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AMERICANS GOING
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Heavy Smoke Lining Plateau and
Increasing Noise of Guns In
dicates Stiffening Resistance.
' DOZEN VILLAGES ARE TAKtN
Germans Move Observation Bal
loons and Artillery Far Be
hind Aisnej Flyers Praised
' t By Wash XlOir
: ITltli the AmerlttM oa the . Aisle,
A Seat. U. P.) Xoon) The Amerl-
eeat the right of the line are cob
tlaalag to advance toward the AUne at
tSesje polnti. At other placet hear?
- maehlae gan flghtlag ! In progress.
" Between Glen nee and Komalm (where
' the line rani aorta and sonth from the
Aline to the Tetle), the Americans are
Methodically wiping oat maehlae fan
. aeatt. Forty -oae prleoaert Including two
' officer were taken. There le eonsider
.male German artillery fire oa oar light
aad agalast oar posittoaa oa the plateaa.
By Fred 8. Fergason
' With the Americana on the Alsne.
Sept. 7. (U. P.) Heavy amoke lining
the plateau between the Veale and the
? Alsne and the increasing' noise of the
J funs today rave evidence of stiffening
Qerman resistance. The enemy is fight
ing hard at .certain spots, especially
r alone the right of the line, where , the
Americana have not yet - reached the
river. Overcoming the Bocne attempts
, to make a atand. the Americans and
French are puahing on toward the Aisne.
A dosen villages are now in our hands,
. including Flamette. Baaochea. Baslleux.
fVauxcere, Blanay, Longueval. Revillon,
.Merval, Serval, Barbonval, Tillers-En-Prayerea
and Glennes. After the Ameri
' cans took; these towns they pushed on.
In each case enemy machine gun squads
attempted to hold up our troops, but
these were cleaned up by the infantry.
. with the artillery closely following to
, ahell any- troublesome strongholds the
- Boches might leave behind.
Artillery Moved Far Back
A heavy American barrage was laid
' down east of Glennes Friday afternoon
and the Yankees attacked to speed up
' the Qerman withdrawal. Apparently the
enemy Is getting artillery established
, along the line Hindenburg expects to
... hold, as shell fire has materially in-
creased. . Strong machine gun nests also
guard the line of the canal, which cuts
1 across the terrain between the AlBne and
the Veale, along which the American ad
v vance elements are pushing the foe.
t German observation balloons have
now been pulled back four miles beyond
the Alsne and their artillery firing, de-
spite Its Increased Intensity, comes from
j a greater distance back.
Reports from the French and Ameri
. can right (toward Rhelms) say that
- all Prussians have been cleared from
south of the Vesle In that immediate
region. (The front on the American
. right turns at right angles from the
.Alsne and slopes sharply southward
( serosa the plateau down to the Vesle.
, Observers Win Commendation
, The aerial observing squadron was
cited by the American corps commander
for 'brilliant work in the present oper
ations. Observers, constantly risking
their lives, flew over the German lines
and carried back messages regarding
the movements there. These observa-
Mlon planes were frequently attacked
by German fighting planes. Lieutenant
. Bagby of Missouri shot down one
Boche when attacked by eight and elud
;ed the others. Lieutenant Wagner was
attacked by three Germans, but escaped.
: On every trip over the enemy lines
the observers were set upon, but they
continued the Btruggle In order to keep
headquarters supplied with the necessary
i Information. In addition to harrasslng
American observers, the Hun fliers shot
down two allied balloons.
Han Strength It Bed need
Prisoners taken so far are all from
divisions which have been fan no- p.r.
shlngs troops for some time, including j
mo irarui aivision or the Prussian
guard.
Prisoners declare the combat strength
of their companies had been reduced to
Ve ana six machine guns. Re-"
t placements are being made from tfie i
; younger elements in the new drafts.
I A 1 atood on the heights overlooking I
the plateau between the Vesle and 1
AUne, everything In sight gave evidence !
.of Increased German resistance. Con-I
I aiani lines or smoke marked the path
- of shells breaking on the plateau send
ing up vast columns of black vapors
.from high explosives while shrapnel
, 'above made strings of puffy white balls
; .iln the sky. Towns, which a month ago
were, centers of military activity, are
; now deserted by the fighters and civfl
. I ana are returning to them.
