The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-04


 ratiUn but 1t is most severe. It vas so dark the Egyptians did not move cut of their place for three days They were helpless. They could not help themselves or any one else This is the fam. inc plague The awful result of long cruel war Egypt with fer tile soil, Egypt with great wealth and abundance of supplies, other nations had been supplied by her, now she is in the grip of a world wide famine, of long dura- tion, perhaps three years. The plague of darkness a symbol of famine here Is more proof, And when he had opened the third seal, l heard the third beast say, come and see. And 1 beheld and 10 a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand, and 1 heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for penny, and three measures of barley for a penny" Rev. 6:5-6.
 The allowance of food is small being sold by the ounce, at a very high price, the black horse is now out, and is running at high speed as the war continues his speed will increase. and his range will bc inlarged All of the nations of the earth are having to con tend with the black horse. He is the most cruel horse that is now on the track. He does not spare any one. Thousands of folks are . being crushed under his hoofs today. The warning trumpet is being sounded in America. Very few folks are fully aroused The trumpet should be sounded loud CT and longer. We should awake, arise, and freely use farming inn plementS. as well as the weapons of war. We can defeat the black horse by increasing our food pro- duction and by practicipg rigid economy of the Use of same.
 The Death Angel. The tenth and last plague. And 1t came to pass at midnight the Lord smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, from the first born of Phar0aa that sat on his throne unto the first born of the captives that were in the dungeon. /" Ex. l2:29 This plague passed through the air at midnight, it seemed to have wings swifter than eagle wings. This one was the greatest of all plagues be- cause all of the other plaques contributed to this one. There was a great cry in Egypt, there was hot house where there was not one dead" John on the Isle of Patmos saw the pale horse fol lowing the red horse, And 1 looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death. and hell (Hades) followed with him, and power was given them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with hunger and with death." Rev. 6:S. In this plague we have presented to Us the awful results of war, folks are killed with the sword and with hunger and with death. Death stops the war. This plague Is symbol of the great tribulation period. The prophet Joel said, Blow ye the trumpet in Zion. and sound an ala1 n in my holy mountain; let all the in. habitantS of the land mble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for 1t Is nigh at hand. A day of dark ness and of glOominess; a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as tie morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like neither shall be any more alter It, even to the years of many generations" Joel 2:1 ,. The prophet Daniel speaks of the great tribulation. And at that time shall Michael Christi the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be time of trouble; such as never was since there was nation even to that same time, and at that time thy peo- pie shall be delivered, every one that shall be written in the book. :" Dan. 1:31, Christ also says, For there shall be agreat tribulation, such as not since the beginning of the world to this time, no or ever shall be-. Mat 24:21
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