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\ FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE. OREGON, T H U R SD A Y, J A N U A R Y 16, 1913. Forest Grove Steam Laundry W ood, Coal, Cold Storage and Ice. Startling Presentation ot Com ing Events. PASTOR RUSSELL’S VIEWS. M ERTZ & L A T T A Cor. 5th Ave. and 2nd St., Forest Grove, ARMAGEDDON OF THE SCRIPTURES Ore. Churches of All Denominations and the Civil Powers of Earth Are About to Unite In Common Cause— Powerful Influence Preparing For the Battl ot Armageddon—A Reign of Anarchy Will Be the Result of the Warfare Until The Messiah Takes Control. Brooklyn. N. Y. - T in Brooklyn Acndemj of M u s i c wa s crowded to the lim It today to heal P a s t o r Hussell’l discourse on th< "Battle o f Anna Feed Mill will run every geddon.” tils tex was: "H e gathered day in the week. them together uutc * W P J a placed called It Wholesale and Retail fPASfOk kUSSELL)] the Hebrew tongut Armageddon." Bran,Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground (Itevelatlon xvl, 16.) The speaker said Oats, Ground Wheat, Cracked Armageddon In the Hebrew signlflet Wheat, Cracked Corn, Whole the "H ill of Megiddo,” or Mount o f He Wheat and Corn, Middlings and structlon. It was famous as a battle field In Old Testament times. several kinds o f Hard Wheat The Lord has seen (it to associate th Flour, Sack Twine and Sacks, name Armageddon, with the great con troversy between Truth and Error, Hay and Vetch Seed. right and wrong. God and Mammon ! with which this Age will close, perish, Give us a call when in need. and the New Age o f Messiah's glory be ushered In. He lias purposely used Ind Phone 50x Forest Grove, Ore highly symbolical figures o f speech in tlie lust hook o f the Bible, evidently with a view to hiding certain lmpor taut truths until the due time for tbeli revealment But even in the due time, the Bible assures us, "None o f the wicked shall understand" (Daniel xil, i>, lOi—none who are out o f heart har mony with God—hut only the wise ol His people the "w ise virgin" class of the Master's parable. I have long avoided presentation of my understanding o f our text nnd Its context. I take It up now by request and because I believe It Is due time to be understood. I disclaim any special Inspiration. In some particulars my views agree with those of other Bible students, and in other respects they disagree. Kacli hearer must use his own judgment, do his owu Bible study, and reach Ids own conclusions. Kindly remember that 1 am not re sponsible for the figures of speech used by the Lord. My Interpretations do In deed constitute a terrible arraignment of Institutions which we have all rever enced and which embrace good people, of good words and good works. God's saintly people in these various Institu tions. being comparatively few. are Ignored when systems as a whole are dealt with in prophecy. The Dragon, Beast, False Prophet. Our context tells 11 s that three Ira pure spirits (teachings) will go forth from the mouths of the Dragon, the Beast and the False Prophet, aud these three will be in accord, nnd symbolical ly the doctrines are represented by "frogs.” These three doctrines are to have a mighty influence throughout the civilized earth. They are to gather the kings nnd their armies to the great W.Weitzel L. L. Hollinger Battle of Armageddon. The ecclesiastical kings nnd princes, and their retinues of clergy nnd faith WE1TZEL & HOLLINGER ful adherents, util be gathered In solid phalanx—Protestant nnd Cntbollc. The kings and captains of Industry, nnd ns Tinning and Plumbing, Sheet many as can be Influenced by them. Metal Work and Re will be gathered to the same side The political kings nnd princes, with all pair Shop. their henchmen and retainers, will fol low In line on the same side. The North First Avenue, between Main and financial kings and merchant princes, " A ” Streets; phone 868. ami all whom they can Influence by the most gigantic power ever yet exercts ed in the world, will Join the same side, according to this prophecy. These "doctrines o f demons.” repre sented by the "frogs," will lend many noble people In tills great army to as sumo an attitude quite contrary to their preference. For a time the All kinds o f survey wheels o f liberty ami progress will be ing and mapiiig. turned backward nnd medieval re straints will be considered necessary Subdivisions a spec for self-preservation—for the malnte ialty. nance of the present order o f things In giving this interpretation. It Is H. B GLAISYF.R, necessary for 11 s to indicate what is Hoffman & Allen Bld’ g symbolized by the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Bible students Phone 806 o f nearly all denominations agree with Forest Grove, Ore. 11 s that the "D ragon" of Revelation represents the purely Civil Power. Protestant Interpreters generally agree that the "Beast like a leopard" ilteve Intlon xIII. 2i represents the Papacy But fewer still, we fear, will lie rendy FOR S A L E to support our view that Protestantism Is the "Im age o f the Beast” (Revelation Not the distilled kind x111. 