U. S. ARMY IN FRANCE -
IS READY TO STRIKE
' (Continued from ! On)
r;; used as a mobile force to be shifted back
: and forth across the western front and
, thrown into action wherever the need
?of heavy reinforcements is necessary.
; . It ' waa pointed out. however, that In
f'such n a case the Americana would be
- used ' only as reserves, and It was
7 , thought Foch planned some btgger game
7 for. the fresh forces from the United
- , States.
; ( The senate committee were Informed
that -not over 10.000 men have been
... landed In Italy and Siberia together
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and that the majority of the American
forces are being; concentrated on the
western front
General Pershing haa withheld : the
records of 20.000 slight caaualties In the
expeditionary forces that occurred up
to August 20, General Peyton C March,
chief, of staff, told representatives of
the press at his semi-weekly conference
today. - , r
I These casualties were withheld under
authority vested in the commander-ln-ahief
in the early daya of the war. Gen
eral Marsh 'said, in announcing plans
that have been made by the war depart
ment to secure the complete hospital
records of all the overseas forces.
In the early days of the war General
March explained. . General Pershing
asked for "authority to withhold casu
alties of a slight nature. In many In
stances, the American commander ex
plained, men receiving trivial wounds
were back in the line before the records
could reach the United States. As a
result ' relatives of fighting men have
received letters in which the soldiers
told of being wounded.
No notification has been received from
the war department and it was natural.
General March said, that -the home -folk
should become apprehensive. In many
Instances, said the chief of staff, there
was a difference of opinion between the
soldier and the attending physician as
to the seriousness of the wound, and to
straighten out all difficulties that may
have arisen or may arise in the future,
the war department haa arranged for a
courier system between the United
States and France. These couriers will
leave twice a week and bring with
them the complete hospital records of
the overseas forces.
Three Xew Divisions
- The additional casualties will be
mads public as soon as they are re
ceived by the war department, the chief
of staff said.
General March also announced that
he had given authority for the organi
sation of three new divisions, making
15 new divisions in all since July 1.
They will be numbered the 95th, the
96th and the 97th. The 95th wilt be
trained at Camp Sherman. Ohio ; the
86th at Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and the
97th at Camp Cody, N. M.
The chief of staff also, disclosed the
fact that the; 27th national guard divis
ion is now in the line with the British
in Flanders and that the 92d is on the
line in the Vosges.
Reports from Springfield, Mass.,' that
the 104th Infantry was to be returned
to the United States are without foun
dation, said General March, In response
to a question. v
Asked if there was any truth to re
ports that German prisoners of war
were to be brought to America, General
March said that was a question to be
determined at the conference to be held
in Berne, Switzerland, pn September 23,
at which the treatment and maintenance
of prisoners of war of both this country
and the central powers would be deter
mined, The 89th division, he said, in response
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and also clearly indicates the line behind it at the River Meuse, which, in the
opinion of experts, will be where the Germans will make their new stand. It
also shows the territory the American troops are holding in Alsace, .Lorraine,
and along the Vesle, including cities, rivers, etc.
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Why American Airplane Production Lags
In This' Article Are Presented the Criticisms of . the American Newspaper Press Upon the Recent
Aircraft Production Report of the Sub-Committee of the Senate
Germany's War on the Children
Soldiers Turning to the Bible
Food for the War-Winter
Wanted: A Million Workers
Germany Proposes a United States of
Europe
Shall We Wear Cotton?
Undersea Pipe-Line for All
New Words for New Things
Ordering a German National Hymn ,
Current Poetry
News of Commerce and Finance
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September
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mothers of, America and of the millions of anxious
women here at home, the wives, sisters, and sweet
hearts of the gallant fellows who have gone "over
there." It is' the question of how the "boys in
brown" are faring on the battlefields of France,
what they are doing, whether they are making good
and holding their own successfully against the on
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Asked whether he had told the sen
ate military affairs committee today
that 93 per cent of the Americans over
seas were now directly under the com
mand of General Pershing, General
March said that he did not care to be
quoted directly, but that he would admit
that more than 90 per cent of the men
were directly under the American com
mander. He would not discuss whether
or not troops in the future .would be
sent direct to Pershing without first be
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ish, but said that due to a "happily
thought out pla" of the war depart
ment. It would be possible to deliver
them in such a way that little of the
brigading process would be necessary
and so that they would receive their
training In the shortest possible time.
