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Tell your friends and neighbors about it and get them to subscribe, loo Brooklyn, N. Y. Nov. 3. — T h e Brooklyn Academy of M u 8 1 c \v a s crowded to the lim It today to hear P a s t o r Bussell’s discourse on the “ Battle of Arum gwltlon.” Ills text was: “ He gathered them together uuto > —■ mi » ■■»"»■ — »»/ u placed called in 1 PASTOR. RUSSELL)) the Hebrew tongue A T m a g e d d o n (Revelation xvi, 10.) The speaker said. Armageddon In the Hebrew signifies the “ Hill of Megiddo,” or Mouut of De struction. It was famous as a battle Held in Old Teat ament times. The Lord bus seen tit to associate the name Armageddon, with the great con troversy net ween Truth and Error right anti wrong. God and Mammon, with which this Age will close, perish and tile New Age of Messiah’s glory be ushered in Ele has purposely used highly symbolical figures of speech in the Iasi book of the Bible, evidently with a view to hiding certain lrnpor taut truths until the due time for theii revealment. But even in the due time, the Bible assures us, “ None of the wicked shall understand” (Daniel xii. 1). 10» none who are out of heart bar mony with God- hut only the wise ot ills people the “ wise virgin” class ot the Master’s parable. 1 have long avoided presentation ot my understanding of our text and Its context. 1 take it up now by request and because I believe it is due time to he understood I disclaim any special Inspiration In some particulars my views agree with those of other Bible students, and In other respects they disagree Knch bearer must use his own judgment, do his own Bible study and reach his own conclusions. Kindly remember that 1 am not re j 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 us that three im pure spirits «teachings) will go forth from the mouths of the Dragon, the Beast and the False Prophet, and these three will be in accord, and 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 and their armies to the great Battle of Armageddon. The ecclesiastical kings and princes, and their retinues of clergy and faith ful adherents, will be gathered in solid phalanx Protestant and ( ’atliolle. The kings and captain* of industry, and ns many as can be influenced by them, will lie gathered to the same side. 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Subscribe to d a y .* J 1 H E R A L D , Coquille, Oregon ixmmmmtaBXi >x wl»tH»la*«»f lilKMty and progri»** will In» j turned back ward and medieval ro- Htrainta will t>e considered necessary | for self preservation for the mainte­ nance of the present order of things, In giving this Interpretation, it Is n »»pessary for os to indicate what Is symbolised by the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Bible students of nearly all denominations agree with us that the “ Dragon” of Revelation represent* the purely Civil Power Protestuut Interpreters generally agree that tlie “ Beast like a leopard” «Here lati«>ii i111. *>: represents the Papacy But fewer still, we fear, will be ready to support our view that Protestantism is the “ Image of the Beast” (Revelation xill, 18) in our context given another name, “ the False Prophet.” We urge tio one to accept our Interpretation nor shall we think hard of any who refuse It. We will neither slander nor otherwise Injure them now. nor threat en them with eternal torture. Tho\ have the same right to their views that 1 have, and the same right to make them known to others. And 1. for one. will be very glad to consider any thing which opponents may sot fortli as their Interpretations of our text. “ Unclean Spirits Like Frogs.” The symbolisms of Scripture, right ly understood, are always forceful When the Holy Spirit used a “ frog' to symbolically represent certain doctrines or teachings, we may be sure the true application will tit well A frog has u sage look, a wise look It swells itself up in an apparent en deavor to Impress the beholder, its great mouth well represents its chief power, used to croak. Applying these symbols, we learn that an evil spirit. Influence, teaching will come from the Protestant churches federated, from the Church of Rome and from the Civil authorities, all In full agreement. The spirit of all wib be boastful; an air of superior wisdom and knowledge will be proudly assum ed—all will croak in harmony All vvil fell of dire results that would follow involving the interests of both the present und the future life. If the!» counsel be not followed However con Dieting the creeds, the differences wib tie ignored in the general proposition that nothing ancient must he disturb ed. or looked Into, or repudiated The Divine authority of the Church and the Divine right of kings, aside from the Church, will not be allowed to conflict. Any persons or teachings in conflict with these boastful and un scriptural claims will be branded as everything rile, at the mouths of these “ frogs" speaking from pulpits and platforms and through the religious and secular press The nobler sent) incuts of some will be strangled by the philosophy of the same evil spirit which