The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-31
PROMINENT LEADERS SPEAK
Calvin II. swingle of Chicago is Prsn-
cipal Speaker at Great Rally Held at
Coliseum on Wednesday Evening
Services in Polish Today.

The Polish Bible students conven-
tion opened at the Coliseum yesterday
morning with great enthusiasm. Special
trains arrived from Chicago and Mil
/ waukee, with smaller delegations com
ing from more distant points. The
convention was called to order promptly
at nine-thirtY by the chairman, H
Hotowatski Of Chicago, and after two
hymns by the delegates prayer was
| offered by S. Smolokonski and the vow
and mamma read. B. Schmidt delivered
the principal address of the morning
A resolution was offered by Oscar Mag
nusen Of Brooklyn, N. V, as follows
Be 1t Resolved, That a vote Of
thanks be given to the Kenosha Cham
Der of Commerce for their kind invi-
tation to the Bible students to come to
Kenosha and for the donation of this
| fine auditorium and for the entertain
ment arrangements and to the Kenosha
Evening News for the many oourte-
sizes extended during the preparatory
work of this convention
The resolution was carried unani-
mously by the delegates.
The afternoon session was in English
and delegates of English speaking
Bible students came from surrounding
cities. AT the praise, prayer and
testimony meeting held in the after
noon census was taken and it
was found that sixteen nationalities
were represented.
Calvin Fl. Swingle of Chicago, was
the speaker Of the evening. The serv-
ice was opened with duet by Miss
Lou Pierce and Mrs. Hilton Ellison of
Milwaukee, followed with prayer by
Alfred Smith of Milwaukee. Mr.. Rice
and Mr.. Gardner rendered solos, Mrs.
Swingle presiding at the piano. The
numbers were well received.
A brief synopsis of Mr.. swingle 5
address follows:
"Our God knows the end from the
beginning. And this God who knows
the end from the beginning said, thru
the prophet Daniel, that from the
reign of Zedekiah, the last king on the
Jewish throne, to the great war that
would engulf the world would be a
period of $500 years, period spoken
of, in the Bible as the times of the gen
tiles. This time began in 606 B. G..
and ended in 1914, the exact date that
God said thru the prophet that the end
Of their rule would take place.
"The gentle reign was shown by
the great image of Nebbuehanazzar g
dream. The Interpretation of Daniel
shows that the 1880 years was divided
into four universal gentle empires
Babylon, Mehdo- Persia, Greece, Rome
and then Rome into ten kingdoms,
dominated by church and state. This
was shown in the image by the head
of gold, the chest and arms of silver,
the belly and thighs Of brass and the
feet and toes Of iron and miry clay.
"The overthrow of these empires
was shown in the dream by the stone
taken out of the mountain without
hands. 1t smote the image on the feet
and the image was ground TO powder
ard the wind blew it away. The full
fillment of the dream was shown in the
overthrow of Babylon by Cyrus the
Mede, this in turn by the Grecians and
then the overthrow of Greece by the
/ Romans. Then came the divisions in
the old Roman empire and the com
mingling of Ecclesiastieism with the
civil powers.
"The kings claim TO rule BY Divine
right, but instead of improving their
opportunities they exploited the reo-
pie and when the time came to get an
extension of their lease of power they
were found unworthy and God said
thru the prophet that he would take
it from them and give it to Jesus who
purchased the right by the giving of
his life as redemption for the world.
The kings not willing to give up their
power it became necessary to take it
from them by force.
These kings demand that you she'd
your blood for them, but the. new king
will reverse the order and say. Il shed
my blood for YOU And instead Of 4
selfish rule he will rule in love and JUS
tice win be to the line and righteous