More than 1200 DeHavlland planes
have been delivered to date, and of
these more than 800 have been shipped
abroad. General Peyton C. March, chief
of staff, told members of the senate
military affairs committee at their
weekly conference with him today.
The chief of staff referred especially
to the work of the Fisher-Body com
pany, which has reached practically a
quantity production basis.
Heretofore this company. General
March said, had been delivering on an
average of four planes a week. Last
week they delivered 100, this number
being Included in ' the total figures for
deliveries which General March fur
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AMERICANS REACH
SWEDEN IN SAFETY
Despite Demands of Red Guards
for Surrender, Party Crosses
the Border.
Copenhagen, Sept. 7, (L N. S.)
One hundred and twenty-one Americana
from the legation in Moscow, Including
seven women, and It Italian refugees
have escaped from Russia and arrived
safely In Sweden, according to news
agency dispatches. (
The Bolahevlki demanded the surren
der of the American and -Italian refu
gees, but the membere of the legations
refused and succeeded In eluding the
Red guards.
According to the refugees, Nikolai
Lenlne, head of the Russian provisional
government, died from the wounds re
ceived at the hands of Dora Kaplan.
Washington, Sept. 7. U. P.) The
Norwegian, Dutch, -Danish and Swiss
ministers have protested to Foreign
Minister Tchltcherin of the Soviet gov
ernment, against his added demands re
garding departure of allied consuls and
missions from Moscow. Apparent agree
ment has been made. Tchltcherin sub
sequently made stipulations requiring
that the soviet agent Jn London be re
turned, Russian soldiers in France be
repatriated and other similar demands.
Czechs Hold Vast District
Washington, Sept. 7. (I. N. S.) AO
military opposition against the Czechs
in the Vladivostok district is doomed to
an early collapse, according to dis
patches from Russia reaching the state
department today. The Csechs are be
ing assisted by Russians in western Si
beria, the dispatch adds, and General
Hobarth has left "Vladivostok for a con
ference with the Czech leaders at
Irkutsk.
Another dispatch from Consul Harris
at Irkutsk, dated September 2, says
that the Csechs are in power from Chtf
llaklnsk and Ekaterinburg to Chiajj and
also west as far as Samara, Orenburg
and Kazan.
Still another message, from a confi
dential source, says that connections
have been established between the
Czechs operating east of Karemaka and
those cut off in the Baikal region, ef
fecting the capture of Chita and Ka
remaka. Trains are nbw running be
tween Irkutsk and the Onon river, it
was added.
British Driving for Moscow
Washington, Sept. 7. (H. P.) Brit
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by sailed soldiers " and friendly Rus
sians, are preparing- for aggressive
action toward Moscow."
Bolshevik : outrages ; against British
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Petrograd 'made strong; steps Impera
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THIRD OF BIG SERIES
CAPTURED 0Y BOSTON
(Cootimud Fro Pas One)
A sprinkle of rain fell whUe Paskert
was at bat, but the clood that dropped
It was swiftly- passing by. .
Second Inning
Boston Whiteman singled to left.
Mclnnls out, bunting , the third strike,
the bunt going? foul. Schang fanned
and Whiteman stole second. Scott safe
at first on Hollocher's fumble. White
man going to third. Thomas filed out
to Flack. No runs. One hit. One
error.
Chicago Merkle filed out to Hooper.
Pick filed to Shean. Deal out. Thomas
to Mclnnls. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Third Inning
Boston Mays out, Hollocher to Mer
kle. Hooper out. Merkle to Vaughn,
who covered first. Shean out, Vaughn
to Merkle. No runs. No hits. No er
rors. Vaughn Juggled the ball, but got
it in time to throw, his man out.
Chicago Klllifer out, Shean to Mc
lnnls. Vaughn out, Shean to Mclnnls.
Flack out, Mclnnls unassisted. No runs.
No hits. No errors. t
Fourth Inning
Boston Strunk fanned on three
pitched balls, without taking his bat off
his shoulder. Whiteman hit by pltcned
ball and went to first base. Whiteman
narrowly escaped being nipped off first.