15i In our context given another but something that name, "the False Prophet." We urge will make you see no one to accept our Interpretation, things nor shall we think hard o f any who refuse It. We will neither slander nor Munufftctumi by otherwise Injure them now. nor threat WM D E IT Z . en them with eternal torture. They G A L E S CREEK. OREGON have the same right to their views that I have, and the same right to make 10c per bottle them known to others. And I, for one. will l>e very glad to consider sny thing which opponents may sot forth as ttM'lr Interpretations o f our te x t "Unclean Spirit* Like Frogs." Tne symbolisms of Scripture, right ly understood, are always forceful ' ■ I I I I l i u t i W I1 T Ä Wheu the Holy Spirit used • “ frog" to symbolically represent certain W. F. HARTRAMPH SU R V E Y O R FIR E W A T E R 1\ Íí ‘fe rv i/ à rc t VJJ doctrines or teachings, we may be tlie placing o f mono|>olles and utilities sure the true application will fit well. and the supplies o f nature In the hands A frog has a sage look, a wlae look. o f the people for the public good. The It swells Itself up In an apparent en crisis will be reached when the hither deavor to Impress the beholder, lie to upholders o f law shall become vio great mouth well represents Its chief lators o f the law and resisterà o f the power, used to croak. will * f the majority as expressed by Applying these symbols, we learn the ballot Fear for the future will that an evil spirit. Influence, teaching, lead the well-meaning masses to desper will come from the Protestant churches ation; and anarchy will result when federated, from the Church o f Borne, Socialism falls. aud from the Civil authorities, all In The Cloud’* Silver Lining. full agreement The spirit o f all will Horrible would be this outlook for be boastful; an air o f superior wisdom the future did we not have the Infalli . and knowledge will be proudly assum ble Word of God assuring us o f a ed—all will croak In harmony. All will glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has tell of dire results that would follow. withheld until our day the great knowl Involving the Interests of both the edge and skill which Is at the same present and the future life, if their time breeding millionaires and discon counsel be not followed. However con tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou dieting the creeds, the differences will sand years sooner, the world would be Ignored In the general proposition have lined up for Its Armageddon a that nothing ancient must be disturb thousand years sooner. But that ed. or looked Into, or repudiated. would have been too soon for the Dl The Divine authority o f the Church, vine purpose, because Messiah's King and the Dlvtne right of kings, aside dom Is to be the great Thousand- from the Church, will not be allowed Year-Snblmtb o f the world's history. to conflict. Any persons or teachings God In kindness veiled our eyes until In conflict with these boastful and un the Urne when the gathering to Ar scriptural claims will be branded as mageddon would Immediately precede everything t He. at the mouths o f these Messiah's taking to Himself His great "fro gs" speaking from pulpits and power, and beginning His reign.—Reve platforms aud through the religious lation xi. 17. 18. nnd secular press. The nobler senti “ Send Them Strong Delusions." ments o f some will be strangled by the SL Haul wrote prophetically o f our philosophy of the same 'evil spirit time, that It would be one of serious which spoke through Calaphus. the trial and testing to many professing to high priest, respecting Jesus. As Cnla- be Christians. The reason for this he pluts declared It expedient to commit states—they received not the Truth In a crime in violation o f justice, human the love of IL (II Tbessalonlans 11, 10, and Divine, to be rid o f Jesus and His 11.) They preferred their own errone teachings, so this "fro g ” spirit will ap ous theories, the Apostle explains, and prove o f every violation o f principle therefore God will give them over to a necessary to their self-protection. “ strong delusion.” and let them believe The croaking o f these “ frog” spirits or the lie which they preferred, and let doctrines will gather the kings and them suffer for missing the Truth princes, flnauclal, political, religious which they did not love. Thus they and industrial into one great army will be in the condemned host “ fight The spirit of fear. Inspired by the ing against God.” because o f their lack croaklngs o f these "frogs,” will scourge o f love for the Truth. the passions o f otherwise good and It is sad to say that we all ns Chris reasonable men to fury, desperation. tians have been laboring under a thor In their blind following of these evil ougb delusion respecting God’s Plan spirits, evil doctrines, they will be We have claimed that Christ set up ready to sacrifice life and everything His Church in Kingdom power, and on the altar of what they mistakenly that the Church has been reigning on suppose Is Justice, truth and righteous- the earth as His representative. On ness, under a Divine arrangement. the strength of this delusion. Jews and For a brief time, us we understand heretics have been persecuted to death the Scriptures, these combined forces as opponents to Christ’s Kingdom. All of Armageddon will triumph. Free the while we thoughtlessly repeated speech, free mails, aud other liberties the Lord's prayer; "Th y Kingdom which have come to be the very breath come; Thy will be done on earth, as In of the masses tu our day. will be ruth Heaven.” We knew that the Redeemer lessly shut off under the plea o f neces said that He would come agaiu to sity. the glory of God, the commands make us His Bride and Joint-heirs; but o f the Church, etc. All will seem to be we Ignored the Scriptures. We were serene, until the great social explosion drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically In our context described as the “ great say. “all nations were drunk” with the Earthquake" An "earthquake,” in false doctrine. It is this false doctrine symbolic language, signifies social that will constitute the "fro g " spirit revolution, nnd the declaration o f the which soon will begin to croak and to context Is that none like unto it ever prepare for Armageddon before occurred. (Revelation xvl. 18, The Bible presentation Is that the 10.» Jesus described It as a time of world Is a section o f the universe in trouble such as never was since there rebellion against Divine authority, un was a nation.