New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-17
CONDITIONS TODAY
FORET0LD IN Bible
Greed and Ambition Undermining
Righteousness Speaker Says

An able lecture was given yesterdal
afternoon al Odd Fellows hail hl
Robert :. Emery OF Brooklyn. \, 4.
under the auspices Of the Information,
a. Bible Students association, Mr.
Emery spoke on the subject sAll Ma
tlans Marching 20 Armagedion--R But
Millions Now Living VIII Never Die
A synopsis Of his address follows
"'And he gathered them together
into a place called IN the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon.' Rev. i6iis,
''fhe greatest crisis Of the age Is
upon the nations Of earth, Sensing the
coming explosion statesmen OF the
world express themselves in this wise;
"'iesa Is worse than 1914 Ramsey
Mcdonald, NJ, L.
~ new chapter opens In the his
tory VI Europe and the world. with a
climax Of horror such as mankind has
never yet Witnessed Lloyd George,
1--WE have come 10 the crossroads
and no one knows the way out IL, l.,
Wells.
Fear has laid hold upon the nco-
pies In all walks OF life, And why?
Because the old world has ended. nj
which time Jesus declared there would
be distress OF nations with perplexity.
mems hearts failing them for fear of
what they see coming on the world.
According to the Bible the world or
order of things under Gentle dom.
Union legally ended August /. 1914.
Jesus foretold that the nations at that
time would become angry: that ma
tion would rise against nation, fol-
lowed by famine. pestilence and revo-
luton. These things have been full
filled since 1914. Many futile at
tempts have been made to settle the
world troubles. God foretold their
failure and added. Grid yourselves,
and ye shall be broken X X Take
counsel together and 1t shall come to
nought.' lisa $3.50 And why? The |
answer is, because this Is the day of
Gods vengeance. and his Indignation |
Is upon all nations. Elsa. 24:1-sD
"Referring to the day in which we /
are living, Jesus declared there would
be a great falling away from the faith
by professed Christians A fulfill
ment Of this is before our eyes in all
the UNCONVENTIONAL churches. The
fundamentalists are making desper-
ate flght against the modernist; the
latter opposing the Bible, denying
mans origin. his fall. the ransom, sac
rifce and the presence of our Lord
and scoring at His second coming.
This Is as Jesus said 1t would be. AS
In the days of Noah, so shall 1t be at
the end OF the world (Matt. 24:3D.
"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's band
pictured the Messiah, while the MI
dianites pictured Christendom. That
battle OF Armageddon foreshadowed
the complete downfall of satans en-
rire and the establishment of Mes
siahs kingdom.
"Jehovah foretold that nations
would assemble and bind themselves
together and that then they should
be destroyed. (zeph. $3.50
There are three great agencies.
nominated by evil spirits. that are
gathering the nations to this mighty
conflict (Rev. 16:13). They are: (D I
-atan's organization bent upon the de-
.sructior of the Lords anointed: (2) !
World rulers made up of the CONNER t
,ial and political giants supported by e
in apostate clergy, determined to rAle a
mankind in behalf of the minority;
md (3) false system of religion
which holds before mankind false I
doctrines and false hopes. Like frogs, 7
hey boast Of their ability to bring \
,eace and prosperity and order out t
Il the chaotic condition. They pre- !.
ARE for war and appeal to the pa i
riotism of the rank and file to induce
hem to enter the conflict, certain X
lass OF the clergy Joining in preach '
n the people into the trenches. This II
hey do in desperate attempt to hold t