Mclnnls singled to left. Whiteman go
ing to second. Whiteman scored on
Schang's single to center, Mclnnls going
to third. Mclnnls scored on Scott's In
field hit. Vaughn fjelded the ball, but
became confused and did not attempt
to make a slay. Schang out at the plate
Flack to Klllifer, when Thomas singled
tn rleht. Scott went to third and
Thomas to second on the throw-in. Mays
m-A tn Taakert. Two runs. Four
UVM wtm w
hits. No errors.
Chicago Hollocher filed to Hooper
Minn doubled down right field foul line.
Paskert filed out to Whiteman. who
went to the fence to get It. Merlde out.
ottt tn Mi-Tnnln. Scott making a nice
stop. No runs. One hit. No errors
Fifth Inning
Raston Hoooer walked. Shean lined
out to Vaughn, who doubled Hooper off
first. Strunk fanned for the second
time. The third strike was called. No
runs. No hits, No errors.
Chicago Pick doubled to Scott. The
official scorer called It a double when
Scott let It go through him. Deal filed
cut to Whiteman. Pick scored on Kllli
fer's single to left. Vaughn fanned. Ktl-
lifer out. Schang to Soot V' trying- steal.
una run. Two hits. - No1 errors.
Sixth Inning .-.
Boston Whiteman lined out to Mer
kle. Mclnnls popped to Deal. Schang
fanned. Not swinging at the ball. . No
runs. No hits. ' NO errors.
Chicago Flack fouled out to Schanr.
who made a - pretty running catch.
Hollocher out, Scott to Mclnnls. Mann
singled to right lor his second consecu
tive' hit. Airplanes flew over the field.
Paskert singled to center. Mann halting
at second, v Merkle. fanned. . awinrinr
hard at the third one. . No runs. Two
hits. No errors.
, Seventh Innlag
Boston Scott out on a foul to Flack.
who made a beautiful running catch.
Thomas out. Merkle to Vaughn who cov
ered. first. Mays out. Vaughn to Merkle.
No runs. No hits. No errors.
Chicago Pick out. Scott to Mclnnla.
Deal beat put an infield hit to Thomas.
Klllifer out, Maya to Mclnnls. Deal tak
ing second. Vaughn out on a fly to
Whiteman. No runs. One hit. No
errors.
Eighth Inning
Boston Hooper fanned, the third
striae oeing called. Shean fouled out
to Merkle. Strunk filed out to Flack.
No runs. No hits. No errors.
Chicago Flack filed out to Strunk.
Hollocher fanned, swinging at the third
one. Mann out. Scott to Mclnnls.' No
runs. No hits. No errors.
Xlntfe Inning
Boston Whiteman out. Deal , to Mer-
Kie. Mclnnls out. Hollocher to Merkle.
SEVEN LAST PLAGUES SOON
TO FALL UPON THE WORLD
JUDGMENTS PROMISED UPON WICKED TO BE AS REAL AS
WERE THE PLAGUES VISITED UPON EGYPTIANS IN DAYS
OF MOSES, DECLARES EVANGELIST L. K. DICKSON
When These Scourges
Door of Mercy
That the plagues which are to, be
poured "out upon the world Just before
the return nf r?hrta win K M.i
were the plagues poured out upon Egypt
In the days of Moses, was the declara-
. . xi- isrciuwn m .
lecture at the big tent pavilion, Thlr-
.i. nd Morrison streets last night.
" J Seven Lat Plagues ; When Will
They Fall? He based his remarks en
the sixteenth chapter of Revelation,
which gives a description of these
Plagues, and made it plain that when
these plagues begin to fall then the
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i cmpnuiiea uie necessity or sret-
. . , . , . unwit iiu UUV11 iildll nuivu wai
ting right with God before probation vi.
closes, showing from the Bible that when
the first plague Is poured out. the door
of mercy has forever closed. He said
that when this time arrives the Justice
of Clod will then be felt by all who have
been disobedient to hla commandments.
He begged his audience to seek God
while he may be found, and call unon
him whIU tm n. .-... -.
promises wbere the Lord will deliver
those in the terrible times that are
bound to come upon the earth, if they
remain faithful and true to His precepts.