spoke through Calapluis. the high priest, respecting Jesus. As Cal« plias declared it expedient to commit a crime in violation of justice, human and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and His teachings, so tills “frog" spirit will ap prove of every violation of principle necessary to their self-protection The croaking of these “ frog’’ spirits or doctrines will gather the kings and princes, financial, political, religious and industrial into one great arm> The spirit of fear, inspired by the croaklngs of these “ frogs,” will scourge the passions of otherwise good and reasonable men to fury, desperation In their blind following of these evil spirits, evil doctrines, they will be ready to sacrifice life and everything on the altar of what they mistakenly suppose is Justice, truth and righteous ness, under a Divine arrangement. For a brief time, as we understand the Scriptures, these combined forces of Armageddon will triumph. Free speech, free mails, and other liberties which have come to be the very breath of the masses in our day, will be ruth lessly shut off under the plea of neces sity. the glory of God, the commands of the Church, etc. All will seem to be serene, until the great social explosion in our context described as the “ great Earthquake.” An “ earthquake.” in symbolic language, signifies social revolution, and the declaration of the context Is that none like unto It evei before occurred. (Revelation xvi. 18 10.) Jesus described it as a time ol trouble such as never was since there was a nation. -Matthew xxlv, 21. The Lord Will Gather Them. The false, frog-like teachings wll. gather together into one host the great the rich, the wise, the learned and the kings of the earth, to battle. At this juncture Divine Bower will step for­ ward. and our text tells us that II t- shall gather the marshaled hosts to Armageddon—to the Mountain of De struction The very thing which they sought to avert by their union, federn tiou, etc., will be the very thing they will hasten Other Scriptures tell us that God will be represented by the Great Messiah, and that lie will be on the side of the masses. Thus we read in Daniel xii. 1; “ At that time shall Michael ithe 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, and authorized by Him to reign in His name and In His stead. Jesus declared. “ 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 rtghteousne*# and some of these may be serving ig norantly, ns did Saul of Tarsus, who “ verily thought that be did God u son- ice” in persecuting the Church Tin- same principle holds true reversely .Ls an earthly king does not hold him self responsible for the moral character of each soldier who fights in his bat ties, so the Lord does not vouch for the moral character or all who will enlist : ! fight on His -¡de o f any question j ” IIis servants they are to whom they render set*'ice,’’ whatever the motiv»- or object prompting them The same principles will apply In the '•omlng Battle ot Armageddon God’s side of that battle will Is- the people’* side, and the very nondescript host the people, will l** pitted at the begin- nli-u of the battle. Anarchists, Social and hot-headed radicals of every s. h iii inifost, ,1 Stenography anct typewriting for longing for Messiah’s Kingdom These Thenceforth I-ni el In Die In nit of prom , ■* „ . * / , - ... , ...... “ . will bide the Ixml's time and wait pa Ise will gridii.tll.v rise frinii the ashes !. . * 11 ptot.-a . « c. tiently for It; they will t>e of good of the past c. the irr.tiid.-n> .if proph transacted at Hie Herald courage, know ing the outcome outlined ee.v Thronet. Its Dlrlnelv appointed < nice. All work entrusted to os In the “ more sure word of prophecy." prim e« Messiah’s Ktnirdoni. allqiower treated confidenti.illv . to which they have done well to take fill but Invisible, will lyirln to rol ..... heed, “ ns unto a light shilling in a a.vay rhe curse and to lift up mankind »When do you pay the printer ? dark place until the Day d aw n” —II Peter I. lb The masses will be restless of their A J. SHERWOOD Prat. R. t . S H I N t , V.-Pivs. restraints, but will be conscious of I. H. HAZARD, Coaler 0 . C SANFORD. Asat. Cashier their owu weakness as compared to the kings and princes, financial, religious and political, which will then hold sway. Besides, the masses have no sympathy with anarchy. They realize o p CO gUILiliB, O R E G O N . truly that the worst form of govern incut is better than none. The masses will seek relief through the ballot and peaceful re adjustment of earth s at fairs for the elimination «if evil, for Board of Direc to rs. , Correspondents the placing of mono|M)lles and utilities R . 0. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, , National Rank o Commerce, New York Ci and the supplies of nature In the hands L. Hturiocker, L. H. Hazard, •!rocker Wool worth N’lBank, Ran Fun of the people for the public good 1’he Lsaiah Haulier, R.K. Shine. First Nat’l Bank of Portland. 1 v.rtliu crisis will be reached when the hither to upholders of law shall become vlo la tors of the law and resistors of the will of the majority as expressed n.