The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-10-13
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER
ANALYzES BOLSHEVISM'S
GROWTH AND PURPOSE

air, above or below, or in the darkes,
pits of the deep, dark, dungeons OF
the damned can ever prevail.
What church." you say, "are you
talking about. The Presbyterian
Church?' Certainly, the Presbyterian
Church. Am l? No, oh, no. NO.
am not talking about the Presbyter
ian church. "Oh, you are talking
about the Episcopal church, with its
apostolic succession" Well, no. Not
so you would notice it. "Oh, you are
talking about this splendid Metho
dist church," No. "Oh, well, then
you are talking about that mighty
force, the Baptist Church, with all its
bright prospects for the future?" No,
| am not talking about the Baptist
Church. am talking about some.
thing that is bigger than Presbyter.
ianism, that is bigger than Metho.
dism and bigger than all the man
made scenes and plans of earth.
These things are only human institu.
lions, put together for convenience in
carrying on the Lords work. I am
speaking of that mysterious body that
Paul calls the Church OF the Living
God. am speaking of that company
,of believers In France and England
and America and the islands of the
sea, and Africa and China, Amen and
women who have surrendered to
Jesus Christ in all the lands and have
accepted Him as their Savior and
King and have come into fellowship
with Him and are really united to
Him by faith; who are His not only
by His purchase but by their own vol
untary surrender and who form what
Paul calls the body of Jesus Christ"
and in the coming day shall be the
Bride of the coming King. That is
the church that am talking about
and that is the church that | am per-
suaded that Jesus meant when he
said "the gates of hell shall never pre-
vail against it," What is this church
going to do? This church of Christ
is to carry on its God-given plan and
program for just a little while vet,
spreading the truth as it is in Jesus
Christ, teaching the wonderful Cos
pei as it is revealed to us here and
then-and then-and then-when
these hounds of hell that we call Boil
shevsm shall have gotten in all their
1evilish work and shall have put up
their 3-part king and above him the
)ne supreme-the -Christ-then
shall the glad shout be heard of the
'eturn of the King Himself from the
heavenly Zion and then shall be
brought about the end of the prophe-
~ we read bit ago: " he shall come
o his end and none shall help him."
Why? Because God is supreme and
because the King, Jesus Christ has
,ome into the world and smashed |
With the great Battle of Armageddon
he temporary rule and temporary
,ower of the anti-Christ, the world
ring. That Is the program OF God.
And now men, what does il mean?
t means this, that never before in
he history of the world has the issue
)een drawn so clear-cut as the issue
s drawn between Christ and the anti
Jhrist 1t is drawn between the
world and Cod 1t Is drawn between
he forces of evil and the forces of
,ood 1t is drawn between allegiance
o the anti-Christ on the anti-Christ
III the one side and allegiance on the
ther to Him Who is to be the King
# Kings and the Lord of Lords,
Which side are you on? Never since
ime began, il seems to me, has the
all been as big and strong and great
S today for men and women who
0uld see clearly; men who could see
he truth and then men who are not
fraid to step bodily out on the side
the right and stand there, no mat.
er what befalls. You cannot escape
ne proposition, men. The issue is
p TO you today fairly and squarely. :
'hich side are you on? On the side
the anti-Christ or the side of the +,
sal Christ? do not ask you to join /,
lie Presbyterian Church. | do not i
sk You TO join the Methodist Church :,
: the Baptist Church, nor any other 4,
lurch. but say to you today if you q
e going to be Christians you will :
st naturally go into some kind of .