The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-05-06
PREsENT-HOUR CONDITIONS.

ever staged.
There are thirty actors and ac-
tresses of fame, with thousands of
others acting and singing in the play.
Among them are Goddess people. The
greatest event that ever occurred on
earth, when the Son of God died on
the cross to save sinners, is being
dragged down and prostituted to a
theatrical show with the price of ad-
mission from so cents to two dollars
per head.
This show is to make the round of
the great cities. 1t is said that it is
to be staged in Japan and other hea-
then countries. True Christians, who
love the Lord and His appearing,
should stay away from these places
and especially should they keep their
children away. 1t will only prove to
be bridge over which young people
shall rush to see wicked plays.
Surely judgment is being delayed.
This may be called straw, but it
shows the direction of the wind.
The Vatican Is to be approved as a
member of the League of Nations"
1t will be a controlling power. Eu-
rope is in a turmoil; Ireland is seeth-
ing, and back of it all is the determi-
nation of the Hierarchy to have its
own way. Ulster would be crushed
if it could do it. Many daily papers
seem to be afraid to let the light in
on that cancerous spot. They have
plenty of space for Sin Fein propa-
ganda, but very little to say for this
cause represented by the few worthy
men of Northern Ireland, who lately
toured our country in the interests
of truth, fair play, square deal and
righteousness.
What is abroad in the world?
The woman in scarlet as portrayed
in Revelations, is getting ready to
ride the Beast However, she will
not ride and length of time. She will
be thrown off and trampled by the
very system she used as the tools to
accomplish her ends.
A Mohammedan uprising is feared I;
it is threatened. Constantinople for
five hundred years has been the cap
ital of Islam and has been associated
with the most glorious period in Mos
lem history.
Its loss would be great humilia-
ton for Mohammedans. 1t would
arouse anger throughout all Islam and
might lead to holy war. The Turk
should not be allowed to bear rule
over Christian populations.
Armenian atrocities should be
brought to an end for all time. Lord
Georges plan is doubtless the best
solution of the problem. 1t is clear
the Turk out of Europe entirely and
fix his seat of Government at Brusa
on some other city in Asia" 1t may
seem severe, but it is wise and just.
Let the Turkish possessions in Eu-
rope, together with the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus be under the con-
troll of an international commission
and belong henceforth to all the
world"
Our Sabbath day is in great dam
ger. On the levees of the Mississippi,
above New Orleans, a man may be
seen digging out the little crawfish.
That is apparently a trifiing job for
a man, but it is a necessary precau-
ton, for those little holes would,
drop by drop, let in the river and the
levee would soon be swept away and
great city destroyed.
The infringements of the custom
and laws of our American Sunday
may seem trifing. but unless the
habits and customs of the hour are
checked they will let in the destroy
ing flood, which will sweep away our
day of rest. Once it is lost, it will
not be regained easily, if ever. 1t is
now abused commercially, by amuse-
ments, Inconsistencies and compan-
ionships. The world calls for an open
Sunday as they do for an open sa-
loon. We need it for rest-for it's
physical, moral and spiritual bless
ings. The Sabbath is essential to our
National greatness. People are going
wild over pleasure and profits, graft
and greed, and these, with volumptu-
BUSINESS and injustice, wars, famines,
pestilences, earthquakes, false teach
ing prosecutions, apostasy Astounding
in iniquity and spiritual declension
are the order of the present hour.
The prophecy of Luke 21:16 is be-
ing fulfilled. mems hearts failing
Cor fainting as if dead) for fear and
looking for (expecting) the things
that are coming on the world"
1t applies to the contamination of
all things These things will come
upon the earth-the habitable world
1t presents a fearful picture. The
times are out of joint now, with no
immediate prospects of betterment
But brighter days will come, though
darker ones must precede the bright
err ones. That event will be attended
by things that will alarm the senses
and heart of man. If giving the law
at Sinai was so terrible that Moses
said | exceedingly fear and quake,
the return of Christ in power and
glory will be even more terrible.
When angels rolled away the stone
from the grave of Jesus and He rose
again, Roman soldiers became as dead
men, but when Christ comes to judge
the world, how much greater the ter
ror to the unsaved
Believers will be with Him. No
wonder Paul said knowing the terror
of the Lord, we persuade men," What
will the impenitent do when graves
are opening and the trumpet is sum-
moning men to judgment
We should mark public events of
the times in which we live. Mark the
political events; study the signs of the
times. Some of the signs are the
dying of the Turkish Empire, the
awakened desire to preach the gospel
to the ends of the earth-to evangel-
ize the world-the renewed interest
in the state of the Jews, the shaking