The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-02

lead many. And before long you will
hear of wars and rumors of wars
Do not be alarmed, for such things
must be; but the End is not yet. For
nation will rise in arms against nation,
kingdom againsNkingdom lisa. xix. p,
and there will be famines and earth
quakes in various places; but all these
miseries are but like the early pains
of childbirth.
Persecution. Apostasy, and world
wide Preaching
AT that time they-~1ll deliver you
up to punishment and will put you
to death; and you will be objects of
hatred to all the nations because you
are called by my name. Then will
many stumble and fall lisa. viii 15) ,
and they will betray one another and
hate one another. Many false proph-
cts will rise up and lead multitudes
astray; and because of the prevalent
disregard of Gods law the love of
| the great majority will grow cold; but
those who stand firm to the End shall
be saved. And this Good News of the
Kingdom shall be proclaimed turnout
the whole world to set the evidence
before all the Gentiles; and then the
End will come.
The Abomination of Desolation.
when you have seen (to use the
| language of the Prophet DanieD the
Accumulation of Desolation' (Dan. tx
-
the reader observe those words
then let those who are in Aldaea
escape to the hills; let him who is on
the roof not go down to fetch what is
in his house; nor let him who is out
side the city stay to pick up his outer
garment. And alas for the women
| who at that time are with child or
have infants!
| Unparalleled Distress
~ But pray that your flight may not
| be in winter, nor on the Sabbath; for
! it will be a time of great suffering,
such as never has been from the beI
| ginning of the world till now (Danl
| xii. -, and assuredly never will be
again. And if those days had not
| been cut short, no one would escape;
but for the sake of Gods own People
those days will be cut short
The Coming of Christ
To Be Widely Seen.
'.If at that time any one should say
to you, See. here is the Christi or
'Herei' give no credence to it. For
there will rise up false Christs and
false prophets, displaying wonderful
signs and prodigies. so as to deceive,
were 1t possible, even Gods own Peo-
pie. Remember, I have forwarned
you. If therefore they should say to
you, See. He is the DESERT" do not
go out there: or See. He is indoors in
/ the room" do not believe it. For just
4 as the nSnLnlnS IidSneS In the east ana
| is seen to the very west, so will be
the Coming of the Son of Man. Wher-
ever the dead body is. there will the
vultures flock together.
The Son of Man Amid Clouds.
But Immediately after those times
of distress the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not shed her light, the
stars will fall from the armament.
and the forces which control the
heavens will be disordered and dis
turbed Elsa xiii. 10: xxxiv. ~. Then
will appear the Sign of the Son of
Man in the sky; and then will all the
nations of the earth lament Czech.
xii. 12), when they see, the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of the sky dan.
vii. 49, with great power and glory.
And He will send out His angels with
a loud trumpet-blast lisa. xvii. 15),
and they will bring together His own
People to Him from north, south. east
and west-from one extremity of the
world to the other tDeut- xviii. ga;
XXX. A.
\ Definite Limit of Time.
| Now learn from the fig-tree the