Evangelist I. K. Dlekon
In his remarks. Evangelist Dickson
said In part:
My text is found In Revelation 15:1:
"And I saw another sign In heaven,
great and marvelous, seven angels hav
ing the seven last plagues; for In them
Is filled up the wrath of God." This
chapter Introduces the seven last
plagues, a manifestation of heaven's un
mlngled wrath, and the fullness of its
measure, for the last generation of the
wicked. The work of mercy Is then
forever past. We read In verses five and
eight that the temple of the tabernacle
of the testimony in heaven waa opened
and that the temple waa filled with
smoke,' and no man was able to enter
into the temple till the seven plagues of
the seven angels were . fulfilled. The
work of Christ In his intercession In the
sanctuary at that time has ceased, and
men everywhere will have made their
decision for or against Him. These two
classes are brought out in Rev. 14:9-12.
On the one hand, there will be those
who have scorned the warning message
of God who are worshlonins: the beast
and his image and who have received bis
mark. The other class, those who wor
ship God. keep the commandments -of
God and the faith of Jesus. These hav-
I Ing gained the victory over the beast
ana over nis image, ana over his mark.
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and over the number bf his name, stand
on the sea of glass, having the harps of
God. Rev. 15 -JZ.
When the plagues fall upon the earth,
as we have found already. Intercession
has ceased and probation Is closed, and
the awful flat has gone out:-- "He that
is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still,
and he that Is righteous, let him be
righteous sUll. and hs that is holy. let
him be holy stin." Rev. 22:11. After the
close of probation there will be a short
period of time in which the plagues
fall, .and Christ will come. This short
period of time Is brought out In Luke
18:24-28, when many will. seek to enter
in, dui tne aoor ox eaivauon wiu oa pneray, lor we reaa, verses) i tna ,
barred, and they will stand , with out rand the fifth angel poured out his vial
knocking, at vthe door, saying, ' Lord, upon the seat of the beast : and his king
Lord, open, onto us, ; rv," rr. dom was full of darkness; and they
f- Again this-period of time Is brought gnawed their tongues for Ptn- . And
to -view in which there will be. no in- blasphemed the God of heaven because
tercessor. or : the . unsaved -In" Prov. of their pains and their sores, and re-1:24-82;
Amos f:ll-12. In the lives of pented not ef their deeds."- " -many
this situation In which they are The pouring out of the sixth plague
placed comes as result of worshipping T brings to view the. drying p -of the
tbelr convenience rather than God. They
have frittered away their day f grace.
and now they. stand facias; fa stern
realities.' f - th Judgments- o; Ood ; hi
Schang singled to right, the first hit off
Vaughn since the fourth Inning.
Schang stole second. Scott faned, miss
ing the third one. No runs. One hit.
No errors.
Chicago Paskert out, Scott to Mcln
nls. Merkle out. Mays to Mclnnls. Pick
beat out- a hit to Shean and stole sec
ond. Mays and Schang consulted. The
umpire took the wet ball out of the
game after a protest by Mitchell and
threw it away. Pick stole third and
continued towards the plate when
Thomas dropped the throw, but Thomas
recovered the ball and threw Pick out
at the plate. No runs., One hit. No
errors.
Gen. Wood -Tells
His Men They Are
To See Fighting
Camp Funston, Kan.. Sept. 7. "You
men are going over now, very soon,"
said Major General Leonard Wood,
commanding the Tenth division, here In
a talk to the Forty-first regiment, "to
take part In the biggest war In the
world's history and one of the ugliest
ones. A lot of you are not coming
back. It is not a war of the eaay kind.
There ia nothing whatever to Justify as
suming that we are near the end of it.
It la a hard, grinding game of killing,
with little romance of war as you have
read of It. Nothing of the Old battles.
Begin Many Wilt Seek
Will Be Forever Barred
unmlngled wrath In the seven last
Plagues.
In the sixteenth chapter of Revela-
n.we- de,"cr'Pi'on Lth',
vlals of the unmlngled wrath of God,
poure4 upon the earth. The plagues upon
Egypt when God was about to deliver
Israel, were similar m character to those
more terrible and extensive Judgments
which are to fall upon the world Just
before the final deliverance of Ood's
people. Says the Revelator. concerning
the first plague: "And the first went,
and poured out his vial upon the earth ;
and there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon; the men who had the mark of
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earth would be wholly out off. Yet they
will be the most awful scourges that
have ever been known to' mortals. AH
the Judgments upon men, prior to the
close of probation, have been mingled
with mercy. The pleading blood of
Christ haa shielded the sinner from re-
mMi th. full n-umn nf hi. mill ' )in
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In the final Judgment wrath Is poured
out unmixed with mercy These plagues
will fall In one year according to Reve
lation 11.8. and will be the great open
ing step In the day of the Lord.'" It Is
Impossible for men through the prophe
cies to locate definitely the beginning
of these plagues ; thei ef ore the Bible
writera speak concerning the day of the
Lord as coming like a thief In the night.