—Matthew xxlv, 21. der the captaincy of Satan and Ills as Th* Lord Will Gather Them. The false, frog-like teachings will gather together Into one host the great, the rich, the wise, the learned and the kings o f the earth, to battle- At this Juncture Divine Power will step for ward. nnd our text tells us that BU shall gather the marshaled hosts to Armageddon—to the Mountain o f De structlon. The very thing which they sought to avert by tbetr union, federa tion. etc., will be the very thing they will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us that God will be represented by the Great Messiah, aud that He will be on the side of tlie masses. Thus we read In Daniel xil, 1: "A t that time shall Michael (the Godlike One—Messiah] stand up” —assume authority He will take possession of His Kingdom in a manner little looked for by many of those who erroneously have been claiming that they were His Kingdom, nnd authorized by Him to reign in His name and In Ills stead. Jesus declnred, " Ills servants ye are unto whom ye render service.” Some may be rendering service to Satan and to error, who claim to be rendering service to God and to righteousness; nnd some of these may be serving lg norantly, as did Saul of Tarsus, who "verily thought that he did God n serv Ice" In persecuting the Church. The same principle holds true reversely As an earthly king does not hold him self responsible for the moral chnrncter of eneb soldier who tights In his bat tles. so the Lord does not vouch for the moral chnrncter of nil who will enlist and fight on Ills side of any question “ His servants they are to whom they render service." whatever the motive or object prompting them. The same principles will apply In the coming Battle o f Armageddon Ood's side o f that battle will be the people'» side, and the very nondescript bosk the people, will be pitted at the Iwgln- ulng o f the battle. Anarchists. Social ists. nnd hot hended radicals of every school o f reason and unrenson. will be In the forefront o f that battle. The majority o f the poor nnd the middle class prefer pence at almost any price. A comparatively small number. God'a consecrated people, will at heart be longing for Messlah's^KIngdom These will bide the Lord's time nnd wait pa tiently for It; they will be o f good courage, knowing the outcome outlined In the “ more sure word of prophecy." to which they have done well to take heed, "as unto a light shining In a dark place until the Day dawn " —II Peter I. 11) The masses will he restless o f their restraints, hut will he conscious of their own weakness ss compared to the kings nnd princes, financial, religious and political, which will then bold sway. Besides, the masses have no sympathy with anarchy. They realize truly that the worst form of govern ment la better than none The masses will sock relief through the ballot and peaceful readjustment of earth's af 'airs for the elimination of evil, for sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace Jesus has already “ tasted death for every man," nnd the merit of that sac rifice must, eventually, grant Adam nnd his posterity a full, fair opportunity for the attainment of everlasting life. All who thus see the O ivln e program and are walking in the light may know something nt least respecting the “ times and seasons." These brethren "are not In darkness, that that day [and that battle of ArmngeddonJ should overtake" them "as a tbief" — un a wares. Armageddon Not Yet but Soon. For forty years the Armageddon forces have been mustering for botfi sides o f the contllct Strikes, lockouts and riots, great and small, have been merely Incidental skirmishes ns the belligerent parties crossed each other's paths. Court and Army scandals In Europe. Insurance. Trust and Court scaudals In America, have shaken pub lie confidence. Dynamite plots, charg ed by turns on employees and on em ployers. have further shaken confi deuce and tended to make each dis trustful o f the other. Bitter and angry feelings on both sides are more and more m anifest The lines of battle are dally becoming more distinctly marked Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet be fought. Other matters Intervene, according to prophecy. Geutile titties have still two years tc run The 'Im n ge o f the Beast” of our context must yet receive life— power The Image must be transformed from a mere mechanism to a living force Protestant Federation realizes that its organization will still be futile unless It receive vitnllzntiou—unless its clergy directly or indirectly shall be recog nlzed as possessed o f apostolic ordina lion nnd authority to teach This the prophecy indicates will come from the two horned beast, which, we believe, symbolically represents the Church of England. High-handed activities of Protestantism and Catholicism, oper.nt Ing In conjunction for the suppression of human liberties, await this vivifying o f the linage This may come soon, but Armageddon cannot precede It. but must follow -perhaps a year after It. according to our view o f the Prophecy Still another thing Intervenes: A l though the Jews are gradually flowing Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con trol o f the land of Canaan, and al though reports sny that already nine teen millionaires are there, neverthe- less prophecy requires an evidently larger number of wealthy Hebrews to be there before the Armageddon crisis he reached Indeed we nnderstand that "Jacob’s trouble" In the Holy lauid will come at the very close of Armageddon Then Messiah’s King dom will begin to he manifested Thenceforth Israel In the land o f prom Ise will gradually rise from the ashes of the past to the grandeur of proph eey Through Its Divinely appointed princes Messiah's Kingdom, all-power- ful but Invisible, will begin to roll away the curse and to Uft up mankind. 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