The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-09-13

ines, pestilence and revolutions; and
these things shall mark the begin
nlng OF sorrow upon the old order"
Every person must bear witness that
these things began to happen in 1914
He further said that there would
be great falling away from the
faith among his professeG followers.
Today we see this fulfillment in the
UNCONVENTIONAL churches. The funda-
mentallsts are making a desperate
fight against the mOdernists, who
deny the origin of mans fall, the
great ransom sacrifice and the sec
ond coming Of our Lord; and insist
on teaching a man-made creed and
rewriting the Bible, and scott at the
second coming of our Lord. CAS- it
was in the days Of Noah" so shall il
be at the end Of the world
Further the Master said: Upon
the earth distress of nations with
perpleXity mems hearts failing them
for fear of what they see coming
upon the world" Such are the con-
ditions today, to which every one
must bear witness.
Armageddon Next.
Armageddon was the great battle
field of Palestine. There Gideon and
his army put to fight the Midianites.
! who in their distress and excitement
destroyed each other. Gideon anC his
little band typified Christ the IS
siah. That fight at Armageddor
| typitied the great and final conflict
| between truth and error, between
right and wrong. It foreshadoWed
the complete downfall Of Satan's en-
pire and the establishment of the
kingdom Of peace and righteousness
under Christ our Lord.
Jehovah through His holy prophet
referred to the final conflict as the
| day of his vengeance: "Wait We upon
me, until the day that / rise up to
the prey; for my determination is to
gather the nations, that | may as.
semble the kingdoms, to pour upon
them mine Indignation, even all my
fierce anger; for all the earth shall
be devoured with fire of my ieal
Ousy.' (Zephaniah 3:S). The ma.
tons are now assembled and bound
together by compact and leagues
and yet all nations are making the
most gigantic preparations for wal
| IHaI nave ever DGen made.
Hastens War Preparations.
France although bankrupt
plunges further into debt in produc.
ing the most formidable aircraft
with the deadliest explosive bombs
that have ever been known. Few
erishly she hurries on in the build
ing Of submarines and filling hel
storehousas with munitions and wal
supplies. Britain is putting forth hel
greatest effort in preparation fol
war; while the United States is pre-
pairing for war ON the most colossa
scale in its history. Other nations
are following the same course; il
fact, all the nations are rapidly
marching to the great and final con
tilct, in which they viii destroy eaci
other, as foreshadowed by the de
struction Of the Midianites.
Sir John Foster of England, speak
in" Of this coming conflict, says: 4
is enough to make the angels weep
that after the greatest tragedy tn
world has ever known, the nation
should be showing their teeth NOR
in 1928 than they did in 1913. B,
the ordinary standards Of judging, in
ternatiOnal affairs are in q wors
condition today than 10 years age
The international agreement f0r dis
armament made q. Washington ha
not been carried out Dread is tn
motive behind all the actions 0
France at the present time. Though
Germany is supposed to be unarmed
all evidence is that the martial flam
is burning tiercely on the banks 0
the Rhine. From Smyrna to Yokoha
ma the fire is not only smouldering
but frequently leaps into flame,
Having vision at this time, tn
ReVelatOr wrote: Il saw three un
clean spirits like frogs come out o
the mouth of the dragon, and out O
the mouth of the beast, and out O
the mouth Of the false prophet; TO
they are the spirits of devils work
ing miracles, which go forth unit
the kings Of the earth and of tn
whole world, to gather them to tn
battle of the great day of God al
mighty" Revelation Is: 10, Ia
Dragon" is one of the names as
signed to Satan. 1t symbolically rep
resents the devils organization as
whole ,arrayed against the Lord am
his anointed. psalm 2: l, )G
Beast" is a symbol of world pow
ers, the ruling factors, made up o
big business, big politicians and a
apOstate clergy; while the falls
prophet is a smybol of a syster
of religion claiming to represent tn
Lord, falsely representing him, an
in fact representing the evil spirits
of whom Satan is the chief. Fac
one Of these holds before the mind
Of the people false doctrines and falls
hopes.
Prepare War.
They boast Of the only ability an
wisdom to bring the desire OF man
kind, Of peace and prosperity. Will
at the same time they evolv
schemes to rob the people. The
prepare war and appeal to the pa
triotism Of the rank and file to in
duce them to go to war; while tn
false religionist breaches the youn
men into the trenches The peopl
are learning that they have bee
robbed, deceived, misled and i'll
treated, and they are growing DIES
perate. The Lord now present, tn
antitypical Gideon, is turning on tn
light, that the people may see tn
true situation