Some morning men w!!l rise from their
couches and will find upon their bodies
the most grievous-looking sore Imagin
able. They may go to their wives to
find out what It can be, and the wife
wilt find the same upon her body. They
will hastily seek out their neighbor to
find a remedy and m?et the neighbor
half way to their hous seeking for the
same remedy, and as they stand taxing
with ashen laces one upon the other the
awful realisation will dawn upon them
that the unmlngled wrath, of God Is
telng poured out upon them, and the
anguish and remorse of a lost soul will
be upon them. In that day. What would
a man not give for one more moment of
probation in which to seek forglvenes
for his sins? But before every gateway
of hope will be written In that day the
words "too late, you have waited too
lenr."
"As the second angel pours out his
vial upon the sea, the prophet sees it
tecome as the blood cf a dead man.
Every living creature in the sea dies,
and Is forthwith cast upon the shore,
which no sanitary measures are pre
pared to counteract. With the pouring
out of the third angel's vial the rivers
are also turned to blood, with the foun
tains. Terrible as these Inflictions are,
God's justice stands vindicated. The
angel of God declares. Thou are right
eous. O Lord because thou nasr
Judged ua For they have shed the blood
of saints and prophets, and thou hast
given them the blood to drink: for they
are worthy.' Rev. 16 :5- 8. In the plague
that follows, power is given to the son
to scorch men with heat, verse 8. The
prophets thus describe tne conditior or
tte earth at this fearful time: The land
mourneth : . . . becauso the harvest
of the field Is perished 'All the trees
of the field are withered ; because Joy Is
witnerea away rrom tne sons or men' :
the seed Is rotten under their clods, the
garners are laid desolate' ; how do the
beasts groan? The herds of cattle are
perplexed because they have no pas-
ture . The rivers snd waters
rre dried ui. and the flie hath devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.' The
songs of the temple shall be bowlings
In that day, saith the Lord God ; there
Lhall be many dead bodies In every
place; they shall cast them forth with
silence.' " Joel 1 :10-12. 17-29 ; Amos 8 :2.
It Is worthy of notice that every sue
ceedlng plague tends to augment the
calamity of the previous ones and to
heighten the anguish of the guilty suf
ferers. We have now a noisome and
fcrtevous sore preying upon men, inflam
ing their blood and pouring its feverish
influence through their veins. In addi
tion to this, -they have only blood to.
sllay their burning thirst: and, as If to
crown all, power Is given unto the sun.
snd he pours upon them a flood of liquid
fire, and they are scorched with great
heat. Here, as the record runs, their
woes first seek utterance-In fearful b'.as-
waters 01 we Kapnraies nm. m way
t the- kings of the East might be pre-
: pared." ;.uwe nave zouna in our pre
vlous studies Atfcat this dryins; tip of
A day of hard fighting, or two or. three
days, and something definite comirut
out of it, but a straight same of
killing.
"And the men and the nation which
can stand the killing the longest and
can smile last la the one to win."
General Wood haa addressed every
regiment In the new division within the
past week or ten days. He has talked
to them of their duties as- soldiers and
the alma of the United 8ta tea in enter
ing the war. He told the men not to
underestimate the enemy, but to meas
ure them at their true worth and beat
them by 'determination.
Farmers Urging
Conscription of
All Big Incomes
Washington. 8ept. 7. (I. N. S.) The
taking for war revenue of all Incomes
above $100,000 by taxation or loans
was urged by Benjamin C. Marsh, ex
ecutive secretary of the farmers' na
tional committee on war finance, be
fore the aenate finance committee to
day when It resumed hearlmjs on the
eight billion dollar revenue bill.