\ * R. s. Ktÿowi/roN, President G eo . A. R obinson , Viee-Pres. the ballot. Fear for the tuture win ' R. 11. M a s t , Cashier. lead the well meaning masses to desper at ion; and anarchy will result when Socialism falls. c t The Cloud’s Silver Lining. Horrible would he this outlook for the future did we not have the in fa Hi ble Word of God assuring us of n [j COQUILLE, OREGON ' 3 glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has | __ 1 withheld uutll our day the great know ! k S edge and skill which is at the same Op, ned lor Busines March. 1 9 0 9 , time breeding millionaires aud discon­ tents. Had God lifted the veil n thou corkkspond ents : sand years sooner, the world would ! have lined up for Its Armageddon n y Ladd & Tilton Hank, lVirtland F irst National Bank. San Francisco e one of .serious From Portland 9 A. M. trial and testing to many professing to N ovem ber 2, 9, 10. 29, 20 be Christians. The reason for this he :tji states—they received not tlie Truth in From Coos Bay the love of it (II Thessaloniat^ ii. 10 $ N o v e m b er 5, 12, 19, 2d 11.) They preferred their own errotie oils theories, tlie Apostle explains, aud PAUL L. 8TEHUNG, Agent Phone M ain 181 f therefore God will give them over to a “strong delusion,” and let them believe tlie lie which they preferred, and lei them suffer for missing the Truth which they did not love Thus they will be in the condemned host, “ light Fred Von Pegert C. I. Kime Ing against God.” because of their luck of love for the Truth. It is sad to say that we all ns Chris fin ns have been laboring under a thor ough delusion respecting God’s Plan We have claimed that Christ set up Mis Church in Kingdom power, and that the Church has been reigning on the earth as His representative. On the strength of this delusion. Jews and heretics have been persecuted to death G e neral Rlacksmithing, as opponents to Christ’s Kingdom All W agon M aking, Machine the while we thoughtlessly repented W ork , Pattern M ak ing and C asting, Autom obile W ork . the Lord's prayer: "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as in Heaven.” We knew that the Redeemer said that He would come again to make us Ells Bride and joint heirs; but we ignored the Scriptures We were drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically say. “all nations were drunk" with the false doctrine. It is tills false doctrim that will constitute the “ frog” spirit which soon will begin to croak and to prepare for Armageddon The Bible presentation is that the world Is a section of the universe in rebellion against Divine authority, un der the captaincy of Satan and his as sociated fallen angels By Divine grace Jesus lias already “ tasted death foi g Tf>< p e r H U N D R E D every man.” und the merit of that sac rfflee must, eventually, grant Adam and his posterity a full, fair opportunity for the attainment of everlasting life All who thus see the Divine program and are walking in the light may know Phoue Main 243 COQUILLE, OREGON ^ something at least respecting the “ times and seasons" These brethren "are not in darkness, that that day land that battle of Armageddon] should overtake" them "as n thief” - un a wares Armageddon Not Yet but Soon. For forty years the Armageddon forces have been mustering for both sides of the conflict 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 scandals in America, have shaken pub When you buy a stallion you 11“ confidence Dynamite plots, cliarg ed by turns on employees and on em want quality, because you know that ployers. have further shaken conji what has happened in the past will deuce and tended to make each dls occur in the future. I f you buy a Stickney Engine you w ill trustful of the other Bitter and angry obtain the satisfaction o f 1 5 ,0 0 0 present users. feelings on both sides are more and more manifest. The lines of battle are daily becoming more distinctly marked Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet E X C L U S IV E A G E N T S be fought. Other matters Intervene, according to prophecy. Gentile times have still two years to run I'he “ linage of the Beast” of our context must yet receive /iff—power The Image must be transformed from a mere mechanism to a living force Protestant Federation realizes that its organization will still he futile unless if receive vitnlization unless Its clergy directly or indirectly shall be recog > > ; ----------------------------------------------------------------- — ---------- f< uized as possessed of apostolic ordina tion and authority to teach This the j prophecy Indicates will come from the I two horned beast, which, we believe. i symbolically represents the Church of i England. High handed activities of R em em ber are still g iv in g good douliln jS Protestantism and Catholicism, opera t- j disc grapbophone record when your catdi Rj mg in conjunction for the suppression of human liberties, await this vivifying j purchase amounts to $5 00, by the paym ent of the Image This may come soon of 35 cents extra. 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