Holy
Spirit. We must become thoroughly
acquainted with the Bible, knowing it
for ourselves, and being liable to give
to every man that asketh, a reason for
the hope" that is in us.
The end is right upon us: Get
ready You do not know the day
nor hour when Christ may appear.
Watch, for He may find you %unfaithful
to your trust. But be assured that to
all who receive His word, and do His
precepts, He will give the priceless
boon of eternal life, a life of joy i'm
measurable.
A. M. PEREZ,
of the local Seventh-day Adventist
Church