Marsh said he spoke for organised
farmers and organised labor when he
advocated at least half of the country's
estimated war cost of $24,000,000,000 be
met by current taxation. He favored
higher war and excess profits and In
come taxes than those provided for In bill.
t ii '
Forgiveness of Sins, but
Against Them.
the river Euphrates fs a symbol relat
ing to the diminishing of the Turkish
empire, which controls the territory
through which the river Euphrates
flows. Waters, in prophecy, refer to
and multitude, and nations..
and tongues." Rev. 17 :16. The disinte
gration of Turkey has been going" on ,
for many years until now the only land,
which she controls In Europe Is the city
of Constantinople and a little strip of
territory called the back door Of the
city beside the territory hi Asia Minor '
through which the river Euphrates
flows. And in the present war thrqugh
the onward march of the British army
this outlaw of the world has been greatly
weakened in Ada Minor. Soon she shall
be completely, driven from Europe, and
shall flee to Asia Minor, and as the
"drylng-up" process continues she will
be forced to plant her tabernacle In
Jerusalem, according to Dan. 11 :45,
where ahe shall come to her end or be
completely dried up. The fact that this
drylng-up process is now going on and
that It Is completed under the sixth
plague which ushers in the second com-
ing of Chrlat gives ua some idea of the
nearness of the time when these plagues f .
shall begin to fall, and therefore of the
nearness of the closing ot the door of
salvation, and the end of the world's
history. Under this plague, as Turkey
is dried up and comes to her end, the.,
battle of Armageddon Is fought.
As we read of the seventh plague it
may be said. "The Lord hath opened
his armory and hath brought forth the
weapons of his indignation." In verses
17 to 21 of Revelation 16, the scenes sur
rounding the second coming of Christ
are given. "There were voices. Above
all will be heard the voice of God
The .
Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the
heavens and the earth shall shake ; but
the Lord will be the hope of hla people,
and the strength of the children of
Israel." Joel 8:16. See also Jer. 25; JO.
Heb. 12.26. This will cause the greet .
earthquake, such as was not since men '
were upon the earth. The cities of
the nations will fall ; universal desola
tion spreads over the earth : every
island flees away and the mountains
are not found, "and there fell upon men
a great hall out of heaven." This Is
the last Instrumentality used In the In
fliction of pun!chment upon the wicked
the bitter dregs of the seventh vial.
God haa solemnly addressed the wicked
saying, "Judgment also will I lay to
the line, and righteousness to the plum
met : and the hail shall sweep away the
refuge of lies, and the waters shall over
flow the hiding place." Isa. 28:17.
"Every stone about the weight of a .
talent. ' weighing according to various
authorities about 57 pounds avoirdupois.
What could withstand the force of
stones of such enormous weight falling
from heaven 7 But mankind, at this
time, will ha'veno shelter. The cities
have fallen In a mighty earthquake.
The islands have fled away and the
mountains are not rouna. Ana tnere
came a great voice out of the temple
0f heaven,
from the throne, saying, it
8 done !'
Thus all is finished. The
cut) of human eruilt has been filled up.
Tno last soul has availed Itself of the
pian 0f salvation. The books are closed,
The number of the saved Is completed.
The final period is placed to this world's
history. The vials of Ood's wrath are
poured out upon a corrupt generation,
The wicked have drunk them to the
dress, and sunk Into the realm of death
for a thousand years. Tne people or
God - while this overflowing scourge Is
passing over are the special, subjects
of God's protection, without whose no-
tlce not a sparrow falls to the ground.
Ps. 91:2-10, snd In Isa. 82:18-19. Pa.
121:6-7, Isa. 88:16: 41:17 are given the
many promises which come erowdmg In
to comfort the saints during this awful
time.
Dear soul, where do you wish to be
found In that day? Upon your decision
today largely rests ths position in which
ou will be placed in that day; whether
you will stand with the unmlngled
wrath of God pouring over your guilty 1
head, or whether you are abidinsr under
the shadow ef the Almighty. "Acquaint
now thyself with him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come unto thee." Job.
12 :2L "Seek ye the Lord while he may
be found, call ye upon him while be Is
near: let the wicked forsake hla way.
snd the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord, and -he
will have mercy upon him; and to
our God., tor he will abundantly par
a on." Is. 85:6-7. .
The subject for tonight will to:. The .
New Covenant It's Relation to the Law
and Sabbath.. .. - . " .-. .
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