The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-09-13
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be the hope of his peorlo."-Joel 3:
11-I6.
Trouble Predicted.
Again through jeremiah he said:
Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and "a great whirl-
wind (time Of TROUBLED shall be rails
ed up from the coasts Of the earth.
And the slain Of the Lord shall be
at that day from one end Of the
earth even unto the other end of the
earth; they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered nor buried. '-Jere-
miah %: 81, 80.
The present order Of things cannot
survive the conflict for which the ma
lions are preparing and to which they
are rapidly rushing, because of the
terrible instruments Of destruction. w.
l.. Warden, Of the London Mail, says:
The next war will last but a few
days. l mean it literally. And in
those few days, with the new air and
| gas attacks which have been planned
| by headquarters staffs, London and
Paris will be wiped out in a night"
Jesus described that conflict thus:
Then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning
Of the world to this time, nor ever
shall be. And except those days
should be shortened, there should ne
flesh be saved. Matthew "a: q,
p.
Then What?
The tangible evidence indicates
that the great conflict will be within
the next two or three years and of
short duration. The Scriptures in
dictate that the trouble viii reach a
climax in 1925 and quickly burn it.
self out. The prophets then indi-
cate that those who have faith will
cry unto the Lord and he viii bring
them out Of the trouble and into
their desired haven Of rest. psalm
lO7: 25-3O). The prophet Haggai
states that following this great rou-
bic the desire Of the, peoples will be
realized. (Haggai 2:O. That desire
is tor life, liberty and happiness.
This great conflict viii awaken
the people to the fact that the Lord
is here; that the kingdom Of heaven
has been established, for which he
taught His followers to pray. Then
shall follow times of restoration
(Acts 3:19-2D. Jesus states that for
the elects sake many viii come
through the time Of trouble, and
these shall be the first ones that will
have the opportunity for life. He
says further that then they shall keep
His sayings shall not see death, and
he that lives and believes in Him
shall never die.-John 8:51, 1925.
Let the people take hope. The day
Of deliverance is at hand. The Lord
is present and will bring order out of
Ciis'oo' anu an ny me- " ana nap
pt-tLs' " 'Io'c VINO loEe anu obey
- i1''o 0'i'es1 n,
,r. 80, "H"t !" DO
p 1"iI% TiII DON No" "IiaI Shall we
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or 'l-e lleIce SI.seL o. li!e L0Fu come
upon YOU seen Se inc Lofo3 al We
IIeTN (IG"cI"D-ej Oh the eaIIh' 49,.
seen lls uVeoHaIe5S' seek hleehheeSs, u
may ot re slaH De ma d IN me DAY Oh
me T., L-oI q ) anger -Aepnanla ~ D.
me cI'u.tn was ofSahlzeo In purity
~ / elli ese''V li-e L 10 bU1 UhGef Ihe
le""el5I'P OIL SJllsH ana AMBITIOUS
men, liIItue.-eo ~ Ihe great eu' e.
St'I|' eccIeSIS.S1.ClSIn mas uesenefaJed,
as no" SN'"e.oeG o| tht open n&4J be
tween me lI4d2menta,lsJs and the
~. I''',It ga ~ ~
path-es are with the IunoamentaustS.
IN the denominatiionaI clutches, how
ever are muIJltudes OF good, honest,
orqef-IoVlng people VINO have hope for
better day. They have some faith
IN Jesus CHRIST as the Redeemer OF
mankind. They believe that he is the
Son OF God, They believe IN the res
direction, and that the salvation of
man depends upon the merit OF Christ.
They are sheep amongst wolves in the
ecclesiastical system. The Lord loves
them and IS calling to them through
his word; Come out from amongst
the wicked systems, that We be not
part9kers Of their sins and receive not
OF their plaques. '-Revelation 1874.
. The time has come for truth to tri-
, umph. The fight is on to the end. 1t
is a battle between right and wrong,